The commission resumed the cross-examination of memo author Mansoor Ijaz Friday through vide link from Pakistan High Commission in London. Nawaz Sharif’s Counsel Mustafa Ramdey and lawyer of MNA Andul Qadir Bloch and Sana Ullah Zehri, Sallauddin Mengal, asked questions from Ijaz. Responding the queries, the memo architect repeated the same story about his communication […]
Mansoor Ijaz, the architect of the Memogate scandal, Friday claimed President Asif Ali Zardari gave approval to Abbottabad operation that led to the killing of Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by the U.S. Navy Seals on May 02, 2011. “President Zardari gave approval to the U.S. Special Forces action,” Mansoor Ijaz said as he spoke […]
A suicide bomber attacked the headquarters of a rival insurgent group in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 23 of its supporters in an outbreak of factional fighting, an official said. Elsewhere in the Afghan border region, fighting between security forces and militants claimed the lives of 41 others, an especially deadly day that showed the […]
Syrian activists accused regime forces of carrying out execution-style killings and burning homes Friday as part of a scorched-earth campaign in a restive neighbourhood in the city of Homs, and the Red Cross said the regime blocked the group’s access to the area following a bloody, month long siege to dislodge rebel forces. The International […]
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In what appeared to be a quite bold step, Pakistan on Thursday vowed to go ahead with Pak-Iran gas pipeline project, rejecting the U.S. threats of economic sanctions on promotion of economic ties between the two neighboring countries. This stance gives a strong message to the U.S. which is increasing its pressure on Pakistan to […]
The U.S. businessman also surprised the commission saying that he has authentic intelligence documents, which also carried the conversation between pilots of the American helicopters and officials of Pakistan Air Traffic control. “This conversation contained minute-by-minute details of the conversation between the pilots of the helicopters and the air traffic controllers from the time of […]
Mansoor Ijaz, the architect of the infamous memogate scandal, claimed on Thursday that he had helped former ambassador to the U.S. Husain Haqqani by delivering his message to the then U.S. military chief because he had information about the possibility of a military coup in Pakistan after the killing of Osama bin Laden. During the […]
New PCB Chief Selector Iqbal Qasim to decide the final squad for Asia Cup with Misbah-ul-Haq and David What more on March 2nd, 2012 Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed Iqbal Qasim as the chief selector following Muhammad Ilyas’ resignation earlier. Qasim, a former Chief Selector has accepted the offer and he will be accompanied by […]
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president Nawaz Sharif termed the government incompetent, saying there would not have been slogans of ‘Go Zardari Go’ if the government had served the country. While addressing in Qazi Ahmed, Nawaz Sharif said the incumbent displayed ignorance towards flood relief activities and that is why lands were still inundated. He bashed […]
Free trade with India after December 2012, Federal Cabinet On Wednesday, the Federal Cabinet has opened doors for free trade with India, increasing the number of products to be imported from 1,946 to 5,600. The decision claimed superiority over the objections of Ministry of textile and industries, which had been forcing the government to restrict […]
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The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over the report submitted by the intelligence agencies in missing prisoners’ case, terming it unsatisfactory and an inadequate. The displeased apex court sent a stern message to Military Intelligence (MI) and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) saying, “You need to take this out of your mind that you intelligence agencies […]
Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khurshid Shah on Wednesday said that the joint session of Parliament would be convened on March 17 to discuss new terms of engagement with the U.S. and NATO in the light of recommendations of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS). The minster while speaking in the meeting of […]