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MQM activists Wednesday torched buses and trucks and fired in the air following the arrest of a former MPA, Nadeem Hashmi, in connection with the killing of two policemen. Hashmi was arrested late Tuesday, the action condemned by the MQM as political victimization. The police rejected the claim and said Hashmi is suspected for having […]
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Tuesday it will not accept any foreign pressure on its policy to hold talks with the Taliban. The country’s senior political leaders at a government’s sponsored conference called upon the government to initiate dialogue with the Taliban to end violence, which has claimed lives of over 40,000 […]
Pakistan said Tuesday it will soon release senior Afghan Taliban leader, Mullah Andul Ghani Baradar, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. Mullah Baradar was arrested in Karachi in February 2010 in a joint raid by the American CIA agents and Pakistani forces. Afghanistan welcomed the Pakistani government’s decision. “Although Pakistan is not handing Mullah […]
The Foreign Ministry says that around 7,912 Pakistani prisoners are imprisoned in different foreign countries. The Senate Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics Control directed the Ministry for provide legal assistance to the Pakistani prisoners according to the law of land. According to the Foreign Ministry 346 Pakistani prisoners are imprisoned in Afghanistan jails in […]
Family of Shahzeb Khan, a 20 year youth, who was brutally killed in Karachi last year, is set to leave Pakistan after taking huge money for the blood of slain son. Family denies any money deal however no one is ready to accept their claim. Many on social media has angrily reacted to the shady […]
New President Mamnoon Hussain Tuesday assumed office at the Presidency in Islamabad a day after he was sworn as the country’s 12th President. On arrival at the Presidency he was presented Guard of honour by a smartly turned out contingent of armed forces. Later‚ the president met with the staff of Aiwan-e-Sadr. Mamnoon Hussain took […]
Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, presides over meeting of the federal cabinet to accord approval to the decisions of the All Parties Conference, officials said Tuesday. The APC Monday unanimously called upon the federal government to initiate talks with the militants to end bloodshed in the country. Mr Sharif had also insisted that talks should be […]
Following is the text of the resolution of the All Parties Conference adopted unanimously on Monday. 1. We, have assembled together at Islamabad today, the 9th day of September, 2013, on the invitation of Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, to discuss the national security crisis besetting our beloved Pakistan. 2. We have […]
Mamnoon Hussain took oath as 12th President of the country at a ceremony at Aiwan-e-Sadr‚ Islamabad on Monday. Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry administered the oath. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif‚ former President Asif Ali Zardari‚ members of the Federal cabinet‚ services chiefs‚ Parliamentarians‚ politicians‚ diplomats and senior […]
A conference of the ruling PML-N and opposition parties Monday unanimously asked the government to hold dialogue with the armed Taliban militants to end the bloodshed in the country. The conference was convened by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to seek suggestions from the mainstream political and religious parties to devise a policy of national […]
Chairman Tehreek-e-Insaaf, Imran Khan, who had demanded meeting with the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Monday met both leaders ahead of the All Parties Conference. They discussed the issue of terrorism at length with the prime minister and the army chief. The two leaders gave their proposals to effectively […]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Pakistan Monday signed an agreement to invest $245 million to improve the country’s power distribution systems, the ADB said. Nargis Sethi, Secretary Economic Affairs Division of Pakistan and Dr. Werner E. Liepach, ADB’s Country Director for Pakistan signed the loan agreement. “The investment will help upgrade […]
