February 11 , 2011


SBP keeps policy interest rate unchanged
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Saturday announced it would keep its key policy rate unchanged at 12 percent for the next two months in a bid to contain ...Full Story

Karachi Literature Festival inaugurated
KARACHI: The inaugural ceremony of the third Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) was held at a local hotel on Friday night....Full Story

Preparations continue for Senate elections
ISLAMABAD: Candidates contesting in the Senate elections would receive their nomination papers on Saturday and Sunday while preparation of the final list is ...Full Story

Three SHC judges get permanent status
KARACHI: Three judges of the Sindh High Court (SHC) took the oath as permanent judges of the court today (Saturday)...Full Story

Spymasters ‘refuse’ to produce missing prisoners before SC
ISLAMABAD: Defying the Supreme Court’s order, the country’s top spy agencies on Friday failed to produce seven missing prisoners before the court. The Supreme Court..Full Story

Parliamentary body won’t go abroad
ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) on Friday decided not to record the statement of Mansoor Ijaz, the central character in the memo....Full Story

Pak-Sri Lanka trade must reach $2bn in three years: Zardari
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday called for stepping up efforts to fully realise the potential of free trade agreement with Sri Lanka and building a mutually..Full Story


Defiance of court verdicts anti-democratic: Nawaz
LAHORE: President Pakistan Muslim League-N Nawaz Sharif on Saturday said defiance of court verdicts is tantamount to undermining the basis of democracy..Full Story

PML-Q likeminded demands immediate elections
ISLAMABAD: PML-Q likeminded Saturday demanded immediate elections in the country..Full Story

Qureshi urges PM to write letter to Swiss authorities
KARACHI: Former foreign minister and leader of PTI Shah Mehmood Qureshi Saturday urged Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani to write letter to Swiss authorities.....Full Story

We are sorry, Aitzaz: CJP
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the intra-court appeal (ICA) of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani against the February 2 order making way..Full Story

JC allows Ijaz to testify abroad
ISLAMABAD: The judicial commission investigating the memo scandal on Friday decided to record the statement of Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz through...Full Story

Balochistan issue dominates Senate, NA proceedings
ISLAMABAD: The Balochistan situation dominated the National Assembly and the Senate on Friday as the lawmakers from the province felt uneasy over the situation in their...Full Story

US launches world’s largest Fulbright programme for Pakistanis
ISLAMABAD: The United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) announced the world’s largest Fulbright Programme in Pakistan for 2013...Full Story

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