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It was recently reported from Islamabad that China is willing to finance an airport in the port city of Balochistan, Gwadar. The development in this particular port city has always been halted due to the fact that there are certain security concerns. At times the locals and sometimes foreign militants interfere with the matters that […]
Insurgents fired rockets on a check post of security forces in the restive Balochistan province and killed at least eight security men, officials said. A check post of coastguards at Sunsar area, some 100 kilometers away from Gwadar, the port city in Balochistan, came under rocket attack at 7 a.m. Several security men were also […]
Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday, only about a month after his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang visited the South Asian country, Chinese media reports. The third-time prime minister is scheduled to meet with China’s top leaders during his six-day tour. The timing and the arrangements once […]
The PML-N government Wednesday increased the defence allocation in its budget for fiscal 2013-14 to 627 billion rupees (around 6.32 billion US dollars), making nearly 15 per cent hike over the outlay for the current fiscal, which ends on June 30th. The allocation for the three defence services amounted to 15.73 per cent […]
The newly elected Prime Minister, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Wednesday announced to work day and night to change the destiny of the people and country. In his maiden address to the National Assembly he said the country is faced with multiple challenges including power outages‚ price hike‚ unemployment‚ economic recession‚ lawlessness‚ terrorism‚ corruption and […]
President Asif Ali Zardari will visit Iran to perform ground-breaking of gas pipeline project on Monday, the Foreign Ministry says. Foreign Office spokesman Moazzam Ahmad Khan said at the weekly news briefing in Islamabad Thursday that several heads of state have also been invited to attend the ceremony. He said Ministry of Petroleum […]
Federal Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that the federal cabinet has given final approval to Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Project. Briefing media after cabinet meeting in Islamabad today (Wednesday)‚ he said the cabinet‚ which held its meeting with Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in the chair‚ also set up a four-member committee under […]
Strongly dispelling the impression of any clash among state institutions, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that they should forgive each other and move towards a new era of development and progress in the country. Speaking to the media, he said all the state institutions are working within their prescribed parameters. He said […]
In the third part of the four-part series, we will briefly discuss the beauty of Nanga Parbat Base Camp, Taxila and Makran Coast. Nanga Parbat Base Camp (Fairy Meadows) Nanga Parbat Base Camp is a one day walk from fairy meadows and you follow the narrow path along the Raikot glacier and after […]
The Pacific Warning System has warned that coastal areas of Karachi and Gwadar will be hit by tsunami waves 28 countries, including Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Australia, Somalia and Indonesia have been warned by the Pacific Warning System that a tsunami wave will hit their major coastal areas on April 11. Pakistan’s coastal areas […]
The hearing by the US Congress Foreign Affairs Committee on the situation in Balochistan is both optimistic and cynical. While the part of the Foreign Office to convey Pakistan’s concerns over the issue are quite understandable. The positive thing is that the hearing over the state’s violations of human rights in Balochistan, which generally have […]
The energy crisis has worsened the economy of Pakistan and continues to pull down the GDP growth rate. The future of the country appears bleak. According to WAPDA’s chairman, Shakeel Ahmed Durrani, the power shortage is expected to last until 2018, given the increase in demand. The government of Pakistan looks for solutions amidst expensive […]
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