April 22, 2011


Load shedding won’t end in 2011: Qamar
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar on Friday said that electricity load shedding would not end in the current fiscal year...
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Clinton, Salman meet in reaffirmation of ties
WASHINGTON: The United States and Pakistan reaffirmed their commitment to wide-ranging strategic partnership as Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and Secretary of State ..Full Story

US drone attack kills seven in NW
MIRANSHAH: At least seven people were killed early Friday in a US drone attack on a compound in North Waziristan....Full Story

Karachi blast kills 18, injures 41
KARACHI: At least 18 people were killed and 41 sustained injuries in a powerful blast that ripped through Rami Club building near Ghaas Mandi area in Lyari locality on Thursday...Full Story

Kayani rejects US ‘negative propaganda’ on terrorist ties
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: Pakistan’s army on Thursday rejected as ‘negative propaganda’ suggestions that it was not doing enough to combat al Qaeda and Taliban..Full Story

SC rejects Mukhatarn Mai’s appeal
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by gang rape victim Mukhtaran Mai against the acquittal of five men she accused of attacking her....Full Story

Pakistan to take up kidnapping of citizens by Somali pirates
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will take up the kidnapping of Pakistanis by Somali pirates with the Interpol and other international forums, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said..Full Story


Rami Club blast’s case registered
KARACHI: Napier police claimed to have registered a case of Rami Club blast, which took place in Ghas Mandi area of Lyari locality, killing 18 men and injuring 41 others...Full Story

Famous artist Moin Akhter passes away
KARACHI: Veteran television, stage and film artist Moin Akhtar has died here on Friday at the age of 61...Full Story

US to provide Pakistan 85 mini-drones
ISLAMABAD: The United States will provide Pakistan with 85 small ‘Raven’ drone aircraft, a U.S. military official said Thursday, a key step to meeting Islamabad's calls for access to ..Full Story

Court accepts 5 questions of law
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday admitted five preliminary questions of law from a reframed presidential reference for revisiting the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto case...Full Story

Hashmi urges Sharifs to apologise for backing dictators
ISLAMABAD: Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, senior leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), on Thursday, asked his party leadership, including Mian Nawaz Sharif and..Full Story

Pakistan to host 7th meeting of women speakers
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will host the 7th meeting of the women speakers from around the world in November this year...Full Story

PPP, PML-Q decide to halt ‘alliance’ process
LAHORE: The ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) have deferred their talks further over the question of the latter’s joining the..Full Story

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