In what appeared to be an unexpected upshot, Pakistan’s centre-forward Shakil Abbasi was declared the Player of the Tournament at the 34th Champions Trophy played from 1-9 December at the State Netball Hockey Centre in Melbourne, Australia. Australia, the host team won the tournament while the Greenshirts earned bronze medal after defeating India in […]
Dec 10 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan Saturday rejected claims by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that attack on Afghan spy chief was planned in Quetta. Head of Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS), a close confidant of President Hamid Karzai, was injured in the attack in one of the guest houses of the spy agency in Kabul on Thursday. Taliban had […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has claimed that corruption could be ended only in nine days, adding that he had a list of around 200-300 corrupt people who he would go after first. Speaking at Agenda Aaj Tak organized by India Today, the former cricketer-turned-politician said, “After the elections our party will be […]
Dec 8 2012 | Posted in
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Afghan President Hamed Karzai Saturday claimed that the suicide attack on his country’s intelligence chief, Asadullah Khalid, was planned in the Pakistani city of Quetta and blamed Pakistan-based militants for the attack in Kabul. Afghanistan’s spy chief was wounded in the attack at the guest of the intelligence agency on Thursday. Taliban and a […]
Pakistan’s improved run at the FIH Champions Trophy 2012 came to an embarrassing end on Saturday, when they were thrashed 5-2 by the Netherlands in the first semi-final in Melbourne. By the end of first half, the clueless Pakistan were short of two goals as Netherlands were leading 3-1. Then, Dutch team with unmatched […]
Pakistan blind cricket team on Friday thrashed Indian blinds convincingly by eight wickets in Twenty-20 World Cup Cricket Tournament for the blind at Banglore, India. India set a huge target of 250 for Pakistan in 20 overs which the green shirts chased handsomely in 19 overs with the loss of just 2 wickets. This was […]
Dec 7 2012 | Posted in
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A splinter hardliner Taliban group Friday claimed responsibility for the assassination attempt on Afghan intelligence chief, Assadullah Khalid. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief, a close confidant of President Hamid Karzai, was injured in the attack in a Kabul guest house. Taliban had also claimed responsibility for the attack, which they said was a […]
Few have there been nations throughout the history of this world that have been so culturally similar, but so far apart in terms of dialogue and stability. Pakistan and India live side-by-side, but find it hard to do so ever since both became independent in 1947. For centuries, Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs were one […]
Dec 7 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari will visit the United Kingdom (UK) to meet Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old peace activist who was shot in the head by the Taliban. The young peace activist is being treated at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Officials of the Foreign Office declared the visit as an extraordinary move by President […]
Dec 7 2012 | Posted in
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President Asif Ali Zardari has inked a presidential reference seeking guideline from the Supreme Court over the procedure of the appointment of the judges. According to Law Minister Farooq H. Naek, the president asked for the advice from the apex court under the Article 186 of the constitution. The reference would be filed tomorrow […]
Dec 7 2012 | Posted in
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President Asif Ali Zardari has urged the international community to help Pakistan economically as it is fighting a war against terror left behind in Afghanistan by the world community. Addressing members of the Overseas Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industries in Islamabad, the president pointed out that the European Union has granted Preferential Market […]
Pakistani Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf, raised the issue of drone attacks with the U.S. Ambassador in Islamabad, Richard G. Olson, in a meeting in the backdrop of Saturday’s attack on the country’s North Waziristan tribal region, the Prime Minister’s office said. The U.S. spy aircraft fired missiles on a house near Mir Ali, […]