Category archives for: Pakistan

Elections will be free and fair: PM Raja Pervez Ashraf

Pledging that the government is committed to hold free, fair and transparent general elections, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said it would further help strengthen democracy in the country. Addressing the Cabinet meeting in Islamabad on Wednesday‚ he said there is election activity prevailing in the country and it would be a milestone for […]

Omar set for Pakistan debut

The FK Tonsberg star could be in line to make his first outing for the Green Shirts, with coach Zavisa Milosavljevic claiming that the player had expressed interest in representing the South Asian side Internationally. “Yes, Omar Malik is also interested to represent Pakistan and he is one of the foreign-based players who will be […]

Police arrest alleged attacker of Malala Yousafzai: Rehman Malik

Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that the key suspect involved in shooting 15-year-old education activist Malala Yousufzai, Ataullah along with all the others has been arrested by the law enforcement agencies. According to a report published by BBC Urdu, the minister said that Ataullah was arrested along with his fiancée. The report quoting Malik […]

Johan Bruyneel to defend himself against USADA

Johan Bruyneel to defend himself against USADA Following the earlier reports of Johan Bruyneel being in danger of losing his job at Team Radioshack-Nissan, the team has confirmed that Bruyneel has been released from his role as the team’s General Manager. Johan was named in the long 202 page USADA verdict on Lance Armstrong for […]

Bradley Wiggins wins the Golden Cycle Award 2012

Bradley Wiggins wins the Golden Cycle Award 2012 After his tremendous performance in the 2012 season, Bradley Wiggins received yet another honour after winning one of the most prestigious cycling awards of the season, the Vélo d’Or. The Vélo d’Or meaning ‘Golden Bicycle’ is a cycling award created by the French cycling magazine, Velo Magazine […]

Supreme Court seeks reports on Balochistan’s law and order situation

Expressing concerns over the deteriorating law and order situation in Balochistan, the Supreme Court on Wednesday sought a report from the federal government on how the Balochistan government was still operating despite the October 12 interim order. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary resumed the hearing of […]

Accepting the Decision of Court is Part of our Faith – Arbab Khizer Hayat Khan

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) leader Arbab Khizer Hayat Khan has said that accepting the decision of the court in letter and spirit is part of our faith and we are bound to abide by every decision of the court. He said that if the court orders that Arbab Khizer should be hanged before sun […]

Supreme Court gives three months to complete land survey in Karachi

Expressing dissatisfaction over the provincial government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the authorities concerned to complete the survey of government lands in Karachi in three months. A five-member bench of the court headed by Anwar Zaher Jamali resumed hearing of the Karachi law and order case at Supreme Court’s Karachi Registry. Last year, the […]

President Zardari vows to make Pakistan polio-free country

Reiterating the government’s resolve to make Pakistan polio-free country, President Asif Ali Zardari said all efforts would be made for the complete eradication of the viral disease from the country. The president also directed health authorities to follow innovative strategies in reaching out to those parts of the populace that were still serving as reservoirs […]

Pakistan supports the promotion of human rights: Hina Rabbani Khar

Despite many challenges on different fronts, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said that Pakistan strongly remains steadfast in its commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights. In her opening statement at the 14th Session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Foreign Minister […]

Hafiz Saeed offers help to US in Sandy Storm

In quite a unique development, the founder of outlawed outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, has offered humanitarian aid to the United States (US) as it was facing a superstorm Sandy, which has killed over 100 people thus far. Sandy hammered the eastern United States early, flooding much of New York City, hitting several states […]

Education sector is not our priority at all (Part Three)

The first and foremost factor in choosing a profession anywhere is the respect that it gives to a person who joins it. The situation is so bad today that qualified people opt for other professions and majority of persons joining this profession are of low caliber. The salary of our teacher is quite meager and […]

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