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Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani said on Saturday Pakistan is a peace loving country but it should not be considered its weakness. Addressing Cadets Passing Out Parade at Pakistan Military Academy Kakul‚ he said Pakistan is facing internal and external challenges which would be met through unity. “Pakistan is […]
A bomb blast on Saturday killed at least five people in a Bajaur tribal region, officials in the region and hospital sources said. The blast occurred outside gate of the agency’s main hospital in Khar, the headquarters of Bajaur tribal area, they said. Hospital sources confirmed that five people died and five others […]
At least 102 people were killed in the 7.0-magnitude earthquake in southwest China’s Sichuan Province, according to the China Earthquake Administration on Saturday afternoon, Chinese media reported. The earthquake hit Lushan county of Ya’an City in the province at 8:02 a.m. Saturday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). More […]
Unknown miscreants Saturday set ablaze in office of Jamaat-e-Islami in Nazimabad area of Karachi, the party leaders said. Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Muhammad Hussain Mehnati has condemned the incident and demanded of the caretaker Chief Minister Sindh and Election Commission to take notice of it. Meanwhile Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Syed Munawar Hasan has urged the […]
The Supreme Court has constituted a three-member bench to hear on Monday petitions seeking directions for initiating high treason proceedings against former President. Pervez Musharraf. A Supreme Court’s statement said on Saturday that Mr. Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja will head the bench and will be comprising two other members, Mr. Justice Khilji Arif Hussain […]
An anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi on Saturday ordered that former President Pervez Musharraf should be sent to jail in a case of illegally placing top judges under house arrest when he had imposed emergency rule in 2007, court officials said. Judge Kausar Abbas Zaidi ordered that the former President should be produced again on […]
Pakistan Friday urged all concerned stakeholders including the United States to devote their energies towards making Afghanistan peaceful, progressive, prosperous and stable country in the post-withdrawal period. Concerns about possible instability in Afghanistan grow as the endgame fast approaching and the Taliban and the U.S. have not resumed peace talks. Pakistan is also […]
Hours after former President Pervez Musharraf was arrested for imposing emergency rule in 2007 and placing top judges under house arrest, the police transferred him to the police headquarters in the capital for questioning on Friday, officials said. Earlier in the morning Musharraf appeared before a court of a local magistrate in Islamabad and […]
The Senate on Friday passed a unanimous resolution, demanding the government to remove portraits of former President Pervez Musharraf from all the public buildings. The resolution was moved by Senator Ishaq Dar of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the upper house of the parliament unanimously […]
Prime Minister, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, has asked the Ministry of Interior and Home departments in the provinces and FATA to lay additional emphasis on addressing loop holes in security. “We should all do our utmost effort to plug all holes that can affect or disrupt the electoral process,” the Prime Minister told a […]
Former President Pervez Musharraf was arrested early Fridaya day after a court ordered his arrest for imposing emergency rule in 2007. Musharraf appeared before a court of a local magistrate in Islamabad and formally offered his arrest, his defence lawyer, Qamar Afzal, said. The judicial magistrate Abbas Shah granted a two-day transit remand […]
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called on the warring sides in Afghanistan to protect civilians and respect their rights during conflicts. “We are maintaining our dialogue with the parties to the conflict, reminding them of their obligations under international humanitarian law to respect and protect civilians and their properties,” head […]
