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Richard Olson says Pakistan has moved away with from strategic depth policy

Richard Olson, who is nominated by President Barack Obama to replace with Cameron Munter, said that Islamabad has moved away from the old strategic thinking of finding strategic depth in Afghanistan. Giving his confirmation hearing to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Olson avoided usual criticism on Pakistan’s policy towards Afghanistan. He was of the opinion […]

US-Pak sign new accord on NATO supply-line

Pakistan has inked an agreement with the United States on arrangements for NATO supplies, replacing the existing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in place since 2004. Earlier, Islamabad agreed to resume land route for allied forces battling in Afghanistan after closing them for seven months in protest at a botched US airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani […]

Squad named for Pakistan Women’s Team

The PFF has announced a host of names that will be training under Tariq Lutfi for the Women’s SAFF Cup. After the Federation’s decision to send the side to Colombo, skipper Sana Mehmud expressed her delight and revealed that it was every footballer’s dream to represent their country. “I’m all excited because we will finally […]

New Contempt of Court Act 2012 not without flaws; says Chief Justice

Terming the government’s claim that the new Contempt of Court Act was without flaws incorrect, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Tuesday made it clear that all matters of public interests could be taken up in courts. A five-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry resumed the hearing of […]

Rigoberto Uran Uran wins the Olympics Silver medal for Colombia

Rigoberto Uran Uran wins the Olympics Silver medal for Colombia Colombian professional road cyclist Rigoberto Uran was the only man who had the answer to Alexandre Vinokourov’s gold winning performance during the 250 kilometre Olympic Men’s Road Race event. He finished almost at the same time and managed to secure the silver medal for Team […]

CEC Justice Fakhruddin G Ebrahim vows to ensure free and fair elections

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice Fakhruddin G Ebrahim on Tuesday said that the electoral rolls have been finalized, vowing to ensure free and fair elections. Briefing the media about finalization of electoral lists, Fakhruddin G Ebrahim urged the civil society to come and forward and play their role. In his view, transparent polls are mandatory […]

Lack of safety measures take five lives at Kohinoor TV station

Questions have been arisen about the emergency safety measures at media centers after five people lost their lives when a studio of Kohinoor TV channel caught fire during the transmission of live sehri show. According to the media reports, three guests and two other employees of the channel died of fatal burns and suffocation while […]

Coalition partners seek resignation from Minister for Water and Power

In quite an unprecedented move, the lawmakers from coalition parties lashed at the government for its failure to overcome electricity crisis, seeking resignation from Minister for Water and Power Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar. In the second session of the Upper House of the parliament, ANP (Awami National Party) Senators urged the government to kick-start the debate […]

Anti-Narcotics Force registers FIR against PML-N’s Hanif Abbasi

In what appeared to be a quite dramatic move, Anti-Narcotics Force on Monday registered an FIR against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Hanif Abbasi for illegally acquiring 500 kilograms of ephedrine. Abbasi’s pharmaceutical company had procured half a tonne chemical surpassing the legal quota limits leaps and bounds, media reported. The FIR No 41/12 was […]

Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan criticizes President Asif Ali Zardari’s remarks

Terming his remarks as daydreaming, Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has criticized President Asif Ali Zardari’s remarks about clean-sweep victory in the upcoming polls. Asking him to quit daydreaming, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, who is also a senior member of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, said the government had made the […]

Kaira thinks Shahbaz politicizing loadshedding issue

Muzaffargarh: (Monday, July 30, 2012) Federal Minister for information and broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira said here today that under the given circumstances, the PML-N leaders should abstain from indulging into the politics of point scoring. He was of the view that this was high time all the political leaders sat together to strengthen the federation. […]

Dengue outbreak in Karachi; 21 admitted to hospitals

Karachi: (Monday, July 30, 2012) with summer season reaching at its peak, dengue has once again out broken, albeit, this time in a different provincial capital of Pakistan – Karachi. According to the news, in last one week, about 21 patients suffering from dengue have been admitted to different hospitals of the city. The number […]

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