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Tahir Khan
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Nawaz Sharif asks Nisar to begin talks on caretaker PM

Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said he has asked Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan to begin talks with the government on the caretaker Prime Minister, saying any delay in the interim setup could harm democratic process.   Talking to the media in Lahore, he demanded that a caretaker set-up should immediately be […]

Chief Justice says Qadri’s petition is not maintainable

Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, said Tuesday that petition filed by Tahirul Qadri regarding reconstitution of election commission is not maintainable under provisions of the constitution.   He made these observations during hearing of Tahirul Qadri’s petition in Islamabad on the second consecutive day.   Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry advised Tahirul Qadri to go […]

Mystery shrouds Taliban dialogue offer

Pakistani Taliban offered conditional dialogue offer to the government on February 4 that raised hopes for an important move to end the years of violence which has claimed lives of nearly 40,000 people including security forces in nearly 10 years.   The government has not yet responded to the offer and Interior Minister Rehman Malik […]

ECO parliamentary moot opens in Islamabad

Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza, who initiated the idea of establishing a general assembly of Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) countries, inaugurated the first parliamentary assembly conference of ECO countries (PAECO) on Monday.   The member countries also signed the PAECO Charter in the ceremony chaired by Founding President of PAECO Speaker National Assembly Dr. […]

Iranian Speaker calls for boosting Iran-Pakistan cooperation

The Speaker of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ali Larijani on Monday underscored the need for further enhancing Iran, Pakistan cooperation in all sectors.   He was talking to reporters at a military base in Islamabad soon after his arrival to attend the first Speakers Conference of Parliamentary Association of ECO Countries (PAECO). He said […]

Pakistan tests nuclear-capable missile

Pakistan Monday conducted a successful test fire of a short range Surface to Surface Missile Hatf IX (NASR), having a range of 60 kilometers, and can carry nuclear warheads, the military said.   “NASR, with a range of 60 km, and inflight maneuver capability can carry nuclear warheads of appropriate yield, with high accuracy,” an […]

Pakistan concerned at arrests in Indian-occupied Kashmir

    Pakistan on Monday expressed serious concern at the arrests and coercive measures in the Indian-occupied Kashmir after the execution of a Kashmiri leader Afzal Guru.     Guru, convicted for his alleged role in the attack on the Indian Parliament in December 2001, was hanged at Delhi’s Tihar Jail Saturday.     Riots […]

US begins military equipment withdrawal from Afghanistan

The United States has started withdrawal of military equipment from Afghanistan as at least 25 containers crossed the Torkham border point and heading to the Karachi for shipment, a cargo company said on Sunday.   Pakistani custom officials said that the first convoy containers, carrying U.S. military equipment from a key NATO base in Afghanistan, […]

Militancy-hit KPK’s new governor takes oath

Engineer Shaukatullah Khan took oath as the new Governor Khyber Pakthunkhwa in Peshawar at Governor House on Sunday.   Chief Justice, Peshawar High Court, Justice Dost Muhammad Khan administered the oath of the newly appointed governor during a ceremony held here at the lawn of Governor House.   President Asif Ali Zardari, on the advice […]

Swiss officials say graft cases can’t be reopened against Zardari

President Zardari Pakistan People's Party

The Swiss authorities have informed Pakistan government that cases against President Asif Ali Zardari cannot be reopened, the Law Minister said Saturday.   Pakistan had sent the letter to Swiss authorities in November 2012 weeks after Pakistan’s top court ordered the government to send a letter to the Swiss authorities to reopen graft cases against […]

Malik asks Taliban to appoint real representatives for talks

Interior Minister Rehman Malik Saturday said that Taliban are neither serious nor sincere in talks with the government.   The remarks came days after the Taliban offered conditional talks with the government, who also sought guarantee of three senior Pakistani religious and political leaders.   The Taliban spokesman, Ehsanullah Ehsan, had also called for the […]

Shahrukh Jatoi is 19-year old: report

A new medical report has suggested that Shahrukh Jatoi, involved in the murder of Shahzeb Khan, is adult and 19 years old.   A seven-member team of doctors was assigned to determine the age of the prime suspect in the Shahzeb Khan murder case. Sources said that the report has finalized its finding and found […]

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