News Desk
CHICAGO: US President Barack Obama and President Asif Ali Zardari met here briefly, private TV channels reported late Monday night. Addressing a press conference, the US president said he briefly met Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.
He ...
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Asim Yasin & Muhammad Anis
ISLAMABAD: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday vowed to always stand by Pakistan in its hour of trial.
Addressing the joint sitting of both the Houses of Parliament, he said the two countries would continue to strengthen ...
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News Desk
CHICAGO/ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday told the Nato leaders that Pakistani parliament had provided a roadmap for negotiating the issue of blocked Nato supplies, and that the Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) had issued ...
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Ansar Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: Four secretaries in the Sindh government were made Officers on Special Duty (OSD) by the chief minister of the province on Monday for pointing out in an official report, meant for the Supreme Court, the serious causes of bad governance ...
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CHICAGO: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday met with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on the sidelines of the Nato summit and discussed the bilateral relations as well as the possibility of boosting economic ties between the two countries. ...
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our correspondent
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Hundreds of protesters stormed and torched the Wapda office to protest against long hours of electricity loadshedding in Taunsa Sharif on Monday.
The protesters, belonging to Kot Qaisrani, Shehlani, Sharnani, Shergarh, ...
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Imtiaz Ali
KARACHI: The Sindh Assembly’s Standing Committee on Privileges may award six months of imprisonment to PML-N central leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan if he does not appear before it despite repeated reminders, said provincial law minister here on ...
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Muhammad Ejaz Khan
QUETTA: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, while heading a three-member bench of the Supreme Court that was hearing the Balochistan law and order and missing persons’ cases at the SC’s Quetta Registry on Monday, said history would tell that ...
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SUKKUR: A man attempted self-immolation in front of the SSP Office, Khairpur, on Monday.Police said that Muhammad Bakhsh Panhwar of Tando Mir Ali reached outside the SSP office and attempted self-immolation. However, security guards of the SSP ...
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our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Monday said Pakistan would welcome more Turkish investments in infrastructure, including energy, construction and communication, as well as in urban development and agriculture ...
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SANAA: Yemen vowed to fight “terrorism” regardless of the sacrifices as Al-Qaeda claimed it was behind a bombing Monday that saw a soldier blow himself up in the middle of an army battalion, killing 96 troops.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ...
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our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani reacted cautiously when questioned about the outcome of the Chicago summit and said that the expectations of both sides had been not fully fulfilled.
In an informal chat ...
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ISLAMABAD: Senior Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim Monday stressed the need for early operationalidation of the Pak-Turkey Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) to boost trade activities between the two countries.
The Senior Minister ...
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Muhammad Saleh Zaafir
ISLAMABAD: Turk Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan felicitated Syed Musa Gilani, the son of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, on two counts one for his wedding and second about his becoming member of the Parliament.
He offered some pieces ...
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M Waqar Bhatti
KARACHI: Almost a year after the attack on PNS Mehran in Karachi, three Pakistan Navy on-duty officers have been court-martialed for showing negligence and dereliction of their duties, leading to the brazen attack on the naval installation in May ...
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Asim Yasin
ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau Monday launched a joint investigation with Pakistan Army to probe into the mega multi-billion rupee scam of National Logistic Cell (NLC) with recording the statement of civilian officer Saeedur Rehman ...
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RAWALPINDI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has informed the Interpol, an international police agency, that the arrest warrant of former president Pervez Musharraf issued by the Anti-Terrorist Court will remain valid till its compliance, ...
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our correspondent
LAHORE: A passenger was caught at the Allama Iqbal International Airport attempting to traffic heroin from Lahore to Dubai.
The passenger identified as Zafar Iqbal, a resident of Township Lahore, was trafficking one kg heroin. Interestingly, ...
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ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday issued a warning to all foreign nationals living in the country illegally after the expiry of their visas to leave the country without fail.
In a statement the Ministry of Interior directed all illegal ...
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SUKKUR: A man attempted self-immolation in front of the SSP Office, Khairpur, on Monday. Police said that Muhammad Bakhsh Panhwar of Tando Mir Ali reached outside the SSP office and attempted self-immolation. However, security guards of the SSP ...
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