Power outages continue in Karachi
KARACHI: Long hours unabated electricity outages is underway in parts of Karachi while KESC sources said many feeders have gone tripped due to load shedding....Full Story

President Zardari greets new British PM
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari today contacted David Cameron on phone and felicitated him on assumption of the office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...Full Story

Pakistan must be given credit for anti-terror efforts: Petraeus
WASHINGTON: US Central Command commander General David Petraeus, praised Pakistan’s military campaign against the Taliban, saying the ally must be given credit for....Full Story

Pakistan and Afghanistan close to trade transit deal
WASHINGTON: Afghanistan is close to reaching a long-delayed trade transit deal with Pakistan that would allow produce to be trucked across its neighbor to key importer India...Full Story

‘Pakistan-Turkey friendship time-tested’
SWAT: Pakistan and Turkey’s relations are time-tested and Turkey will always stand with the people and government of Pakistan, Commander of Turkish Land Forces General..Full Story

Holbrooke briefs Qureshi over Karzai visit
ISLAMABAD: US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Richard Holbrooke....Full Story

Court dismisses petitions against Dasti’s eligibility
MULTAN: A Multan bench of Lahore High Court has dismissed a petition filed against eligibility of Jamsheed Dasti for contesting elections and allowed him to take part in bye...Full Story

Nawaz forms committee to help Hazara affectees
LAHORE: PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif has constituted a committee with the directives to oversee the arrangements being made to provide relief to the affected people of Hazara...Full Story

PM rules out clash among institutions
BUREWALA/ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday rejected the possibility of a clash among state institutions, and said the country will be run in accordance with the constitution...Full Story

Implementation of NRO verdict: SC summons law, interior secretaries, NAB chief
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the law and the interior secretaries..Full Story

‘Allocation for Dardam Dam slashed to Rs 128m’
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Thursday informed the Senate that while the original allocation for the Darban Dam project was...Full Story

‘Sino-Pak civilian N-cooperation complies with int’l obligations’
ISLAMABAD: Civilian nuclear cooperation between China and Pakistan fully complies with the two countries’ international obligations, Wang Baodong, a spokesman for the Chinese...Full Story