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Blaming the Pakistan Muslim League-N for conspiring against Mohajir province, President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday said the issue of a Mohajir province was raised just to take revenge from the Pakistan Peoples Party for its bold stand to create a Seraiki province. In an interactive session that lasted for three hours, the president took […]
With the rise in mercury level, the power shortfall continues to plague the country as electricity shortfall has risen to 7,000 megawatts (MW) that resulted in increase in unannounced load shedding across the country. PSO has reduced fuel supply to IPPs and power houses due to which electricity is being generated around 10,000 MW while […]
In a bid to acquire public support, Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that the new province will be created before the next elections, clarifying that there was no link between the upcoming general elections and the national budget. The premier while speaking to the media said that the elections will be held according […]
President Asif Ali Zardari has sent a reference to Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza to form a commission to oversee the matter of the creation of the new provinces, signaling the creation of two new federating units including the Seraiki and Bahawalpur province, The commission will comprise six Senators to be nominated by Senate […]
Finance Minister Abdul Hafiz Sheikh will present the national budget for the next fiscal year 2012-13 with total outlay of nearly 3 trillion rupees in the parliament on June 01. According to the reports, the focus of the upcoming Budget will be enhancing revenues to minimize dependence on the external finances, cutting down the government […]
Pakistan on Thursday conducted a successful flight test of the indigenously developed Air Launched Cruise Missile, Hatf-VIII (Ra’ad), Inter Service Public Relation (ISPR) said. “The Ra’ad Missile, with a range of over 350 KM, enables Pakistan to achieve strategic standoff capability on land and at Sea. ‘Cruise Technology’ is extremely complex and has been developed […]
Lashkar-e-Islam, a banned militant outfit, has denied links with CIA agent Dr Shakil Afrdi, who helped US trace Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, the garrison town of Pakistan. Shakeel Afridi was on May 24 sentenced to 33 years in jail after he was found guilty of treason under Pakistan’s system of tribal justice. Afridi was […]
A district and session court overturned the punishment of Syeda Wahida Shah Bukhari’s summary trial which was conducted by the returning officer Asghar Ali Siyal. She was caught on camera assaulting polling staff during the by-elections but won one of her two ongoing court battles on Wednesday. The 6th Additional District and Session judge, Shahid […]
Pakistan Army on Thursday rejected media report about the return of the United States (US) military trainers into Pakistan, media reported on Thursday. Earlier, a wire service reported that the US trainers, which were sent back from Pakistan after Salala attack, have returned to Pakistan, in a sign the two nations may be able to […]
In its continued efforts to press Pakistan, the United States sought clarification from Islamabad on the issue of Dr Shakeel Afridi’s sentence. State Department’s spokesman Mark Toner while speaking to the media during daily press briefing said, “US sought clarity on the ‘new reason’ being given by Pakistan for sentencing Dr Shakeel Afridi”. According to […]
Six Pakistani Universities have won its place in the list of top 300 Universities in Asia, proving the fact that investment in higher education in the country continues to reap dividends. According to a press statement issued by QS World Universities Rankings 2012, National University of Science and Technology (NUST-108) Karachi University (191-200) AKU (201-250) […]
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) traded allegations against each other’s leaderships. The former accused PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif of tax evasion while the latter pointed out Imran Khan’s prosperity in the federal capital. Shafqat Mehmood, the PTI spokesman while speaking to the media said that Nawaz Sharif had paid no taxes […]
