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In order to clarify the situation and woo back dissident Baloch, the Pakistan army has rejected the impression that it was carrying out any operation in Balochistan. Director General Military Operation (DGMO) Maj Gen Ishfaq Ahmed Nadeem said, “There is no military operation in any part of Balochistan and not a single soldier is out […]
US President Barack Obama has named Richard G. Oslan to be the ambassador to Pakistan, assigning task them to shape highly sensitive relationships after withdrawal of allied forces from Afghanistan. Oslan, who had served US ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is named envoy to Pakistan after incumbent Cameron Munter tendered his resignation from […]
Pledging to eliminate a handful of elements who are destabilizing the law and order situation in Balochistan, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said the government will take every possible step to restore peace in the province. Addressing intellectuals and students at the National Defence University, the premier said that the unrest might seep into other […]
An Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) has rejected the report of a judicial commission, ruling that it could not be made part of the evidence against the seven suspects charged with involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai carnage. Chaudhry Habib-ur-Rehman, the judge of the ATC, ruled that all the proceedings and report of the Pakistani judicial commission that […]
In what appeared to be another warning to the government, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday said that the judiciary could direct legislatures to amend laws, rules and regulations according to the Constitution. Addressing the lawyers community, the top judge of the country said that courts although couldn’t legislate but they could at least […]
In what appeared to be an awkward disconnect between civil and military authorities on Monday, the two expressed difference of opinion over the scheduled visit of Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani to the United States. The bilateral ties between Islamabad and Washing are just beginning to thaw after the former resumed NATO […]
In quite an unexpected move, the appointment of Justice Fakhruddin G Ebrahim as Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) has been challenged in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Shahid Orazkzai on Monday filed a petition with the apex court, challenging the recent appointment on which all major political parties showed consensus. In his view, Fakhruddin’s appointment was […]
Ministry of Defence on Monday failed to produce the notification about the setting-up Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI)’s political wing to the Supreme Court. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry resumed the hearing in the case involving alleged disbursement of millions among anti-PPP politicians by the country’s chief spy agency before the 1990s […]
Salman Bashir, the newly elected Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India, has said that Islamabad was taking seriously what Abu Jindal claimed about Pakistan’s role in the Mumbai attacks. While speaking to an India TV channel, the newly Pakistani envoy said he observes a sea change in the atmosphere with India. He was of the opinion […]
Ruling out any external role in the Kashmir dispute, US President Barrack Obama welcomed bilateral dialogues between Islamabad and New Delhi. Speaking to an Indian journalist, the American President urged the two neighboring states to work together to find a solution to a dispute that had already caused three wars between them. Asking the international […]
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Saturday inaugurated the seventy-two megawatt Khan Khwar Hydropower project at Bisham in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). The premier while addressing the inaugural ceremony said the government was focusing on hydropower generation projects to produce inexpensive and environment friendly power, adding that this project will add 72 megawatt of electricity to […]
Admitting all petitions challenging the recently passed Contempt of Court Act 2012, the Supreme Court of Pakistan issued notice to Prime Minister and Attorney General along with ten others respondents. President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday signed into law a bill adopted by the parliament which permitted the prime minister, federal ministers and chief ministers […]
