Numan Wahab & Mumtaz Alvi
LAHORE: The provincial election tribunal has approved nomination papers of 12 candidates for the Senate, nominated by different political parties, on general and reserved seats and rejected papers of three candidates on technical grounds.
All 12 ...
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our correspondent
MIRAMSHAH: Sixteen persons were killed and four others sustained injuries in two separate missile attacks by the US drones in North Waziristan on Thursday.
Tribal sources said a drone fired two missiles at a house in Spalga village located on ...
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PESHAWAR: Three persons, including the son of a Lashkar chief in Upper Dir, were killed and nine others injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the office of District Coordination Officer on Thursday.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for ...
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Faisal Kamal Pasha
ISLAMABAD: The central character of the memo controversy, Mansoor Ijaz, in his testimony before the three-member commission has submitted that “he maintains high-level political and military/intelligence contacts in nearly two dozen countries ...
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Amir Zia
ISLAMABAD: After decades of mistrust and acrimony, both India and Pakistan have realised that building economic ties is the only option and way forward to ensure stability, peace and progress in the region, Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma ...
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Irfan Burki
WANA: Eight Taliban militants and a Pakistan Army soldier were killed and seven others, including four militants and three soldiers, were injured in a clash in Wana, the headquarters of South Waziristan, on Thursday.
Official and tribal sources ...
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Asim Yasin
ISLAMABAD: Whether the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) will manage to complete its task of probing the memogate scandal before March 11 or leave it to be tackled by a new composition ofof the committee following the upcoming ...
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Shakil Shaikh
ISLAMABAD: The top five air marshals are in the run to become the next air chief, as the Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman will retire by March 18 this year after completing his three-year term.
The president and prime ...
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our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: The visiting Indian business delegation led by RB Mittal on Thursday called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at the PM House, expressing the resolve to build trade relations between the two countries on durable basis.
The ...
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WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: The US and Afghan governments have begun secret three-way talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai told The Wall Street Journal, in a move that could bolster US-led efforts to convene fully fledged peace talks ...
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WASHINGTON: Citing the importance of their relationship, the United States and Pakistan have rejected the notion of estrangement in bilateral ties as they take steps to repair the strains and build ties on a stable basis.
“From our perspective, ...
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Sohail Khan
ISLAMABAD: The Attorney General of Pakistan, Maulvi Anwarul Haq, on Thursday filed in the Supreme Court relevant documents for the prosecution of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, who was charge-sheeted by the apex court on February 13 in a ...
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Asim Yasin
ISLAMABAD: The Inquiry Commission on Abbottabad Operation has summoned Interior Minister Rehman Malik on February 23 to record his testimony regarding May 2 Abbottabad operation.
According to sources, the interior minister was earlier asked to ...
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our correspondent
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that loot and nepotism are rampant and judicial decisions are being ridiculed while the country is plunged in the darkness of corruption. He has said corruption and the obsolete system will have to be ...
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our correspondent
PESHAWAR: The Afghan security forces in Kunar province on Thursday returned 43 children, who wanted to go to Pakistan to get religious education, to their families, an Afghan official said on Thursday.
“The security forces stopped 43 children, ...
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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Thursday expressed Pakistan’s desire for greater engagement with the Commonwealth and said it was well-placed to promote Commonwealth’s agenda of democracy and development.
In a meeting with ...
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our correspondent
KARACHI: The Senateís Standing Committee on Defence has summoned the defence and foreign secretaries to explain the resumption of Nato supplies to Afghanistan, said its chairman Mian Raza Rabbani on Thursday.
Talking to the media after the ...
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ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet Division has clarified a news item published in ‘The News’ on Thursday in which it was reported that the prices of medicines have been increased.
In a rebuttal issued on Thursday, the Cabinet Division said: “The news item ...
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our correspondent
HYDERABAD: The federal and provincial governments were busy diverting billions of rupees of flood relief funds to MPAs funds as well as Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), where the huge amounts were being used as political tool, a ...
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Azam Ali
KARACHI: Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has sought urgent recommendation and opinion of the Water and Power Ministry with regard to recovery of $2.7 billion (approximately Rs300 billion) in two cases of the energy sector.
A letter by Prime ...
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RAWALPINDI: A spokesman for the ISPR Thursday said the press release issued by the HRW New York on January 30 regarding the report of the judicial commission on Journalist Saleem Shahzad’s alleged murder had been found extremely derogatory, biased ...
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Met office predicts rain, snowfall
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Thursday predicted more rain with snowfall over the hills in different parts of the country form Sunday to Wednesday. According to Met analysis, fresh ...
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