
Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has said that the armed forces will fully support peaceful transfer of power after the parliamentary elections, scheduled to be held in May. “We will accept election results wholeheartedly. If the people elect good or bad people, it is not our responsibility. It is our constitutional responsibility to […]

Saeed Ajmal, the Pakistan off-spinner, has expressed that his team is desperate to win the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2013 and said that there is nothing like winning a global event. Since the ICC World T20 2007 in South Africa, the Green Shirts have done remarkably well in the ICC events, qualifying for the […]
Feb 26 2013 | Posted in
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Swansea wins the League Cup and books a spot in the Europa League’s 2013-2014 edition Bradford had accounted for Arsenal, Aston Villa and Wigan Athletic en route to the final, but they fell well short in their bid to become the first team from England’s fourth division to lift one of the game’s most coveted […]
Feb 25 2013 | Posted in
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Abdul Razzaq cites overconfidence as prime reason behind South Africa debacle Veteran all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has termed overconfidence of the players as the main reason behind a terrible performance by Pakistan in South Africa. Facing an embarrassing 3-0 whitewash, the Green Shirts completely failed to do anything special. They had a very good chance of […]
Feb 25 2013 | Posted in
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Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf presided over a high level meeting to review the energy situation in the country at the PM’s House Monday. The meeting was attended by Ch Ahmad Mukhtar Minister for Water and Power, Mr Saleem H Mandviwala Minister for Finance, Dr Asim Hussain Advisor to Prime Minister on Petroleum and […]

Chairman of the Pakistan Ulema Council, Allama Tahir Ashrafi, has said that Pakistani scholars will boycott the conference of the scholars of the two countries scheduled to be held in Kabul next month. The conference was planned to form a united stance against violent extremism and suicide attacks that kill civilians, however, Pakistani religious […]

Electricity supply has been restored in most parts of the country while it will be restored in remaining areas shortly, officials said Monday. The power supply was cut off last Sunday due to a major breakdown‚ affecting the entire country. Secretary Water and Power, Rai Sikandar, said that production of 5‚800 mega watt […]

Interior Minister Rehman Malik Sunday claimed that the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi have links with each other. Talking to media in Jehanian near Khanewal, Rehman Malik said that Malik Ishaq and Allama Ludhyanvi are leading two groups of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi with the new name ‘Ahli-Sunnah wal-Jamaat’. The Interior Minister said due to the action […]

Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) leader, Nawaz Sharif Sunday laughed at the MQM’s decision of parting ways with the PPP after enjoying ministries for four years and eleven months. Sharif told reporters in Lahore that the nation will shortly know intentions behind this mysterious move, which he termed as a ‘tamasha’. Former Prime Minister […]

Renowned human rights activist and former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, Asma Jahangir has said that she has no desire of becoming the caretaker prime minister. The Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) had rejected Asma’s name after reports suggested that she could also be nominated as the caretaker prime minister. […]

A policeman and three suspected militants were killed in a clash near Nowshehra on Saturday, a police officer said. The militants, riding a motorcycle, attacked a police mobile with hand grenade and automatic weapons at Karnal Sher Khan Inter-change near Peshawar-Islamabad motorway. The police returned fire and killed all the three attackers. According […]

Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said Pakistan will demand handing over of Taliban leader Maulvi Faqir Muhammad from Afghanistan through the Interpol. Talking to reporters in Islamabad on Saturday Rehman Malik said Maulvi Faqir Muhammad arrested by the Afghan authorities is wanted in different cases. “W want his deportation to Pakistan so that […]