Power shortfall surges to 6,000MW
LAHORE: Power crisis in the country has broken all past records, as the Pepco and PSO tiff relating to the furnace oil supply remained unresolved and the power shortfall has ...Full Story

Heat wave across country
ISLAMABAD: Most parts of Sindh and Southern Punjab were under the grip of heat wave with mercury hovering over 40 degrees in many areas....Full Story

Singh opened ‘secret talks’ with Kayani
LAHORE: Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh opened “secret talks” with Pakistan’s army chief ten months ago to build on the cricket-inspired diplomatic thaw between the..Full Story

Terry Jones briefly jailed in Michigan
DEARBORN: A US pastor, whose desecration of holy Quran incited worldwide condemnation, has been briefly jailed in a suburb after a court banned his protest outside...Full Story

Legharis want PPP support linked with new province
LAHORE: The Legharis of Dera Ghazi Khan have demanded the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) leadership to extend its support to the Pakistan People’s Party..Full Story

Bhutto was an innocent politician: Gilani
OKARA: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, praising former Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Sunday said that the latter was an innocent politician and that was the reason ...Full Story

President takes notice of power crisis
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has taken notice of severe energy crisis in the country and summoned the chiefs of power companies and concerned authorities in...Full Story

PTI’s sit-in against US drone attacks continues
PESHAWAR: Chairman Tehreek-e-Insaf alongwith his party workers and supporters gathered at the Peshawar ring road Saturday evening and staged sit-in, aiming to block the ..Full Story

Terrorists’ back broken, says Kayani
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military has broken the back of militants linked to al Qaeda and Taliban and the nation will soon prevail over this menace, the country’s powerful head...Full Story

Budget deficit for 2011-12 estimated at Rs 950 billion
ISLAMABAD: Consolidated (federal and all four provincial governments) budget deficit is estimated at Rs 950 billion in the forthcoming fiscal year 2011-12, official sources..Full Story

Mukhtaran Mai to file review plea in SC
LAHORE: Mukhtaran Mai, a gang rape victim, will file a review petition in the Supreme Court against its April 21 verdict of acquitting five of the six accused in the case...Full Story

PPP desperate to bring possible coalition partners under wings
ISLAMABAD: As the number game has the final say for passing a legislation in the National Assembly, the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP)-led federal government, in the..Full Story