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Pakistan supports intra-Afghan dialogue

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Tuesday announced support for intra-Afghan dialogue in meeting with a senior visiting Afghan leader, a clear message to the Taliban to join the peace process.   Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq, Member Afghan Parliament and Head of the Shiite ‘Hizb-e-Wahadat Mardam-e-Afghan Party’ is visiting Islamabad at the invitation of the Pakistani government […]

Car sales in Pakistan increased by 217% in 10 years

Car sales in Pakistan have increased by 217% between 2001 and 2011 and the sales of three manufacturing company mainly contributed towards this growth.   The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP), as part of its on-going programme of sectoral research, has released the updated draft study on Automobiles sector and has uploaded it on the […]

PM orders targeted operation after Quetta’s attack

Prime Minister, Raja Pervez Ashraf, has ordered an immediate operation against suspected terrorists three days after a huge bomb attack killed 87 people in Quetta, official said Tuesday.   The Saturday’s blast in a crowded marketplace and targeting Shiite Muslims had also injured nearly 200 people that prompted countrywide protest and the relatives have refused […]

Pakistan formally hands over Gwadar Port operation to China

An agreement was signed in Islamabad on Monday about the Transfer of Concession Rights of Pakistan’s Gwadar Port Operations to a Chinese company.   Speaking on the occasion‚ President Asif Ali Zardari expressed the confidence that the award of the contract will open new opportunities particularly for the people of Balochistan.   “It will give […]

PM says demands of Hazara community to be accepted

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Monday assured the Hazara community that their demands would be accepted and the Government would go to any extent to bring culprits behind heinous Quetta blast to justice.   Speaking in the National Assembly‚ he said services of the country’s all security forces and agencies would be utilized to week […]

SC takes note of Quetta attacks

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has taken notice series of attacks in Quetta and summoned the attorney general and advocate general on Tuesday.   The notice was taken two days after a deadly blast killed 87 people in Quetta that was the second major attack in the city in less than two months.   “The […]

Rallies condemn Quetta attack which killed 84 people

Rallies across the country on Sunday strongly condemned the deadly bomb attack in the southwestern city of Quetta yesterday which killed nearly 84 people, almost all Shia Muslims.   Shiite leaders warned to approach the United Nations and other international forums if what they called ‘massacre’ of the Shia Muslims were not stopped.   Allama […]

After 5-year in power MQM quits federal, provincial governments

MQM PPP Alliance.

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Saturday announced they are quitting the federal and Sindh governments over differences with the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)-led governments.   The MQM enjoyed ministries for five years and parted ways with the government when the assemblies will complete term in few weeks.   The people in the country were […]

Blast kills nearly 65, injures over 150 in Quetta

A bomb attack killed 65 people and injured 157 others in Quetta Saturday evening, police said.   Women and children were among the casualties, the city police chief, Mir Zubair told a news conference.   The bomb, concealed in a water tanker in a tractor trolley, exploded in a marketplace and a two-storey building also […]

Pakistan asks India to probe killing of its soldier after questioning

Pakistan on Friday demanded of India to investigate the killing of its soldier, who the army says had inadvertently crossed into the Indian-occupied Kashmir last night.   The Pakistan Army said that sepoy Akhlaq crossed the Line of Control (LoC), which divides the two countries in the disputed Kashmir region and was killed after questioning. […]

Pakistan army condemns killing of soldier by Indian troops

Pakistan military Friday condemned as ‘inhuman and brutal’ the killing of its soldier who had mistakenly crossed the Line of Control late last night.   An army statement said that the Indian troops killed sepoy Ikhlaq even after he had identified himself.   “Yesterday a Pakistan army soldier Ikhlaq lost his way between two posts […]

Pakistan tests another nuclear-capable Abdali missile

Pakistan on Friday tested a missile that can carry nuclear warheads, the second missile test in a week, the military said.   “Pakistan today successfully test fired the Short Range Surface to Surface Ballistic Missile Hatf II (Abdali), as part of the process of validation of land based ballistic missile systems,” an army statement said. […]

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