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PPP government in Sindh has rejected claims by the MQM and ANP that its dozens of activists have been arrested in Karachi. Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon has said the provincial government is not carrying out any crackdown against any party in Karachi. In a statement‚ he said police and Rangers will take action […]
Advisor to the Prime Minister on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, said Thursday Pakistan has already declared its policy of “No interference, and No Favorites” in Afghanistan in the post 2014 period. “If all regional countries followed the same policy and resisted the temptation to fill the power vacuum, then Afghanistan would have […]
Officials in Peshawar Thursday cancelled the 33-year sentence to a Pakistani doctor for “helping” the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in hunting down Osama bin Laden, and ordered his retrial, officials and lawyers said. Dr. Shakil Afridi, who was accused of organizing a fake vaccination campaign to get DNA samples of the children of the slain […]
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told the National Assembly Pakistan opposes any attack on Syria as any such action will against its sovereignty. He aid that Syria is an independent and sovereign country and Pakistan cannot support any action against it. He said Advisor on Foreign Affairs and National Security Sartaj Aziz will brief […]
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif received Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, chief of JUI-F in Islamabad Thursday and discussed political matters including expansion of the cabinet, sources said. The JUI-F leader, Akram Khan Durrani, is likely to be conducted in the cabinet and a decision has already been taken, the govt and JUI sources said. Sources earlier said […]
The National Assembly was informed on Thursday that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is investigating the cases of NATO/ISAF missing containers on the directives of Supreme Court of Pakistan. Federal Minister for Finance Muhammad Ishaq Dar said the NAB is in the process of finalizing the investigations/enquiry and has not yet communicated the number of […]
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Shaikh Aftab Ahmad Thursday regretted that the opposition wants to bring the people on the streets and derail the democracy. Reacting to the criticism of Opposition Leader Syed Khurshid Ahmad Shah‚ he appealed the opposition to demonstrate patience and help the government in strengthening the democratic institutions. He reminded […]
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and the Awami National Party (ANP) have alleged victimization and arrest of their activists as the security forces launched an operation in parts of Karachi early Thursday. The MQM and ANP lawmakers walked out of the National Assembly and the Senate on Thursday to register protest over arrests. The ANP […]
Officials say death toll from floods in the country has reached 193 while 1116 sustained injuries. The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) says over one hundred thirteen thousand people and over five thousand two hundred villages have been affected by the floods. More than 35‚300 houses have been damaged partially and over 17‚100 completely as […]
The Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and League of Arab States for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi Wednesday stressed that military intervention in Syria must be approved by the Security Council. Lakhdar Brahimi told a press conference that the Syria is now undoubtedly the most serious crisis facing Syrian people, the region and the […]
The parliament was told Wednesday evening that Iran-Pakistan gas project would be completed in the stipulated time. Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Shahid Khaqan Abbasi informed the National Assembly, or Lower House of the parliament, that Pakistan is bound to purchase Gas from Iran by 1st January 2015 otherwise‚ a plenty […]
The Federal Government Wednesday hinted a ‘targeted operation’ against the miscreants in the violence-hit port city of Karachi where businesses are now demanding deployment of the army to restore peace. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan says that as many as 1,726 people had been killed in Karachi until the end of June in 2013. […]
