Fri24 May 2013

May 28, 2012

  • PML-N not to allow rulers to make mockery of verdicts on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    LAHORE (INP): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif has said that his party would not allow the rulers to violate the constitution and make mockery of verdicts of the apex court. More

  • Chinese FM arrives today on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    ISLAMABAD (Online): Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will pay a two-day official visit to Islamabad and will arrive today (Monday) to hold talks with Pakistan civil and military leaderships on reg More

  • Three killed, seven injured in Quetta blast on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    QUETTA (Online): Three persons were killed and seven others were injured Sunday when a blast took place near a police van in the area of Suryab Road. According to initial reports a bomb planted near More

  • Almost half of new vets seek disability on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    WASHINGTON (AP): America's newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation of former troops the nation has eve More

  • Bodies of 2 more soldiers found on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    F.P. Report SIACHEN: The bodies of two more soldiers were recovered from the site of the avalanche in the Gayari sector on Sunday. Earlier the body of Mohammad Hussain had been recovered late Saturda More

  • Blast injures 19 Pakistanis in Iraq on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    Monitoring Report FALLUJAH: A roadside bomb in Iraq's Anbar province wounded 19 Pakistani pilgrims on Sunday, police and a doctor said, in the second attack against pilgrims. "A bus carrying Pakist More

  • ISPR rejects press report on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    KARACHI (INP): Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Sunday rejected a news item, which said a meeting between Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and Indian defence minister A K More

  • Participation of people must for FATA uplift on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    F.P. Report PESHAWAR: A meeting of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) elders was held here on Sunday. The meeting participants said the people of FATA have realized that noghing postive w More

  • Directive to police on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    ISLAMABAD (INP): The Establishment Division while taking strong exception upon reluctance of certain police officers who are not willing to serve in Balochistan province despite their transfers, has d More

  • FC to guard 4 KP jails on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    PESHAWAR (Online): FC troops would be deployed in four jails of Province to guard jail premises, over recommendations of IG, KPK police. The jails selected for this facility include, Central Jails of More

  • Youm-e-Takbeer today on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    ISLAMABAD (APP): Youm-e-Takbeer will be observed across the country today (Monday) to commemorate the atomic explosions carried out out on May 28, 1998. Pakistan on that day joined the prestigious clu More

  • One soldier martyred on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    RAWALPINDI (APP): One soldier embraced Shahadat while two others sustained injuries when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) fitted on a cycle exploded near an army's duble cabin in Shreen Kothay are More

  • PR employees continue strike on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    LAHORE (APP): Pakistan Railways Loco Shed employees continued strike for the 15th day on Sunday.The PR loco shed employees did not allow any locomotive to move from the shed. Union leaders Sarfaraz Kh More

  • CJ in UK to receive award on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    LONDON (Online): Chief Justice Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Sunday arrived here to receive International Jurists Award 2012 for his contributions to the justice administration at the inaugural More

  • No reason to halt 20 percent enrichment on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    TEHRAN (AP): Iran's nuclear chief said Sunday there are no reasons at the moment for his country to halt production of uranium enriched to 20 percent, a key demand of world powers. The West is concer More

  • Fazl: US hegemony will never be accepted on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    KALAT (INP): The Jamiat Ulma-e-Islam (Fazl) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday warned the establishment not to create hurdles in the way of his party and set its course on the right path. Address More

  • PTI to file petition against Speaker's ruling: Imran on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    RAWALPINDI (NNI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has declared that his party will file petition against the ruling of Speaker National Assembly on Monday. Addressing a big public rally, More

  • Bilawal, Zardari congratulate Gilani on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    ISLAMABAD (APP): Chairman of the Pakistan People's Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, in their separate messages, on Sunday congratulated Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gil More

  • Countrywide protests against severe power outages on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    ISLAMABAD (INP): Feeling panicky with hours long power outages, amid scorching heat during peak summer month of May, people across the country took out processions in several cities. In Lahore, Rawal More

  • Budget to focus on macro economic stability: Hafeez on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    ISLAMABAD (INP): Finance minister Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh on Sunday called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani to review decision of the National Economic Council. Both agreed that the upcoming More

  • Georgians mass to support opposition tycoon on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    TBILISI (Agencies): Tens of thousands of Georgians rallied in the capital Sunday as the ex-Soviet state's richest man launched his bid to oust President Mikheil Saakashvili's governing party at elect More

  • Fauzia on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    hospitalized in critical condition KARACHI (INP): PPP leader Fauzia Wahab, MNA was hospitalized here on Sunday in critical condition, her party sources said. According to the sources, Fauzia Wahab More

  • MQM presents shadow budget on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    ISLAMABAD (Online): Declaring inflation, poverty and unemployment big threats to country, the Mutahidda Qaumi Movement while presenting its shadow budget on Sunday advised to keep tax on 12 percent an More

  • Pak urged to send more Nato tankers on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    ISLAMABAD (Online): The US negotiating team present in Pakistan to discuss resumption of NATO supplies is demanding dispatch of 400 more containers to Afghanistan. Sources told Online that Pakistani More

  • Russian consul in Japan dies on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    TOKYO (Agecies): A Russian consul-general in Japan died after falling down a 30-metre (98-foot) cliff during a ball game at a campsite in the northwest of the country, according to police. Vladimir Pu More

  • PNS Azmat reaches Indonesia on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    JAKARTA (Online): Pakistan Navy's newly commissioned fast attack craft, PNS Azmat, has lowered anchor at Sebang Naval base, Indonesia, the embassy has said. The craft started its voyage home from Chin More

  • Six ANA troops killed on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    KABUL (AIP): Six Afghan National Army soldiers were killed and 24 more injured in separate incidents across the country, the defence ministry said Sunday. The defence ministry press release, available More

  • Power shortfall reaches 6,000MW on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    LAHORE (INP): The electricity shortfall has reached 6,000MW which has led to an increase in unannounced loadshedding. According to PEPCO, electricity generation is 10,814 MW while demand is 16,814 MW. More

  • Two dead bodies recovered on 2012-05-28 01:17:58

    KARACHI (INP): Target killings and violence continued in the provincial metropolis on Sunday as dead bodies of two more persons were recovered from different parts of Karachi. The police recovered dea More

  • Panetta says US not to be price 'gouged' by Pakistan on 2012-05-28 01:19:32

    Relations with Islamabad most complicated ever WASHINGTON (Agen-cies): US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta vowed Sunday not to let the United States be "gouged" by Pakistan on the price it charges for More

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