Category archives for: Pakistan

Malik warns Sharif brothers against messing in Punjab

Lashing out against the provincial government on Wednesday, Adviser on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik vowed that he would file a huge corruption case against Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif. While speaking to the media, the advisor on Interior Minister blamed the Punjab government for massive corruption in the laptop project. Some people in the provincial […]

Provincial Information Minister insists girls are alive

Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain insisted that the girls were alive who were allegedly slaughtered following a jirga decree in Kohistan district. The minister denied that the women have been killed but witnesses from the rival tribe insisted otherwise. They claimed to identify graves of the slain women. Iftikhar Hussain added that a fact-finding […]

Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry starts proceedings against his son

Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry starts proceedings against his son The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry started proceedings against his own son, Arsalan Ifthikhar, today as he has been accused of receiving a bribe worth Rs 400 million by a real estate tycoon for the purpose of having sway over […]

Chief Justice’s son terms allegations baseless

Terming allegations baseless Arsalan Chaudhry said that he hadn’t received Rs300 to Rs400 million and lavish foreign tours from Bahria Town were baseless. A suo motu hearing on reports of financial corruption carried out by Arsalan Chaudhry, the son of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, was heard by a three-member bench. Arsalan while speaking to the […]

Rehman Malik appointed Prime Minister Gilani’s advisor

In what appeared to be a reply to the judiciary, Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani directed the cabinet division to reinstate Rehman Malik as his advisor on interior affairs. The latest development came a day after the Supreme Court suspended Rehman Malik’s senate membership over dual nationality case. As per the prime minister’s directives, […]

Prime Minister Gilani terms opposition’s attitude unconstitutional

Terming the opposition’s attitude unethical and unconstitutional, Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani said that the civil society and the media did not like the extremely un-parliamentary, undemocratic behavior of the opposition party. He was addressing a parliamentary party meeting of the PPP MNAs and coalition partners held at the Parliament House under his chair […]

Trends for Social Media Marketing in Pakistan

As in the case with most trends and staying up to date for Pakistani companies, it is safe to say that Social Media Marketing hasn’t really kicked off in Pakistan, despite the efforts being put in, the responses that the companies are getting for their efforts are rather limited. Most of the telecom industries are […]

Oracle to buy Collective Intellect

Oracle Corp will buy Collective Intellect, which helps businesses to get information about consumers from Facebook and Twitter pages. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The deal comes a day after Oracle’s rival Salesforce.com Inc agreed to buy Buddy Media, a social media marketing company. Collective Intellect uses its web-based text mining and […]

UK support for ‘threatened’ oil companies and Falklands’ right to develop its own hydrocarbons industry – Oil and gas news update

UK support for ‘threatened’ oil companies and Falklands’ right to develop its own hydrocarbons industry – Oil and gas news update "The exploration of hydrocarbons in the waters of the Falklands is a legitimate commercial activity", said a spokeswoman from the Foreign Ministry immediately adds that the UK supports the right of Islands’ to develop […]

Supreme Court recalls Hussain Asghar to investigate Hajj corruption case

In an apparent confrontation between executive and judiciary, the Supreme Court has given authorities a deadline of June 8 to recall Hussain Asghar to resume investigations of the Haj corruption scandal. A three-member bench with Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary in the chair resumed the hearing, giving the task to Hussain Asghar to probe the […]

NATO inks agreement with Central Asian countries

In order to wind down its operation in Afghanistan, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) struck an agreement with Central Asian States to remove equipment through their territories. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen while talking to the media observed, “We reached agreement on reverse transit from Afghanistan with three Central Asian partners: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. […]

Supreme Court asks for more evidence for renunciation of UK nationality from Rehman Malik

Supreme Court asks for more evidence for renunciation of UK nationality from Rehman Malik Rehman Malik has recently been suspended as the MP by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The reason for the suspension of the Interior Minister of the country has been cited as the fact that Malik is a dual nationality holder. Other […]

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