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Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Saturday inaugurated the seventy-two megawatt Khan Khwar Hydropower project at Bisham in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). The premier while addressing the inaugural ceremony said the government was focusing on hydropower generation projects to produce inexpensive and environment friendly power, adding that this project will add 72 megawatt of electricity to […]
There are so many killer groups in Balochistan which are currently having a field day and apparently two explanations are given for the emergence. Firstly, the provincial government and law enforcement agencies are completely incompetent to handle the situation. Second are the peculiar policies of the government in the province which led to the killing […]
Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Admiral (Retd) Fasih Bokhari has requested an accountability-court to reopen corruption cases against top leadership of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. The Chairman of the accountability bureau on recommendation of a special committee constituted by the NAB under the supervision of persecutor general signed an application requesting the court to reopen three […]
Admitting all petitions challenging the recently passed Contempt of Court Act 2012, the Supreme Court of Pakistan issued notice to Prime Minister and Attorney General along with ten others respondents. President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday signed into law a bill adopted by the parliament which permitted the prime minister, federal ministers and chief ministers […]
As Atiqa Odho said there is no boundary and age limit to fall in love, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) is all set to go on honeymoon. The newly-wed couple has belonged to two different and quite opposite political parties, the two are committed not to interfere in each other’s political […]
Lashing out the foreign hands involved in Kashmir, Chairman Special Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir and JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has blamed Israel for spreading violence in the Indian-held-Kashmir. In his view, Israel inducted armed personnel in the beautiful valley in the guise of tourists, aiming at destroying peace of the region. His statement came […]
In another bid to woo back the angry nationalist leaders, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that the government was ready to accept legitimate demands of dissident Baloch people. While co-chairing the Balochistan cabinet meeting with Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani, the recently elected premier said that the Baloch were patriotic Pakistanis. In his […]
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has made it clear that he hadn’t said the government will not write the letter to the Swiss authorities against President Asif Ali Zardari. He, however, said that the government’s stance was that writing letter was unconstitutional until Asif Ali Zardari holds office of the presidency. […]
The law enforcement agencies were caught napping as militants first attacked near Gujrat and then right inside the provincial metropolis, Lahore, reconfirming fears of terrorism in the country. Lull in terrorist activities for more than a year in the provincial capital had inducted a false sense of security in the administration and law enforcing bodies. […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday has announced that it will indict Malik Riaz, the property tycoon and former chairman of Bahria Town, on July 16 in the contempt of court case. A three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Justice Shakirullah Jan while hearing the contempt of court case against the business […]
Lashing out at the VVIP culture, Jamatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has said that those enjoying the government perks were not only violating the Constitution but also principles outlined in Islam. Hafiz Saeed, the founder of banned outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, on whom the United States has set out a $10 million bounty, filed a […]
In a clear warning to the government, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that the judiciary will not tolerate any unconstitutional steps taken by the executive or legislature. Addressing the Balochistan High Court (BHC) Association, the chief justice said that only rule acceptable was that of law and the Constitution. He observed, “Judiciary has […]
