Jun 29, 2012
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PM asks Foreign Office to project country's soft image on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
F.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Thursday underscored importance of projecting the country's soft image through public diplomacy by encouraging people-to-people cont More
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PTI-JI to launch joint move to protect judiciary on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
F.P. Lahore Office LAHORE: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI) and Jamaat-e-Islami have announced to launch a joint movement to foil conspiracies against judiciary by the rulers, establishment of an indep More
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Karachi violence claims five more lives on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
KARACHI (INP): Despite tall claims of the provincial and federal governments and law enforcement authorities target killing continue to engulf innocent lives as five more people were killed and about More
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7 rebels killed as fresh attack repulsed on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
UPPER DIR (INP): At least seven Afghan militants were killed and several others wounded in clash with Pakistan army here on Thursday. According to sources, Afghan militants tried to enter the Pakista More
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'PML-Q to sweep Punjab' on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
SARGODHA (INP): The PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Thursday said that the upcoming general elections in the country would be held in 2013 and his party would sweep the polls in Punjab. Ta More
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Shahab granted interim bail on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
RAWALPINDI (APP): The Rawalpindi Bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday granted six-day interim bail to MNA Makhdoom Shahbuddin against the surety bond of Rs100,000 in the Ephedrine quota ca More
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SC issues notices to anchorpersons on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
ISLAMABAD (INP): The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to Mehar Bokhari, Mubashir Luqman, Mian Amir Mehmood (owner of Dunya News) Chairman Pemra and business tycoon Malik Riaz over the planted More
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Daudzai calls on Hina on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
ISLAMABAD (APP): Ambassador of Afghanistan Muhammad Umer Daudzai called on Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar here at Foreign Office on Thursday. The Foreign Minister informed the Ambassador that the More
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Bilour calls on Ashraf on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
F.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has asked the Railways Minister to put in his best efforts for rehabilitation of Pakistan Railways. The Prime Minister gave the dire More
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Dy PM post challenged on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
KARACHI (INP): A petition was filed against the post of deputy prime minister in the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday, also seeking that Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi be stopped from functioning as depu More
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Apology may help break GLOCs stalemate: Sherry on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
WASHINGTON (INP): Pakistan's Ambassador to US, Sherry Rehman, Wednesday stressed upon Washington that an apology for Salala tragedy would help break the deadlock on Ground Lines of Communication (GLOC More
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SC directs Riaz to appear for hearings on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
Fazal-ur-Rahman ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected Malik Riaz's plea to exempt him from appearing before the court and allow leaving for abroad. A three-member bench of the apex court More
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NATO routes closure proved to be costly for US on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
WASHINGTON (INP): The US would have to rely on "more extensive" use of airlift during the 2014 draw down of troops from Afghanistan if the ground routes closed by Pakistan do not open in time, a top P More
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Sarjeet confesses spying for India on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
LAHORE (INP): Indian spy Surjeet Singh who was released from Kot Lakhpat Jail 27 years of detention and crossed Wagah border on Thursday admitted before the Indian media that he went to Pakistan for s More
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Brahmos two missile to be ready by 2017 on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
MOSCOW (INP): The first prototype of the hypersonic Brahmos 2 cruise missile being jointly developed by Russia and India will be ready for flight testing in 2017, an official said. Russia and India h More
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Sh Rashid detained at US airport for 5 hours on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
HOUSTON/TEXAS (INP): US Immigration authorities held Awami Muslim League chief, Sheikh Rashid at the Houston airport Wednesday evening and finally released him after five hours of interrogation. Shei More
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Gilani boasts of honourable exit on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
LAHORE (INP): Former Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said that he is the first prime minister in the history of Pakistan, who honourably left the office. Talking to media persons up More
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NAB asked to arrest officers involved in Railways graft on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
ISLAMABAD (INP): National Assembly Standing Committee on Railways while praising NAB investigation into corruption and financial misappropriations in Railways Thursday directed that all the civilian a More
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'My son is not a terrorist' on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
NEW DELHI (INP): The mother of Abu Jundal aka Abu Hamza, the alleged handler of 26/11 terrorists who was arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police recently, on Thursday claimed that her son is not More
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CJ calls for report on GB IG's suspension on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
F.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: Hearing Haj corruption case, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered submission of the report regarding the suspension of IG Gilgit-Baltistan till Friday (today). A th More
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Diplomats briefed on foreign policy on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
ISLAMABAD (APP): Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thursday briefed the heads of diplomatic missions on the foreign policy priorities of the government. During the briefing held at Foreign Office, the Fore More
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'Opp to resist bid to curtail SC powers' on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
ISLAMABAD (INP) Leader of the opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has warned that the incompetent, dishonest and failed government would not be allowed to play with the respect More
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Hafiz Saeed calls for Jihad on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
NAROWAL (INP): Calling the masses to wage holy war against the infidels, leader of Jamaat-ud-Daawa Professor Hafiz Saeed Ahmad on Thursday said that as enemies of Islam are active in conspiring agains More
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Revitalisation of PSM reiterated on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
ISLAMABAD (APP):A meeting of Cabinet Committee on Restructuring (CCOR) was held here Thursday under the chairmanship of Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh which More
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Lawyers' strike against new PM on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
F.P. Lahore Office LAHORE: On the call of Pakistan Bar Council, lawyers on Thursday observed strike for the second day to show solidarity with the Supreme Court of Pakistan and staged protest agains More
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Fahim declared Senior Minister on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
ISLAMABAD (APP): Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim has been declared as "Senior Federal Minister", in terms of the inter- se seniority of the Federal Ministers. A Memorandum in this regard has More
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Body of another soldier recovered on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
RAWALPINDI (INP): The Pakistan Army has recovered one more body of a soldier trapped under a massive avalanche at Gayari sector of Siachen Glacier, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thurs More
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Power shortfall eases to 4,117 MW on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
ISLAMABAD (APP): The power shortfall in the country on Thursday further eased to 4,117 MW from 4,240 MW as the total generation was recorded as 12,858 MW against the demand of 16,975 MW during the las More
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3 security men hurt in blast on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
QUETTA (APP): At least three security personnel sustained injuries in a landmine explosion in Mach area of Balochistan on Thursday, official sources confirmed. An official said that team of security m More
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Cut in POL prices proposed on 2012-06-29 00:02:50
ISLAMABAD (INP): Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Thursday recommended the reduction of prices of petroleum products by Rs.6.44 per litre. The OGRA has dispatched the summary to slash the pr More
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