Pakistan set to launch space communication satellite next year
BEIJING : Pakistan is closely collaborating with China for launching a joint space communication satellite next year. It will be a milestone in Pak-China friendship...Full Story

Karachi continues to bleed
KARACHI: Thirty more people from various ethnicities, including one dozen in a single incident, were killed in Karachi on Tuesday, taking the death toll of the recent target.......Full Story

SCBA returns Rs1 million cheque to Babar Awan
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Tuesday returned a Rs 1 million cheque to the Federal Law Ministry, terming it an attempt to divide the bar...Full Story

US finalising $2bn security aid package for Pakistan: CNN
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration is putting final touches to a security assistance package worth $2 billion spanning five years to help Pakistan fight...Full Story

National interests can’t be sacrificed for war on terror
WASHINGTON: Pakistan will preserve its national interests as it partners with the US in fighting the terrorist threat, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on the....Full Story

Pakistan pursuing access to EU markets: Zardari
ISLAMABAD : President Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday that the government was vigorously pursuing the progress recently made in the European Union’s....Full Story

Task force constituted to root out menace of corruption
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior A. Rehman Malik on Wednesday announced to...Full Story

Pakistani ministers, army chief arrive for strategic dialogue with US
WASHINGTON : A high-level Pakistani delegation, comprising federal ministers and army chief arrived here Tuesday afternoon to attend the Strategic Dialogue...Full Story

Gilani urges unity for peace in Karachi
ISLAMABAD: Stressing the need for a united stand against elements that he termed as “public and state enemies”, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said, “All should sit together....Full Story

Former president Farooq Laghari passes away
LAHORE: Former president Farooq Ahmed Khan Laghari died late on Tuesday at the age of 70. According to the state-owned PTV, Laghari had been a heart patient for a few years..Full Story

US, Pakistan to try again to mend ties
WASHINGTON: The US and Pakistan will try this week to get their crisis-prone relationship back on track after the latest US drive to win over hearts and minds faced quick....Full Story

South Asia is world’s most climate-vulnerable region: study
PARIS: South Asia is the world’s most climate-vulnerable region, its fast-growing population badly exposed to flood, drought, storms and sea-level rise, according...Full Story