Pakistan

PM urges Taliban to participate in reconciliation process

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:43 +0000

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday urged the Taliban leadership as well as all the other Afghan groups, including Hizb-e-Islam...

Evidence of external involvement in Balochistan exists: FO

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:43 +0000

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will no longer publicly accuse India of alleged interference in Balochistan and will refrain from naming it as one of the foreign...

Four cops die as terrorists storm police station in Peshawar

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:41 +0000

PESHAWAR: Four policemen were killed and six others sustained injuries when three suicide bombers attacked the C Division Police Station in the crowde...

Balochistan target killings

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:40 +0000

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI) to submit a detailed report by Ma...

Islamabad wants US apology delayed until mid-March: NYT

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:40 +0000

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has called on the Afghan Taliban to start talks with the Kabul government on Friday, lending fresh diplomatic momentum to an Ameri...

Govt begins procedure for red warrant against Musharraf: Malik

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:39 +0000

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Rehman Malik Friday said the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had been directed to write Interpol for issuance of r...

Protests spread to Pakistan, Malaysia, Indonesia, India

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:38 +0000

ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of activists took to the streets on Friday as the protests over desecration of Holy Quran at the Nato military base in Afghanistan...

SC moved against Erra to get exact details

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:37 +0000

ISLAMABAD: A constitutional petition was filed Friday in the Supreme Court, seeking direction to the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitate Author...

Kayani visits Ordnance Centre Malir

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:37 +0000

KARACHI: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Friday visited Ordnance Centre in Malir Cantonment in connection with Commanding officers...

Many PPP leaders not briefed on Benazir murder report

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:36 +0000

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik s briefing to the Sindh Assembly on Benazir Bhutto murder case has raised many eyebrows and many senior PPP...

Haqqani did not want Pasha to get memo copy from FT: Ijaz

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:35 +0000

LONDON: Mansoor Ijaz on Friday lived up to his promise of bringing fresh startling revelations before the judicial commission probing the Memogate tha...

Zardari ready to meet angry Baloch leaders

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:34 +0000

KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari has assigned Governor Balochistan Nawabzada Zulfiqar Magsi the task to contact disgruntled Baloch leaders who are...

Senate election 98 candidates to contest for 45 seats

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:34 +0000

ISLAMABAD: As many as 98 candidates are left in the field to contest for 45 seats of the Senate on March 02, as nine have already made their way to th...

First batch of three upgraded F-16 aircraft arrive

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:33 +0000

ISLAMABAD: The Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has handed over the first batch of three F-16 Block 15 MLU (Mid Life Upgrade) aircrafts to the Pakis...

SHC orders publication of notice to Musharraf in London Jang

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:32 +0000

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday ordered the publication of a notice to former president Pervez Musharraf through the daily Jang London e...

Pemra warns TV channels over debate on Balochistan

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:31 +0000

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) late Friday night warned private TV channels against holding programmes and talk sh...

ANP, JUI-F nominees in NA-9 hoping for better turnout to win

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:30 +0000

MARDAN: There isn t much interest among the voters here in the by-election for the National Assembly constituency for which polling would be held toda...

Three soldiers, 14 militants killed in Khyber

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:30 +0000

BARA: Three soldiers and 14 militants were killed in separate incidents in the Khyber Agency on Friday, official and tribal sources said. Three sol...

12 more killed in Afghan anti-US protests over desecration of Quran

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:29 +0000

KABUL: Twelve people were killed on Friday in the bloodiest day yet in protests that have raged across Afghanistan over the desecration of Holy Quran...

PM directs transparency in auction of 3G Spectrum

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:28 +0000

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday directed that the proposed auction of the 3G Spectrum must ensure transparency, professiona...

PPP set to muzzle media ahead of general election

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:27 +0000

KARACHI: The beleaguered PPP government in its final days, just like former dictator Pervez Musharraf, is all set to launch a war against the media in...

Another U-turn on Balochistan amnesty by Malik

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:26 +0000

ISLAMABAD: True to its reputation of taking U-turns and making false promises, the Gilani government has distanced itself from the amnesty announced b...

ECP permits Mohsin Leghari to contest Senate election

Jalil Idris — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:25 +0000

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has allowed Mohsin Khan Leghari by a majority vote to contest the Senate election, as interesting...

PM does not know whether he will be a Shaheed or Ghazi

Jalil Idris — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:01:43 +0000

PIR JO GOTH: Prime Minister Yusuf Raza said on Sunday that martyrdom is achieved by only a fortunate few. I do not know whether we will embrace ma...

Quiet Hina-Hillary meeting in London on 23rd

Jalil Idris — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:01:42 +0000

LONDON: A quiet and not so publicised meeting is scheduled between Pakistan s Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar and US Secretary of State Hillary Cli...

DPC to hold Islamabad sit-in today come what may

Jalil Idris — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:01:41 +0000

RAWALPINDI: Leaders of the Defence of Pakistan Council (DPC) on Sunday said the council would hold its sit-in in the federal capital today (Monday), c...

US says it doesnt support Balochistan independence

Jalil Idris — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:01:40 +0000

ISLAMABAD: Amid the Pakistani leadership s angry and relentless criticism of a bill moved in the US House of Representatives seeking the right to self...

Supply from ghee mills to stop today

Jalil Idris — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:01:39 +0000

LAHORE: The strike of ghee manufacturers entered the second day across the country on Sunday as factories remained shut for an indefinite period while...

Swiss banks may be forced to make tax checks: report

Jalil Idris — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:01:38 +0000

GENEVA: Swiss banks could be forced to carry out checks on the tax status of foreign assets they hold under a new clean money strategy being propose...

11 Lashkar men, two militants killed in Khyber

Jalil Idris — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:01:38 +0000

BARA: At least 11 members of a pro-government peace Lashkar and two militants were killed in the ongoing clashes between the Zakhakhel Afridi tribe an...