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Pakistan said Tuesday it has revised Hajj quota for this year keeping in view the twenty percent reduction in Hajj quota by Saudi Arabia. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Tuesday afternoon‚ Religious Affairs Minister Sardar Muhammad Yousuf said 60 % will perform Hajj under Government scheme and 40 % under private Hajj […]
Pakistan Tuesday rejected as completely baseless the comments and “ideas” attributed to it by Afghan officials relating to alleged “power-sharing formula” with the Taliban or attempting to “bring fiefdoms to Afghanistan”. Afghan Deputy Foreign Irshad Ahmadi said in Kabul on Monday that Pakistan has suggested Afghan government to share power with the Taliban […]
National Security adviser, Sartaj Aziz and US Secretary of State, John Kerry met in Brunei and discussed bilateral cooperation in the post 2014 period, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. The two leaders met on the sidelines the 20th Ministerial Meeting of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Brunei Darussalam. The Adviser emphasized the […]
Islamabad; July 2, 2013 Federal Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has directed CDA and Rawalpindi administration to immediately remove all political banners, hoardings and posters in Rawalpindi-Islamabad. He has further directed that the job should be completed within the next 48 hours. The Minister said their places of display should […]
Pakistan and India on Monday exchanged lists of prisoners lodged in each other’s respective jails, the Foreign Ministry said. According to the Consular Agreement signed between the two countries in May 2008, lists of prisoners are to be exchanged twice a year: on 1 January and 1 July respectively. “Consistent with the […]
The guru of Sufi music Rahat Fateh Ali Khan was recently asked in an interview for a national newspaper to choose between Ali Zafar and Atif Aslam. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is one of the most prominent singers to represent Pakistan internationally and it looks like he also enjoys Ali Zafar’s work. For the Guru […]
U.S. Ambassador Richard G. Olson joined Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed, Executive Director of Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission, and vice chancellors from all over Pakistan Monday to celebrate the completion of a U.S.-funded program linking top Pakistani universities with top U.S. universities to strengthen civic engagement in higher education curricula throughout Pakistan. The occasion also marked the […]
Normal life was disrupted in Quetta on Monday on calls for a shutter-down strike against the deadly suicide bombing, which killed 30 people including women and children. The bombing in Hazara Town area also injured nearly 60 people and badly damaged several shops and vehicles, police say. The banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the […]
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday expressed his desire to see better relations with Pakistan, particularly in economics, trade and tourism. The premier made the remarks during a meeting with newly- designated ambassador of Pakistan to Cambodia Amjad Ali Sher at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Xinhua reported. He said the two countries […]
The people voted for Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League PML-N in the May 11 general elections with high hopes for relief however the government’s decisions over the past three weeks had been a big disappointment. The PML-N has miserably failed to take any step to mitigate sufferings of the people at the hand of […]
