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A bomb blast on a bus of a women university in Quetta city killed at least 11 students and injured several others on Saturday, police and rescue team said. The bomb was attached to the bus and the device exploded when the bus was standing at the parking, a police officer and the college […]
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has strongly condemned the rockets’ and hand grenades’ attack at the Quaid-e-Azam Residency in Ziarat. He also expressed sorrow and grief over the loss of a policeman in the attack. The Prime Minister said that all measures would be taken to ensure the safety and security of such national […]
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has constituted a four member committee for restructuring and reforming of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the national flag carrier, the PM office said Friday. Those included in the committee are Mr. Muhammad Ishaq Dar Minister for Finance, Capt. Shujaat Azeem Advisor on Aviation, Mr. Shaukat Fayyaz Ahmed Tarin and Mr. […]
Pakistan and China Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the fields of energy‚ mass transit‚ industrial cities and road sector projects, state media reported. Under the MoU‚ China North Industries Corporation ( NORINCO) would help Pakistan for setting up industrial cities along motorways‚ road sector and solar irrigation projects, Radio Pakistan […]
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Friday directed to examine possibility of importing energy from neighbouring countries to improve the situation on immediate basis, the PM office said. He issued the directives while presiding over a high level meeting on energy situation at the Prime Minister’s Office. The meeting took stock of overall energy situation […]
Pakistan has emphatically conveyed to the United States its concerns on drone attacks and raised the issue of drone attacks at different world forums including the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Foreign Ministry said on Thursday. “We will continue to raise this issue with the US officials at all the appropriate forums. The […]
Clerks across Pakistan and Azad Kashmir will observe strike on Friday to protest against the PML-N gov’t failure to increase salaries of the government employees. Haji Irshad, President All Pakistan Clerks Association, says that the clerks will observe pen-down strike against the budget. He said the association will also hold an emergency meeting […]
Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday paid tributes to former South African president Nelson Mandela and wished his early recovery. The 94-year-old icon was hospitalized Saturday for a recurring lung infection. He remained in the hospital for a fifth day. In his message of good wishes on behalf of […]
The Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) government will present its first federal budget for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013-14 on Wednesday. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar will present the budget in the National Assembly. PML-N leaders say that the new budget focuses on revival of economy‚ energy crisis‚ reducing non development expenditure and to give relief to […]
President Asif Ali Zardari Monday used his parliamentary speech to call for an end to political confrontation to effective deal with the daunting challenges. “We cannot afford confrontation and need reconciliation,” President Zardari said in his address to the joint session of the parliament. The President’s address marks beginning of the first […]
Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Monday said the government is committed to address the issue of power load shedding. In his inaugural address to the first meeting of the federal cabinet in Islamabad‚ he said the government will take all possible measures to improve the electricity supply situation and reduce load shedding in […]
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed the confidence that under Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s leadership, Pakistan would build on its democratic achievements and further strengthen its existing partnership with the United Nations. In a message of congratulations to the Pakistani leader on his assumption of the office of prime minister, the UN chief said he was […]
