Posts tagged as: Islamabad

Islamabad puts on hold new visa regime with India

First session of talks between Pakistan and India concluded fruitlessly on Friday without any decision about much awaited liberalized and soft visa agreement between the two neighbors. Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik while speaking to the media said Islamabad had taken a firm decision to liberalize visa regime with India. He, however, said the agreement […]

Former President Pervez Musharraf rejects Bilawal Bhutto’s allegations

Rejecting allegations leveled against him by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, former president Pervez Musharraf said the killers of Benazir Bhutto were in the government but the incumbent was not serious to arrest them. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the son of late Benazir Bhutto and President Asif Ali Zardari, said that Pervez Musharraf had killed his mother by […]

US drone strike killed four in Pakistan

At least four alleged militants were killed and several others injured when a US drone fired missiles on a compound in North Waziristan, Pakistan’s tribal area bordering Afghanistan. According to the media reports, the attack took place early Saturday, at a house in Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan. This region is a famous hideout […]

Good hygiene can help prevent dengue

Good hygiene can help prevent dengue Principal Post Graduate Medical Institute Professor Dr Tariq Salahuddin has said that only hygienic lifestyle can help us get rid of dengue so government, media, NGOs and representatives of civil society must come up to sensitise public against dengue to eradicate this menace the earliest. He said this while […]

US drone attack kills four in Pakistan

An unmanned US aircraft killed at least four people while injured many others in an attack on a militant compound in Miranshah, the troubled area of Northwestern Pakistan. According to the media reports, the drone fired two missiles on a house in Tabai, killing at least four alleged assailants and injuring many others. The reports […]

A test of Pakistan’s diplomacy

Turkey, the close friend of Pakistan and important ally of NATO forces, desperately wants the land route for allied forces battling in Afghanistan to be resumed. However, the hype created by the establishment, opposition and a section of media after the highly condemnable Salala check-post attack is standing in the way to resumption of supply-line. […]

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan offers lessons to Pakistani lawmakers

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has advised Pakistan’s political leadership to avoid going too far in their rivalry, saying it costs them the democratic system itself. His address to Pakistani parliament was nothing short of a scolding by an elder brother. He, who has already completed two highly successful terms as premier since 2003 […]

Difa-e-Pakistan Council to start the long march on May 27

Difa-e-Pakistan Council to start the long march on May 27 Karachi: (Monday, May 21, 2012) The Difa-e-Pakistan Council has scheduled a countrywide protest and ‘long march’ against the possible resumption of the Nato supplies. The schedule of the long march has been planned and prepared by the organizing committee of the DPC in its meeting […]

First US diplomatic shipment crosses into Afghanistan

Following a six-month blockade of NATO supplies, first shipment of four containers of office supplies for American Embassy in Kabul crossed into Afghanistan from Pakistan via Torkham border. A media report quoting senior official said that Pakistani government had never put bar on the transportation of supplies for the diplomatic missions. He clarified that ban […]

Yousaf Raza Gilani is not Prime Minister; reiterates Nawaz Sharif

PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif reiterated his stance about Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, saying they do not accept him as premier and would not allow the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) as per the wishes of the government. While an interview, the PML-N chief said the incumbent could not bear the opposition’s demand […]

Hussain Haqqani refused to return to Pakistan

Former Pakistan’s ambassador to the United States, Hussain Haqqani refused to return home, saying that such a scenario was not possible until the atmosphere cooled for him. While interviewing to CNN he stated, “I will not go back to Pakistan for the moment. Purely because there are elements there who have been threatening my life”. […]

President Asif Ali Zardari unlikely to meet President Barack Obama

President Asif Ali Zardari is unlikely to meet US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of annual NATO summit in Chicago. According to the media reports, Tom Donilom, the Nation Security Advisor to Barack Obama said the Pakistani president will attend the Chicago summit, with a final deal apparently close on reopening crucial NATO supplies. […]

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