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Speakers at a round table meeting on Pakistan-China Economic Cooperation have urged Pakistani government to accelerate its efforts to remove all concerns, obstacles and problems faced by Chinese companies in Pakistan. The meeting was arranged by Pakistan-China Institute (PCI) in capital Islamabad and was attended by PCI chairman Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, former prime minister […]
Iran has agreed to barter electricity supplies for wheat from Pakistan, Iranian Deputy Energy Minister Mohammad Behzad has said. Pakistan will send some 9 million U.S. dollars’ worth of wheat to Iran as part of its payment for electricity import from the Islamic republic, Behzad said. Although the Iranian Plant Protection Organization had said earlier […]
Taliban leader, Adnan Rashid earlier convicted of trying to assassinate former president Pervez Musharraf, wrote to Malala Yousufzai advising her to return and join a religious school for women in Swat. He regretted the last year attack on Malala but did not say it was wrong. Rashid was also one of the many […]
British Foreign Secretary William Hague Wednesday said the United Kingdom will work in partnership with Pakistan to provide expertise and support of Pakistan in developing strategy of counter terrorism. Speaking at a joint press conference with Pakistan Adviser on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, the British Foreign Secretary acknowledged the sacrifices made by […]
The Senate Standing Committee on Defense‚ at its meeting in Islamabad on Wednesday‚ demanded of the government to make public the report of Abbottabad Commission. Chairman of the committee Mushahid Hussain Sayed said recommendations of the report should be implemented. He said the report should also be presented before the parliament for framing a better […]
Unidentified gunmen Wednesday shot dead brother of Dr Rangin Dadfar Spanta, the national security adviser of the Afghan president, in western Herat Province, Afghan TV channels reported. The Herat Province police commander says that Wali Jan Spanta, brother of Dr Rangin Dadfar Spanta, was shot dead by unidentified armed men who were riding a […]
British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs William Hague arrived in Islamabad on Wednesday to discuss critical issues pertaining to terrorism and Afghanistan with the Pakistani leadership. The British secretary of state will hold official talks with the Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on bilateral […]
The United Nations Security Council Wednesday holds an Open Debate on the protection of journalists marking the first time the Council considers this issue in a separate meeting since the adoption of landmark resolution 1738 on the protection of journalists in December 2006. The United States, which holds the rotating Council Presidency in July, referred […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday declared that all expenditure from the public exchequer must be made in a transparent manner and each Rupee of such expenditure must be audited by the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP), to ensure compliance with law. Giving its detailed judgment in media commission case today‚ the court noted […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has suggested August 6 for the presidential elections, the ECP officials said on Tuesday. The five-year constitutional term Zaradri, who was elected president in September 2008, will complete on September 8 this year. Elections for the President must be held one month before the expiry of the term of […]
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said on Tuesday that Pakistan and United States have agreed to hold dialogue on the cooperation in civil nuclear technology. He was talking to media after a meeting with American trade delegation headed by Elizabeth Little who called on him in Islamabad. The Minister said the US delegation expressed willingness to […]
A shutter-down strike, called to condemn the killing of four members of the Hazara community, disrupted life in Quetta on Tuesday, residents said. The Hazara Democratic Party and other Shiite groups had called for the strike as they observed mourning day. Gunmen in a car opened fire on a car Monday evening, killing […]
