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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 […]
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 […]
According to an estimate, only 0.5 million out of 180 million people, apart from salaried class, file any tax returns in the country. Unfortunately, the paid civil bureaucracy, the judiciary and our political parties have consent in making such a pathetic situation. Despite the country has been ruled by army, politicians and technocrats, no solid […]
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 […]
We are living in a divided society and our divisions are often defined in corpses, bullets and blood. In some parts of the earth, diversity is a matter of pride and celebration but unfortunately not for us. The barbarian incident that took place at Karakoram Highway was not so unfamiliar. In quite a unique style […]
The federal cabinet on Wednesday not only approved a negative list of 1209 list of banned items but also sanctioned the phasing out of the negative list in the next ten months, aiming at complete trade normalization with India by the end of 2012. Presently, Pakistan maintains a positive list of 1,945 items that are […]
District Court Islamabad has acquitted Lal Masjad’s chief cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz in two separate cases of treason and threatening the government with a backlash of suicide attacks. Judicial Magistrate Kashif Qayyum Sheikh on Wednesday heard the cases against Mualana Abdul Aziz and gave verdict in his favor due to absence of solid proof against […]
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 […]
In what appeared to be a quite unique example, a seventy-year old eunuch, Jamaila is a tutor of Holy Quran, teaching more than 450 children every day. She born in 1941 but hadn’t fit in at home or at school due to her physical differences. On finding an opportunity to run away, she left home […]
After taking up a decade long pending petition of Air Marshal (Retd) Asghar Khan, the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday issued notices to former ISI chief Asad Durrani and Ministry of Defence, seeking the 1998 court report on the functioning of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). On May 27, 1998, the apex court had made […]
Today is a very special day for some people around the world, who were born on February 29, Leap Day – the extra day in February that only comes around every four years. Those who were born on this day relish the uniqueness of their birthdays. They even think there’s an advantage to marking their […]
On advice of the Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, the government on Tuesday named Air Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt as the new Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force (PAF). The premier advised the President, the supreme commander of Pakistan’s armed forces, to appoint Butt the new chief of the PAF as he […]
