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Pakistan has welcomed the appointment of new US Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan and hoped that the appointment would help joint efforts to establish peace, stability and prosperity in the region. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday named James Dobbins, a career diplomat, as the new special representative for Afghanistan and […]
Caretaker Prime Minister, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso Friday announced that he would transfer the reign of the government to the elected representative on completion of May 11 parliamentary elections. “We will not accept extension in the tenure of the caretaker government at any cost and under no circumstances,” the Pakistani Prime Minister told the nation […]
Unidentified gunmen Friday shot dead a National Assembly candidate of the Awami National Party and his six-year old son in Karachi, police and ANP leaders said. Sadiq Zaman Khattak, came under attack as he came out of mosque after Friday prayers, at Bilal Colony in Korangi area. The gunmen, riding a motorcycle, fled […]
Pakistan on Friday condemned attack on a Pakistani prisoner in a jail in the Indian-held Kashmir, who was shifted to a prison in critical condition. “We have learnt with deep concern that a Pakistani prisoner, Sanaullah, who was serving life imprisonment in a jail in Indian Occupied Kashmir, was attacked this morning and as […]
Hundreds of troops were deployed in several sensitive areas of Karachi on Friday as part of Pakistan Army plan to deploy nearly 70‚000 troops for election-related duties. The Election Commission of Pakistan had sought army’s help in aid of the authorities to ensure peaceful and smooth polling on May 11. Army sources said […]
A senior prosecutor in the assassination case of former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, was killed n firing in Islamabad early Friday, hospital sources said. Chaudhry Zulfikar was heading to the anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi when came under attack, his son, Nisar said. Zulfikar, Federal Investigation Agency’s prosecutor received bullet injuries and was shifted […]
Pakistan on Thursday summoned Afghan Chargé d’affaires and lodged protest over unprovoked firing on a border check post, the Foreign Ministry said. The Foreign Ministry said that two soldiers were injured in firing by Afghan troops late Wednesday. “The Afghan Charge d’ Affaires was summoned to the Foreign Office today for conveying protest […]
Pakistan Army has started deployment of 70‚000 troops for election-related duties that include security and maintenance peace and order, the military spokesman said Thursday. Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa told a press conference in Rawalpindi that the armed forces have been called upon to act in aid of the civil power under constitutional provision. […]
Chief Election Commissioner Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim on Thursday said that the Election Commission will give the country fair elections if security is ensured. “You provide us improved law and order, we will give you free, fair and transparent elections”, he told a news conference in Islamabad. He said the maintenance of law and […]
Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf, Imran Khan, Thursday said that Shehbaz Sharif has failed to end load-shedding in Punjab despite having powers under the constitution. Addressing a public meeting at Shakargarh he quoted constitutional provison which allows provinces to generate power. He said that the PPP and PML-N had alliance for three-and-half year. Both had […]
Anti-press violence has spiraled upward in Pakistan over the past five years, propelling the country into the eighth worst spot on the index, a media panel’s analysis has found. Although extremists and criminals pose serious risk, Committee to Protect Journalists (CJP) research shows that Pakistani political and intelligence operatives routinely target the press for […]
Pakistan said Thursday that body of the Indian prisoner, Sarabjit Singh, who was injured in an attack inside jail last week and died of wounds early Thursday, will be handed over to the Indian officials. Sarabjit Singh had been severely beaten by a group of Pakistani prisoners in Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore and […]
