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An American spy aircraft fired missiles into North Waziristan tribal region and killed at least seven persons late Friday, official sources said. The drone aircraft fired two missiles on a house in Datta Khel area of North Waziristan, bordering Afghanistan, they said. The house was completely destroyed in the strike, the second in […]
A 25-member federal cabinet Friday took oath, marking completion of the government formation following the May 11 general elections. President Asif Ali Zardari administered the oath to the cabinet members at Presidency in Islamabad. The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif‚ Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq‚ parliamentarians‚ […]
Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has given approval to a 26-member cabinet which will take oath later Friday, sources said. President Asif Ali Zardari will administer oath to the Ministers and Ministers of state. According to sources‚ the cabinet is comprising seventeen Ministers and nine Ministers of state. Those expected to take oath as […]
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Karachi Friday handed down death penalty to Shahrukh Jatoi, the main accused in the Shahzeb murder case, and his accomplice Siraj Talpur, lawyers said. The ATC judge Ghulam Mustafa Memon awarded life jail term to two other accused Ghulam Murtaza Lashari and Sajajd Talpur. Twenty-year-old Shahzeb Khan was […]
A spokesman of the Prime Minister’s Office has said that Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has expressed his concern over recent advertisements appearing in the national media sponsored by Government departments and public sector organizations congratulating him on his assumption of the office of the Prime Minister. The spokesman said that the Prime Minister […]
Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) is observing “Yaum-e-Dua” on Friday to thank Almighty Allah for victory in the general elections and forming its governments at centre and in Punjab Province. Yaum-e-Dua is being observed across the country on the call of Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. Special prayers will be offered during Friday prayers for […]
Afghan Taliban Friday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack and killing seven Georgian soldiers in southern parts of the country. ISAF says that as a result of a suicide attack in southern Afghanistan some six ISAF soldiers were killed, but the Georgian army announced that seven Georgian soldiers were killed as a result of […]
The United States has imposed sanctions on Abd al-Hamid al-Masli, an alleged key bomb maker for al-Qaeda. The Department of Treasury on called the move the latest in its efforts to target the facilitators of improvised explosive devices (IED), as “Al-Qaeda continues to employ IEDs as the weapon of choice to kill and maim […]
India has denied consular access to 197 prisoners in violation of relevant agreement reached with Pakistan in May 2008. Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has informed Foreign Office that 469 Pakistani prisoners are languishing in Indian Jails. These prisoners include 164 fishermen and 305 civil prisoners. The Pakistan High Commission informed […]
Prime Minister Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, in foreign policy guideline, has noted that the immediate attention of government will be focused on neighbours, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. “Unless the region is peaceful, our efforts for growth and development will not meet with success,” Mr Sharif said in the policy guideline, a Foreign Ministry statement […]
Punjab Assembly on Thursday elected Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif as 24th Chief Minister (CM) of Punjab for the third time with 300 votes while his sole rival from PTI, Mehmood ur Rasheed got 34 votes. Polling for the Chief Minister was held during the Punjab Assembly session with Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan in the chair […]
Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, Thursday telephoned Nawaz Sharif and congratulated him on assuming the office of Pakistan Prime Minister and invited him to visit Afghanistan, the PM office said. Relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan are currently tense over cross-border attacks and Kabul’s claim that Pakistani forces have constructed check posts on the Afghan side […]
