Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Tuesday called upon the Developing Eight (D-8) to build a focused roadmap for closer economic integration, adding that poverty from the members countries could be eliminated with the formation of the D-8 Business Forum. Addressing the D-8 Business Forum ‚ the premier expressed satisfaction that the Preferential Trade […]
Declaring Israel a terrorist state for attacks on Gaza, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has underlined hostility for his former ally since relations between them collapsed in 2010. After nearly a week of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel and Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, the Turkish premier uttered server comments about Israel. […]
Nov 20 2012 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf today (Monday) will inaugurate a four-day meeting of the Developing-8 (D-8) countries to formulate a strategy to enhance their share in global trade by 15 per cent by 2018. Secretary of the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) Abdul Qadeer Qazi while addressing a press conference said, “The D-8 […]
Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) General Secretary MushahidHussain Syed has said US played role in past but it would not act in the upcoming elections. Addressing a seminar on the topic “long-lasting regional peace”, here on Tuesday he said that the peace in the region could not be maintained without Pakistan as the country has […]
Nov 14 2012 | Posted in
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The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to assure the court that the Turkish ship-mounted rental power plant Karkey will not be allowed to leave till the company clears its arrears. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry resumed hearing of the rental […]
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Wednesday reiterated that Pakistan is determined to tackle challenge of militancy, adding that militants would not be allowed to impose their agendas. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of Defence Exhibition IDEAS-2012 in Karachi, the premier condemned terrorism in all of its manifestations. He said the government will not allow […]
Na Li trounces Angelique Kerber in red group – TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships 2012 Asian number one, Na Li, got the better of the fifth seed, Angelique Kerber, in straight sets at the TEB BNP Paribas WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) Championships 2012 on Thursday. She penned down a 6-4, 6-3 victory against the left-handed […]
Oct 26 2012 | Posted in
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Sara Errani outfoxes Samantha Stosur in white group – TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships 2012 Italian number one Sara Errani overpowered the former US Open champion, Samantha Stosur, in a topsy-turvy three setter at the TEB BNP Paribas WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) Championships 2012 on Thursday. She nudged up a 6-3, 2-6, 6-0 victory against […]
Oct 26 2012 | Posted in
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Serene Williams topples Victoria Azarenka in red group – TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships Former world number one, Serena Williams from United Stated, got the better of the current world number one, Victoria Azarenka, in straight sets at the TEB BNP Paribas WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) Championships held in Istanbul, Turkey. She jolted down a […]
Oct 26 2012 | Posted in
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Former premier Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has claimed that parliament no role in decision-making process, adding that it has failed to exercise its powers in protecting its rights because of opposition. Speaking to the media at Allam Iqbal International Airport, he further stated that parliament couldn’t take any stand when he was disqualified by the […]
Oct 5 2012 | Posted in
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Maria Sharapova is single again Forget about Maria Sharapova’s tennis, which is going quite well at the moment. She dropped a bit of off-court news at the U.S. Open on Friday, saying she’s no longer engaged to professional basketball player Sasha Vujacic. At her postmatch news conference after a 6-1, 6-1 victory over NCAA runner-up […]
Sep 7 2012 | Posted in
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UN negotiations to draft the first international treaty on the multi-billion-dollar arms trade have ended without a deal, with some diplomats blaming the United States for the deadlock. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Friday he was “disappointed” that member states failed to clinch an agreement after several years of preparatory work and four weeks of […]
Jul 28 2012 | Posted in
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