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The Federal Cabinet on Thursday accorded ex-post facto approval for start of negotiations and signing of MoU on the cooperation of developing “China-Pakistan Economic Corridor” long-term plan, officials said. The cabinet meeting, presided over by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, also approved action plan between National Development and Reform Commission of China and Ministry of […]
Pakistan on Thursday decided to extend the stay of Afghan refugees until 2015, officials said. The legal stay of nearly 1.6 million Afghan refugees expired on June 30 this year and the country’s federal cabinet decided to extend the period for another two-and-half year. Pakistani minister for States and Frontier Regions, which also deals with […]
Pakistan and Afghanistan are working to finalize the schedule of President Hamid Karzai’s visit to Islamabad, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. Pakistan’s security adviser, Sartaj Aziz, extended invitation letter to President Karzai from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during his visit to Kabul on Sunday last. “Hamid Karzai had accepted the invitation and dates are now […]
Awami National Party Thursday announced that it will support the PPP candidate Raza Rabbani in the upcoming presidential election. The ANP Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan announced the support during a meeting with the PPP leaders who visited him for support. Talking to media Rabbani said that he is meeting with different political parties to chalk […]
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday sought support for the PML-N presidential candidate Mamnoon Hussain from JUI-F chief Maulana Fazal ur Rehman. The JUI-F leader met Nawaz Sharif at the Prime Minister’s Office and during the meeting, impending presidential election and other matters of mutual interest came under discussion, the PM office said. The […]
The Supreme Court Thursday disqualified PML-Q member provincial assembly (MPA) from Punjab‚ Samina Khawar Hayat in a fake degree case. The court directed Election Commission to nullify the notification issued of her seat. Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry issued the order today. MPA Samina Khawar Hayat had contested the 2008 elections with a fake BBA […]
Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan returned home on Thursday from London and will discuss with party leaders the presidential elections and the proposed conference of political parties on national security. The government had postponed the conference due to the absence of Imran Khan who had gone to the UK for treatment. Interior Minister, Ch. […]
Three people were killed and four others were wounded Thursday morning when an explosion went off in Kunduz, the capital city of northern Afghan province of Kunduz, the police said. “One vehicle of National Directorate of Security (NDS) was running in Bandar-e-Kabul area of the city. A sticky bomb attached into the car by militants […]
Up to 60 people have been killed and around 125 injured after a train derailed outside the city of Santiago de Compostela in the region of Galicia in northwestern Spain on Wednesday evening. This is only a provisional number and could rise further, a government spokeswoman said on Thursday. As to the cause of the […]
A series of bomb blasts, targeting office of security agencies in Sukkar, killed at least three persons and injured several other people Wednesday evening, witnesses and police said. The blasts occurred in Barrage Colony of Sukkar in Sindh province, they said. Residents said they heard at least four blasts within 20 minutes that […]
The Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar while talking to US Ambassador Richard G. Olson who called on him at his office Wednesday, has said that Pakistan welcomes the interest shown by the United States Congress for its support in carrying out feasibility studies for Pakistan’s flagship storage project Diamer Bhasha Dam. Ambassador Olson informed the […]
U.S. officials have stressed that the CIA is expected to maintain a significant footprint even after the pullback from Afghanistan, with a station in Kabul that will remain among the agency’s largest in the world, as well as a fleet of armed drones that will continue to patrol Pakistan’s tribal belt, The Washington Post reported […]
