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Gen. McChrystal saga proves US defeat in Afghanistan: Taliban spokesman

admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:18:16 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): The Taliban spokesman Qari Muhammad Yusuf Ahmadi has said the sacking of Gen. McChrystal has proved that the US and its allies were defeated in Afghanistan. According to a statement released at a website, Qari said the US President Barack Obama sacked the Gen. in a bid to hide the US’s defeat in Afghanistan. He [...]

JI for bringing fake degree holders to book

admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:17:40 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Amir Syed Munawar Hassan has urged to judiciary for dispose off the issue of fake degree by bringing fake degree holders to task as soon as possible. Talking to a private TV channel, he said that the issue of fake degrees of the some parliamentarians has become core issue and the main [...]

Country’s foreign policy meant for peace in region, says PM

admin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:31:18 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday said the country’s foreign policy should be meant to promote regional peace, establish friendly relations with all the nations and enhance exports. This he said while talking to the Foreign Minister Shah Mahmoud Qureshi who called on him at Prime Minister House here. Hinting towards [...]

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa not blogged on senate website yet

admin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:29:29 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): The name of recently renamed province Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, still not blogged on the web site of the senate. After heated debate on the 18th amendment by the parliament, NWFP was renamed as Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. It is learnt that the senate websites retain the name as NWFP. The names of senators listed with reference to their province, [...]

SC seeks fresh summary into money- laundering, NRO cases

admin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:28:21 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): The Supreme Court directed the government on Friday to prepare a new summary into the money-laundering and reopening of Swiss cases. Expressing serious reservation regarding the summary sent to prime minister pertaining implementation of apex court verdict on National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), the Supreme Court said that even the prime minister [...]

Six killed, 20 injured in Iraq violence

admin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:27:20 +0000

(SANA): At least Six people were killed in Iraq on Friday, including four by a suicide car bomb against a joint US-Iraqi army patrol, security officials said. The attack on the patrol occurred at around 11:00 am (0800 GMT) in the central town of Jalawla and left 20 people wounded, an official from Diyala [...]

Death toll from US drone strike in NWA mounts to 14

admin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:26:32 +0000

MIRANSHAH (SANA): The death toll from the US drone strikes in the tense North Waziristan tribal region has mounted to 14 with 12 others sustained multiple injuries in the attack. Private television channel reported that the US drone fired several missiles on Datta Khel village, leaving 14 persons dead on the spot [...]

SC orders police to produce missing Turabi’s son on 15th

admin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:26:07 +0000

ISLAMABAD- Expressing dissatisfaction over what he termed police inefficiency, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered the capital territory police to produce the missing student Hassan Sharjeel, son of Editor-In-Chief SANA News Agency, before the court on 15th. Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Police Capital territory Binyamin did not appear before the court on Friday despite court [...]

Free ration announced by PM being provided to Hunza lake affectees: NDMA

admin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:25:34 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Implementation on package announced by the Prime Minister for affectees of Hunza lake has started and free rations to the affected people is being provided. This was stated by Chairman National Disaster Management Authority Retd. Lt. General Nadeem Ahmad Khan while briefing newsmen in Islamabad on Friday. He said at present the outflow [...]

Justice, an inborn right of citizens: CJ

admin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:23:58 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Expeditious and inexpensive justice is a inborn right of every citizen and it is a duty of State to provide justice public at large in accordance with the 1973 Constitution, the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said. Addressing the members and office bearers of different Bars namely Pindi Ghep, Jand, Fateh [...]

SC for immediate steps to stop child trafficking

admin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:23:13 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): The Supreme Court on Friday while hearing of a Sou Moto case regarding trafficking of minors for camel racing from Pakistan to UAE, directed the authorities concerned to take immediate action to stop such an inhuman exercise and take appropriate action against culprits. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of [...]

Remand of Machil accused extended to June 16

admin — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:22:25 +0000

BARAMULLA (SANA): The court at Baramulla has extended the remand of four accused in Machil fake encounter up to June 16, the lawyers have filed an application before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Sopore against the army’s preposition to seek the custody of the accused to go ahead with court martial proceedings. The accused, who [...]

PM for details about attacks on Ahmadis’ worship places

admin — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:53:09 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani soon after his return from Brussels this morning inquired about the details of the Lahore firing incidents from the concerned organizations. He noted with satisfaction that the Law Enforcement Agencies have been able to make headway in their investigation. The Prime Minister mentioned that during his deliberations at [...]

Drone strikes in tribal areas unjustified: Interior Minister

admin — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:52:41 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that the drone strikes in tribal areas were having no justification adding if he opposed drone attacks in Fata then he could not favor them in South Punjab. To a query while talking to media in the Parliament House on Saturday, he said that the government of Pakistan was [...]

World Thalassemia Day observed

admin — Sun, 09 May 2010 04:34:45 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Like other parts of the globe, World Thalassemia Day was also observed in Pakistan to express solidarity with patients. Thalassemia International Federation has designated May 8 as World Thalassemia Day. Various activities have been organized by private and public organizations to mark the day. Dr. Wasim Khawaja of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences [...]

No decision without allies, PM assures MQM

admin — Sun, 09 May 2010 04:34:22 +0000

KARACHI, May 8 (SANA): Governor of Sindh Dr. Ishrat Ul Ebad Khan telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani over premier’s remarks about division of Hyderabad District. Gilani assured him that no decision in this regard would be taken without taking allies into confidence. PM Gilani on Saturday termed as flawed the decision [...]

Minister announces increase in seats in classes

admin — Sat, 08 May 2010 07:50:49 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Federal Minister for Education Sardar Asif Ahmad Ali has said that the number of seats for admission in Class Prep has been increased from 30 to 40 and for class one has been increased from 25 to 30 in all educational institutes under the administrative control of Federal Directorate of Education (FDE) to [...]

ATTA should be acceptable to Pakistan, Afghanistan’

admin — Sat, 08 May 2010 07:41:57 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): The Afghan Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (ATTA), which is under negotiations, should be acceptable to the government of Pakistan and Afghanistan and people of both the countries. This was stated by the Federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim in a meeting with his Afghan counterpart HE Ghulam Muhammad Aylaqi who along with a [...]

New Zealand beaten by South Africa in World T-20

admin — Sat, 08 May 2010 07:41:15 +0000

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (SANA): South Africa beat New Zealand by 13 runs in the World Twenty20 Super Eights the other day and Albie Morkel demonstrated appreciable batting. Captain Graeme Smith chose to bat on winning the toss and South Africa run 170-4 while New Zealand was beaten by 13 runs. Morkel who joined AB de Villiers with the [...]

Imposing ban, fine on senior players affected team performance: Waqar

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:02:19 +0000

LAHORE, March 20 (SANA): National cricket team coach Waqar Younus said the performance of the team was affected due to imposing bans and fines on senior players. Talking to media, the other day, he hoped that the senior players remaining in the team would cause encouragement to the new players. The former cricket star said that [...]

PM for further enhancing Pak-UK ties

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:01:04 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has hoped that the close friendly relations with UK would be further strengthened and flourished during the tenure of new British High Commissioner to Pakistan. He underscored the importance which the democratic Government of Pakistan attached to the Pakistan-UK Strategic Dialogue an institutionalized forum for [...]

Indian Railways’ ad shows Delhi in Pakistan

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:59:54 +0000

NEW DELHI, (SANA): Authorities of Indian Railways went red-faced on Saturday after an advertisement in almost all the leading newspapers on the day of inauguration of Maharajas’ Express from Kolkata to Nalanda showed Delhi in Pakistan. The advertisement was published by the Eastern Railway. Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to flag off the [...]

38000 bullet-proof jackets distributed among policemen: IG NWFP

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:58:46 +0000

HARIPUR, (SANA): Chief of NWFP police Malik Naveed Khan Saturday said 38,000 bullet-proof jackets have been distributed among policemen and all the police personnel given 50,000 Kalashnikovs to tackle the terrorists. Addressing police officers and jawans at a Darbar of Police Line Haripur, Malikd Naveed Khan said the NWFP police personnel embraced martyrdom [...]

Taliban commander Ismail Mehsud arrested

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:57:40 +0000

KARACHI, (SANA): A Taliban commander was arrested from Karachi, police said on Saturday. SSP CID Umar Shahid Hayat has said that Ismail Mehsud, brother of Taliban Commander Khalid Wahab Mehsud was arrested from Steel Town area of Karachi. Ismail Mehsud has Rs two million bounty on his head. According to police, Ismail Mehsud [...]

Islamabad: Students take to streets again

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:57:09 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Students of twin cities were left with no choice but to come on roads to press their demand for withdrawal of notification concerning unprecedented 30 per cent increase in transport fares. The two days of violence in scattered areas of Islamabad and Rawalpindi in which two people were reportedly injured could have [...]

Accountability court acquits Durrani in NAB case

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:54:53 +0000

KARACHI, March 20 (SANA): Provincial local bodies minister Agha Siraj Durrani who was facing embezzlement charges was acquitted by an accountability court in a NAB reference on Saturday. He was charged with embezzlement in the amount allocated for purchase of furniture for Swedish Institute in Year 2000, however he was acquitted as no evidences [...]

Three killed in Quetta

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:53:53 +0000

QUETTA, SANA): Three People were killed in Saryab Road area in Quetta on Saturday, police said. According to details, unidentified motorcycle riders opened fire at a car in Sardar Karez area in suburb of Saryab which resulted in the severe injuries to three people boarded in the car who succumbed to injuries while [...]

PSO asked to enhance KESC’s credit

admin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:53:20 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): In the backdrop of severe load shedding in the country, Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf that government was taking all possible measures to reduce the gap existed in the demand and supply of electricity. Talking to a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Energy Crisis (CCEC) to discuss the [...]

US drone again targets tribal area, killing at least 10

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:49:27 +0000

MIRAMSHAH (SANA): A US unmanned spy plane Tuesday once again fired several missiles on a major al Qaeda and Taliban sanctuary in North Waziristan, killing at least 10, officials and residents said. The attack targeted a militant compound in the Datta Kheil area, about 40 km (25 miles) west of North Waziristan’s main [...]

340-female awarded with training certificates under various courses

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:45 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): A UK based relief and development agency, Muslim Aid, organised a certificate distribution ceremony at its Skills Development Centre (SDC) Hunerkada here on Tuesday. A total of 340 female students of Muslim Aid Hunerkada were awarded with certificates under various courses, including ceramic work, English language, computer skills, sewing & cutting and [...]

Gun battle erupts at Indian space centre

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:46:13 +0000

BANGALORE (SANA): A gun battle broke out between two armed men and security forces outside a high security space centre in southern India early on Tuesday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. The gun battle occurred in Byalalu, on the outskirts of IT hub Bangalore. The Interior Ministry sees ISRO buildings, as [...]

Kidnapped British boy released after 13-day

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:44:25 +0000

JHELUM (SANA): Pakistani-origin British child Sahil Saeed, kidnapped from Jhelum earlier on March 3 has been recovered from Gujrat on Tuesday, police sources said. “He is recovered and safe,” said Raja Basharat, grandfather of the child. The circumstances around his release were not clear. Police in Jhelum, the town where Sahil Saeed was kidnapped, [...]

Draft of 18th amendment likely to be tabled in parliament on 22nd for debate

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:42:58 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): The draft of the 18th amendment is expected to be landed in the lower house of the parliament on March 22, it is reliably learnt. Well-placed sources said that Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms will present the constitutional amendment package to the National Assembly Speaker in coming three or four days. After [...]

Musharraf disagrees begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:42:08 +0000

PORTLAND (SANA): The former president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf opposed the U.S. plans to begin withdrawing troops from Afghanistan in July 2011. According to a private television channel, Musharraf said on the occasion of a stop on his speaking tour that the US troops should fight against Taliban until they surrender adding that [...]

British Council signs agreement with STEP for disable youth

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:38:49 +0000

ISLAMABAD : British Council and Special Talent Exchange Program (STEP) signed an agreement to collaborate for inclusive youth development in Pakistan under British Council’s programme “Active Citizens”. The agreement of collaboration was signed here on Monday aiming at facilitating inclusion of youth with disabilities into mainstream social action and community development [...]

PML-N slammed Musharraf for his remarks against PML-N

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:37:53 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) slammed General Musharaf for his remarks against its Quaid Nawaz Sharif. Party’s spokesman Ahsan Iqbal said, “The people of Pakistan rate General Musharaf as second biggest national culprit after General Yahya Khan. Nawaz Sharif’ patriotism is conceded even by his critics while General Musharaf sold his country [...]

Mobilink registers increase in subscriber base and revenues

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:37:16 +0000

LAHORE (SANA): Mobilink, one of the country’s cellular communications and a part of the Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH) on Tuesday registered an increase in subscriber base and revenues for Q4 2009 as compared to previous quarter of the same year. According to a press release received here, Rashid Khan, President and CEO, Mobilink, shared [...]

Afghanistan war: How Taliban tactics are evolving

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:34:06 +0000

KABUL (SANA): Although they’re often portrayed as mindless fanatics, the militant Islamists’ “life experience” from their years in the wilderness, their study of American military tactics and their analysis of the Karzai government’s shortcomings have helped reverse their fortunes, U.S. intelligence experts say. While much is made of the recent arrests of Taliban leaders [...]

‘Karzai ‘very angry’ at Taliban boss’ arrest’

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:32:13 +0000

KABUL (SANA): The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban’s No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President Hamid Karzai, according to one of Karzai’s advisers. The detention of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar — second in the Taliban only to one-eyed Mullah Mohammed Omar — has raised [...]

‘To win Afghanistan war, Taliban propaganda game wants to be defeated’

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:31:40 +0000

KANNA-MACHI (SANA): The United States military has struggled with how to manage media coverage of the war in Afghanistan – and even the most basic approaches to an effective public-relations campaign. A haphazard approach causes significant harm to the war effort: Coverage of repeated televised apologies overshadows progress made by troops on the [...]

Red Cross condemns Taliban use of booby trap bombs

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:47:58 +0000

KABUL (SANA) : The Red Cross has condemned the use of booby trap bombs by the Taliban in an area of southern Afghanistan that has been so heavily mined people are afraid to leave their homes. The bombs — known as improvised explosive devises (IEDs) — are also preventing refugees from returning to [...]

New Afghan chief in Marjah has criminal record

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:38:39 +0000

KABUL (SANA): The Afghan man chosen to lead the government of a town just seized from the Taliban has a violent criminal record in Germany. But Western officials say they are not pushing to have him ousted. Court records and news reports in Germany show that Abdul Zahir served part of a more [...]

British soldier killed by explosion in Afghanistan

admin — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:37:58 +0000

LONDON (SANA): A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence here said. The explosion occurred near Sangin in Helmand Province, though the death was not connected to the ongoing Operation Mushtarak to crush the Taliban insurgency, the MoD added in a statement. “It is my sad [...]

Assemblies’ conferences help ensure coordination: Speaker NA

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:25:38 +0000

LAHORE (SANA): National Assembly Speaker Dr. Fehmida Mirza said on Wednesday that the parliamentary proceedings would be improved as the conferences of all the provincial assemblies and national assembly would ensure better coordination. This she said while talking to media after the conclusion of a three-day 16th Speakers Conference at the Punjab Assembly building. She [...]

Human rights org’s announce long march for Aafia’s release

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:24:29 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): The Defense of Human Rights along with other human rights organizations working for missing persons announced to organize a long march for the release of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and other missing persons from Faisalabad to Islamabad on March 10. This announcement was made during the protest rally taken out in connection with [...]

Cricket team for ICC T-20 WC to be announced on 7th

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:23:53 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Pakistan Cricket Board announced wound announce a 15-member national team for International Cricket Council Twenty-20 world cup on March 7. The PCB sources said the final announcement would be made on the ending ceremony of the RBS Twenty-20 cricket tournament. It is pertinent to mention here that the ICC T-20 World Cup cricket [...]

DSP suspended, SHO including policemen arrested after Bhawana tragedy

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:20:39 +0000

LAHORE (SANA): The Inspector General Punjab Police Tariq Saleem Dogar on Wednesday directed the concerned authority to forthwith detain the Station House Officer (SHO) and suspend the Deputy Superintendent Police (DSP) involved in the torture of under detention accused at Bhawana police station. Reports reaching here said that the IG Punjab took stern notice [...]

Water level to Mangla Dam rises to record level

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:18:30 +0000

LAHORE (SANA): The water level at Mangla Dam rises over eight feet to record level on Wednesday. According to Met Department, the inflow of 55,438 cusecs was recorded at the Dam and outflow was 35 cusecs. The water level is 13 feet high over 1053.60 feet, which is the lowest level. According to Met Department, the [...]

Pakistan seriously investigating Mumbai attacks: Rehman

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:17:01 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Interior Minister Rehman Malik has reiterated the government’s resolve pertaining to investigate Mumbai attacks, said that he welcomed his Indian counterpart statement regarding restoration of relationship between the two neighboring countries. He said that Pakistan was serious in regard to investigate the Mumbai attacks and to bring the culprits before justice. He expressed these [...]

APC London wants early release of senior Kashmiri leader

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:16:02 +0000

LONDON (SANA): Terming Shabir Shah as “Kashmir’s Nelson Mendela”, the participants at an all parties conference in London demanded immediate release of the senior separatist leader. A statement of Democratic Freedom Party issued here said that the participants at the conference ‘Current Political Crisis in South Asia and Next Steps’ organised by Pakistan [...]

State directed to explain reasons for filing another FIR into Shopian case

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:15:01 +0000

SRINAGAR (SANA): Hearing the Shopian matter after a gap of over two-and-half months, the J&K High Court the other day directed the State to explain reasons behind filing a second FIR in the case. It also directed the CBI to explain contents of the polygraph tests it conducted on the suspects during investigation. The court [...]

Ill-treatment being meted out to detainees in held Kashmir: Hurriyat Conference

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:14:32 +0000

SRINAGAR (SANA): Senior Hurriyat Conference leader condemned the ill-treatment meted out to detainees particularly the leaders and activists of Hurriyat in various jails of Jammu and Kashmir and different Indian states. In a statement issued here, Hurriyat (G) spokesman, Advocate Zahid Ali said that the government, because to its “vindictive policy”, was deliberately causing shortage [...]

Parliament body to present report by March 15

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:51:53 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Parliament’s Committee for Constitutional Reforms has decided to finalize its recommendations and hand these over to the government by March 15. The committee decided to complete its work by March 15 so that its recommendations could be tabled and debated in the Parliament before March 23, the date Prime Minister Gilani himself [...]

Australian NSA meets Gen Kayani

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:50:47 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): National Security Advisor of Australia Duncan Lewis and Commander Joint Task Force Major General John Cantwell, called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at General Headquarters on Monday. The visiting dignitaries remained with the Chief of Army Staff for some time and discussed the matters of professional interest. [...]

ECP rejects petition against Zardari eligibility

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:49:21 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday rejected a petition challenging the eligibility of President Asif Ali Zardari for the office of President of Pakistan. Advocate Maulvi Iqbal Haider had filed the petition in ECP challenging the electoral eligibility of President Zardari citing the verdict by Supreme Court of Pakistan against National [...]

Two kidnapped Sikhs rescued in Khyber

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:48:12 +0000

PESHAWAR (SANA): Security forces on Monday recovered two of three Sikhs kidnapped for ransom in the country’s northwest, a security official said, days after the body of the third Sikh was found. The three Sikhs were abducted from the Khyber tribal agency on the Afghan border in January. The decapitated body of one of [...]

Judges appointment challenged in SC

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:46:47 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court here on Monday challenging judges’ appointments. According to sources, the appointment of Supreme Court’s ad hoc judge Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday and two judges of Lahore High Court Justice Naseem Akhtar and Justice Sheikh Farooq Ahmed have been challenged. Petition seek that summary [...]

US donates armored personnel carriers& surveillance equipment to NWFP elite force

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:44:43 +0000

PESHAWAR (SANA): In a handover ceremony to NWFP Inspector General Malik Naveed , the US donated eight armoured personnel carriers valued at Rs. 125.8 million ($1,480,000) and surveillance equipment (binoculars, global positioning systems, night-vision binoculars and monoculars, and solar panels) valued at Rs. 13.6 million ($160,000) for the NWFP Elite Force. [...]

US willing to assist in rebuilding infrastructure: PM

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:44:14 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Prime Minister (PM) Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said the United States was ready to rebuild the infrastructure damaged due to Pakistan’s decision to allow transit of goods for NATO forces in Afghanistan. This he said while talking to media after visiting Federal Board of Revenue here on Monday. He said that he had [...]

JI AJK Amir returns country after his visit to Libya

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:41:12 +0000

RAWALPINDI (SANA): Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Amir Abdul Rashid Turabi returned to country from his one week long visit of Libya on Monday. He had made the visit to Libya on a special invitation by Libyan president Colonel Qaddafi. In the course of his visit, he held meetings with President Qaddafi and [...]

US cannot pressurize India for resolution issues with Pakistan

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:40:42 +0000

BAHAWALNAGAR (SANA): The US Consulate General for Punjab Carmella said on Monday that the US could not pressurize India on its disputes with Pakistan despite Pakistan’s reservations. Talking to media during his visit to Bahawal Nagar, he said that no effective monitoring of US aid to Pakistan was carried out during President Bush regime. He [...]

Security forces kill Fazlullah deputy in Swat

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:43:37 +0000

MINGORA (SANA): Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militant commander Muhammad Alam Binnori killed with an aide Shams-ul-Haq in a military operation by the security forces in Swat Monday. Muhammad Alam was deputy of Swat Taliban supreme Moulvi Fazlullah. He was a native of Madian but residing in Shangla. Alam was a firebrand orator and known [...]

Over 70 suspects including Afghan migrants netted in Mingora

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:42:34 +0000

MINGORA (SANA): Mingora police claimed to have apprehended as many as 70 suspected persons including 40 afghan migrants during crackdown against anti-state elements. Addressing a press conference here at Swat press club, Inspector Snobar Khan together with Investigation In-charge Aziz Ahmed told media, the arrests were made as a part of Swat police’s [...]

Troops’ barbarity comes in for denunciation in Sopore

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:41:59 +0000

SOPORE (SANA): Sopore writhed with anger against the cruelty perpetrated by the occupation forces during Chinkipora clearance operation following a fierce gunfight between militants and troops. The town observed complete shutdown and staged protests the other day. All the shops and business establishments remained closed while traffic was off the roads. The residents alleged that [...]

Half a million youth still jobless in held Kashmir

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:40:35 +0000

JAMMU (SANA): More than five lakh unemployed youth stand registered in District Employment and Counseling Centers across Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. They said that a total of 5,67,358 unemployed youth had got themselves registered across the state till December 2009. “Nearly 2,83,288 youth belong to Kashmir region while 2,72,072 are from [...]

Held Kashmir Election Dept sets Municipal poll process in motion

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:40:02 +0000

JAMMU (SANA): The Election Department has set the process into motion for holding elections to Local Bodies by preparing revised rolls for all Municipal Corporations, Councils and Committees excepting Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) and would invite objections for addition and deletion of names in next couple of days. A notification for four phased elections [...]

Mehbooba reiterates self rule only viable solution to Kashmir

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:37:51 +0000

BHADERWAH (SANA): Stressing that Self Rule document prepared by her party was the only viable solution of Kashmir problem, president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mahbooba Mufti said adding that the government should seriously consider proposals given for the solution of this issue. Addressing a seminar on Self Rule here, Mahbooba said, “Self [...]

‘Gradual’ campaign likely in Kandahar

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:36:47 +0000

KABUL (SANA): As U.S. and Afghan forces squeeze the last fighters from the Taliban stronghold of Marjah the coalition is preparing to move against the next target of Kandahar, the country’s second-largest city and birthplace of the jihadist movement, U.S. commanders say. “There won’t be a seminal D-Day,” said Army Brig. Gen. Ben Hodges, [...]

Captured Taliban leaders should be tried in Afghanistan: Karzai

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:35:51 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the fate of Taliban leaders recently captured by Pakistani security forces should be decided in Afghanistan, a news report said the other day. In an interview with Pakistan’s English-language daily The News, Karzai said his government would soon send a formal request to Islamabad to [...]

U.S., Afghan troops to stay in Taliban town

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:35:24 +0000

MARJAH (SANA): More than 2,000 U.S. Marines and about 1,000 Afghan troops who stormed the Taliban town of Marjah as part of a major NATO offensive against a resurgent Taliban will stay several months to ensure insurgents don’t return, Marine commanders said the other day. Meanwhile, insurgents are striking back by attacking resupply convoys moving [...]

‘US should do more given Pakistan’s anti-terror efforts’

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:37:17 +0000

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said that the support and assistance pledged to Pakistan by the United States and other allies does not commensurate with the sacrifices, commitment and contribution made by Pakistan in the war against terror. Talking to the Chairman of the US Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry and his [...]

Government does not want conflict with judiciary: PM

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:36:16 +0000

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said that the government does not want a confrontation with the judiciary. He said the process of judicial appointments should be up to the parliament to decide. Only the parliament has the authority to rewrite the constitution of Pakistan, Gilani said further.

Foreign investment falls sharply

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:34:39 +0000

KARACHI: Pakistan’s net foreign investment suffered a sharp decline during the current fiscal year, and massive fall was noticed even in most attractive sectors, like telecommunications and financial business. The State Bank of Pakistan reported on Monday that net foreign investment fell by 34.4 per cent to $1.466 billion during July-January against $2.234 billion in [...]

Govt to complete tenure: Asif Zardari

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:34:03 +0000

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari categorically stated on Monday that there would be no mid-term elections and the government would complete its five-year tenure. “Be confident that there will be no mid-term polls,” his spokesman Farhatullah Babar quoted him as saying at a combined meeting of PPP parliamentary party in the Senate and National Assembly at [...]

Record rain, snowfall in NWFP

admin — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:32:05 +0000

PESHAWAR: A record snowfall in upper parts and heavy downpour accompanied by hailstorm in the plains, paralysed life in the Frontier province on Monday. Upper and Lower Dir, Swat, Shangla and the Bajaur tribal region witnessed a record snowfall after decades, triggering a punishing cold wave as mercury plunged to below zero degree Celsius. Upper [...]

Qureshi inaugurates two-day Envoy’s Conference in Brussels

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:52:26 +0000

BRUSSELS, Feb 15 (SANA): A two-day Envoy’s Conference was inaugurated by Foreign Minister, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Pakistan’s Envoys, from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Sweden, UK and senior officials from Pakistan are attending the conference. Brussels was chosen for the conference as it houses the headquarters of both the EU and NATO. [...]

Govt to continue talks with all democratic forces: PM

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:50:02 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the elected representatives of the people should come forward in contributing towards the reconciliatory process initiated by the government which would augment the smooth functioning of democratic process. He added that government would continue taking all the democratic forces of the country [...]

Govt to continue talks with all democratic forces: PM

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Govt to continue talks with all democratic forces: PM

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Govt to continue talks with all democratic forces: PM

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PM greets Korean General Secretary on his birth day

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:41:13 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has sent a message of greetings to the General Secretary of the Workers Party of Korea, Chairman, National Defence Commission and Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Marshal Kim Jong IL, on his birth day falling on February 16. [...]

PM greets Korean General Secretary on his birth day

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:39:53 +0000

Qureshi inaugurates two-day Envoy’s Conference in Brussels

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:39:03 +0000

BRUSSELS (SANA): A two-day Envoy’s Conference was inaugurated by Foreign Minister, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Pakistan’s Envoys, from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Sweden, UK and senior officials from Pakistan are attending the conference. Brussels was chosen for the conference as it houses the headquarters of both the EU and NATO. [...]

Qureshi inaugurates two-day Envoy’s Conference in Brussels

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:37:30 +0000

Qureshi inaugurates two-day Envoy’s Conference in Brussels

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:35:53 +0000

BRUSSELS, (SANA): A two-day Envoy’s Conference was inaugurated by Foreign Minister, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Pakistan’s Envoys, from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Sweden, UK and senior officials from Pakistan are attending the conference. Brussels was chosen for the conference as it houses the headquarters of both the EU and NATO. [...]

Govt to continue talks with all democratic forces: PM

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:10:43 +0000

Parliament must be honored: PM

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:03:11 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Monday said that parliament is elected by 17 crore people of Pakistan therefore dishonoring it were not fair. “All the people sitting here are elected; they have not entered from the backdoors. It was the power of masses and the parliament through with the sacked judiciary was [...]

UK delegation visits ERRA headquarters

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:58:34 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): A high level UK delegation comprising of Rt. Honourable Liam Byrne Member Parliament of UK, Chief Secretary to her Majesty’s Treasury, and members of DFID visited ERRA Headquarters, Islamabad on Monday. Chairman ERRA, Altaf Muhammad Saleem welcomed the guests and thanked UK Government for extending support to Pakistan when Pakistan was [...]

1700 MW thermal power projects to start generation in next 2 years

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:45:41 +0000

ISLAMABAD, Feb 15 (SANA): Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf informed the National Assembly on Monday that 1700 megawatt of high proficiency thermal power projects would start generation during the next two years at a cost of 1.5 billion dollars. Responding to questions in the House he said four IPPs with [...]

Govt using reforms committee on judges’ issue: Ch. Nisar

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:44:50 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that he has never accused anyone of corruption and nobody should take revenge from the country’s system for his sins. Speaking at the National Assembly on Monday, he said no elected president has ever pointed fingers at the state [...]

Qazi for public protest against attack on Haroon’s house

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:38:01 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Jamaat-e-Islami former Ameer Qazi Hussain Ahmad appealed people to stage protest against the incident of blowing up the house of JI Naib Ameer for tribal areas and ex-MNA Bajaur Sahibzada Haroon-ur-Rashid here on Monday. In a statement, Qazi Hussein expressed deep grief over the incident and said that it was very regrettable [...]

Lawyers observe country-wide protest, boycott proceeding

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:35:57 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): The lawyers observed country-wide strike and complete boycotts of courts against the issuance of the Presidential orders devoid of consultation with Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on the judges’ appointments. The lawyers in large number rallied at Constitution Avenue and outside the Supreme Court (SC) and are raising slogans against President Asif [...]

NDMA set up NIDM

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:33:28 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): The National Disaster Management Authority on Monday established National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) through the assistance of United Nations Development Programme in Islamabad. In a press release issued by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said that it established NIDM with a purpose is to build capacities to respond and prepare [...]

PPP workers stage countrywide pro-Zardari rallies

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:31:36 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Workers of Pakistan Peoples Party took out rallies in different parts of the country on Monday in support of President Asif Ali Zardari. Participants of the rallies while expressing full support for the president expressed the resolve that Pakistan Peoples Party will continue its struggle for rule of law in the [...]

‘Pakistan lodges protest against Indian ceasefire violation’

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:15:07 +0000

RAWALPINDI (SANA): Indian forces opened unprovoked fire at Line of Control (LoC) on Monday, however no loss of life reported. According to Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) statement, Indian forces violated the ceasefire agreement, as they opened fires amid Sunday and Monday night at Battal sector of Line of Control. “Pakistan registered its protest [...]

Kashmir, waters issues to be raised with New Delhi in scheduled talks: Islamabad

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:14:08 +0000

ISLAMABAD (SANA): Pakistan would raise Kashmir and water issues with India during the scheduled foreign sectaries meeting on February 25 in New Delhi, foreign office spokesman Abdul Basit on Monday. In his interview, the spokesman expressed hope the foreign secretaries’ level meeting would cover all bilateral issues between the two countries. “Kashmir, water and [...]

Twelve Taliban killed in NATO offensive: Afghan official

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:02:10 +0000

MARJAH (SANA): Twelve Taliban fighters were killed overnight in a NATO offensive against the group’s last stronghold in Afghanistan’s most violent province, a government official said. The assault, one of NATO’s biggest against the Taliban since the Afghan war began in 2001, is the first test of U.S. President Barack Obama’s plan to [...]

Taliban hinder Afghan offensive with booby traps

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:00:28 +0000

HAJI QARI SAHEB (SANA): Improvised bombs slowed the progress of US-led troops fighting the Taliban Monday in a major offensive that has already claimed the lives of 12 Afghan civilians. NATO claimed responsibility for the deaths, the first reported civilian casualties since the pre-dawn launch Saturday of the operation, part of a new strategy aimed [...]

Errant U.S. rocket strike kills civilians in Afghanistan

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:59:32 +0000

MARJA (SANA): An errant American rocket strike on Sunday hit a compound crowded with Afghan civilians in the last Taliban stronghold in Helmand Province, killing at least 10 people, including 5 children, military officials said. Avoiding such civilian deaths, which came on the second day of a major allied offensive around Marja, [...]