April 15, 2011


Target killers have no political affiliation: Malik
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that accused, arrested in target killings, have no political affiliations...Full Story

Balochistan hit by 725MW power shortfall
QUETTA: Power shortage wreaking havoc in Balochistan, as the electricity shortfall has reached 725 megawatt and Qesco resorting up to 18 hours of load shedding in the rural...Full Story

CIA will not halt operations in Pakistan: US official
WASHINGTON: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has no plans to suspend "operations" in Pakistan against terror suspects despite objections from leaders in ....Full Story

FIA presents NICL probe report to SC
ISLAMABAD: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Thursday presented before the Supreme Court investigation report in connection with the alleged involvement of Moonis ...Full Story

SC allows Kamal Azfar to withdraw from NRO case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Barrister Kamal Azfar to withdraw from the National Reconciliation..Full Story

Pak embassy official shot at, injured in Nepal
KATHMANDU: A Pakistani embassy official suffered multiple wounds when an unidentified gunman shot him on Thursday in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu, police said...Full Story

Zardari and Erdogan renew pledge to build strategic partnership
ANKARA: President Asif Ali Zardari and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday made a renewed pledge to build a strategic partnership focusing on achieving..Full Story


SC adjourns 18th amend case hearing till May 18
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan today adjourned hearing of the case of 18th amendment till third week of May....Full Story

Hajj applications to be received from today
ISLAMABAD: Ministry of Religious Affairs will receive applications from April 15 to May 10. 179,254 Hajj pilgrims would perform religious obligation this year.
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CM not sincere to resolve problems: Riaz
LAHORE: Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Raja Riaz Thursday that the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), as an opposition party in the assembly, would....Full Story

PML-N blasts government, stages walkout from NA
ISLAMABAD: The main opposition party in the National Assembly, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), has started flexing its muscles to give the government tough time..Full Story

Pakistan to back Taliban office in Turkey
ANKARA: Pakistan would back a plan to allow the Taliban to open a political office in Turkey to help with talks to end the war in Afghanistan, a Pakistani official said on..Full Story

ADB provides $650 million to help rebuild flood-damaged infrastructure
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government on Thursday signed an agreement to invest a loan of $650 million from the ADB in reconstruction of..Full Story

Pakistan arrests two French terror suspects
PARIS: Two suspected extremists from France have been arrested in Pakistan and detained for months after being met at an airport by a man with suspected ties to..Full Story

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