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Rs23bn released to end unscheduled loadshedding
ISLAMABAD: Strong protests in parliament and on the street against frequent and prolonged power outages forced the government on…
President reviews steps for ending power crisis
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari held another meeting on Friday to monitor the energy crisis and called back Interior Minister…
Reopening of Nato supply routes included in long list of demands: US bills seek ban on trade; 90pc aid cut
WASHINGTON, May 10: The US Congress on Thursday proposed stopping preferential trade with Pakistan and reducing aid to just 10…
Power riots rock Punjab
LAHORE, May 10: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif joined on Thursday a demonstration in the city in protest against the…
UK, Pakistan agree to boost trade
LONDON: Pakistan and the United Kingdom agreed on Thursday to take effective steps to increase bilateral trade to about…
DCC, cabinet meetings on May 15, 16
ISLAMABAD, May 10: As the government decided to convene back-to-back meetings of the country’s highest defence policy coordination forum —Defence…
Siachen talks next month
ISLAMABAD, May 10: The next round of India-Pakistan defence secretaries’ talks on Siachen will be held on June 11-12 in…
ICRC suspends work in Peshawar, Karachi
PESHAWAR, May 10: Reacting to the killing of its worker in Balochistan, the International Committee of the Red Cross has…
Aid bill with stringent conditions moved in committee: Gulf between Pakistan and US widening
WASHINGTON, May 9: The United States and Pakistan move further away from each other as efforts to revive their ties…
Aslam Beg passes the buck to Durrani
ISLAMABAD, May 9: Gen (retd) Aslam Beg has passed the buck to Gen (retd) Asad Durrani.
A day ahead of…
NA speaker holds key to Gilani’s fate
ISLAMABAD: Now that the judges have spoken — and in detail —the fate of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani lies…
Assembly backs South Punjab, Bahawalpur provinces
LAHORE, May 9: In a rare show of unanimity, the treasury and the opposition in the Punjab Assembly jointly adopted…
Supreme Court issues detailed judgment in contempt case
ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited Supreme Court verdict which explained the reasons behind Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s contempt charge left much…
All parties stick to earlier positions
ISLAMABAD: Positions on all sides remained unchanged after the release on Tuesday of the detailed Supreme Court judgment on the…
PM vows to exhaust all options
ON BOARD PM’S AIRCRAFT: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said he would not be coerced into leaving…
Aitzaz to challenge order
ISLAMABAD: Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan said on Tuesday that he would file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the conviction…
US reminded about sacrifices
ISLAMABAD: As US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrapped up her visit to India, the war of words between her…
Bodies of two soldiers found in Miramshah
MIRAMSHAH, May 7: Explosions rocked Miramshah on Monday after military helicopters attacked arms markets, leaving several people dead and wounded.…
Allegation about Zawahiri mere conjecture: FO
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office dismissed on Monday US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s allegations about Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri’s…
Clinton hits out at Pakistan in India
NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, on a three-day visit to India, accused Pakistan on Monday of not…
JC postpones nomination of ad hoc, acting judges
ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission (JC) postponed deliberation on nomination of two ad hoc and one acting judges in the Supreme…
PM stresses ‘trade for peace’ with India
LAHORE: Pakistan is committed to resolving all outstanding issues with India through dialogue, besides developing relations on the basis of…
China group interested in AJK power projects
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is seeking a push for early mobilisation of Chinese contractors to start construction of 1,100MW Kohala Hydropower…
9 soldiers die in militant ambush
PESHAWAR, May 6: At least nine soldiers were killed in a gunfight with terrorists in Miramshah on Sunday.
According to…
By-polls if PML-N’s legislators quit: Gilani
LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Sunday that the government would hold by-elections if the PML-N resigned from…
Socialist Hollande elected president: Sarkozy out as France swings to left
PARIS, May 6: Francois Hollande was elected France’s first Socialist president in nearly two decades on Sunday, dealing a humiliating…
Imran asks PML-N to resign from assemblies
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf’s chief Imran Khan has said that parliament has lost its credibility after failing to implement its resolutions…
Get ready for long march, Nawaz asks people
TAXILA: The nation should get ready for a ‘long march’ to force the People’ Party-led coalition out of office, PML-N…
Compensation for families of policemen killed in Lyari
KARACHI: The government has announced Rs2 million each to be paid as compensation to the families of policemen killed in…
Second drone strike in a week kills 10 in North Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH: Ten people died when a US drone struck a suspected compound in Shawal region of North Waziristan Agency on…
