Category archives for: Pakistan

Prime Minister Ashraf urges for widening tax base

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said widening the tax base and increasing tax-to-GDP ratio by raising the level of collection was imperative for sustainable development in the country.   While presiding over a meeting of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), the premier said that there was recorded an increase of 22 per cent in […]

UCI faces a $2 million law suit for the anti-doping brawl

UCI faces a $2 million law suit for the anti-doping brawl The USADA investigation into Lance Armstrong has exposed many former and current cyclists as the organisation did brought an end to one of the most organised doping scandal in the history of the sports. The United States Anti Doping Agency undoubtedly did the right […]

Jessica Hardy and Christian Sprenger win gold medals – FINA Swimming World Cup

Jessica Hardy and Christian Sprenger won gold medals of the Women’s 100m breaststroke and Men’s 50m breaststroke at the 2012 FINA/Arena Swimming World Cup Series in Singapore. Hardy remained just an inch ahead of her closest competitor and surfaced on the finishing wall for gold medal with an effort of 1 minute and 05.58 seconds. […]

British journalist declares Pakistani tainted cricketers innocent

Questioning the authenticity of a decision on Pakistani tainted trio, British sports journalist Ed Hawkins declared them innocent, trying to prove with various examples that the court was not aware of the spot-fixing process.   His new book “Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy: A Journey to the Heart of Cricket’s Underworld” is due to be published […]

Election Commission of Pakistan extends deadline for declarations over dual-nationality

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has extended the deadline for submission of declarations by parliamentarians that they did not hold dual citizenship until November 30.   A private TV channel quoting Additional Secretary of the ECP Mohammad Afzal Khan as saying that the decision to extend the deadline was made on the request of […]

Pak-India urged to benefit from Gilgit-Baltistan in connecting South and Central Asia

Pakistan and India urged to benefit from Gilgit-Baltistan in connecting South and Central Asia London (PR)  The UK based think tank The Henry Jackson Society, in collaboration with the Washington based Institute for Gilgit Baltistan Studies, held an event titled “Gilgit-Baltistan: South-Central Asia’s Socio-Economic Integration and Regional Politics” at the House of Lords which focused […]

Memo case: Supreme Court displeases over absence of Hussain Haqqani

Expressing displeasure over the absence of former ambassador to the United States Hussain Haqqani, the Supreme Court of Pakistan said that he should have kept his promise as he was not granted exemption from appearing before the bench.   A nine-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary resumed hearing […]

Nawaz Sharif urges government to take action against culprits in Karachi

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif has urged the federal government to take stringent measures to curb the elements who are playing with the lives of innocent people in Karachi.   He issued a statement saying increasing incidents of target killings in the port city have shocked the nation, asking the authorities concerned to […]

PPP and PTI are Two Sides of Same Coin- Arbab Khizer Hayat Khan

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) PMLN Leader Arbab khizer Hayat Khan has said that PPP and PTI are two sides of same coin, and both of them are working together to stop PMLN to get leadership and Nawaz Sharif from Prime Ministry, but in these struggles they will n face just failure. Talking with journalists […]

Imran Khan says dialogue with Taliban can end war

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has said that a peaceful end to the war on terror was possible only through holding talks with the Taliban.   While speaking to a British newspaper, the cricketer-turned-politician said Pakistan’s elite liberals were the only group in the world that supports war ideology of George W Bush.   He […]

Delegation of Afghan Peace Council to arrive in Islamabad

Chairman of Afghan Peace Council Salahuddin Rabbani will arrive in Pakistan on Monday on a three-day-visit to hold talks with top leadership of Pakistan on Afghan reconciliation and peace process.   The delegation of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, led by Chairman Salahuddin Rabbani, will meet President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, and […]

Prime Minister Ashraf urges nation to move forward for new era of development

Strongly dispelling the impression of any clash among state institutions, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that they should forgive each other and move towards a new era of development and progress in the country.   Speaking to the media, he said all the state institutions are working within their prescribed parameters. He said […]

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