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Pakistan Taliban holding two kidnapped foreigners According to a senior militant commander, two foreign aid workers kidnapped from Multan in January are being held by the Pakistan Taliban near the border with Afghanistan. “The two NGO (non-governmental organisation) workers who were kidnapped in Multan nearly a month ago are in our custody near the border. […]
Interest rate unchanged at 12 percent for February and March Saturday, February 11, 2012: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to maintain the interest rate for the month of February and March. The interest rate will remain at 12 percent during the aforementioned months. The decision of not bringing any change in the interest […]
Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) will hold a sit-in in front of parliament on February 20 against drone attacks and expected restoration of NATO supplies, while it would call an all parties conference (APC) on Baluchistan issue on 27 instant in Quetta. Chairman Difa-e-Pakistan Council Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, Ameer of JI Syed Munawar Hassan, and Ameer Jammad-ud-Dawah Hafiz […]
Pakistan’s Supreme Court dismissed an appeal on Friday over contempt charges against Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani for failing to pursue corruption investigations of President Asif Ali Zardari, escalating a tense standoff between the judiciary and the governing Pakistan People’s Party. The Supreme Court says it will start contempt-of-court proceedings against Mr. Gilani on Feb. […]
Talk shows confuse people with irrelevant issues Talk shows on Pakistani channels are producing nothing but a mess as guests in these talk shows, who belong to different political parties, always try to blame on one another and at the end of the programme, the viewers are left with no conclusion. Today, the talk shows […]
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Saturday held a meeting with Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, discussing a vast range of issues deciding to further enhance and promote bilateral cooperation between the two countries in trade, defence, technical education and other sectors. A one-on-one meeting was occurred between Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani visiting Sri Lankan […]
Ultimately, the two largest political parties in parliament, the PPP and the PML-N have reportedly reached an accord on the draft of the 20th Constitutional Amendment and on steps to ensure fair and transparent elections. Although the agreement has yet to be announced publically, the two should be congratulated. The PPP agreed on three of […]
Corruption is the biggest problem of Pakistan – Imran Khan Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan has expressed that corruption is the real problem of Pakistan at the moment and one must have strict accountability if the country is to prosper in future. A number of political analysts in the country feel […]
To what extent is the Supreme Court acting Neutral? Looking at the overall issue of the contempt of court being handed down to Prime Minister of Pakistan Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani, one might think that it was bound to happen as the federal government failed to act on the orders of the Supreme Court for […]
The hearing by the US Congress Foreign Affairs Committee on the situation in Balochistan is both optimistic and cynical. While the part of the Foreign Office to convey Pakistan’s concerns over the issue are quite understandable. The positive thing is that the hearing over the state’s violations of human rights in Balochistan, which generally have […]
In quite an unparallel way, the Supreme Court granted more time to Military Intelligence and Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) to produce the missing prisoners before the court by Monday, February 13. Earlier, the apex court on Friday directed the country’s powerful intelligence agencies to present seven prisoners, who went missing from Adiala Jail, before the […]
At least one person was killed and 16 others, including eight policemen and women, sustained injuries on Friday when suspected militants lobbed grenades and fired at a police truck soon after cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan addressed possibly the largest rally in the Swabi’s history. The attackers hurled two grenades and fired with automatic weapons at the truck […]
