SIALKOT - Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that the PPP government is successfully tackling all the non-democratic powers in the country.Addressing a big public meeting at border area Ucha Wainse-Sucheetgarh, Sialkot tehsil, some 46kms from here, she said ...

New York (ES)  Madonna finds being a single mother ''hard work''. The singer has four kids, Lourdes, 15, Rocco, 12, David, six, and five-year-old Mercy and admits juggling raising them and maintaining her busy career can be difficult. She said: ''I'm not going to lie - it's hard work having ...

Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Monday said that he was ready to appear before the Supreme Court and produce documentary evidences with regard to Mehran Bank scandal.Talking to media persons outside the parliament house, he said that action should be taken against those who violated constitution, ...

LAHORE - It may be astonishing for many in Pakistan, but it is a fact that women in UK also face discrimination and inequality in a society which is otherwise much more advanced in many respects compared to the developing countries.Claire Maxwell, a renowned teacher, women right activist and ...

LAKKI MARWAT - The public representatives are responsible for the backwardness of the district, as they have failed to deliver and resolve the problems of area people during the last four years.This was stated by JUI-F MPA Naseer Muhammad Khan Maidadkhel while speaking at an inaugural ceremony of ...

WASHINGTON  - Reports that Osama bin Laden’s body was flown to the US - not buried at sea, as the official account said - have been denied by a senior US State Department official. The Pentagon considers ‘’false and fairly ridiculous’’ the information contained in ...

Federal Information Minister, Firdos Ashiq Awan Saturday said that the political personalities which have been unveiled in Asghar Ali Khan case should present themselves before the apex court.Talking to journalists here in Lahore, Awan said that so called champions of democracy have been exposed in ...

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Governor, Barrister Masood Kausar on Thursday paid his first visit to Mohmand Agency where he addressed the representative jirga of tribal elders.He said that peace had been restored in the agency after valuable sacrifices by the people as well as the law enforcement ...

The Supreme Court (SC) resumed the hearing of Asghar Khan case on Firday and ordered the attorney general to get instructions on classified documents from the government and inform the court, a private TV reported.A three-member bench of the apex court comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad ...

RENALA KHURD - Change is not far away and the days of corrupt politicians are over, Sange Qaumi Soch (SQS) Founder Rao Wajad Ali said here the other day. Addressing a public gathering at village 12/1AL, he said the poor is getting poorer under the oppression of those who were holding the reigns of ...

NEW YORK - A senior Chinese official has alleged that militants in north-western China have ‘deep-seated ties’ to Pakistan-based terror groups, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal Wednesday.The newspaper called the accusation ‘unusually explicit’ that could put ...

Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PIT) Imran Khan has said that 20th constitutional amendment is aimed at protecting common interests of the political parties and it will have no positive aspect for masses and nation.Addressing the reception hosted by the Pakistan Executive Group (PEG) in Jeddah ...

Prime Minister, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, said Saturday that neither any caretaker nor a chairtaker government would be put in place."Pakistan PM is the strongest man at present. He will neither go upward nor downward and will not go inside or outside”, he said while talking to media men after ...

LAHORE – Pepco Managing Director Rasul Khan Mahsud has reiterated that he could not give people any hope regarding decrease in loadshedding during the summer season. He said this while talking to the media after attending a conference here on Tuesday.Mr Mahsud took this stance on loadshedding ...

Former President of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Asma Jahangir on Saturday said that Mansoor Ijaz, a US citizen and central character of the mamogate scandal, was hatching conspiracy against the government on direction of someone else.Talking to media persons in the Lahore High Court (LHC) ...

FARRUKH SAEED KHLAHORE – Grandson of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti and President Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) Nawabzada Shahzain Bugti has said the trust relationship between Islamabad and Balochistan does not exist anymore and his party will not participate in an APC convened by the prime minster, ...

The Supreme Court (SC) Lahore Registry on Monday heard suo moto case regarding the strike by the Young Doctors Association (YDA) and also took notice of the situation regarding the medicines in markets.A three-judge bench comprising Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jilani, Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and ...

India's decision to continue importing Iranian oil is a slap on the face of the United States, which is galvanising the international community to isolate Tehran, according to a former US diplomat who was Bush Administration's pointman on Indo-US civilian nuclear deal."This is bitterly ...

LAHORE – Shahbaz Sharif has expressed his deep anger and resentment over the resolution presented in US Congress regarding Balochistan and has strongly condemned it. In a statement issued here on Saturday, the Chief Minister warned those who had prepared the resolution that Pakistan should ...

LAHORE-Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani reached provincial metropolis on Friday evening amid reports of his meeting with Mian Atta Manika of PML-Q’s forward bloc on Saturday (today).  Though Mr Manika has rejected reports of his meeting with PM Gilani, political circles were abuzz ...

LAHORE – Criticising the derailment of democracy by repeated military interventions in the country’s history and overall social and political structure of the society, Syed Fakhar Imam, the former Speaker of the National Assembly, has said that change cannot come to Pakistan by slogans ...

Attorney General of Pakistan Maulvi Anwarul Haq Thursday submitted at the Supreme Court (SC) as many as 43 documents spanning over 400 pages in contempt case against Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani.The documents filed by the AG Haq contain evidences including the court orders in connection ...

U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter Wednesday said the cooperation between the secret agencies of Pakistan and his country were still sustained.Addressing Boston-based university Harvard Kennedy School, he said the Pakistani politicians don’t want to the US soldiers to go back home, ...

Renowned law expert Abid Hasan Manto Monday said the rulers were lost in their conceit, believing that they will remind judges of their favors on them (judges) and the matter will dissolve into thin air.Talking to a private television channel, he said the respect for the judiciary is not just ...

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Monday reiterated its stance on early elections, saying that it would oppose the appointment of a new prime minister, in case Yousuf Raza Gilani is ousted from his job.After submitting his nomination papers for the Senate elections here in Islamabad on ...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday said Prime Minster Yousuf Raza Gilani should resign from his post after indictment with contempt charges.Talking to media in Karachi, Khan said that PTI was standing with the Supreme Court to implement the orders. He said no moral ...

Pakistan on Monday said the process for giving India the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status is expected to be finalised "very soon"."The cabinet has approved in-principle approval to giving MNF status to India and the government will grant it very soon," Amin Fahim said while talking to reporters ...

The Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that Pakistan is in the grip of multifaceted crises and sincere efforts and prayers are needed to save Pakistan. Addressing the Mehfil-e-Milaad-e-Mustafa (SAW) here in London, Altaf Hussain prayed that may Almighty Allah bless ...

US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter has said that stable Pakistan is in favour of US.Talking to media during his visit to Karachi Expo Centre to view the agri exhibition, Munter said that use of modern techniques in Pakistan agriculture is also in favour of United States.He vowed that his ...

Federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim on Saturday said that he was not eager to become prime minister; however he would accept his party's decision in this regard.Speaking to media representatives after attending an exhibition in Lahore, Amin Fahim said that the Pakistan People's Party ...