
NATO seeks normal relations with Pakistan Nato wants to get relations with Pakistan back on track “as quickly as possible” to reopen its key supply route for foreign troops fighting in Afghanistan, a coalition spokesman said Monday. Pakistan closed Nato supply route to Afghanistan in November, choking supply line for the 130,000-strong US-led force, following […]

Need to find solution for Gas shortage otherwise Pakistan’s energy system would collapse reckons Petroleum Minister Monday, January 2, 2012: Asim Hussain, Petroleum Minister has urged the people of Pakistan to face Gas shortage collectively otherwise the countries energy system would collapse. Hussain also said that Goverment should take rapid steps to find solution for […]
Jan 3 2012 | Posted in
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Khan to make nation an Islamic social welfare state In a recent interview given to the The Nation, the leader of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf, Imran Khan talked about the main issues that are plaguing the country presently and claimed that he aims to create such a change under his leadership that the country is transformed […]
Jan 2 2012 | Posted in
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As per the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) records announced on Sunday, the revenue collected during July-December 2011- term have registered a major leap of 27.05 % in comparison to the corresponding term last year. The revenue collection reached Rs840.7 billion, whereas last year’s figures for the same time period were Rs661.7 billion. The FBR […]
Jan 2 2012 | Posted in
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Corrupt leaders fear Imran Khan – PTI Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan’s political adviser Shah Farman has stated that corrupt leaders in the country are afraid of Imran because he will take everyone to the court after winning the next General Elections. He stated, “The clean-shaven and bearded politicians who had committed loot and […]
Jan 2 2012 | Posted in
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Pakistan joins UN Security Council on two-year non-permanent bases Pakistan today joined the UN Security Council for a two-year term as a non-permanent member of the powerful world body, which also has India among its 15-member states. Pakistan was elected to the Security Council last October when 129 out of 193 members of the UN […]

India and Pakistan exchange nuclear sites information Pakistan and India Sunday exchanged lists of their respective nuclear installations and facilities as well as lists of prisoners in each other’s custody, as required under bilateral agreements between the two South Asian nuclear neighbours. Senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Indian High Commission exchanged […]

South Korean President Lee Myung Bak has said in New Year messages as they will focus on inter-Korean relations in order to keep them secure from North’s aggression. Those messages were enough to provoke North Korea’s new commander-in-chief Kim Jong-Un to issue a statement replying South and their President with more bitter words. […]

As I entered my office on a cold morning of January 2, I was shocked to see a headline on The Daily Dawn’s metropolitan page stating that at least 60 percent of the Punjab police is supposed to perform merely protocol duties for the VVIPs. Oh my God! Shame on us for claiming to be […]
Jan 2 2012 | Posted in
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Shah Mahmood Qureshi says PTI yet to decide on possible coalition with Pervez Musharraf The vice-chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Shah Mahmood Qureshi has caused uproar within the party supporters after stating that the decision regarding any future conciliation with the former president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf will be taken after taking circumstances into account. […]
Jan 2 2012 | Posted in
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2012 – New Year – New Hopes – New Aims What Pakistanis have in their mind when they entered 2012, as people around the corner started the year with the usual round of celebrations. The only logical pledge was that a majority of our people can make is to live on. Yet this is no […]
Jan 2 2012 | Posted in
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Reasons behind increasing number of suicides in Pakistan Suicides in Pakistan, which are increasing with the passage of time, have become a major social problem. What leads people to commit this excruciating act is the most important question which passes through the mind every time when someone kills himself. This frightening issue invites attention of […]
Jan 2 2012 | Posted in
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