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Interim govt to transfer power on June 5

The interim government will transfer power to the new government on June 5, a cabinet minister said Monday.   Information Minister Arif Nizami said that the interim government will relinquish responsibilities on the same day.   Talking to newsmen in Islamabad‚ Nizami said the members-elect of the National Assembly will take oath on June 1st.   […]

Nation celebrates 15 anniversary of nuclear tests

The nation celebrates “Yaum-e-Takbeer”, the 15th anniversary of nuclear tests, with national zeal and fervor on Tuesday.   Pakistan conducted successful nuclear tests on 28th May 1998 in response to Indian atomic provocation‚ which created regional imbalance when it tested 5 underground atomic blasts on 11th May‚ 1998.   Pakistani political leadership at that time […]

National Assembly is set to meet on June 1st

The new National Assembly is scheduled to meet on June 1st to elect the country’s Prime Minister, parliamentary sources said on Monday.   The members-elect will take oath and will then elect the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, or Lower House of the Parliament.   The house will then elect the Prime Minister. […]

PML-N prepares 100-day roadmap to address energy crisis

The PML-N has prepared a 100-day roadmap to address the economic and energy issues, the party’s central leader Sartaj Aziz said Sunday.   Taking part in Radio Pakistan he said this roadmap will be announced by the party Chief Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif after assuming the office of the Prime Minister.   Sartaj Aziz said […]

PML-N nominates Nawaz Sharif for PM’s position

Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) party Sunday nominated Nawaz Sharif for the office of Prime Minister two weeks after the party won majority parliamentary seats in the general elections, the party said.   The PML-N has secured the simple majority in the election and it has no problem to get elected Mr Sharif as the Prime […]

PTI’s Javed Hashmi to challenge Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Saturday the party has finalized name of Javed Hashmi as Leader of the House in National Assembly.   He was talking to newsmen after a meeting of the PTI parliamentary party in Lahore on Saturday. The meeting was chaired by party Chairman Imran Khan.   Shah Mahmood […]

Gen. Kayani, ISAF top general discuss border coordination

Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, the commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) met Pakistan’s army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and discussed coordination along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the military and ISAF said.   The meeting held in the army’s headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, an army statement said. The statement did not […]

ASF nominates Pakistan as host of squash world cup 2015

Asian Squash Federation has nominated Pakistan as the sole contender for hosting Squash World Cup, 2015.   This recommendation is a testimony of the efforts of Pakistan Squash Federation to convince International Squash Bodies to stage International events in Pakistan.   Mr. David Mui, the President, Asian Squash Federation visited Pakistan during the recently concluded […]

Bomber kills 3 in Peshawar

A suicide bomber killed three people in Peshawar on Friday, police said.   A manager of a religious school, Haji Inayatullah was the target of the attacker, however,he remained unhurt as he was not present near the blast site.   Inayatullah belongs to Jamaat-ud-Daawa group.   A police officer Shafqat Malik said that the bomber […]

Pakistan disagrees with Obama notion on drone strikes

Pakistan on Friday opposed U.S. drone strikes hours after President Barack Obama defended the use of controversial drone mission as self-defence against the militants.   Addressing the National Defense University in Washington on Thursday President Obama defended the use of drones and said, “We are at war with an organisation that right now would kill […]

Pakistan Army rejects Amnesty report on rights abuses

The army on Friday rejected as baseless a recent report by the Amnesty International that journalists in the country are under “serious threat” from state security forces, some political parties and religious militant groups.   The Amnesty report says that several journalists claimed to have been threatened for reporting on the military, political parties or […]

Gunmen kill NATO truck driver in Khyber Agency

Unidentified gunmen Friday shot dead a driver of a Nato truck in Khyber tribal region, officials said.   Nearly 70 percent supplies are transported to thousands of NATO troops in Afghanistan via risky Pakistani routes.   NATO trucks are routinely come under attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, both bordering Afghanistan.   Officials said […]

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