
Pakistan has urged the UN Security Council to take “impartial” action in a bid to protect civilians on the ground in situations of armed conflict. “It is a grim reality that today in armed conflicts around the globe, civilians account for the vast majority of casualties,” Pakistan UN Ambassador told the 15-member Council in […]

Major League Baseball Update/ News Detroit Tigers ace starting pitcher Justin Verlander is considered one of the most feared Major League Baseball pitchers. He is playing in the Tigers since 2005 and has showed his class during all these seven years. After coming off with a spectacular season in which he struck out […]

Pakistan on Tuesday regretted nuclear test by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the Foreign Ministry said. The DPRK said on Tuesday it has successfully conducted the third underground nuclear test, according to the official KCNA news agency. “Pakistan regrets that the Government of DPRK has conducted underground nuclear,” a Foreign Ministry […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 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 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 […]

Major League Baseball Update/ News The Cleveland Indians have signed former Boston Red Sox starting pitcher and ace Daisuke Matsuzaka to a Minor League contract worth $1.5 million in base salary. The Japanese international Matsuzaka was playing for the Boston Red Sox since 2007. He even did a wonderful job in the recent […]

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, […]