Fully cooperated with UN’s Benazir panel: State Dept
WASHINGTON: The State Department has said that former prime minister Benazir Bhutto assassination was a result of “failures at a number of levels where she did not have the protection that she deserved and obviously needed”.....Full Story

120 trains operating in deficit: GM Railways
LAHORE: General Manager Railways Ashfaq Khattak has said that 120 trains out of 220 are operating in deficit.....Full Story

Benazir did not have security she deserved: US State Dept
WASHINGTON: The State Department has said that former prime minister Benazir Bhutto assassination was a result of “failures at a number of levels where she did not have the...Full Story

Pakistan blames US for letting Taliban slip away
LAHORE: Senior military officers are furious with the US for letting hundreds of Taliban fighters escape across the border into Afghanistan, where they are being housed and....Full Story

PPP not looking for revenge, says Zardari
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is not looking to take revenge for Benazir Bhutto’s killing, President Asif Ali Zardari said on Friday following the publication of the UN....Full Story

Sharif unsatisfied over BB murder report
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Mian Nawaz Sharif said rafts of questions regarding the murder of Benazir Bhutto are......Full Story

US pledges to help Pakistan after Bhutto probe
WASHINGTON: The United States pledged Friday to help Pakistan develop democracy after a report said the country could have prevented the 2007 assassination of former....Full Story

Badar blames Musharraf for BB murder
ISLAMABAD: The Peoples Party Secretary General Jahangir Badar said that General UN report clearly indicated that former President Pervez Musharraf is responsible for....Full Story

UN report finds ‘deliberate’ faults in BB’s murder probe
LAHORE: The failure of Pakistani authorities to effectively investigate the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was “deliberate” and had been “severely....Full Story

NATO acknowledges Pakistan operations against Taliban
LONDON: NATO acknowledges Pakistan’s drive against extremists and Taliban in the tribal region, NATO spokesperson James Appathurai said on Friday. Talking to reporters ahead....Full Story

15% VAT on non-essential items, 5% on essential items
ISLAMABAD: The country is likely to have two rates for value-added tax, with non-essential goods likely to be charged 15 percent, while essential items will be charged a...Full Story

Musharraf aide says UN report a ‘pack of lies’
ISLAMABAD: The UN report on the assassination of Benazir Bhutto is a “pack of lies”, Rashid Qureshi, an aide of former president Pervez Musharraf, said on Friday. He said the...Full Story