David Miliband calls on President Zardari
LONDON: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband called on President Asif Ali Zardari Sunday. They reviewed bilateral relations and expressed satisfaction...Full Story

Govt. to announce constitutional package in March: Kaira
OKARA: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Sunday that the government, led by Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), would announce in....Full Story

Preconditions for composite dialogue not acceptable: FO
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is ready to resume composite dialogue with India, but the country will not accept any preconditions for the process...Full Story

India conducts military exercise near Pakistani border
POKHRAN: Indian fighter jets bombed mock enemy bunkers close to the Pakistani border on Sunday in a symbolic show of air power at a time when the two nuclear-armed rivals....Full Story

Country targeting $5bn in foreign investment
ISLAMABAD: The country aims to attract foreign investment worth $5 billion this year, but needs to tackle reform, maximise...Full Story

World yet to honour pledges on funds in terror war: Bilour
PESHAWAR: NWFP senior minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour on Monday said that the international community was yet to honor the pledges it had made about the provision of....Full Story

Ramday’s appointment as ad-hoc judge challenged
LAHORE: The appointments of Justice (rtd) Khalilur Rehman Ramday as ad-hoc judge at Supreme Court (SC) and that of two retired session judges in Lahore High Court....Full Story

Tension persists in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD: After the incidents of sectarian violence in Faisalabad on Saturday which claimed lives of four persons and left over two dozen injured, the tension can still be......Full Story

Karakoram highway’s biggest bridge under threat
GILGIT: Water level of the lake, which developed due to an avalanche that hit Attaabad village, Hunza on January 4, has increased to an alarming level due to which the biggest....Full Story

US lawmakers get details of $1.45 billion Pak aid plan
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration sent lawmakers this week a plan for $1.45 billion in aid for Pakistan this year, funding water, energy and other projects as well as a...Full Story

Karachi’s sewerage may choke entirely
KARACHI: The entire drainage system of the city is vulnerable to choking owing to the rampant use of polythene bags below the thickness of 300 microns...Full Story

OGRA slashes petroleum prices
ISLAMABAD: The government slashed prices of petroleum products on Sunday, reducing petrol rates by 1 percent to Rs 70.57 per litre from Rs 71.21 and high-speed diesel by 3...Full Story