
Last week, a high-level delegation of American cotton scientists visited Pakistan to review progress and plan new strategies with Pakistani counterparts to fight the Cotton Leaf Curl Virus (CLCV), a devastating disease that affects cotton yields in Pakistan and caused the loss of an estimated 1.5 million bales or 15 percent of this year’s total […]

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday adjourned until April 15 hearing of petitions, seeking high treason proceedings against former President ervez Musharraf as his defence lawyers sought more time to reply to the charges against him. The court on Monday summoned Musharraf to appear in person on Tuesday or he must be represented by […]

2013 Major League Baseball Regular Season First Half – News/ Updates The New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano played wonderfully on Monday, April 08 after noon at Indians home ground at Progressive Field in Cleveland and helped his team to rattle the Cleveland Indians with a big margin 11-6. He scored four […]

Pakistan has developed indigenous assistance and protection capability meeting international standards, to respond to chemical emergencies and ensure chemical safety and security, a Pakistan official says. Additional Foreign Secretary, Ambassador Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry, made the remarks in the Third Review Conference on Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) in The Hague, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. […]

The Election Commission of Pakistan has expressed its inability to provide vote casting right to the overseas Pakistanis. The Election Commission of Pakistan submitted its report in this regard in the Supreme Court on Monday. The Commission opposed hurried evolution of a mechanism to enable overseas Pakistanis to exercise their right to vote. […]

The European Union will deploy over 100 observers and experts in different parts of Pakistan to monitor election activities, Head of the European Union Election Observation Mission to Pakistan Michael Gahier said Monday. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad he said the Observer Mission is visiting Pakistan on the invitation of Ministry of […]

The Supreme Court has summoned former Pakistani President General (retired) Pervez Musharraf to appear on Tuesday in proceedings of high treason charges against him, court officials said Monday. Five petitions, seeking high treason proceedings against Musharraf, had been filed in the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and the apex court has now issued notices to […]

American forces have again killed innocent children in Afghanistan Kunar province in their so-called fight against the Taliban. This is not the first time in their 12-year useless war to slain children mercilessly. American and their NATO allies ruthlessly kill civilians, children and women but the Afghan President, ministers and other senior officials have […]
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2013 Major League Baseball Regular Season First Half – News/ Updates The Red Sox ousted the Toronto Blue Jays in a thrilling last game of their three-match series in Toronto, Canada on Sunday, April 7 at Rogers Centre. The Boston Red Sox showed enormous power of hitting and stretched 13 runs’ lead. On […]

FBR has clarified that no new tax has been imposed on cell phones as is wrongly being portrayed by some quarters. The fixed amount of sales tax on activation stage was first introduced through SRO 390(I)/2001 dated 18th June, 2001, with a rate of Rs. 2000 per cell phone. However, on the request of […]

The election authorities on Sunday rejected nomination papers of former Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf over his misuse of powers and favourtism on the last day of the scrutiny of papers of thousands of candidates. In another development the election authorities accepted nomination papers of former President Pervez Musharraf to stand for the May […]

Pakistan on Sunday rejected U.S. media reports that the country has struck a deal with the CIA over a secret drone campaign in the tribal regions. The New York Times has reported that Pakistan and the United States had signed the deal in 2004 and a U.S. spy aircraft, in its first strike had […]