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Burhanuddin Rabbani was assassinated by Afghan refugees, says Hina Rabbani Khar

Burhanuddin Rabbani was assassinated by Afghan refugees, says Hina Rabbani Khar Foreign Affairs Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has blamed Afghan refugees for the assassination of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani. She claimed so during the Envoys’ conference at the Foreign office in Islamabad on Tuesday. During a question answer session at the conference, she said, […]

The tussle of Power

The decision of the Economic Coordination Committee for the curtailment of gas supply to fertilizer plants was overturned by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani to add another feather to the list of such lapses.   The ECC approved a gas load management for November, 2011, but the Premier was quick to overturn this decision after […]

Leon Panetta admits USA cannot win in Afghanistan without Pakistan

Leon Panetta admits USA cannot win in Afghanistan without Pakistan US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta said on Tuesday that it was important to reach out to Pakistan if the United States wants to dismantle Afghan militant havens. “It’s been said a number of times that ultimately we can’t win the war in Afghanistan without […]

National Assembly urges Government to arbitrate into the market to stabilise falling prices of cotton

National Assembly urges Government to arbitrate into the market to stabilise falling prices of cotton National Assembly’s Standing Committee, Headed by Mohamad Akram Ansari, for the Textile Industry has urged the government to arbitrate into the market to stabilise falling prices of cotton. The committee requested the government to direct the Trading Corporation of Pakistan […]

Pakistan looking to revisit its foreign policy – Part Two

Pakistan looking to revisit its foreign policy – Part Two Continued from the previous part … Since the Kerry Lugar Bill in 2009, the Pak-US relations started to deteriorate gradually. There has been a huge lack of confidence between the US think-tank and Pakistani military establishment since last couple of years. Although, the wide majority […]

Pakistan looking to revisit its foreign policy – Part One

Pakistan looking to revisit its foreign policy – Part One Pakistan is a country which is full of natural resources and has produced people of highest ability in all the field of life. Its geo-strategic situation is also very crucial in the world scenario and there is not a shadow of doubt that Pakistan has […]

Gilani says blockade to Nato supply routes may last for weeks

Gilani says blockade to Nato supply routes may last for weeks The Prime Minister of Pakistan, Mr. Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the blocking of NATO supply routes into Afghanistan from his country may continue for several weeks. In an interview with BBC, the Pakistan Prime Minister refused from giving any deadline for the […]

The Lahore Metro: Underground Tube system in Lahore

Most of us are familiar with the underground transport system in many of the developed countries including France, England, USA, Germany, Japan and Canada. A fast moving train is used for the rapid transit with no interference or traffic signals in the way. A similar sort of transport system is also proposed for the liveliest […]

Giving birth is a battle for survival in war stricken Afghanistan

Giving birth is a battle for survival in war stricken Afghanistan She was 15 years old, heavily pregnant and had travelled eight days on the back of a donkey to reach hospital. Suffering from seizures and high blood pressure, she died soon after at the Herat Maternity Hospital in western Afghanistan, one of the thousands […]

PTDC runs into financial crisis: unable to pay salaries to the employs

  PTDC runs into financial crisis: unable to pay salaries to the employs Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation, the Government body which overlooks the development of tourism in the country is now following in the footsteps of the other “endangered” institutions of the country like the PIA and the Railways and the financial liabilities have now […]

US to withhold $70 million aid for Pakistan

US to withhold $70 million aid for Pakistan A crisis in relations looked set to deepen after a US House-Senate negotiating panel agreed to freeze $700 million in US aid to Pakistan until it gives assurances it is helping fight the spread of improvised explosive devices in the region. Pakistan is one of the largest […]

A recent surge in kidnappings haunting the residents of DHA Lahore

A recent surge in kidnappings haunting the residents of DHA Lahore The residents of Defence Housing Authority (DHA), the posh area of Lahore, are living in fear as a new danger has turned its attention towards the area that was considered to be one of the safest in the capital city of Punjab. This new […]

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