SC orders RPPs to return money
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court on Thursday directed rental power plants (RPPs) to return the advance money given to them upfront by the government of Pakistan at the earliest....Full Story

Rail fares set to rise by 25pc
ISLAMABAD: Due to mounting financial losses and non-availability of rail engines, Pakistan Railways has decided to increase rail fares by 25 percent besides discontinuing ...Full Story

Pakistan warns against ‘great game’ in region
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan clearly stated that it hopes “there will be no new great game” pertaining to Afghanistan and stated that it does not expect any country to indulge in any...Full Story

‘Pak pursuing reforms in its own interests’
WASHINGTON: Pakistan will pursue economic reforms not because of the IMF or the US, but because the country itself needs economic reform, Islamabad’s Ambassador to the...Full Story

Biden condoles with Salmaan Taseer’s family
ISLAMABAD: United States Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday called Aamna Taseer, widow of slain Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer, to express his condolences on behalf of....Full Story

NP’s delegation meets MQM
KARACHI: A five-member delegation of National Party (NP), led by vice-president Mir Hasil Bazinjo, held a meting with MQM’s Deputy Convener Farooq Sattar here in...Full Story

President Zardari heads to US
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has left Islamabad to visit the United States, the foreign ministry confirmed Thursday, in the wake of a political..Full Story

Malik for blocking un-Islamic content on websites
NOWSHERA: Interior Minister, Rehman Malik on Thursday reiterated that government has no intention to bring any amendment in blasphemy laws, owing to its sensitivity, the people ....Full Story

US does not want to break up Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: United States Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the US does not want to break up Pakistan, refuting the claims that Washington has imposed its anti-terror...Full Story

Pakistan has technical expertise to run Reko Diq, SC informed
ISLAMABAD: Nuclear scientist and member of the Planning Commission, Dr Samar Mubarakmand, on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that Pakistan has....Full Story

India offers rewards for Samjhota bombing suspects’ arrest
NEW DELHI: Indian police are offering rewards for the arrest of three Hindu suspects in a bomb attack on the Samjhota Express that killed 68 people, mostly Pakistanis, nearly....Full Story

Zardari, Biden discuss strategic ties, regional security
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has called for a close, stable, long-term and broad based relationship between Pakistan and the United States...Full Story