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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who is scheduled to arrive in Islamabad on Monday on a day-long visit, will seek Pakistan’s role to bring the Afghan Taliban to the negotiation table, Afghan ambassador Umder Daudzai says. Daudzai told NewsPakistan in Islamabad on Saturday that Pakistan can facilitate the peace process as it has recently confirmed […]
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Saturday said that Gadani Power Project should be given top priority in view of energy crisis in the country. He was chairing a meeting of Gadani Power Park steering committee in Hub today where was briefed about the project. The prime minister said this is a very important project and […]
Police in Lahore on Saturday removed Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf camp set up against the alleged rigging in by-elections. The police also detained nearly 12 activists of PTI, who wanted to start hunger strike in the camp on the busy Mall Road, the PTI leaders said. Police said the authorities have already imposed section 144 and protest […]
Indian authorities must conduct a thorough and efficient investigation into the rape of a photographer in Mumbai on Thursday, the Committee to Protect Journalists has said. “It is appalling that a young woman working in the heart of Mumbai was attacked in this manner,” said Bob Dietz, CPJ’s Asia program coordinator. “We call on Indian […]
Officials in the violence-hit Bhakkar district in Punjab say that the area is calm following the Friday’s sectarian clashes which claimed 12 lives. The situation worsen after gunmen fired at the funeral of a local religious Ghulam Muhammad. The District Coordination Officer (DCO) Bhakkar said curfew has not been clamped on the tension-hit areas‚ […]
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a teacher of a religious school and another man when they fired at a ‘madrassa’ in Islamabad late Friday, police said. A 14-year student of the school was also injured in the attack at Shehzad Town area of Islamabad, police said. The gunmen fled after the incident. No group […]
Prime Minister Friday said that the Gwadar-Kashgar corridor will generate employment opportunities and bring prosperity to the country. Speaking at a meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office to discuss the Kashgar to Gwadar Economic Corridor he said that the project would open up new areas for economic activity and generate employment. He said about […]
Punjab assembly on Friday adopted a unanimous resolution, condemning the American drone strikes in the country’s tribal regions. Law Minister, Rana Sanaullah, moved the resolution which was also supported by the opposition members.’\ The opposition Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf had earlier tabled a resolution against the US attacks however it was deferred to create consensus on the […]
Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, Friday said Pakistan and Sri Lanka should work together for frequent and easier people to people contacts by promoting tourism. The Prime Minister expressed these views in a meeting with Sri Lanka’s Minister for External Affairs Prof. G. L. Peiri in Islamabad. The Prime Minister said that Pakistan has always supported […]
Pakistan on Friday released 337 Indian fishermen as a goodwill gesture at a time when tension has escalated over exchange of firing between forces of the two countries along the Line of Control. The fishermen had been arrested for illegal fishing in Pakistani water and were freed on completion of their jail term, officials say. […]
Authorities in Pakistan should immediately investigate the murder of a Baluch journalist whose body was found in Karachi on Wednesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Haji Abdul Razzaq Baloch had been missing since March, according to media groups. Razzaq’s face was mutilated, and his body showed signs of strangulation and torture, according to […]
The United States has voiced concern over violence along the Line of Control in disputed Kashmir region, after Pakistan said that unprovoked Indian shelling killed an army officer and two of its soldiers in different sectors. “We are certainly aware of these reports. We remain concerned about violence along the line of control,” State Department […]
