Category archives for: Pakistan

NAB summons former premier Yousaf Raza Gilani

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Tuesday issued summons to former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani in the case pertaining to the appointment of Adnan Khawaja as the managing director of the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL).   According to the reports, NAB officials said Gilani had been issued a notice to submit his […]

Pakistan seeks sound framework to increase intra-state cooperation

Pakistan has underscored a sound framework to increase intra-state cooperation and deepen economic relations among the Muslim countries to tackle issues such as shortage of energy, food, water security and sustainable development for the people.   “Such intra-Islamic cooperation is also critical to ensure greater focus and investment of resources on education and promotion of […]

Good news: South Korea to modernize Pakistan railways

  South Korea will modernize Pakistan Railways under an agreement signed in Seoul on Tuesday during the visit of President Asif Ali Zardari, state media reported.   The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs and the Pakistan Railways signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).   Pakistan will seek high speed railways, communication systems, signalling, […]

Pakistan oust Bangladesh in Sri Lankan tournament

Pakistan, Lahore, Monday, December 03, 2012    Pakistan leads by securing one goal against Bangladesh’s nil in H.E. Mahinda Rajapaksa International Football Tournament in Sri Lanka today. On an excellent pass of striker Kaleem Ullah, Saeed Ahmed made a full use of it by putting the ball in the net. According to the press release […]

Bomb near Kainat’s house kills one in Swat

At least one woman was reportedly killed and six others, including children, were injured in a bomb blast near the house of Kainat Riaz, one of the girls who was accompanying Malala Yousafzai when she was attacked by the Taliban.   According to the media reports, a woman who had come to visit the residents […]

Endgame: Pakistan, U.S. hold talks on post-2014 transition in Afghanistan

As the Afghan endgame fast approaching, Pakistani Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, and the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, have held talks on , the post 2014 transition in Afghanistan, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.   The United States, which has currently more than 60,000 troops in Afghanistan as part of nearly 150,000 NATO force, […]

Suicide attack injures five cops in Bannu

A suicide bomber attacked a police station in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhawa, leaving at least five people including three cops injured in the wee hours of Tuesday.   According to the police, the incident took place when a bomber driving an explosive-laden vehicle ripped through the Habib police station; resultantly, five people including three policemen received […]

Secrets about Benazir Bhuttos’s murder will revel in book; says Interior Minister Rehman Malik

Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that he would reveal the names of the murderers of Benazir Bhutto and other little-known details of her assassination in his upcoming book.   Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) chairperson and former two-time premier Benazir Bhutto was assassinated in a gun and bomb attack outside Rawalpindi’s Liaqat Bagh in […]

Fazlur Rehman denies Taliban’ movement in Pakistan

In what appeared to be an amusement for the entire nation, the chief of Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F), Maulana Fazl-ur-Rahman has said there was no such movement as Taliban anywhere in the country.   While addressing a press conference in Islamabad, he noted, “We do not recognize the movement, which the forces have officially acknowledged as Taliban’s. […]

NA Public Accounts Committee seeks reply from Registrar Supreme Court over audit report

National Assembly Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has issued notice to registrar Supreme Court (SC) to appear before it on December, 14 to explain about audit objections.   The decision to send the notice was taken in PAC meeting held on October, 11. The notice has been issued after soliciting opinion of legal experts including former […]

Local laws also apply to international companies; says Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry hearing the case on Reko Diq exploration observed on Monday that local laws were also applicable on foreign investors.   He was hearing identical petitions against leasing out gold and copper mines, including the world’s biggest gold mine valued at over $260 billion at Reko Diq in […]

PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif calls for consensus on Kalabagh Dam

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Monday said the issue of building Kalabagh dam should be resolved with complete consensus among all stakeholders, DawnNews reported.   Speaking to a public gathering on the occasion of inducting former federal minister Khwaja Mohammad Khan Hoti into his party’s folds in Mardan, he reiterated his resolve […]

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