DCC hails Nato invitation to Zardari
ISLAMABAD (APP): The Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) on Tuesday reviewed Pakistan's cooperation in the context of international community's security and stabilization efforts in Afghanistan.
The Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) met here under chairmanship of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and was attended by ministers for Defence, Interior, Foreign Affairs, Information and Bro
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Chief Minister waives off Rs3m project designing fee PESHAWAR (APP): The construction work on Shaukat Khanem Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Center in Peshawar will commence in September this year costing Rs.1.4 billion rupees. This was stated in a high level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Amir Haider Khan Hoti on Tuesday. Participants of the meeting were Senior Pro... -
F.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: The Ambassador of Argentina Rodolfo Jose MARTIN-SARAVIA met Federal Minister and Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), Farzana Raja here at BISP Secretariat on Tuesday to discuss issues of bilateral interests. On the occasion both sides agreed to further explore the avenues of mutual cooperation and starting mutual activities for raising funds for... -
F.P. Report KARACHI: The Government of Sindh will distribute more state land among the landless Haris soon. This was stated by the Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, here on Tuesday. He said that the present government is fully representing all the sections of our society and undertaking efforts to resolve the problems of labour, peasants, students, downtrodden people of country... -
F.P. Report LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that there is a need for collective wisdom and concerted efforts to cope with the internal and external challenges besetting the country. He said that the leaders of all political parties and stakeholders will have to sit together and evolve a new agenda to safeguard national interests. He said that the new national agend... -
ANA soldier killed in Kunar HERAT/ASADABAD (AIP): A roadside bomb killed five members of a family in Chaharsadda district of Ghor province yesterday, police said Tuesday. A civilian vehicle struck a landmine in the limits of the district yesterday's afternoon, leave five occupants of the vehicle dead, Colonel Gul Ahmad, police chief of Chaharsadda district, told Afghan Islamic Press. He said t... -
First Australians, then Japan last year, followed by the United States in January this year and now Germany has shown keenness in investing to the exploration of huge Thar coal reserves, one of the largest in the world, for the production of electricity and gas. China is also said to be not far behind. Nuclear scientist Dr Samar Mubarkmand, chairperson of the governing body of the project, is work... -
Sajjad Shaukat On April 12 this year, parliament unanimously approved recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) in connection with the re-engagement with the United States. Besides other matters, the recommendations include an immediate cessation of drone attacks and infiltration into Pakistani territory, entailing some conditions regarding supply to NATO forces... -
ROME (Agencies) Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova overcame eight double-faults to beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia 7-5, 6-4 in her opening match at the Italian Open on Tuesday. Kvitova struggled with the bright sunshine at the Foro Italico but still managed to dictate with her attacking game. In men's play on the red clay courts, 16th-seeded Richard Gasquet eliminated Jurgen Melzer of Austr... -
Ghulam Mursaln Marwat LAKKI MARWAT: Terming the murder of Maulana Syed Muhammad Mohsin Shah a big tragedy and loss the JUI-F district Amir Maulana Abdul Rahim has called upon the government to take measures for the security and safety of clerics and religious scholars. Talking to reporters after party meeting in Eidgah on Tuesday, he said that JUI would hold a protest demonstration on May 18 (Fr... -
One of my favorite saying is "The more you can look into the past, the further you will be able to see the future". Knowledge and information is power. Thus the history of the world can help us predict the future. And from what I know of the history I can predict at least a couple of things. Any country that brings War to its borders suffers, even when they win the war, but if a country commits... -
VIENNA (Reuters): Iran gave an upbeat assessment on Tuesday of talks with the UN nuclear watchdog about its atomic activity but diplomats voiced doubt inspectors would gain access to a military site where they believe tests of use in making atomic bombs were carried out.The discussions tested Iran's readiness to address UN inspectors' concerns over suspected military dimensions to its nuclear wo... -
LONDON (Agencies): Europe dodged a bullet Tuesday after the economy of the 17 countries that use the euro narrowly avoided a recession in the first quarter of the year despite a raging debt crisis that's raising the specter of the breakup of the currency union. There was one reason why the eurozone avoided an overall recession — officially defined as two consecutive quarters of negative growth. G...
