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Musharraf admits secret deal with U.S. on drone strikes

Former President Pervez Musharraf has acknowledged his government secretly signed off on U.S. drone strikes, the first time a top past or present Pakistani official has admitted publicly to such a deal.   Pakistani leaders long have openly challenged the drone program and insisted they had no part in it, CNN reported.   Musharraf’s admission, […]

Pakistan takes up new labour laws with Saudi Arabia

Pakistan has taken up the matter of new labour laws with the Saudi Authorities and Pakistan Counsel General visited the deportation camps and jails there.   The Foreign Ministry said Pakistan has also written a letter to Saudi King saying that Pakistanis are a factor contributing towards Saudi economy. Saudi Arabia has given a three […]

Gunmen kill MQM candidate in Hyderabad

MQM PPP Alliance.

Unidentified gunmen Thursday shot dead a ‘Mutahida Qaumi Movement’ or MQM Sindh assembly candidate in Hyderabad, police said.   The gunmen fired at Fakhr ul Islam during his election campaign, a police officer said.   The gunmen , riding a motorcycle, fled after the attack.   Fakhrul Islam had filed papers to contest elections from Hyderabad […]

Dasti out of prison, vows to contest on two seats

Jamshid Dasti announced on Thursday to contest elections on two National Assembly seats shortly after he was released from Multan jail on the order by the Lahore High Court.   The Lahore High Court cancelled Dasti’s three-year prison sentence handed down to him in a fake degree case and ordered his release.   The court […]

Pakistan hands over engineering university to Afghan authorities

Pakistan Wednesday handed over the newly constructed Liaquat Ali Khan Engineering University at Balkh to Afghanistan.   The handing ceremony was attended by the Pakistan Ambassador to Afghanistan, Mohammad Sadiq, Governor of Balkh, Atta Mohammad Noor, Higher Education Minister, Dr. Obaidullah Obaid, prominent educationists and notables of the area. Speaking on the occasion, Ambassador Sadiq […]

PML-N, BNP to make seat adjustment in Balochistan

Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) and Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal) Wednesday agreed to make seat adjustment in Balochistan for the May 11 elections.   PML-N leader and former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif met BNP chief Sardar Akhtar Mengal and agreed to form committees for seat adjustment.   Both told a joint presser that the seat […]

Asfandyar claims US pressure on Swat peace deal was rejected

President Awami National Party (ANP) Asfandyar Wali Khan has claimed that his party had rejected U.S. pressure about the peace deal with the Swat Taliban.   “The ANP was under tremendous pressure from the United States not to enter into peace agreement with militants in Swat but it ignored the pressure in view of ground […]

Ayaz Amir, Faisal Hayat allowed to contest polls

Renowned columnist and the PML-N candidate in Chakwal, Ayaz Amir, was allowed to contest National Assembly election as an election tribunal cancelled an earlier decision by Returning Officer.   The Returning Officer had rejected Ayaz Amir’s papers over his controversial columns about the Ideology of Pakistan.   An election tribunal bench in Rawalpindi overturned the […]

Policeman guarding polio team shot dead in Mardan

TTP

Gunmen opened fire on a polio team in Mardan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, killing a policeman and injuring another on Wednesday.   The polio team came under attack in Musam Korona in the outskirts of Mardan when the team was busy in door-to-door anti-polio vaccination.   The attackers riding a motorcycle fled after the […]

Pakistan tests nuclear-capable Intermediate Range Ballistic missile

Pakistan on Wednesday conducted a successful launch of the Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile, which can carry nuclear warheads, the military said.   The missile is capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads to a range of 900 kilometers, an army statement said.   “Pakistan today conducted a successful launch of the Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile […]

PTI launches election manifesto

              Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Tuesday announced its manifesto, making a pledge to end difference between the rich and the poor.   Imran Khan was the chief guest while the party spokesman highlighted salient features of the document at a press conference in Islamabad. The PTI manifesto stated that the […]

SC adjourns Musharraf high treason proceedings

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday adjourned until April 15 hearing of petitions, seeking high treason proceedings against former President ervez Musharraf as his defence lawyers sought more time to reply to the charges against him.   The court on Monday summoned Musharraf to appear in person on Tuesday or he must be represented by […]

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