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European Union to observe Pakistan’s elections

  The Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the European Union has approached the country to send observers for the coming parliamentary elections scheduled to be held on May 11.   “We have received the EU request and their request is under process,” the Foreign Ministry said.   The Foreign Ministry spokesman, Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhary, said […]

Committee members claim progress on caretaker PM name

Members of the parliamentary committee, tasked to create consensus on the name of a caretaker Prime Minister, Thursday ended without making any decision, however claimed substantial progress.   Syed Khurshid Shah, Farooq Naek of the PPP and Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain of the PML-Q, hoped they will resolve the issue at the committee.   They told […]

Omer Aftab to attend RRI International Conference On Breast Cancer in Cape Town

Omer Aftab to attend RRI International Conference On Breast Cancer in Cape Town Omer Aftab, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pink Ribbon Campaign Pakistan (PRCP) will attend Reach To Recovery International’s 17th International Conference on Breast Cancer supported by Union For International Cancer Control (UICC) at Cape Town , South Africa during March 20-22. […]

Blast kills 12 near Jalozai IDPs camp

A car bomb blast killed at least 12 people near a camp for displaced persons in district Nowshehra on Thursday, police and witnesses said.   District Police Officer (DPO) Nowshera Hussain Khan confirmed that 12 people lost lives and 30 others injured when a bomb planted in car blasted at Jalozai camp’s administration block.   […]

PML-N hopeful about consensus over caretaker PM

Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) member of the Parliamentary Committee, Senator Pervez Rashid, has claimed there is no deadlock over choosing a caretaker prime minister.   The eight-member parliamentary committee continues consultations on Thursday as the panel could not reach any consensus on the first day on Wednesday.   Pervez Rashid, the PML-N member of the […]

MQM tops in target killers’ list: police report

The Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), led by self-exiled leader, Altaf Hussain, tops the list of target killers and extortionists in Karachi, a police report revealed on Thursday.   The report presented before the Supreme Court by the Inspector General Police Sindh says that 224 target killers and extortionists (bhatta khur) have been arrested since 2011. […]

Punjab assembly dissolved

Punjab assembly was dissolved on Wednesday hours after the chief minister Shahbaz Sharif sent a summary to Governor, Makhdoom Syed Ahmed Mahmud.   Shehbaz Sharif had disagreed with other provinces on the date of the dissolution and sent the summary after the three assemblies had been dissolved.   The chief minister had earlier sent a […]

Imran Khan elected PTI chairman unopposed

The cricketer-turned politician, Imran Khan, was elected unopposed as the chairperson of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Wednesday in intra-party elections.   Renowned lawyer and the PTI leader Hamid Khan supervised the elections.   Khan had filed nomination papers for the chairmanship and was not challenged by any other party leader.   Khan said Tuesday that […]

Election schedule to be announced on March 23

The Election Commission on Wednesday that schedule for the May 11 parliamentary polls will be announced on March 23, the day Pakistan also celebrates its republic day.   President Asif Ali Zardari has set May 11 for parliamentary elections, presidential spokesman senator Farhatullah Babar said.   A spokesman of the Election Commission announced that the process […]

Justice (retd) Tariq Pervez takes oath as KPK caretaker CM

Justice (retd) Tariq Pervez Khan, a former judge of the Supreme Court, was administered the oath as the caretaker chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Peshawar on Wednesday.   Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti and leader of the Opposition in provincial assembly, Akram Khan Durrani, had agreed on Tariq Pevez recently.   KPK took […]

General elections in Pakistan on May 11

President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday announced that general elections to the National Assembly shall be held May 11, 2013, presidential spokesman said.   Spokesperson to the President Senator Farhatullah Babar said that the President announced the date as soon as the summary was received from the Prime Minister a short while ago Wednesday.   The […]

Nursery owners to destroy one million trees in Islamabad

Country’s largest nursery owners on Wednesday said that they would set on fire one million seedlings on the World Forest Day to protest the forestation policies of the government.   They said that March 21st 2013 is bring observed as World Forest Day throughout the world but in Pakistan it will be observed as a protest against flawed […]

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