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Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, presides over meeting of the federal cabinet to accord approval to the decisions of the All Parties Conference, officials said Tuesday. The APC Monday unanimously called upon the federal government to initiate talks with the militants to end bloodshed in the country. Mr Sharif had also insisted that talks should be […]
Following is the text of the resolution of the All Parties Conference adopted unanimously on Monday. 1. We, have assembled together at Islamabad today, the 9th day of September, 2013, on the invitation of Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, to discuss the national security crisis besetting our beloved Pakistan. 2. We have […]
Mamnoon Hussain took oath as 12th President of the country at a ceremony at Aiwan-e-Sadr‚ Islamabad on Monday. Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry administered the oath. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif‚ former President Asif Ali Zardari‚ members of the Federal cabinet‚ services chiefs‚ Parliamentarians‚ politicians‚ diplomats and senior […]
A conference of the ruling PML-N and opposition parties Monday unanimously asked the government to hold dialogue with the armed Taliban militants to end the bloodshed in the country. The conference was convened by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to seek suggestions from the mainstream political and religious parties to devise a policy of national […]
Chairman Tehreek-e-Insaaf, Imran Khan, who had demanded meeting with the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Army Chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Monday met both leaders ahead of the All Parties Conference. They discussed the issue of terrorism at length with the prime minister and the army chief. The two leaders gave their proposals to effectively […]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Pakistan Monday signed an agreement to invest $245 million to improve the country’s power distribution systems, the ADB said. Nargis Sethi, Secretary Economic Affairs Division of Pakistan and Dr. Werner E. Liepach, ADB’s Country Director for Pakistan signed the loan agreement. “The investment will help upgrade […]
Parents of Shahzeb Khan had the right to forgive blood of his 20-year-old son who was brutally murdered by a gang of influential goons in Karachi last year but their decision has shocked many who wanted to see the culprits punished for heinous crime. The parents said they have forgiven the killers in spirit of […]
Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, Monday told a conference of the country’s major political and religious leaders that a national consensus is needed to find out solution to the issue of terrorism and other major challenges. The Prime Minister had invited the country’s political and religious leaders to seek their proposals for a national security policy […]
President-elect Mamnoon Hussain will take oath as Pakistan’s 12th President at a ceremony at Presidency later on Monday. Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will administer the oath. The ceremony will be attended by Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, ministers, MPs, political leaders, diplomats and senior military leaders. Mamnoon Hussain was elected with an […]
A three-day special campaign to enroll five hundred thousand out of school children in schools was launched across Pakistan on Monday, officials said. The federal‚ provincial‚ Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan governments would aggressively participate in the campaign to achieve the target. During the campaign‚ children of school going age would be enrolled with the cooperation […]
The All Parties Conference (APC) convened to devise a comprehensive strategy for overcoming terrorism will be held in Islamabad later on Monday. All major political parties have accepted the invitation to participate in the conference, Interior Minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan says. Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, who will chair the APC, will deliver his […]
At least two people were killed in a bomb blast in Quetta late Sunday, police said. The blast on busy Saryab Road near a power station also injured nearly 10 people, police and hospital sources said. The bomb was attached to a motorcycle and was detonated with the help of a remote-controlled device, a […]
