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  • Masses to get relief in budget: Gilani on 2012-04-07 00:21:17

    F.P. Report HYDERABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday said the government will provide maximum relief to common man in the next budget for fiscal year 2012-13. "The Ministry of Fina More

  • Attack on Iran to envelop region: China on 2012-04-07 00:21:17

    BEIJING (INP): A senior Chinese diplomat said on Friday an attack on Iran would invite devastating retaliation that would envelop the region and destabilize the global economic recovery adding that th More

  • Credit guarantees to provinces for wheat procurement okayed on 2012-04-07 00:21:17

    F.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet here on Friday approved credit guarantees to provinces by the Federal Government for Public Sector Procurement of W More

  • Scarcity of commodities, food grip Gilgit, other cities on 2012-04-07 00:21:17

    GILGIT (INP): Scarcity of food and other commodities has gripped Gilgit and other districts as curfew remained imposed in the city on fourth consecutive day to maintain law and order. Situation remai More

  • PPP should decide about fate of Nato supplies: Nisar on 2012-04-07 00:21:17

    F.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: The stalwart of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan categorically stated on Friday that halting of the Nato supplies was an administrative de More

  • Firdous denies President's remarks about Mian Sharif on 2012-04-07 00:21:17

    F.P. Lahore Office LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan on Friday categorically denied the remarks being attributed to President Asif Ali Zardari about the fun More

  • Balochistan chief of JUP, 2 others killed in Quetta firing on 2012-04-07 00:21:17

    QUETTA (INP): The provincial chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) was killed in a firing incident on Saryab Road in Quetta on Friday. The Balochistan chief, identified as Maulana Muhammad Qasim, wa More

  • Shujaat assures Gilani of support on 2012-04-07 00:21:17

    F.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: President of PML-Q Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and senior minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi called upon Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday and assured him abo More

  • Hashmi flays US bounty on Hafiz Saeed on 2012-04-07 00:21:17

    MULTAN (APP): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's central leader Mukhdoom Javed Hashmi on Friday said that America should withdraw the head-money announced on Hafiz Saeed and Dr Abdur Rehman Makki and added th More

  • LHC grants last chance to Federation on 2012-04-07 00:21:17

    LAHORE (INP): The Lahore High Court on Friday while refusing to linger on the pending issue related to disqualification of the Prime Minister, granted last opportunity to Federation to submit its stan More

  • Green benches established on 2012-04-07 00:21:17

    F.P. Lahore Office LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Chief Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Friday established Green Benches to hear all the cases regarding environmental issues or environmental interest li More

  • Muqam resigns from MNA seat on 2012-04-07 00:21:17

    F.P. Report PESHAWAR: Provincial President of PML (Q) and its Deputy Parliamentary leader in National Assembly Engr. Amir Muqam has resigned from the national assembly seat after formally joining the More

  • Four killed in mishap on 2012-04-07 00:21:17

    KASUR (INP): Four persons were crushed to death by a speeding car at Khadian road near here on Friday. According to locals, four members of a family were going on a donkey cart to bring fodder for the More

  • Balochistan minister to face disqualification: CJ on 2012-04-07 00:21:27

    F.P. Quetta Office QUETTA: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said on Friday that a Balochistan minister would be rendered disqualified if he had wrongly accused the Frontier Corps of human rig More

  • Protests against violence in northern areas on 2012-04-07 00:21:27

    ISLAMABAD (Online): Rallies were organised on Friday against sectarian violence in Gilgit. The protests were held on the call of Majlis-e- Wehdat Muslimeen (MWM) across the country. The protestors c More

  • Pakistan, US to curb homemade bombs on 2012-04-07 00:21:27

    ISLAMABAD (Online): Pakistan and the United States on Friday agreed to keep on working collectively to curb use of homemade bombs, officials said. The US freeze $700 million in aid to Pakistan until More

  • Fazl parts ways with PCNS on 2012-04-07 00:21:27

    F.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Friday, separated from Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) against double standards followed by the government on i More

  • FO: India has not provided evidence against Hafiz on 2012-04-07 00:21:27

    F.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has rejected claims made by Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna regarding evidence against Hafiz Saeed. Foreign Office spokesman, Abdul Basit said on Frida More

  • Krishna: Issues to be discussed on 2012-04-07 00:21:27

    with Zardari NEW DELHI (NNI): All bilateral issues are likely to be discussed during Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to India Sunday, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna has said. More

  • Four killed in Karachi on 2012-04-07 00:21:27

    KARACHI (INP): At least four persons were killed and several others injured in separate acts of violence in different localities of the city on Friday. The police arrested three accused during separa More

  • School blown up on 2012-04-07 00:21:27

    F.P. Report GHALLANAI: Anti-literacy militants blasted a government run girls primary school with explosives here on Friday. According to details, unidentified militants had planted explosives in gov More

  • US on Zardari's visit on 2012-04-07 00:21:27

    WASHINGTON (INP): Terming Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's scheduled visit to India as “very constructive”, US has said it does not want any new strains in Indo-Pak ties over the $10 million More

  • Asif to leave for India tomorrow on 2012-04-07 00:21:27

    ISLAMABAD (Online): President Asif Ali Zardari will leave on Sunday for a three day private visit to India. Zardari will visit the shrine of Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer after meeting Indian Pri More

  • Lavoy calls on CJCSC on 2012-04-07 00:21:27

    F.P. Report RAWALPINDI: Dr Peter Lavoy Acting Assistant Secretary Defence for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, USA, called on General Khalid Shameem Wynne, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee More

  • Sharifs to face tough time in Punjab: Zardari on 2012-04-07 00:21:35

    F.P. Lahore OfficeLAHORE: The diatribe between the country’s political leaders continued as President Asif Ali Zardari resumed his verbal assault at the Sharif brothers on Friday.Speaking to Pak More

  • Rulers have destroyed every thing: Nawaz Open NATO supply if drone attacks end on 2012-04-07 00:21:35

    Ikram Ullah Khalil PESHAWAR: The President of Pakistan Muslim League (N) Mian Nawaz Sharif said that reopening of NATO supplies should be conditioned with an end to drone attacks. Speaking at a gat More

  • Memo Commission summons Haqqani on 12th on 2012-04-07 00:21:35

    F.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: The judicial commission probing the memo scandal has given Husain Haqqani another chance to appear before them and summoned him on April 12. The commission has order More

  • World Pashto Conference Iftikhar asks writers to give positive direction to Pakhtun society on 2012-04-07 00:21:42

    F.P. Report PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Culture and Information, Mian Iftikhar Hussain has called upon the Pashto writers and intellectuals to come forward and play their due role f More

  • Businesses express trust in multi-donorr fund on 2012-04-07 00:21:42

    PESHAWAR (APP): The business community of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reposed full confidence in the procedural process of Multi-Donor Trust Funded (MDTF) project- Economic Revitalization of Khyber Pakhtun More

  • Govt not delaying new Balakot city project Work closed down because of ERRA dispute with locals on 2012-04-07 00:21:42

    F.P. Report PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government has contradicted a news item published in a section of the press alleging that the government was delaying completion of the new Balakot city. More

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