Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan has said that the federal government has constituted an inquiry committee to probe emergency promulgated by former President Pervez Musharraf on 3 November 2007. Speaking in the National Assembly Thursday‚ he said the four-member committee will comprise of the FIA officers. These are Muhammad Khalid Qureshi‚ Muhammad Azam […]
The National Assembly on Wednesday elected Mohammad Nawaz Sharif as the country’s Prime Minister for third time. Nawaz Sharif got 244 votes out of the total polled – votes while his close rival Makhdoom Amin Fahim of Pakistan Peoples Party secured 42– votes and Javed Hashmi, a third candidate of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf party bagged […]
The National Assembly will elect Leader of the House later on Wednesday. Three candidates including PML-N’s Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif‚ PPPP’s Makhdoom Amin Fahim and PTI’s Makhdoom Javed Hashmi are in the run for the top slot. Their nomination papers have already been accepted. Election of Leader of the House will be held through division […]
Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) seeks PPP support for Nawaz Sharif, the party candidate for the position of the Prime Minister, a senior party leader said Tuesday. Senator Ishaq Dar has said the PML-N is not working for evolving a consensus on the election of leader of the house in the National Assembly but is in […]
Prime Minister-in-waiting, Nawaz Sharif, Tuesday submitted nomination papers to contest for the position of Prime Minister. The National Assembly or Lower House of the Parliament will elect new Prime Minister on Wednesday following the May 11 general elections. Sharif’s name was proposed by Chief of Pakhtunkhawa Milli Awami Party Mahmoud Khan Achakzai‚ ally […]
In the recent memory, there has been a new scientific discovery, which revealed that a fifth moon has been orbiting around former planet Pluto. The Hubble Space Telescope, which stays in the low earth orbit, disclosed the news on Wednesday, July 11. Alan Stern, of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado tweeted about this […]
Jul 12 2012 | Posted in
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Urging the international community for direct investment, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said there were numerous opportunities for foreign investors in the country’s engineering, power and horticulture sectors. Addressing the Board of Investment (BOI) meeting, the newly elected premier said that its efforts for speedy resolution of the investors’ problems would enhance their confidence and […]
China sending women to the moon China will launch its Shenzhou-9 manned mission, carrying the first Chinese woman into space, on Saturday evening in a major step towards the country’s plan to build its own space station by 2020. Officials on Friday ended weeks of anticipation by confirming the timing of the launch and the […]
Jun 15 2012 | Posted in
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In an apparent bid to enhance bilateral ties between the neighboring countries, Pakistan and India on Friday opened Trade-Gate at Wagah Border. Giving positive response, India not only permitted Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from Pakistan but also inaugurated a second Integrated Check Post (ICP) on the border at Attari. Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma after […]
A new reports suggests that the magnetic anomalies observed on the moon are actually remnants of massive asteroid collision which occurred almost 4 billion years ago. According to the research team, the metallic iron on an asteroid could have been magnetized by the impact and topographical surveys indicate that they are spread around the rim […]
Mar 17 2012 | Posted in
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During its mission, the Galileo spacecraft returned a number of images of Earth’s only natural satellite. Galileo surveyed the moon on Dec. 7, 1992, on its way to explore the Jupiter system in 1995-1997. This color mosaic was assembled from 18 images taken by Galileo’s imaging system through a green filter. On the upperleft is […]
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Amin Fahim breaks the ice, ultimately Breaking the ice after months’ silence, PPP veteran leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim Tuesday said that Asif Ali Zardari was an elected president and he cannot be removed on the desire of any body. “The only constitutional way to ouster the president is impeachment but nobody has any reason to […]
Jan 4 2012 | Posted in
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