June 27, 2011


Political maneuvering in AJK
MUZAFARRABAD: Pakistan People's Party has already won simple majority attaining the position of forming a government for which efforts are on foot, following Azad Jammu and ..
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Sindh Governor decides to resign
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Dr. Ishrat ul Ebad Khan has decided to quit from the office of Governor...Full Story

MQM upset on deferring elections: Sindh CM
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister, Qaim Ali Shah has said that the deferred Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections would be held soon and added we are in contact with our ..Full Story

Pakistan expels 18 British FC trainers: UK paper
LONDON: Pakistan has expelled a team of British military trainers sent to help with the fight against the Taliban and Al-Qaida, as the fallout from the US raid that killed Osama..Full Story

Investigation, prosecution depreciating: CJP
KARACHI: The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, said on Sunday that...Full Story

PML-N resorted to violence to avoid defeat: Firdaus
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Dr Firdaus Ashiq Awan said on Sunday that the Punjab government’s rejection of orders of the chief election commissioner (CEC) for....Full Story

Bird flu control programme to be devolved to provinces
KARACHI: Among several other programmes, being run under the federal government, the National Programme for the Control and Prevention of Avian Influenza (NPCPAI)...Full Story


MQM quits
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) decides to quit from the Pakistan People’s Party led government in centre and Sindh, Farooq Sattar told media....Full Story

Implementation on 18th Amendment in final stages: PM
LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has written a letter to Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani asking him...Full Story

PPP with 19 seats takes the lead in AJK elections
MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan People’s Party has already won simple majority attaining the position of forming a government for which efforts are on foot, following Azad Jammu and...Full Story

PPP, PML-N accuse each other of rigging
ISLAMABAD: As expected, elections for the AJK’s legislative assembly are mired in allegations and counter allegations, with Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan..Full Story

Free, fair elections impossible under Zardari, says Imran
ISLAMABAD: The blatant rigging of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) elections by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government is vindication of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf..Full Story

‘No action on extradition of high-profile criminals’
KARACHI: Renowned journalist and analyst Azfar Bukhari on Sunday said that Pakistani authorities should take immediate stance for the extradition of high profile criminals..Full Story

Altaf demands fresh polls in AJK
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has declared the elections in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) as null and void and demanded that fresh...Full Story

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Murder of Shahzad ‘assassination of journalism': Nawaz
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Wednesday termed the murder of Salim Shahzad as assassination of journalism and of Pakistan...Full Story

Pakistan denies arresting informants
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Army has rejected claims in the US media that the country's top intelligence agency ISI arrested...Full Story

Double trouble worsens life across country
KARACHI: Many cities of Pakistan are under the grip of a severe heat wave and temperatures rose beyond 40 °Celsius...Full Story

Police torture Quetta doctors, strike continues
QUETTA: The young doctors’ strike all across the province of Balochistan including this capital city continues, while the situation has further worsened by the police..Full Story

Indian foreign secretary due in Pakistan to discuss Kashmir
ISLAMABAD: India’s foreign secretary is due to visit Pakistan this month to discuss Kashmir, a Pakistani official said on Tuesday, the first formal talks between the two rivals...Full Story

US influence can put $11.3bn IMF loan programme back on trackISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economic managers strongly feel that the influence of the US will be decisive in putting the suspended $11.3 billion IMF Stand-By-Arrangement (SBA) loan..Full Story

No political solution in Afghanistan without Pakistan: Ackermann
BERLIN: Political solution is of paramount importance for Afghanistan and this political solution cannot be achieved without the support of Pakistan....Full Story


BHC seeks probe report on police surgeon manhandling
QUETTA: The Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court Qazi Faez Issa has ordered to submit the departmental inquiry report on next hearing against the two police officials ...Full Story

We are safe now, says Captain Wasi
KARACHI: Pakistani captain of the ship, freed from Somali pirates said they were attacked again today but are safe now...Full Story

Extravagant amount was spent on BB’s welcome: WikiLeaks
KARACHI: A secret cable of 2007 has revealed that then Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto (BB)....Full Story

MQM walks out of NA over Karachi killings
ISLAMABAD: The government, on Tuesday, faced embarrassment in the National Assembly when one of its coalition partner, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), walked..Full Story

Gates urges patience with Pakistan after tip-off suspicions
WASHINGTON: The US is disappointed and suspicious that terrorists in Pakistan apparently were tipped off that American intelligence officials had discovered two of their....Full Story

KESC demands govt enforce law for saving assets
KARACHI: The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has demanded the government to enforce law and exercise its authority to get the utility’s offices and installations..Full Story

PM announces ‘revolving fund’ to deal with terror damage
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, on Tuesday, announced to set up a revolving fund for rehabilitation of infrastructure damaged by terrorist attacks as well as...Full Story

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