Archive for: July, 2014

Pakistan Army says 80% of Miranshah cleared

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General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7th Infantry Division Miranshah, Major General Zafarullah Khan on Wednesday July 9m2014 told reporters that Pakistan army has cleared 80 per cent of Miramshah during Operation Zarb-e-Azb.  Major General Zafarullah Khan said the army was facing opposition from the Taliban militants in some areas of North Waziristan. He said that there […]

Pakistan supports efforts for cessation of unilateral Israeli aggression

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Pakistan supports the international community’s efforts for the cessation of unilateral Israeli aggression on Gaza killing Palestinians including women and children, said Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam in a statement on Wednesday July 9, 2014. The statement said that Pakistan condemns Israeli military offensive. Tasneem Aslam said that loss of lives in Gaza is a […]

Cricketers meet Finance Minister to resolve tax issues

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Pakistani cricketers who were heavily taxed by Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) had approached the Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to resolve the income tax issues. It is reported that Ishaq Dar refused to provide any relief in the tax matters but assured the cricketers to consider their legitimate demands. National cricket team captain Misbah-ul-Haq and […]

PTI to lodge disqualification reference against Nawaz Sharif

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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has requested  Pakistan Election Commission this Wednesday to provide details of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif nomination papers in order to lodge a disqualification reference against him in violation of Article 62 and 63 of the Constitution of Pakistan.  PTI Members of National Assembly Murad Saeed and Ali Khan called on  Secretary Election […]

Canada launches express visa service in India

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Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister, Chris Alexander, has launched new CAN+ express visa service for Indians this Monday to facilitate students, businesspersons and visitors. India is the third country after China and Mexico where the CAN+ visa services are being provided.  Earlier in the pilot program, visa applications were approved in five days with over […]

5.4 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Pakistan’s Northern Areas

On Tuesday the capital city of Pakistan was shaken by an earthquake. The magnitude of the earthquake was recorded to be 5.4. Islamabad is considered to be a part of the fault line that goes through Pakistan. This means that the city will always be experiencing tremors every year. The biggest earthquake which hit the […]

Pakistan to Host a Shorter Home Series against India

Recently the two neighbouring countries decided that they are going to play six series in cricket. Pakistani people were delighted as the country has not seen any international cricket being played at home for quite some time. However, different countries now want to travel to Pakistan in order to play cricket and one of them […]

Pakistan Eyes $40billion Investment from China

It has been proposed by Beijing that they are willing to make an investment worth $40 billion as they are trying to penetrate through the Pakistani market. Pakistan is currently the first priority target market for China because they can see a lot of potential in it. Moreover, the biggest deep sea port in the […]

Privatization of OGDCL to be completed by September 2014

The minister of state and chairman Privatization Commission Board,

Chairman Privatization Commission Board has assured that Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) transaction will be completed by September 2014. In this regard, the Board will approve the transaction structure of ten percent of government owned shares on 21st July. The minister of state and chairman Privatization Commission Board, Mohammad Zubair had earlier informed […]

UK will investigate possible cover-up of child abuse in 80s

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The British Government has announced the launch of two investigations into child sexual abuse in the 80s of the last century and its possible political cover up. The investigation is a result of the accusations last week against former interior minister in times of Margaret Thatcher, Leon Brittan, who once ignored a report that a […]

Electronic devices without battery on flights to U.S. not allowed

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Strengthening security measures in some airports in Africa, Europe and Middle East with direct flights to U.S. cities can embarrass many passengers to the point of running out of mobile phone, tablet or computer. Fearing that Al Qaeda has developed a new type of sophisticated and difficult to detect bombs, transport authorities can order from […]

Asylum applications increased by 30% in European Union

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The European Union in 2013 received a record number of applications for asylum: 435,760. The figure represents an increase of 30 % over the previous year, the highest growth seen so far on Community statistics, which is collected uniformly since 2008. Syrian crisis, but also underground conflicts such as Chechnya in Russia, explained in large […]

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