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Pakistani Taliban on Saturday released eight government employees, who were kidnapped nearly one year ago, at a time when the militants and the government are set to hold peace talks, officials and Taliban leaders said. The freed men had been working on a dam project in South Waziristan tribal region when they were kidnapped […]
Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has spoken to Leader of the Opposition‚ Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah‚ who is currently in London‚ about the appointment of Chairman National Accountability Bureau. The two sides discussed the issue a day after the Supreme Court directed the government to appoint Chairman NAB. The position has been vacant since the removal […]
Governor Sindh province, Ihshrat-ul-Ebad has resigned apparently over operation by security forces in the port city of Karachi, sources and the local media reported Saturday. Governor Ebad’s party the Mutahida Qaumi Movement or MQM has protested against the operation and alleged that its nearly 100 activists have been arrested. There is no official word on […]
Pakistani and Indian diplomats will finalize agenda for the upcoming summit meeting of prime ministers of the two countries in the United Nations later this month, a senior Pakistani advisor on national security and foreign affairs, Sartaj Aziz, said on Friday. Sartaj Aziz met Indian External Affairs Minister, Salman Khurshid in the Kyrgyz capital of […]
A five member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has directed the government to immediately appoint Chairman National Accountability Bureau. Hearing appointment of Chairman NAB case in Islamabad Friday‚ the bench observed that the post of chairman NAB is vacant for the past many months‚ which is delaying investigation […]
Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz held a meeting with Indian External Affairs minister Salman Khursheed in the Kyrgyz city of Bishkek Friday and discussed bilateral issues‚ ways to defuse tension on Line of Control. Both leaders met on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit. They also discussed the dialogue process between the two countries. […]
Unidentified attackers in Balochistan Friday fired rockets on tankers, carrying oil for NATO forces in neighbourig Afghanistan, and destroyed nine tankers, officials said. A driver was killed and two others were injured in the attack in Qalat district, they said. Oil tankers, parked outside a roadside hotel, were attacked with rockets by the unidentified men, […]
U.S. Ambassador Richard Olson joined Federal Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif and WAPDA Chairman Syed Raghib Shah to laud the completion of the Gomal Zam dam project. The dam will boost the region’s electricity supply, irrigate farmlands, and protect the South Waziristan area from seasonal flooding. “The completion of the Gomal Zam dam hydropower station […]
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed the Ministry of Privatization and Civil Aviation Division to initiate the process of privatization of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) while ensuring complete transparency, adherence of all relevant codal formalities and guidelines of the superior courts in the process. He said transparent process will not only people benefit from a qualitatively […]
Attorney General informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that 500 agro farms were constructed against the laws of Capital Development Authority (CDA). He made this statement before a three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry‚ Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja and Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed during the hearing of illegal construction on the land of […]
Officials in northern areas said Thursday that the main accused of Chilas tragedy Hamidullah has been arrested from Kohistan during a search operation. According to police‚ the accused had gunned down a colonel‚ captain and a Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) last month in Chilas. The slain officials were investigating the massacre of 10 tourists and […]
Pakistan plans to raise the issue of American drone attacks in the country’s tribal regions at the United Nations, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. The U.S. spy aircraft routinely fire missiles into Waziristan tribal region which Pakistan says kill innocent people and that the attacks are against sovereignty of the country. The U.S. has refused […]
