On Tuesday, a special court trial of treason charges against retired General Pervez Musharraf requested authorities to freeze the former president’s bank accounts and seize his assets. The court was headed by Chief Justice Peshawar and consisted of three other members. High Court Justice Mazhar Alam Miankhel also passed orders about the non-attendance of the […]
Jul 23 2016 | Posted in
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India’s claim on Kashmir, saying that it belongs to them was rejected by Pakistan on Friday. “Jammu and Kashmir is an internationally recognised disputed state as per UN Security Council resolutions,” a Foreign Office statement said. “India has denied the oppressed people of Indian Occupied Kashmir their right to self-determination that its founding fathers had […]
While addressing a public gathering n Friday, following PML-N’s Azad Jammu and Kashmir electoral win, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif clearly voiced out, “We are waiting for the day Kashmir becomes Pakistan.” Marking the first public speech after his return from London following his open-heart surgery in May, Nawaz impressed on the Kashmiris “not to forget […]
During a discussion that took place at Nawaz Sharif’s Raiwind residence, the matter of lengthening the service of the army chief, the movement of the opposition parties’ directed at the personality of the prime minister and the trials set by Imran Khan and others to the PML-N government were deliberated on Tuesday. Unidentified sources who […]
Jul 18 2016 | Posted in
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Maulana Samiul Haq, Leader of his faction of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI), has cautioned PPP co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari to stop using inappropriate language about Darul Uloom Haqqania on Wednesday. Speaking to several groups of representatives at his home in Akora Khattak, Maulana Haq said, “I will disclose some secrets about him if […]
Jun 30 2016 | Posted in
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On Monday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured that the world has seen that India is not reluctant to engage with Pakistan because of his diplomatic attempts. He added that the world is acknowledging India’s attitude towards Pakistan. During an interview with a news channel in India, the Prime Minister said, “Our approach has created […]
Jun 29 2016 | Posted in
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On Friday, Pakistan signed the Memorandum of Obligations (MoO) along with the foreign ministers of the six SCO member states and Secretary General SCO. The MoO was signed by the Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz with the intention of attaining the full affiliation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) at its […]
Jun 27 2016 | Posted in
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Adviser to the Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz on Monday expressed his opinion regarding India’s failure to gain entry into the Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) blaming it on Pakistan’s rigorous lobbying. Talking to reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad, Aziz stated: “Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif personally wrote letters to 17 […]
Jun 27 2016 | Posted in
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On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal revealed that emails between US diplomats in Islamabad and State Department officials in Washington which were about US drone strikes in Pakistan and whether to oppose particular strikes are currently the focus of a criminal investigation linked with Hillary Clinton’s management of classified information. The journal reported that the […]
Hamid Karzai, former Afghan president revealed that he will be visiting Pakistan next month. Confirming to a group of journalists at his home in Kabul on Tuesday, he said: “I’ve received an invitation from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif a couple of days back.” He is of the opinion that friendly relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan […]
Jun 2 2016 | Posted in
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A day after he refused to impress opponents in parliament, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif maintained his party’s streak of vengeance against his opposition at the groundbreaking of the Dera Ismail Khan-Hakla Motorway, on Tuesday. Although he claimed that he would “not discuss his political opponents”, the PM launched into another verbal expose against the Pakistan […]
May 18 2016 | Posted in
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Without giving an exact date, former Muttahida Quami Movement leader Mustafa Kamal, said he would hold a political rally in the Mochi Gate ground in Lahore, According to Tanzem Khidmat-i-Khalq Shehriyan-i-Lahore chairman Shafiq Quadri. Quadri held a press conference at the Lahore Press Club to endorse Kamal. He gave a brief update of the current […]
Mar 15 2016 | Posted in
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