US envoy warns Pakistan of flood funding shortfall
KARACHI : The world will only be able to fund around 25 percent of the tens of billions of dollars needed to rebuild Pakistan after...Full Story

Geelani urges sit-in protests
SRINAGAR: Hurriyat leader Ali Shah Geelani on Thursday urged protesters to block police and army camps with sit-ins. “I have urged people to stage peaceful sit-in protests....Full Story

OIC condemns use of force
ISLAMABAD: The Organisation of Islamic Conference expressed grief and sorrow over the recent killings of innocent people in Indian-held Kashmir by Indian police and troops....Full Story

Nawaz not opposed to change through constitutional means
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said that there should be a change in the government according to the law if the government did not...Full Story

Small dams should be built until consensus on large ones: Zardari
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari directed the authorities concerned to consider localising power generation and distribution, while facilitating the private sector...Full Story

Karachi on alert after murder of Imran Farooq
KARACHI : Karachi went on alert on Friday, braced for possible violence as businesses ground to a halt after the murder.....Full Story

Efforts on to plug breach in MS bund
THATTA : The plugging and repair work of breach in MS bund near Sujawal has been initiated here on Thursday......Full Story

EU agrees to grant Pakistan trade breaks
BRUSSELS: European Union leaders agreed on Thursday to grant limited trade concessions to Pakistan to help it overcome the impact of devastating floods and...Full Story

PM constitutes NODMC to monitor aid
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday constituted a 15-member National Oversight Disaster Management Council (NODMC)...Full Story

President lauds US for good gesture to flood victims
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday appreciated the US leadership for the humanitarian gesture and...Full Story

Local governments vital to disaster response: Sherry
ISLAMABAD: Former information minister Sherry Rehman on Thursday called to revive the local government structures among other reform efforts to deliver service and...Full Story

ECP bans electioneering by PM, CMs, ministers
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) stopped the prime minister, provincial chief ministers and other ministers...Full Story