MPA Rizwan’s appeal dismissed with fine
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) Tuesday dismissed the appeal filled by PML-N’s MPA from Sargodha, Rizwan Gill, against his disqualification from contesting polls following.....Full Story

Policy of minimum deterrence to continue: CJCSC
RAWALPINDI: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, General Tariq Majid, lauded the Army Strategic Force Command for strengthening country's strategic deterrence.....Full Story

Nine percent hike in power tariff expected next month
ISLAMABAD: Electricity prices could be increased by as much as 9 percent next month after the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) asked the National Electric.....Full Story

Gen McChrystal updates Kayani on Afghanistan operations
ISLAMABAD: General Stanley McChrystal, commander of the NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), visited Pakistan on Monday to update Chief of Army Staff Gen....Full Story

Mr Law & Mr Order responsible for extremism in Punjab: Taseer
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer has said that ‘Mr Law’ and ‘Mr Order’ – referring to Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah and Chief Minister (CM)...Full Story

Situation in Kyrgyzstan grave: Pak students
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani students reached back home from violence-torn Kyrgyz city of Osh dubbed the situation as grave in the second largest city of Kyrgyzstan.....Full Story

Senators concerned over Karachi situation
ISLAMABAD: The Upper House of the Parliament Tuesday expressed grave concern over law and order situation and sectarian violence in Karachi and sought a report from....Full Story

Rain lashes interior Sindh
HYDERABAD: Heavy shower lashed different areas of Sindh late on Monday night submerged low-lying areas.....Full Story

Punjab presents Rs 585 billion tax-free budget
LAHORE: Punjab Finance Minister Tanveer Ashraf Kaira presented a Rs 585.66 billion balanced budget for the fiscal year 2010-11 in the provincial assembly on Monday.....Full Story

Qaeda threat from Pakistan, Afghanistan has reduced: UK
LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday said the threat from al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan had reduced, but progress could still be undone and warned...Full Story

‘Pakistan ranks as ‘Tier 2’ country in human trafficking’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has been ranked as a “Tier 2” country in the 2010 US Trafficking in Persons Report, which has cited improvements from the previous year due to efforts to....Full Story

PPP, MQM decide to take stern action over target killings
KARACHI: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Monday decided to work together and take stern action against target killings in...Full Story