Pakistan Peoples Party was given the task to nominate a chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) and sources claim that they have decided to give the name of the opposition leader of the National Assembly, Syed Khurshid Shah. Sources have claimed that Pakistan Peoples Party first decided to nominate Dr. Azra Fazal for […]
Nov 26 2013 | Posted in
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It is being reported from Hyderabad that there were two incidents of shooting within the city and they both involved police vehicles as being the targets of the other party. The aftermath of these two incidents left five personnel dead while one was injured. The first of the two attacks took place in a police […]
Nov 26 2013 | Posted in
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The speaker representing Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Asad Qaiser, came out in the open and claimed that the federation is still silent over the issue of the NATO supplies and the drone attacks. He claimed that the government is acting immaturely over the problem and treating Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a separate entity and not a province of […]
Nov 26 2013 | Posted in
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It has been reported from Islamabad that the current Pakistani Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, is going to host a farewell dinner for the retiring chief General, Ahfaq Pervez Kayani. Kayani’s extended term is about to come to an end come this November 28th. Several important people will become a part of this farewell dinner. […]
Nov 26 2013 | Posted in
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In an effort to salvage the multibillion dollar Iran – Pakistan gas pipeline deal and discuss other matters of mutual interest, Prime Minister’s Advisor on foreign affairs, Sartaj Aziz will leave for Tehran today. During his stay, he will call on the newly elected president Iranian president Hassan Rouhani besides meeting several other top officials […]
Nov 25 2013 | Posted in
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In the latest episode of violence inside Libya, two soldiers have been killed and nine other have been injured in a skirmish with Ansar al-Sharia, Libya’s top rebel group. The fighting took place in the Eastern City of Benghazi. The news was confirmed by Colonel Milud al-Zwei, spokesman for Libya’s Special Forces. “A violent clash […]
Nov 25 2013 | Posted in
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In a bid to stop the ever increasing protests from the supporters of the ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, the interim Egyptian President has enacted a rather draconian anti protest law that severely curtails the rights and freedom of people to carry out demonstrations. The law requires permissions from seven different authorities for assembling a […]
Nov 25 2013 | Posted in
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The three member fact finding committee which had been constituted by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in the wake of the fatal sectarian clashes on the 10th of Moharram has reportedly submitted its first draft. According to this document, the police and the law enforcement agencies have been held responsible for the clashes which left […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) has been extremely vocal ever since the US drone strikes inside Hangu on November 21 which had left about six people dead. Their party chairman Imran Khan had recently vowed to block the NATO supply routes which pass through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), a province in which his party has the government, and […]
Nov 25 2013 | Posted in
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It has been reported from Lahore that the Shiia Ulema Council (SUC) is planning to protest on this upcoming Sunday since there were a lot of security concerns on Friday and they had to shift from their actual schedule. The SUC president of Punjab, Allama Mazhar Abbas Alvi, has directly accused the government for […]
Nov 21 2013 | Posted in
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It is reported from Rawalpindi that Pakistani rangers will be deployed in different areas of Punjab in order to maintain the law and order situation which is expected to get out of hand on Friday. In total 13 sensitive areas have been highlighted by the state and rangers will take care of all these areas […]
Nov 21 2013 | Posted in
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Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Amir Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman stated this Thursday that he is reserved over the protection of Pakistan Ordinance. He claimed that it is absolutely unacceptable in terms of the Islamic teaching, the democratic norms which this country teaches and the fundamental rights of the human beings. He came out in the open to […]
Nov 21 2013 | Posted in
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