Sat25 May 2013

May 3, 2012

  • Pak-US ties, Afghan end game discussed on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    ISLAMABAD (Online): President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday jointly chaired a high-level meeting on Pak-US ties. According to state run television, meeting was More

  • Seven killed in Kabul suicide attack on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    KABUL (AIP): Seven persons were killed and 17 more injured in a suicide attack in Kabul on Wednesday, the Ministry of Interior said. An interior ministry press release, available with the Afghan Isla More

  • Power tariff increased by 12 per cent on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    ISLAMABAD (Online): The Federal government has increased the power tariff by 12 per cent and electricity tariff has reached Rs 8.72. According to a notification issued by the ministry of water and po More

  • Missing persons: PHC gives Centre 16th deadline on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    Wisal Yousafzai PESHAWAR: The Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) Justice Dost Muhammad Khan, during the missing persons' case hearing on Wednesday, directed the federal government to take More

  • India allows investment from Pakistan: Sharma on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    NEW DELHI (Online): The government on Wednesday said it has in-principle decided to allow foreign direct investment from Pakistan and the move was expected to enhance commercial engagement between the More

  • Additional Police force called in Lyari on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    KARACHI (Online): The operation in Karachi's Lyari area entered its sixth day on Wednesday however no substantial headway was made by the police to overcome the criminal elements in the area. In ord More

  • Zardari announces compensation on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    F.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari taking notice of the torching of houses by miscreants in Lyari area of Karachi has directed payment of Rs 10,000 compensation to the effect More

  • Guard killed, 6 injured in Sindh NBP blasts on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    Nazir Siyal LARKANA: A security guard died and at least six people including a policeman were injuredin a fire crackers and blasts occurred at National Banks of various districtsof Sindh province, wh More

  • Malpractices in Balochistan UNHCR on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    Aslam Nasser Several irregularities and malpractices are being committed by the provincial office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in selection of Non-Governmental Organisat More

  • No clash with judiciary, PM tells COAS on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    ISLAMABAD (INP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Wednesday met with Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. According to sources, the PM discussed the political situation afte More

  • PML-N schedule for rallies on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    LAHORE (Online): The Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) on Wednesday announced that it would launch nationwide protest rallies in the first phase and later on a long march to remove Yousuf Raza More

  • JI asks PM to quit on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    ISLAMABAD (Online): Ameer Jamat-e-Islami Syed Munawar Hasan said Wednesday that Gilanai is no more Prime Minister after conviction so it would be better for him to leave the office forthwith. He was More

  • BNP-M, NP lodge protest against action on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    QUETTA (INP): Balochistan National Party Mengal (BNP-M) and National Party (NP) Wednesday staged a protest in Quetta against ongoing police operation at Lyari in Karachi. The protest rally was led by More

  • Budget outlines reviewed on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    ISLAMABAD (INP): Federal Minister for Finance, Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh, Minister for Water and Power, Syed Naveed Qamar and Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, Dr. Asim Hussain called on Pri More

  • KP approves two weekly offs on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    F.P. Report PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakthunkhwa Cabinet on Wednesday evening approved two weekly holidays in line with the decisions taken during the National Energy Conference to conserve electricity. More

  • MQM vows to stand by PM on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    ISLAMABAD (Online): A delegation of MQM, headed by Farooq Sattar, called on Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani at PM house on Wednesday and expressed complete solidarity with him. More

  • OBL body report in May on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    ISLAMABAD (INP): The Inquiry Commission on Abbottabad Operation has shown serious concern over the baseless and concocted stories published in a section of the media regarding the report of the commis More

  • MFN status to India shift in policy on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    ISLAMABAD (INP): President Asif Ali Zardari has said that granting Most Favored Nation trading status to India was a paradigmatic shift in policy driven by the business sectors on both sides of the bo More

  • No foreign pressure to be accepted on IP on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    ISLAMABAD (Online): No pressure on Iran Pakistan gas pipeline would be accepted, the Upper House of the Parliament, Wednesday, was informed. "Feasibility report for the project is ready for implemen More

  • AQ Khan ready to contest elections on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    LAHORE (INP): Pakistani eminent nuclear scientist and national hero Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan expressing his willingness to take part in the general elections, said he wants to do something for progress a More

  • 'No conflict if institutions work within Constitution' on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    ISLAMABAD (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Wednesday said if all the institutions follow the Constitution, then there would be no conflict. Talking to newsmen here after attending a funct More

  • Yet another NA protest by PML-N on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    ISLAMABAD (Online): The Wednesday session of National Assembly also fell prey to yet another raucous protest by PML-N against continued officiating of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani. The one More

  • Govt, Army involved in OBL killing: Mukhtar on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    ISLAMABAD (INP): Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said on Wednesday that the Pakistani government and Army were involved in the killing of former al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden. Talking to BBC More

  • SC rejects FIA report on Haj scam on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    Fazal-ur-Rahman ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday while rejecting the report submitted by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) regarding Haj scam had directed the Agency to complete the inv More

  • 9 'missing' from Khuzdar not produced despite SC order on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    QUETTA (NNI): Despite orders from the Supreme Court (SC) during the last hearing, police failed to produce nine people who had gone missing from Khuzdar during proceedings on Wednesday. A three-judge More

  • Rally against target killings of Baloch clerics on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    QUETTA (Online): Jamiat Ulema Pakistan and Ulema Ahl-e-Sunnat held a demonstration here on Wednesday against the target killings of religious scholars in Balochsitan. The demonstrators held play car More

  • 47 buildings hired for Hujjaj on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    ISLAMABAD (APP): Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah on Wednesday informed the Senate that the Directorate General of Hajj, Jeddah had hired 47 buildings having capacity of 18,7 More

  • Traders to close shops by 8.30PM: Iftikhar on 2012-05-03 00:50:13

    Says Bannu Jail incident dented KP govt reputation Ali Sheikh PESHAWAR: The Provincial Cabinet has decided the closure of markets at 8:30 pm in order to conserve energy. Information Minister Mian More

  • Six killed as van cylinder explodes on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    SHEIKHUPURA (APP): Five women and a minor girl were killed when a gas cylinder fitted in a school-van exploded in Sachha Sauda area, some 13km away from here, on Wednesday. Police said lady-teachers More

  • Drone strikes not ruled out on 2012-05-03 00:27:25

    KABUL (INP): The pact between the United States and Afghanistan could leave the door open for continued drone strikes against insurgent targets in Pakistan after 2014, US Ambassador Ryan Crocker indic More

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