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Unidentified armed men have kidnapped Balochistan assembly member, his family and the police said. Malik Sultan Tarin, who belongs to the Pashtoon nationalist “Awami National Party” (ANP) lost control with family members in Kuchlak, some 30 km from Quetta, the provincial capital. Tarin had left Quetta for Harnai area on Tuesday night on […]
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will visit India on Saturday, India media has reported. Coming at a time when ties between the two neighbours have hit a trough, not least because of the LoC flare up, the visit could provide India and Pakistan a much-needed opportunity to stem the decline in relations, The Times […]
Gunmen, riding on motorcycles, opened fire on the people in Karachi Monday evening, killing two persons and injuring over 22 others, doctors and police said. The miscreants also burnt an ambulance and damaged two others when they arrived to shift the injured at Sohrab Goth area of Karachi, police and residents said. Several buses […]
The Supreme Court on Monday took suo moto notice of the deadly bomb attack in Karachi and observed that the State and the Provincial Government has failed to protect life and property of citizens. The bomb attack on Sunday killed over 40 and injured nearly 150, mostly Shiite Muslims. Taking notice of the […]
Amir of Qatar, Shaikh Hamad bin Khalif Al Thani Sunday told Foreign Minister Huna Rabbani Khar in Doha that his Government would seriously look into the possibility of hiring more Pakistani workers. He also assured the Foreign Minister that Qatar would continue to support Pakistan’s desire to have a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with […]
At least 37 people were killed as two bomb blasts rocked commercial center of Karachi Sunday evening, officials said. Nearly 90 other people, including women and children, were also injured when a powerful bomb hit residential apartments near a mosque at Abbas Town area, commissioner Karachi said. A police officer Qamar Ahmad said the […]
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded scholarships to 250 talented students enrolled in the recently introduced two-year Associate Degree in Education program and the four-year Bachelor’s Degree in Education program in Punjab, the U.S. embassy said Saturday. “I am delighted to see such bright students from Punjab who have dedicated themselves to […]
Taking notice of the recent hike in petroleum prices, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has ordered withdrawal of the recent increase in petroleum prices with immediate effect, the PM office said Saturday. The Prime Minister issued these instructions during a meeting with Minister for Finance Mr Saleem H. Mandviwala in the Prime Minister’s House. […]
An anti-terrorism court Saturday rejected an application against the confiscation of former president Pervez Musharraf’s property and freezing his bank accounts for his failure to appear before it in the murder case of former premier Benazir Bhutto, court officials said. The court has already declared the former military president an “absconder” in the 2007 […]
The self-exiled former President General ® Pervez Musharraf announced on Friday that he would return to the country later this month to take part in parliamentary elections. Musharraf, the former Army Chief, had been living in exile in Britain and the United Arab Emirate since he resigned from his post in August 2008, fearing […]
The Election Commission of Pakistan has launched an SMS service of Code number 8300 to facilitate the general public for verification of their votes through their cell phones in February, 2012, the Commission said Friday. By using this service, the eligible voters are able to send Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) number (without hash […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has disposed of 682 cases whereas 435 new cases have been instituted during the period from Saturday 23rd February 2013 to Friday 1st March 2013. The backlog remains 18949, the Supreme Court said Friday. The backlog in the apex Court on 23rd February 2013 was 19196 cases. As 435 […]
