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Aug 26, 2012

  • Pak-India ties vital to peace: Gilani on 2012-08-26 00:16:45

    ISLAMABAD (APP): Former prime minister and PPP Senior Vice Chairman Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Saturday said that normalization of relations between India and Pakistan held the key to peace and prosper More

  • SC to hear important cases from tomorrow on 2012-08-26 00:16:46

    Fazal-ur-Rahman ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court will take up a number of important cases from tomorrow (Monday) including Contempt of Court case against the Prime Minister, petition filed against illega More

  • Imran set to hold peace march towards Waziristan on 2012-08-26 00:16:46

    LAHORE (Online): Expressing determination over his struggle against drone attacks, Imran Khan has says his party has no doubts in holding long march towards Waziristan. While addressing a press conf More

  • Value of assets declared by Imran termed unrealistic on 2012-08-26 00:16:46

    ISLAMABAD (INP): Residents of the federal capital have vehemently rebuffed the value of the assets declared by the Chairman Pakistan Tahreek e Insaf Imran Khan and other party leaders on the web site More

  • Haqqani network leader believed dead in strike on 2012-08-26 00:16:46

    WASHINGTON (INP): A volley of C.I.A. drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal belt early Friday killed at least 18 people, security officials said, capping a week of missile attacks that have renewed tensio More

  • Munawar slams recent drone attacks in NWA on 2012-08-26 00:16:46

    LAHORE (INP): Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Syed Munawar Hasan has strongly condemned and expressed his deep concern over recent drone attacks in North Waziristan and said the rulers had compromised over coun More

  • Entire power chain must be streamlined: PM on 2012-08-26 00:16:46

    ISLAMABAD (APP): Federal Minister for Water and Power Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar called on Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf at Prime Minister House on Saturday and briefed him about the measures being ta More

  • No justice expected from PPP govt: Jamil Bugti on 2012-08-26 00:16:46

    QUETTA (Online): Nawabzada Jamil Akbar Bugti, son of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, has said that he did not expect anything from the Pakistan People's Party government which has given a red carpet treatment More

  • Kundi asks PML-N to stop politics of allegations on 2012-08-26 00:16:46

    ISLAMABAD (INP) Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Faisal Karim Kundi has said that they were ready to address the reservations of PML-N over the commission formed about creation of new provinces More

  • NWA natives start migrating on 2012-08-26 00:16:46

    MIRANSHAH (Online): Locals living in North Waziristan have started migrating in fear of an impending operation against the Haqqani network. According to the media reports people including children wo More

  • Fazl for shooting down drones on 2012-08-26 00:16:46

    LAHORE (Online): Markazi Ameer Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman Saturday criticised continuous intensification of drone attacks and said there is no other alternative except to ord More

  • The same mindset Situationer on 2012-08-26 00:17:00

    Muzaffar Butt Top brass of the Pakistan People's Party is tight-lipped over the issue of Prime Minister's appearance before the Supreme Court on 27th of this month. PPP hawks, including ex-premier Y More

  • 10 more killed in Karachi violence on 2012-08-26 00:17:00

    KARACHI (Online): Uncontrolled lawlessness and unrest claimed ten more lives in Karachi, whereas police claimed arresting several suspected target killers on Saturday. Nine people were also injured i More

  • India-Iran-Afghanistan moot tomorrow on 2012-08-26 00:17:00

    NEW DELHI (Online): Ahead of the NAM Summit, India, Iran and Afghanistan will hold a strategic trilateral meet tomorrow in Tehran in which key issues, including regional security and economic situatio More

  • Malik announces validity on 2012-08-26 00:17:00

    of passport up to 10 years LAHORE (Online): Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Saturday announced to extend the validity of Passports of Pakistanis to 10 years, earlier the validity was five years of More

  • Of a shameless protest! on 2012-08-26 00:17:00

    Comment Rana Qaisar The CIA drones continue to strike "targets" inside Pakistan's territory. And, Islamabad continues to lodge protest with Washington. The frequency of these attacks has increased p More

  • Nine killed as mortar hits house in Bara on 2012-08-26 00:17:00

    Farid Shinwari BARA: At least nine people, including a first-year student, were killed and four others received injuries on Saturday when a mortar shell fired by unidentified men and from unknown loc More

  • Mohan to meet Khemnai, Ahmadinejad on 2012-08-26 00:17:00

    NEW DELHI (Online): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will leave for Iran on August 28 to attend the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit, which will be preceded by crucial bilateral talks with Iran's suprem More

  • 12 militants, including Dadullah, dead on 2012-08-26 00:17:00

    KUNAR (INP): Two air strikes in eastern Afghanistan killed a dozen insurgents, including a top Taliban commander, NATO and Afghan officials said Saturday. "There were two separate air strikes in Kun More

  • Zulfiqar Khosa rejoins PML-N on 2012-08-26 00:17:00

    F.P. Report LAHORE: Estranged party stalwart Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa held a meeting with Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif at the latter's Raiwind residence on Saturday More

  • No inside help for attackers at Kamra base: Report on 2012-08-26 00:17:00

    ISLAMABAD (INP): A preliminary investigation report on the August 16 attack on Pakistan Air Force's (PAF) Kamra air base was compiled on Saturday which claimed that the attackers had no inside help. More

  • Independent judiciary vital to democracy: CJ on 2012-08-26 00:17:13

    SUKKUR (INP): Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry said on Saturday that the courts have the powers to revoke any law and an independent judiciary was essential for democracy. Speaking at a confe More

  • Contempt of court No final decision on appearance before SC on 2012-08-26 00:17:13

    PM continues consultations; President calls allies' meeting today F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf is keeping his options open as he continues to consult his legal aides on t More

  • Cross-border attack: 28 rebels killed in Bajaur on 2012-08-26 00:17:13

    Hanif Ullah Jan KHAR: At least 28 terrorists were killed when they crossed from Afghanistan and attacked border villages in Bajaur Agency on Saturday, triggering clashes with security forces and loca More

  • Re-think, Mr Khan on 2012-08-26 00:20:12

    The Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf unveiled on Friday its 'economic plan' and said it would mainly focus on doubling the growth rate through investment, trade-driven growth strategy, tax reforms, breaking o More

  • Time to wake up on 2012-08-26 00:20:19

    S R H Hashmi The hot topic these days is the war against extremism and terrorism, which some sections of our society, from among both the civilians and retired senior-level military officers, see mai More

  • Local bodies system for FATA on 2012-08-26 00:20:19

    Shaukat Hayat President Asif Ali Zardari has announced to introduce local bodies system in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Addressing a ceremony on the eve of Independence Day held in More

  • A middle class may be welling up in Myanmar on 2012-08-26 00:20:19

    Just last month I made my first visit to Myanmar, a place Rudyard Kipling referred to as "quite unlike any land you know about". While decades of isolation have helped this century-old observation hol More

  • On foreign policy, an enigma on 2012-08-26 00:20:19

    David Ignatius When reporters are writing stories and don’t yet have a necessary piece of information, they sometimes write “TK,” meaning “to come.” I feel that way about Mitt Romney’s fo More

  • US Afghanistan strategy: An analytical evaluation---I on 2012-08-26 00:20:19

    Dr. Ahsan ur Rahman Khan A realistic discernment of the post-US withdrawal picture of Afghanistan is one of the aspects which retains priority attention of most of those who are linked with politica More

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