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A five member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has directed the government to immediately appoint Chairman National Accountability Bureau. Hearing appointment of Chairman NAB case in Islamabad Friday‚ the bench observed that the post of chairman NAB is vacant for the past many months‚ which is delaying investigation […]
Pakistan Twenty20 club champions Faisalabad Wolves have been granted visas to play the Champions League T20 in India. According to the tournament schedule, the Pakistanis will play their first match in the qualifiers against Otago Volts on September 17 in Mohali, Indian media reported Friday. Earlier, media reports suggested that the players would be denied […]
Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz held a meeting with Indian External Affairs minister Salman Khursheed in the Kyrgyz city of Bishkek Friday and discussed bilateral issues‚ ways to defuse tension on Line of Control. Both leaders met on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit. They also discussed the dialogue process between the two countries. […]
Unidentified attackers in Balochistan Friday fired rockets on tankers, carrying oil for NATO forces in neighbourig Afghanistan, and destroyed nine tankers, officials said. A driver was killed and two others were injured in the attack in Qalat district, they said. Oil tankers, parked outside a roadside hotel, were attacked with rockets by the unidentified men, […]
Afghan Taliban say a group of heavily armed fighters Friday stormed the US consulate in western city of Heart, killing and injuring scores of foreign and Afghan troops. The US embassy in Kabul says all Consulate personnel safe and accounted for after complex attack on Herat consulate early this morning. Taliban in a statement claimed […]
U.S. Ambassador Richard Olson joined Federal Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif and WAPDA Chairman Syed Raghib Shah to laud the completion of the Gomal Zam dam project. The dam will boost the region’s electricity supply, irrigate farmlands, and protect the South Waziristan area from seasonal flooding. “The completion of the Gomal Zam dam hydropower station […]
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed the Ministry of Privatization and Civil Aviation Division to initiate the process of privatization of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) while ensuring complete transparency, adherence of all relevant codal formalities and guidelines of the superior courts in the process. He said transparent process will not only people benefit from a qualitatively […]
Attorney General informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that 500 agro farms were constructed against the laws of Capital Development Authority (CDA). He made this statement before a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry‚ Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja and Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed during the hearing of illegal construction on the land of […]
Officials in northern areas said Thursday that the main accused of Chilas tragedy Hamidullah has been arrested from Kohistan during a search operation. According to police‚ the accused had gunned down a colonel‚ captain and a Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) last month in Chilas. The slain officials were investigating the massacre of 10 tourists and […]
Pakistan plans to raise the issue of American drone attacks in the country’s tribal regions at the United Nations, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. The U.S. spy aircraft routinely fire missiles into Waziristan tribal region which Pakistan says kill innocent people and that the attacks are against sovereignty of the country. The U.S. has refused […]
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s visit to Turkey will mainly focus on economic cooperation and he will encourage Turkish business leaders to invest in the country, the Foreign Ministry said. Nawaz Sharif will pay a three day official visit to Turkey from 16-18 September at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Prime […]
Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, was scheduled to leave for Bishkek on Thursday, to represent Pakistan in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, officials said. The summit will be held on Friday. Sartaj Aziz will hold an important meeting with Indian external affairs Minister Salman Khurshid that can pave the way for the summit of […]
