PESHAWAR  - Collector Customs Peshawar Zulfiqar A Kazmi has agreed in principle with demand of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KPCCI) of allowing rebateable export from Ghulam Khan check post in Bannu. In this regard, Collector Custom has also held out assurance of sending ...

aylesbury - The Group of Seven advanced economies smoothed over US-European differences at a weekend meeting on how to balance deep austerity measures with ways to support fragile growth.G7 finance ministers and central bank governors also pledged Saturday their commitment to tackling tax evasion ...

CALIFORNIA: Sharon Osbourne has reportedly negotiated a £2 million deal to return to The X Factor. The former judge, who quit the ITV show in 2007, has finalised the terms of her comeback and will sign the contract next week, The People reports. Osbourne’s salary will make her the ...

islamabad - After the successful negotiations between two archrivals India and Pakistan, the former has agreed to release 117 Pakistani prisoners who have completed their term in prison, sources in Interior Ministry told TheNation on Wednesday. These Pakistanis were detained on charges of overstay ...

BANGUI (AFP) - The Central African Republic's rebel strongman on Thursday agreed to a regional plan to hold elections within 18 months and appoint another interim leader, the prime minister said.Michael Djotodia, who proclaimed himself president after seizing Bangui in a bloody coup last month, had ...

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) agreed on Wednesday to meet the government delegation that had negotiated with Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri.The ECP held a meeting on Wednesday chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Fakhruddin G Ibrahim to discuss ...

PESHAWAR – Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain and Chairman Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Mahmood Khan Achakzai on Saturday assured to participate in the All Parties Conference (APC) to be convened by the Awami National Party (ANP) on the issue of ...

LONDON :Derbyshire have confirmed the return of Usman Khawaja, the Australia batsman, as their overseas player for the second half of the 2012 season. Khawaja will join up with the county in mid-June for the Friends Life t20, taking over from Martin Guptill - who is also back for a second stint - ...

ISLAMABAD - A Senate Special Committee reached consensus in its meeting Thursday to form Healthcare and Drug Regularity Authority (HDRA) at the federal level after the assurance of the committee to redress the objections of Punjab. Senator Ishaq Dar representing the Punjab government gave the ...

ISLAMABAD - United States and Pakistan agreed to work together on measures to promote private sector engagement between the two countries and create legitimate and productive enterprises for the Pakistani people. The Commerce Ministry on Thursday issued the joint statement of United ...

Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD - Acting Speaker Faisal Karim Kundi chaired a meeting of Business Advisory Committee in the Parliament House to discuss the business of the House for the 34th Session of the National Assembly. The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) strongly opposed the prorogation of the ...

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian hunger-striker Anna Hazare, who has led a huge public campaign against corruption, agreed to end his 12-day fast on Saturday after forcing new concessions from lawmakers. Addressing cheering crowds at his muddy camp in central New Delhi where he has fasted in front of a ...

SALLY Bercow has agreed the terms of a 100,000 contract to appear alongside Amy Childs on Celebrity Big Brother, according to a report. The outspoken wife of House of Commons Speaker John Bercow was linked with the Channel 5 reality show last week, but used Twitter to hint there was nothing in the ...

ISLAMABAD The narcotics control ministers of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan have agreed to form Border Liaison Offices (BLOs) in order to grapple with the growing menace of drug trafficking in the region. The decision has come after the consensus reached between Arbab Muhammad Zahir, Federal ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Members of the Indonesian Chapter of Pakistan-Indonesia Joint Business Council Thursday met Ambassador Sanaullah in Jakarta and discussed promotion of business and trade linkages between the two countries. Among others M. Mansur, Chairman Indonesian Pulp and Paper Association, ...

TOKYO (AFP) - Asia-Pacific ministers and officials agreed Saturday to promote renewable sources and nuclear power in a bid to maintain energy security and cut greenhouse gas emissions in the region. Japan hosted the one-day energy meeting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC), in ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - BP on Wednesday agreed to pay 20 billion dollars into an independently run fund to meet the spiralling costs of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, bowing to tough demands from President Barack Obama. The deal was revealed as top executives from the British energy giant met at the ...

PESHAWAR (APP) - Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has linked cooperation in energy conservation strategy with the uninterrupted supply of power to the markets from 5:00 P.M to 10:00 P.M. Addressing a meeting held in connections with the implementation of the energy conservation ...

WASHINGTON US President Barack Obama on Tuesday called on world leaders not simply to talk, but to act to secure or destroy vulnerable stockpiles of nuclear materials, underscoring that the prospect of nuclear terrorism had emerged as one of the greatest threats to the global security. Meanwhile, ...

LAHORE India has agreed to the proposal put forward by Pakistan to review the design of Nimo Bazgo Dam project, also declaring the Pak demand of reactivating the telemetry system on rivers as acceptable. This was decided on the first day of three-day meeting of the Indus River Commission held in ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Awami National Party and Pakistan Muslim League (N) have expressed agreement over the name of Afghania for the province. PML-N leader Pir Sabir Shah talking to a private News channel said that ANP had proposed three names for the province ie Pakhtoonkhwa, Pakhtoonistan and ...

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran said on Sunday the West has given it until the end of January to accept a uranium swap deal, stressing it will press on with plans to produce higher enriched nuclear fuel if there is no agreement. Tehran has already ignored a US-set December 31 deadline to accept a UN-brokered ...

CAIRO (AFP) - OPEC heavyweights led by kingpin Saudi Arabia on Saturday appeared united in their support for maintaining production quotas, saying the oil price is satisfactory and the market is stable. All oil ministers of Arab countries members of OPEC attending a meeting in Egypt said there was ...

FILM director Roman Polanski agreed to pay a 13-year-old girl $500,000, it has emerged. Polanski, who was detained in Switzerland this week, made the offer to Samantha Geimer in 1993, 15 years after he had illegal relations with her. Court records do not say whether the Oscar-winning director ...

LAHORE - The LCCI President Mian Muzaffar Ali and Napalese Ambassador Bala Bahadur Kunwar here Saturday agreed to take all possible measures to increase the volume of bilateral trade between Pakistan and Nepal. The consensus was developed at a meeting held at Lahore Chamber of Commerce and ...

KARACHI - The World Bank has agreed to expand its On Farm Water Management Project loan programme for additional 3,000 watercourses lining in Sindh, officials told The Nation. The World Banks $61m 'Sindh, On-Farm Water Management Project started in FY2004-05 and about to complete in the outgoing ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - A delegation of Asian Development Bank on Thursday called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and agreed in principle to finance Diamer-Bhasha Dam project. The delegation headed by its vice President Xiaoyu Zhao, assured ADB's support to the Pakistan government and informed ...

WASHINGTON - Pakistan's government has agreed that a shift in fiscal and monetary policy will be necessary to confront a deteriorating economic situation, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday. In a statement following a 12-day visit to Islamabad and Dubai to meet with Pakistani officials, ...

BEIJING  - North Korea agreed on Saturday to completely disable its main nuclear facilities by the end of October and to allow thorough site inspections to verify that all necessary steps had been taken. The deal was announced as the latest round of six-nation disarmament talks concluded in ...