
A parliamentary committee sought explanation from the Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and Attorney General over a constitutional amendment bill introduced by the government to legalize by-elections held by a constitutionally incomplete ECP. A meeting of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Law and Justice was held in Parliament House with Begam Nasim Akhtar […]

Senior Al-Qaida leader was killed in the recent Drone strikes in Pakistan – US officials According to US officials Al-Qaida’s senior operations organizer, Aslam Awan, a Pakistani national from Abbottabad was targeted and killed in one of two US drone strikes last week in Pakistan. Awan was from the same town where US Special Forces […]

Parliamentary committee cannot summon me, I am not a Pakistani national; Mansoor Ijaz Mansoor Ijaz, the witness and a central character to memo case said today that he was not a Pakistani national, and Pakistan’s parliamentary committee probing into the memogate scandal could not summon him. Expressing his reservations over the summons forwarded by the […]
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Mansoor Ijaz worried over Parliamentary Committee Summons Islamabad: (Friday, January 20, 2012) Mansoor Ijaz, the key witness and a central character to the memo case, has expressed reservations over the summons issued by Parliamentary Committee investigating into the scandal, to him. Expressing concerns over the issue, Akram Shaikh, Ijaz’s lawyer has taken up the issue […]
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US will wait for Pakistan to reassess relationships: Marc Grossman New Delhi: The US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Marc Grossman said today during his visit to India that US would wait till Pakistan reassessed and re-evaluated the relationships between the two countries. Expressing his country’s willingness to get engaged into dialogues with Pakistan […]

9th convocation of Lahore College for Women University Lahore; PM announces Rs. 50 million for Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Chair Lahore: (Friday, January 20, 2012) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who was the chief guest at the 9th convocation of Lahore College for Women University Lahore, has announced to give Rs 50 million for Benazir Bhutto […]
Jan 20 2012 | Posted in
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I resent Salman Ahmad – Ali Azmat Leading rock icon of Pakistan, Ali Azmat added fuel to controversy between him and his former Junoon members saying he never had a resentment towards the band but Slaman Ahmed was unbearable for him. “I have never had any resentment towards Junoon but its Salman Ahmad that I […]

Culture holds a paramount importance for any country as it distinguishes it from rest of the world. But at the current hour, the world has become a global village because of the progress man has made and this progress is also affecting the cultures of the world with an incredible pace. Pakistan, which is known […]
Jan 20 2012 | Posted in
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Nothing is constant in this world—neither success nor failure, neither pleasure nor sorrow. This universal fact has been visible in cricket world since last couple of months. First, India, which stunned all by winning the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 in April, disgracefully lost their No. 1 Test rank unexpectedly and then England, which clinch […]
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After Pakistan closed the two key border crossings used to supply NATO troops in Afghanistan, the U.S. is bearing six times more expenditures for sending war supplies to allied forces battling in the region. Almost a couple of months ago, Pakistan took stern action, closing the supply line, after a NATO airstrike killed at least 24 […]

Embattled Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has asserted that there were not chances for dictatorship in the country, once again. Despite ruling the country for decades, he said dictators could not eliminate corruption. “They still say that the nation is missing them and they want to come back. We want to tell them that […]

Pakistan Railways, which is termed as a white elephant, has owned a large agriculture and commercial land worth billions of rupees. However, it has no money to pay salaries and pensions to its employees or to run its business. According to a report published in a newspaper, Pakistan Railways owned lands measuring some 0.14m kanals […]