Parliamentary panel formed for CEC appointment
ISLAMABAD: The process for filling the vacant position of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) commenced on Tuesday, with the formation of a12-member parliamentary committee which would make the...
View ArticleAl Qaeda set up anti-drone cells, secret US documents show: Post
WASHINGTON: Al Qaeda's leaders have set up cells of engineers to try to shoot down, disable or hijack US drones, The Washington Post reported late Tuesday citing top-secret US intelligence...
View ArticleObama wins backing for Syria strike from key figures in Congress
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama won the backing of key figures in the US Congress, including Republicans, in his call for limited US strikes on Syria to punish President Bashar al-Assad for his...
View ArticleScepticism follows premier’s assurance
KARACHI: When Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif assured all segments of society on Tuesday that peace would be brought back to Karachi, many were not ready to buy his words as history has made them...
View ArticleUS ambassador signs financing agreement for 50MW renewable energy project
ISLAMABAD: United States Ambassador Richard Olson, signed on Wednesday a $95million, ten-year loan on behalf of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to Sapphire Wind Power Company to...
View ArticlePakistani contractors resume Nato oil supplies to Afghanistan
PESHAWAR: Overland oil supplies to Nato troops in Afghanistan resumed through Pakistan on Wednesday with stepped up security after a four-month hiatus due to attacks, Pakistani officials said.Pakistani...
View ArticlePML-N wins in Lahore’s PP-150 recount; PTI rejects unofficial result
LAHORE: Mian Marghoob Ahmad of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) on Wednesday emerged victorious after unofficial results of recounting at Lahore’s PP-150 seat, DawnNews reported.Recounting was...
View ArticleNavy officer gunned down in Karachi
A senior Pakistan navy officer was shot dead and his Swedish wife wounded in Pakistan's port city of Karachi on Wednesday, police said.The couple were shot on a busy thoroughfare near the National...
View ArticleArab nations offered to pay for Syria strike: Kerry
WASHINGTON: Arab nations have offered to help pay for any US military intervention in Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers Wednesday as he sought support for missile strikes.“With...
View ArticleExecution moratorium cannot be linked to Taliban talks: Zardari
ISLAMABAD: The outgoing president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday emphasised that maintaining moratorium on death penalties is the European Union’s condition for granting preferential market...
View ArticleMQM to support ‘positive steps’ in bringing peace to Karachi
KARACHI: Welcoming the views expressed in the federal cabinet meeting about restoration of long-lasting peace in Karachi, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Wednesday vowed to support every positive step...
View ArticleIMF board approves $6.7 billion loan for Pakistan
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund’s board on Wednesday approved a $6.7 billion loan package for Pakistan to help the nation revive its ailing economy.In a statement, the IMF said the...
View ArticleConfusion over PTI’s eligibility to contest by-polls
ISLAMABAD: Confusion prevails over the eligibility of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) to contest the Oct 7 by-elections for three provincial assembly seats as it has failed to submit the consolidated...
View ArticleSC dismisses plea about drone attacks
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court held on Wednesday that since matters of defence, security of the country and foreign policy did not fall within the judicial domain, interference by the high courts was not...
View ArticleSindh to have 7 judges in SC
ISLAMABAD: Sindh will have seven judges among the Supreme Court’s total 17 judges after the elevation of Sindh High Court Chief Justice Mushir Aalam to the apex court.Justice Alam’s name was...
View ArticleNawaz presides over Command Authority meeting today
ISLAMABAD: The National Command Authority (NCA) meets on Thursday to reassure the world that its nuclear weapons are safe and the country remained committed to non-proliferation goals.The meeting,...
View ArticleAsma calls for probe into murder plot
LAHORE, Sept 4: Former Supreme Court Bar Association president and human rights activist Asma Jahangir has called for a probe into her assassination plot reported by The Washington Post. In a statement...
View ArticleObama weighs Egypt aid suspension
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama's top national security aides have recommended that the US suspend hundreds of millions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Egypt in response to the...
View ArticleTalks with Taliban not to affect operations in tribal areas
ISLAMABAD: Army’s counter-militancy operations in restive tribal areas would remain unaffected by the talk of government’s impending dialogue with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and its affiliated...
View ArticleTwo gunmen killed in Kabul mosque shootout: officials
KABUL: Police killed two militants in an early morning shootout at a mosque in Kabul frequented by Shias, Afghan authorities said. Details were sketchy in the immediate hours after the clash Thursday,...
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