
Pakistan National team boss Zavisa Milosavljevic believes that a lack of International game time will hamper his side’s development into a formidable force. The PFF failed to secure opponents for the upcoming friendly date on the 29th February, leaving the Green-Shirts without the opportunity to test their mettle against top quality opposition. Milosavljevic, who took […]

The Defence Council of Pakistan (DPC), despite the earlier assurances that banned outfits will not be permitted to hold a rally in Islamabad, held a public gathering, taking out a march at roads of the federal capital. The DPC includes several organizations that have been banned by the government of Pakistan and the United Nations. […]
Feb 22 2012 | Posted in
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The 20th Amendment, despite some unexpected hurdles in the Senate, the upper house of Parliament, ultimately went through, albeit with a couple of dissenters. Regardless of the draft of the 20th Amendment, aiming to introduce changes in the manner in which the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will be set up had been passed smoothly […]

Chief cleric of the Darul Uloom Haqqania, Maulana Samiul Haq, rejected Rehman Malik’s charges of his students’ involvement in Benazir’s assassination asking him to prove them guilty. Samiul Haq, who is also head of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-S), observed, “I have asked the government and security officials several times to take […]
Feb 22 2012 | Posted in
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Expressing concerns over the increasing incidents of enforced disappearances of citizens, the National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Right expressed Tuesday the security agencies could not be given license to abduct and assassinate people. “The forceful disappearance of the citizens by the police and security agencies is regrettable and severe violation of basic human rights,” […]

Rejecting Rehman Malik’s charges of his involvement in Benazir Bhutto’s assassination, Former President Pervez Musharraf said security was mainly the responsibility of the provincial government and matters relating to her primary security were handled by PPP activists. He was reacting to statements made by Interior Minister Rehman Malik in the Sindh Assembly in which Malik […]

Afghanistan holding talks with Taliban inside Pakistan Afghan officials are holding talks with the Taliban in Pakistan, the head of a provincial peace council in the insurgency’s heartland Kandahar said on Tuesday, in a possible signal that Islamabad is boosting its support for Afghan peace efforts. Kandahar peace council head Ata Mohammad Ahmadi said that […]

Government officials considering an increase of gas tariffs for CPPs Tuesday, February 21, 2012: Pakistan is facing severe shortage of Gas. The country prime source of producing electricity is also gas and oil, but due to increasing demand for gas by CPP the commercial electricity generating units are not getting what they need. Keeping that […]
Feb 22 2012 | Posted in
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Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar has slammed skipper Misbah-ul-Haq and all-rounder Shoaib Malik for team’s poor performance in the One Day International series against England. Akhtar opined that the selection panel should send old players home and bring in fresh blood in the side. Akhtar’s comments came in the wake of a poor show by […]
Feb 21 2012 | Posted in
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Malik sees foreign hands behind Balochistan unrest Karachi: (Tuesday, February 21, 2012) Minister for Interior, Rehman Malik said today that foreign hands were responsible to incite violence in Balochistan as they were trying to separate the largest province of Pakistan from rest of the country. Talking to journalists, Malik claimed that the situation in the […]
Feb 21 2012 | Posted in
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Imran Khan condemns US resolution on Balochistan Islamabad: (Tuesday, February 21, 2012) Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI), Imran Khan here today denounced the resolution on Balochistan presented in the House of Representative in the United States. Khan was of the view that it was a sheer breach of Pakistan’s Sovereignty. Expressing is distrust on the All […]
Feb 21 2012 | Posted in
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Supreme Court yet to decide on 28 suspended parliamentarians Islamabad: (Tuesday, February 21, 2012) The Supreme Court of Pakistan was informed today that the bill for 20th Constitutional amendment was successfully passed in the two houses and it was forwarded to the president for final approval. Advocate Naseer Bhutta, who also happens to be an […]
Feb 21 2012 | Posted in
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