Pakistan on Monday summoned Syrian envoy and conveyed concern over a recent attack on a holy shrine near Damascus, the Foreign Ministry said. Reports earlier suggested that a rocket strike near the revered shrine of Sayyeda Bibi Zainab’s (AS) on Friday had killed its custodian and cause partial damage to the tomb. The shrine is […]
Thousands of people from right-wing, religious and banned organisations demonstrated in Islamabad on Tuesday, calling on Pakistan not to reopen its Afghan border to NATO and US supplies. Hafiz Saeed, the head of banned charity Jamaat-ud-Dawa seen as a front for the Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks addressed the heavily guarded […]
The simmering crisis between Pakistan’s government and judiciary flared dramatically on Thursday when the Supreme Court announced it would pursue contempt charges against the Prime Minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, for failing to reopen a corruption investigation into the finances of his boss, President Asif Ali Zardari. The Supreme Court said it would start proceedings for […]
Pakistan’s highest court escalated its clash with the government on Monday by initiating contempt-of-court proceedings against Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani for failing to pursue corruption charges against his boss, President Asif Ali Zardari. The Supreme Court was clearly infuriated after the government’s lawyer said that the government had given no instructions on how to […]
Jan 17 2012 | Posted in
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Gillani takes a U-turn in his aggressive policy towards the Army Prime Minister of Pakistan, Yousuf Raza Gillani has taken a U-turn in his aggressive policy towards the Army and said today that his government fully backs the armed forces of the country. The present government of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and its allies are […]
Pakistan’s foremost political and military leadership are set to decide on the future of the relationship between the South Asian nation and the United States of America. A set of rules is said to be prepared which will lay down the law for the relationship between the two countries, a relationship which has been under […]
Lack of competitive environment is link with poor performance of public sector, Says Minister for Finance Minister for Finance Economic Affairs, Dr Hafeez Shiekh has blamed the poor performance of public sector which is causing Pakistan with lack of competitive environment across the masses. He was present at a meeting where he spoke boldly […]
Dec 2 2011 | Posted in
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One of the most powerful militant leaders in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region, Hafiz Gul Bahadur, has given threats to the government of Pakistan that he is going to tear apart the peace pact and turn his fighters against Islamabad government. Three years back, Bahadur had signed an unofficial non-aggression accord with the Pakistan army, which […]
Nov 12 2011 | Posted in
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