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Secretary Election Commission, Ishtiaq Ahmed Wednesday said that schedule for the upcoming parliamentary elections will be announced later this month. The current assemblies will complete five-year term on March 16 and new elections should be held within two months after the dissolution in line with the constitution. Federal minister, Syed Khurshid Shah, has said […]
The Supreme Court Wednesday annulled the army court’s death penalty judgment to two civilians convict in suicide attack case on former military president Pervez Musharraf. The army court had turned life terms into death penalties of two civilians, Rana Naveed and Ameer Sohail, convicted in the case. Both had challenged the verdict in […]
Pakistan Peoples Party on Tuesday faced another political setback as senior leader from Balochistan, Nawabzada Lashkari Raisani formally joined the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N). Raisani announced his decision during a meeting with PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif. Both leaders later appeared at a joint press conference. A 22-member delegation of political leaders from Balochistan […]
The imports gold during first seven months of current fiscal year surged by 31.87 percent as against the same period of last year, official statistics say. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) in its data said Tuesday that the yellow metal weighing 2,282 kilogram worth of $123.382 million was imported during the period under review […]
The U.S. Ambassador Richard Olson Tuesday inaugurated phase-1 of the power house project in Tarbela, the project would produce 128 megawatts electricity U.S. Ambassador Richard Olson joined WAPDA Chairman Syed Raghib Abbas Shah to recognize the completion of the U.S. – funded Tarbela Dam restoration project. The restoration of three generators at Tarbela adds […]
Unidentified armed men have kidnapped Balochistan assembly member, his family and the police said. Malik Sultan Tarin, who belongs to the Pashtoon nationalist “Awami National Party” (ANP) lost control with family members in Kuchlak, some 30 km from Quetta, the provincial capital. Tarin had left Quetta for Harnai area on Tuesday night on […]
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will visit India on Saturday, India media has reported. Coming at a time when ties between the two neighbours have hit a trough, not least because of the LoC flare up, the visit could provide India and Pakistan a much-needed opportunity to stem the decline in relations, The Times […]
Gunmen, riding on motorcycles, opened fire on the people in Karachi Monday evening, killing two persons and injuring over 22 others, doctors and police said. The miscreants also burnt an ambulance and damaged two others when they arrived to shift the injured at Sohrab Goth area of Karachi, police and residents said. Several buses […]
The Supreme Court on Monday took suo moto notice of the deadly bomb attack in Karachi and observed that the State and the Provincial Government has failed to protect life and property of citizens. The bomb attack on Sunday killed over 40 and injured nearly 150, mostly Shiite Muslims. Taking notice of the […]
Amir of Qatar, Shaikh Hamad bin Khalif Al Thani Sunday told Foreign Minister Huna Rabbani Khar in Doha that his Government would seriously look into the possibility of hiring more Pakistani workers. He also assured the Foreign Minister that Qatar would continue to support Pakistan’s desire to have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with […]
At least 37 people were killed as two bomb blasts rocked commercial center of Karachi Sunday evening, officials said. Nearly 90 other people, including women and children, were also injured when a powerful bomb hit residential apartments near a mosque at Abbas Town area, commissioner Karachi said. A police officer Qamar Ahmad said the […]
Australian troops have killed two Afghan children in Oruzgan province in another incident of civilian deaths by the invading troops, Afghan officials said Saturday. Civilian deaths in Afghanistan in firing by invading forces are common despite Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s orders to stop Afghan forces from calling air support from foreign forces. […]
