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Terming parliament as mother of all institutions, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said the country’s solidarity and destiny lies in accepting of its sanctity and supremacy unreservedly. Addressing Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) parliamentarians from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA), the premier urged all the institutions to work within their defined spheres. […]
A day after Pakistan lashed out at Afghanistan over cross-borders strikes, Islamabad asked Kabul to take appropriate steps to tighten its noose around insurgents. The two neighboring countries usually blame each other for violence of militants besetting both sides of their absorbent border. Pakistan formally registered a complaint with Afghanistan over insurgents attacked on Pakistani […]
In order to bring lasting peace to Karachi, Chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) urged Pashtuns and people from the Hazara community settled in the city for creating ethnic unity. It was first-of-its-kind gathering namely “Paigham-e-Mohabbat” (a message of love) where the MQM chief addressed the rally and promoted the message of peace and […]
Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has sought Google’s help to address the key issue of cross-border movement across the Durand-line; the line divides Pakistan and Afghanistan. His statement comes at a time when relations between Pakistan and the United States remain on a sour note. Google’s Executive Chairman Eric Emerson Schmidt called on Prime […]
Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain insisted that the girls were alive who were allegedly slaughtered following a jirga decree in Kohistan district. The minister denied that the women have been killed but witnesses from the rival tribe insisted otherwise. They claimed to identify graves of the slain women. Iftikhar Hussain added that a fact-finding […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday took suo moto notice of the alleged killing of seven people including five women as a punishment for dancing at a wedding party in Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). A video scandal was recently emerged in which the death decree was issued to seven persons by the […]
Finance Minister Abdul Hafiz Sheikh will present the national budget for the next fiscal year 2012-13 with total outlay of nearly 3 trillion rupees in the parliament on June 01. According to the reports, the focus of the upcoming Budget will be enhancing revenues to minimize dependence on the external finances, cutting down the government […]
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman has asserted that land route for NATO forces will not be restored, saying that rumors regarding any such move are completely baseless. Speaking to a party-jirga, the JUI-F chief stated that the joint resolution of parliament and recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) have redefined Pakistan’s […]
In quite a surprising revelation, Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Sheikh claimed that the Ministry of Water and Power had no mechanism of load shedding in the country. He also further stated that the ministry failed to evaluate actual quantum of load shedding and the gap between scheduled and unscheduled power outages. His disclosure left […]
President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif vowed to further tighten the grip on convicted Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, saying his refusal to accept the verdict of the Supreme Court is violation of the Constitution. While addressing a public gathering in Jacobabad, Nawaz Sharif said that it would have been better for […]
Despite the general elections are looking far away, many of the political parties started unannounced election campaign. The PML-N and the PPP, the two major parties of the country, are busy in highlighting their development projects and making promises to undertake more if they are returned to power. The ruling Pakistan People’s Party is making […]
In what appeared to be a political point-scoring tactic, President Asif Ali Zardari camped out in southern Punjab, speaking in favor of a Seraiki province. The President suggested a new Seraiki Bank, overlooking the modalities and legality of the project. Prior to the upcoming general election, the PPP is playing up the emotionalism of the […]
