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In order to grapple with the wave of deadly sectarian violence in the area, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has announced a package of two billion rupees in the head of social-economic development funds for Gilgit-Baltistan. The premier on Friday addressed the first joint session of the Gilgit-Baltistan Council and Legislative Assembly, asking the ministry […]
In quite a shocking move, former chief minister and head of the Balochistan National Party (BNP) Sardar Akhtar Mengal on Friday said that his six-point charter should not be considered any different from the six-points presented by Sheikh Mujeeb-ur-Rehman. While addressing a joint press conference after having a high-level meeting with PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, […]
Urging all political parties to come together to find a solution for the Balochistan crisis, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Friday said that finding the solution was no just only responsibility of the government. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad resumed hearing of the petition filed by Balochistan Bar Association pertaining […]
Vowing to make Pakistan polio-free country, President Asif Ali Zardari has said the ruling Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) has taken on the challenge to eradicate the disease o from the country seriously. While speaking to the media, the president hoped that Pakistan would overcome it with the support of the international community. Earlier, President Zardari […]
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Thursday defended the cross-border shelling by Pakistani forces, saying what you would expect if 200 people cross the Pak-Afghan border and behead 17 soldiers and slaughter them. Speaking to the media, the minister said that she had raised the issue of cross-border infiltration and shelling with her Afghan counterpart […]
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Thursday said that the death squads of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and Military Intelligence (MI) should be abolished. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Chaudhry resumed the hearing on the law and order situation in Balochistan. Baloch nationalist leader Sardar Akhtar Mengal, who is a former chief minister of […]
The second trilateral meeting featuring leaders from Pakistan, Afghanistan and United Kingdom reaffirmed their commitment to continue to work for the goals of regional peace, stability and development. The three leaders met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, discussing for the elimination of the scourge of terrorism from the region […]
Dr. Shireen Mazari quits PTI, terming it to be hijacked by ‘Big Money’ In a surprising turn of events, one of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) most colourful and devoted members, Dr. Shireen Mazari, resigned not only from her post of Central Vice President, but also from basic membership of the young political party “purely based on […]
In another incident of sectarian violence, unidentified armed men on Wednesday killed a senior official of the Geological Survey of Pakistan in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan. Mohsin Ali Naqvi, a member of the Shia community, was gunned down outside his office in the provincial metropolis. Police official Mohammed Ayaz while speaking to the media […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it would be compelled to resume with contempt of court proceedings if the government didn’t comply with its verdict of writing the letter to Swiss authorities by October 5. A five-judge bench of the apex court headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa resumed hearing of the implementation of […]
President Asif Ali Zardari has urged the United Nations to immediately take notice of the anti-Islam film, asking it to ban hate speech. At the outset of his speech at the 67th session of the UN General Assembly, he beseeched the international community, particularly the Muslim World, to not become silent observers in such conflicting […]
PPP bringing the common man with Syed Zahid Bokhari’s plans to run for National Assembly In an article written in ‘The News’ recently, which claimed that the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has run short of candidates to field in the upcoming elections, especially in Lahore, seems to have been debunked as insider information, mentioning […]
