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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 […]

Goodwill gesture: Pakistan releases 45 Indian fishermen

Pakistan on Friday freed 45 India fishermen on humanitarian grounds as a goodwill gesture, officials said.   Caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso decided last week to release the Indian fishermen who have already served their sentences.   The authorities released a group of 45 prisoners from a Karachi prison who later boarded a […]

Chinese Premier promises support to Pakistan

Chinese Prime Minister‚ Li Keqiang on Thursday reiterated his government’s stance to support Pakistan in all sectors and extend further cooperation‚ especially in strategic‚ energy‚ science & technology and agriculture domains.   In his address to special session of the Senate in Islamabad‚ the visiting Premier said that Pakistan’s support to China was vital for […]

Altaf Hussain dissolves MQM ‘Rabita Committee’

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The self-exile chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Altaf Hussain, has dissolved its powerful “Rabita Committee” in Pakistan and London following differences in the ranks of the group.   Hussain will chair a meeting on Saturday to constitute a new Rabita Committee.   A seven-member committee has been formed to run affairs of the […]

Nawaz Sharif seeks Chinese help in civil nuclear technology

Prime Minister-in-waiting, Nawaz Sharif, Thursday met the visiting Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang, and urged him to extend cooperation to Pakistan in civil nuclear technology to overcome energy crisis.   Pakistan, which is currently faces worst power shortage that has crippled normal life and economic activities, is anxious to seek the world help to overcome the […]

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