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Apr 12, 2012

  • Proposals sought from allies for budget on 2012-04-12 03:45:57

    ISLAMABAD (APP): Information Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has urged all the coalition partners to come up with their proposals to make th More

  • Govt rules out cut in electoral expenses on 2012-04-12 03:45:57

    Fazal-ur-Rahman ISLAMABAD: Federal government on Wednesday rejected the proposals regarding reduction in electoral expenses. Presenting federation’s stance before a three-member bench of the apex More

  • Premier defends son in cabinet meeting on 2012-04-12 03:45:57

    ISLAMABAD (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday here took the Cabinet into confidence about the ongoing malicious campaign against Syed Ali Musa Gilani, MNA. The Prime Minister st More

  • $1b JICA grant for Karachi Circular Railway on 2012-04-12 03:45:57

    ISLAMABAD (online): Prime Minister Sayed Yousuf Raza Gillani has said Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has expressed willingness to grant a loan of $ one billion on soft terms for the More

  • Afghanistan to cooperate in TAPI project: Karzai on 2012-04-12 03:45:57

    KABUL (INP): President Hamid Karzai has said that the TAPI project and regional cooperation is of utmost importance and emphasized that Afghanistan will render all out cooperation with Turkmenistan to More

  • NA body summons Gilani’s son on 2012-04-12 03:45:57

    ISLAMABAD (NNI): The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Narcotics Control has taken notice of Ephedrine case, also involving Ali Musa Gilani, a son of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, and S More

  • SC issues notices in drugs price hike on 2012-04-12 03:45:57

    F.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday while taking notice of sky-scraping prices of medicines in the country issued notice to Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) and provinc More

  • Seven killed in Haripur bus-wagon head-on collision on 2012-04-12 03:45:57

    HARIPUR (INP): At least seven persons including two women were killed and more than 10 others injured when two passenger vehicles collided with each other here on early Wednesday morning. According t More

  • Singh’s visit top priority, says Salman on 2012-04-12 03:45:57

    NEW DELHI ((INP) Former Pakistani foreign secretary Salman Bashir, whose nomination as High Commissioner has formally been accepted by the government of India says that working on ensuring Prime Minis More

  • PTI backs courageous officials like Brig Faheem: Imran on 2012-04-12 03:45:57

    ISLAMABAD (INP): Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf strongly supports and applauds those government officials who stand with the truth and refuse to bow down under pressure of the ruling cabal, said its Chairma More

  • Pak-Polish Naval Chiefs discuss collaboration on 2012-04-12 03:45:57

    F.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: Pakistani and Polish Naval Chiefs on Thursday discussed naval cooperation and further strengthen already existing relations Vice Admiral Tomasz Mathea, Commander-in-C More

  • Govt starts implementing energy moot proposals on 2012-04-12 03:45:57

    ISLAMABAD (Online): The government has started implementation of energy conference and equitable load management has been started nationwide without discrimination and in this regard Discos, concerned More

  • PM asked to step down after son’s graft case on 2012-04-12 03:45:57

    LAHORE (INP): Amir, Jamaat e Islami Syed Munawar Hasan has said that Prime Minister Gilani had no moral ground to stick to his office after the Supreme Court took cognizance of his son Ali Musa Gilani More

  • Habibullah made AAG on 2012-04-12 03:45:57

    ISLAMABAD (Online): President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday on the advice of the Prime Minister has approved appointment of Mr. Habib Ullah Shakir, advocate, as Additional Attorney General. Spokesperson More

  • Woman dies in flight on 2012-04-12 03:45:57

    ISLAMABAD (INP): A female passenger died mid-air on PIA's flight bound to Heathrow Airport London. Sixty-two year old British citizen of Pakistan-origin Hafeez Fatima suddenly got sick as PIA's flight More

  • Celebrations of Besakhi Mela on 2012-04-12 03:45:57

    ISLAMABAD (NNI): Thousands of Sikh Yatrees have reached Hasan Abdaal to take part in the celebrations. Over three thousand Sikh Yatrees reached Lahore through Wagah border from India. The Yatrees fro More

  • India spent over Rs250b on Kasab on 2012-04-12 03:45:57

    MUMBAI (INP): The Maharashtra Government has spent over Rs. 25 crores to keep 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab alive since he was captured in 2008. More

  • JSQM strike: Sindh on fire as arson firing, hit cities on 2012-04-12 03:46:09

    Nazir Sial LARKANA: A complete province-wide wheel-jam and shutter down was strike was observed by JeaySindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) supported by others here on Wednesday against the suspicious death foll More

  • 15-member body to probe death on 2012-04-12 03:46:09

    KARACHI (INP): Succumbing to the tremendous pressure of the JSQM the Sindh government on Wednesday constituted a 15-member committee to find out facts behind the death of nationalist leader late Bashi More

  • No new tax in budget: Hafeez on 2012-04-12 03:46:09

    F.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said Tuesday that government has no plan to introduce any "new tax system" or increase tax rate in the forthcoming national bu More

  • Nawaz again demands early polls on 2012-04-12 03:46:09

    F.P Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Head Mian Nawaz Sharif Wednesday once again terming the present government the root hub of all the problems being faced by the country h More

  • Pakistan, India to finalise visa accord soon on 2012-04-12 03:46:09

    NEW DELHI (INP): To boost bilateral trade, Pakistan and India will finalise a new visa agreement which will make it easier for certified businessmen from both sides to get one-year multiple-entry non- More

  • Dr Chishti released from Indian jail on 2012-04-12 03:46:09

    AJMER (INP): The 80-year-old ailing Pakistani scientist Dr Mohammed Khalil Chishti, who was granted bail by Indian Supreme Court on Monday in a two-decade-old murder case, was released from jail in Aj More

  • British MPs of Pak origin to cement ties on 2012-04-12 03:46:09

    ISLAMABAD (NNI): President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the British Parliamentarians of Pakistani origin could play a very important role in not only further cementing the bilateral relationship whi More

  • Haqqani allows access to Blackberry records on 2012-04-12 03:46:09

    ISLAMABAD (NNI): Pakistan's former ambassador to US Hussain Haqqani has written letter to Research in Motion (RIM), BlackBerry company to surrender his right of privacy, said Zahid Buhkhari, counsel f More

  • SC takes up PM's contempt case today on 2012-04-12 03:46:09

    ISLAMABAD (INP): A larger bench of the Supreme Court today(Thursday) will resume hearing of the contempt of court case against Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani. A seven-member bench comprising J More

  • Bodies of 6 ex-LI men found on 2012-04-12 03:46:09

    BARA (INP): At least six dead bodies including former key commander of banned outfit Lashkar-e-Islam named Hazrat, who recently surrendered before the security forces, were recovered in Sepah area of More

  • Army paves half km way to reach trapped troops on 2012-04-12 03:46:09

    SKARDU (Online): The rescue operation is underway in full swing and almost half kilometer of way has been paved at the point where an avalanche engulfed a military unit burying 124 troops of Pakistan More

  • Jirga member laid to rest on 2012-04-12 03:46:09

    ZHOB (INP): Slain member of Pashtoon Loya Jirga Haji Muhammad Din Babar, who was shot dead by snipers in Karachi on Tuesday, laid to rest here in his native village Zhob. The funeral prayer was offer More

  • Indian prisoners to be freed on 2012-04-12 03:46:09

    ISLAMABAD (INP): Pakistan will release 34 Indian prisoners, including a fisherman suffering from cancer, this wek as part of steps to normalise relations. The prisoners, including 26 fishermen and eig More

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