Attabad Lake water outflow picks up pace
HUNZA: Water outflow from Attabad Lake has witnessed an increase while a team of experts is due to arrive here to review the spillway’s widening work.....Full Story

Blasts, firing near Karachi city court
KARACHI: Three blasts and firing reported in city court here on Saturday. According Geo News, initial reports indicated that firing is underway near ...Full Story

Indo-Pak foreign secretaries to meet on 24th in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD/ NEW DELHI: On the invitation of Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir, Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao will visit Islamabad for bilateral talks scheduled to take....Full Story

Energy-starved Pakistan seeks wind investors
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan this year expects to finalise four wind power deals worth $500 million to exploit a renewable resource that has been barely tapped in a country with....Full Story

PPP not to field candidate if Nawaz contests by-polls, says Babar Awan
MULTAN: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) will not field a candidate against Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif if he decides to contest the by-elections, Law...Full Story

US says nothing to do with Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline
ISLAMABAD: US special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke Saturday said Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project is Pakistan’s internal matter which has....Full Story

Hijratullah acquitted in Mawan facility attack
LAHORE: The Anti-terrorism court of Lahore acquitted Hijratullah, the accused of Manawan Police training center, for lack of sufficient evidence.....Full Story

Holbrooke calls on PM Gilani
ISLAMABAD: US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke called on Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday.....Full Story

SC seeks details of loans written off since 1971
ISLAMABAD: A three-member Supreme Court bench on Friday directed the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to submit province-wise detail of loans written off by financial institutions.....Full Story

Thirsty Pakistan gasps for water solutions
KARACHI: Pakistan is facing a severe water shortage that if managed poorly can mean the country will run out of water in several decades, experts say, leading to mass.....Full Story

US Ambassador Patterson to leave Pakistan in August
ISLAMABAD: US Ambassador Anne W Paterson is likely to leave Pakistan in August and also retiring from her duties, highly-placed......Full Story

Oman to provide $45m grant for Gwadar development projects
QUETTA: The Sultanate of Oman has agreed to provide a grant of $45 million for a number of development projects in Gwadar District, along with another $20 million for the...Full Story