Faisal Farooq
Joined on: Nov 30, -0001
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Articles By Faisal Farooq
The Supreme Court while expressing dissatisfaction rejected the interim report presented by Director Legal of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in the National Insurance Company Ltd (NICL) scandal case. A three-judge bench of the apex court with Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in the chair resumed hearing of the NICL scam. Over the directives of the […]
Expressing its confidence over the security of Pakistan’s nuclear assets, the US State Department has offered condolence over the Kamra Airbase attack. In quite a sensitive operation, the Pakistani security forces killed nine militants after heavily equipped militants stormed a PAF Airbase in Kamra, Attock. Expressing condolence, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the US […]
Aug 17 2012 | Posted in
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In quite an unprecedented move, the Supreme Court has warned that Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf could face consequences if he failed to appear before the Supreme Court on August 27. The court, however, promised to accommodate the premier if he appears on the given date with a positive statement regarding its order in the […]
Aug 17 2012 | Posted in
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Urging the heads of states and governments to support Pakistan in appealing all the groups in Afghanistan to join the reconciliation and peace, President Asif Ali Zardari said termed peace vital for prosperity in the region. While addressing the fourth Islamic summit in Makkah, the president said Islamabad had been seriously affected the unrest in […]
Asking the world not to show concern for the safety of the Pakistan’s nuclear assets, Foreign Office on Thursday reiterated that it strategic assets were safe under a robust command and control system. Foreign Office spokesperson Moazzam Ahmad Khan while commenting on remarks made by US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta that Pakistan’s strategic assets could […]
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said the judiciary held a position parallel to that of the legislature and of the executive, asserting the judiciary was performing functions purely within its constitutional sphere. Addressing a full-court reference on the occasion of Justice Shakirullah Jan’s retirement, he said interpretation of laws was the judiciary’s responsibility while […]
Aug 17 2012 | Posted in
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The bloody war is continued and in the latest episode as many as 20 Shia Muslims have been forced out of a bus and killed in a sectarian attack in the northwestern district of Mansehra, the third such incident in the six months. According to the officials, the bus was traveling from the city of […]
Federal Law Minister Farooq H Naek on Thursday said a seven-member bench of the apex court couldn’t override the verdict delivered by a full-court bench. While speaking to the media after a court hearing on the federal government’s review petition against the court’s July 12 verdict, the minister made it clear that the government doesn’t […]
BB Qureshi, the first Pakistani women to earn a PhD, silently made her final journey on Wednesday, causing a bet of stir as she spent her last years in the Edhi Old Home. After holding a PhD Trinity College in Dublin in Agriculture and Economics, she had worked in leading institutions of the world and […]
Aug 16 2012 | Posted in
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Defence Minister Syed Naveed Qamar on Thursday said that the death toll of the militants and the minimal damage caused to the Kamra Airbase was clear evidence of the preparations of the security forces. While speaking to the media hours after militant attacked PAF Airbase in Kamra, the minister said the forces were active to […]
The valiant personnel of Pakistan Air Force and SSG Commandoes of Pak Army cleared Kamra Airbase after heavy clashes in which eight militants have been killed, official said on Thursday. According to the reports one security official has also been lost his life and a plane damaged in the pre-dawn assault at PAF Base Minhas. […]
Voicing concerns over reports about possible military operation in North Waziristan, opposition leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that the army should not push the country into a war at the behest of a foreign state. The opposition leader while speaking to media said that Chief of the Army Staff […]