Pak-Afg transit trade deal challenged in LHC
LAHORE: The transit trade agreement, reached between Pakistan and Afghanistan, has been challenged in Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday morning...Full Story

Floodwater threats Fazilpur
FAZILPUR: Floodwater broke out from Koh-e-Suleman has reached to Indus Highway in Fazilpur threatens city to be submerged.....Full Story

Pakistan, India should withdraw troops from Siachen: Zardari
KARACHI/LAHORE: President Asif Ali Zardari has proposed the withdrawal of Indian and Pakistani troops from Siachen glacier, the highest battleground in the world, a private TV....Full Story

Banking, insurance, telecom sectors face double taxation
ISLAMABAD: The government’s economic mismanagement came to light on Friday when Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa informed the federal government that they had imposed....Full Story

Democratic process at stake with extension of COAS: Asma
LAHORE: Human rights activist and renowned lawyer, Asma Jahangir, has expressed concerns over the extension in job given to Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervaiz....Full Story

Sindh urged to develop infrastructure in Thar coalfield
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari has asked Sindh government to begin and expedite work on infrastructure development in Thar coalfield to facilitate the upcoming coal-based power projects....Full Story

Malik takes note on Karachi shooting incidents
ISLAMABAD: Taking strict notice of the barbaric targeted killing incidents happening for some days in metropolis, federal interior minister Abdul Rehman Malik has issued orders...Full Story

Tense situation persists in parts of Karachi; six dead
KARACHI: Six men were killed and as many sustained injuries in separate incidents of firing and violence in various parts of the metropolis during the past 24 hours....Full Story

All stakeholders in ‘secure position’ until 2013: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Friday that all major “stakeholders” — the president, the prime minister, the Supreme Court chief justice and..Full Story

US to oppose Chinese nuclear reactor sale to Pakistan
LAHORE: The Obama administration’s point man for countering arms proliferation said on Thursday that the administration would vote against China’s sale of nuclear reactors....Full Story

Pakistan’s focus on education is key to progress: Haqqani
WASHINGTON: Education is of key focus in Islamabad’s broad policy framework, aimed at long-term progress and prosperity of the country, Pakistani Ambassador to the US...Full Story

Mafia delaying sugar import to earn higher profits in Ramazan
LAHORE: The all-powerful sugar mafia has delayed the import of sugar so that they could earn higher profits by selling the hoarded stocks of the commodity in Ramazan...Full Story