WASHINGTON: A US general was suspended Tuesday as commander of an army training centre following allegations of adultery and a physical altercation, an army spokesman announced.The action comes as the army is grappling with a cascade of scandals over alleged sexual harassment and abuse.Brigadier ...

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has announced that they will hold protests in Pakistan and in other countries against statements made by Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan.Speaking at a press conference at Karachi’s Nine-Zero, MQM leader Dr Farooq Sattar spoke out strongly and ...

Muthaida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has expressed strong reaction over Imran's Khan allegations against Altaf Hussain for the killing of his party leader Zahra Shahid Hussain.Addressing a press conference here on Sunday, MQM senior Leader Dr Farooq Sattar condemned the brutal murder of PTI vice president ...

QUETTA The Balochistan Election Commissioner has turned down all the allegations regarding tempering of election results, saying loadshedding, technical faults and late reaching of presiding officers in far-flung areas are the main reasons which delayed announcement of poll results.Addressing a ...

Former Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has appealed to the masses to set aside political differences and work for the prosperity of Pakistan.Talking to media here in Lahore on Monday, he denied rigging allegations in Punjab, and urged upon rivals to restrain from leveling allegations.Shahbaz ...

    Karachi   Karachi was the focus for allegations of fraud during Pakistan’s landmark general elections, though the polling was transparent in most parts of the country. Mismanagement and allegations of rigging at various polling stations in the port city led some parties to ...

ISLAMABAD -  Pakistan Muslim League (N) on Monday strongly refuted allegations levelled by PPP leader Rehman Malik about money laundering aga-inst Sharif brothers, saying that all these claims are false and fabricated and ‘this matter is also sub judice.’“All these claims of ...

Former interior minister Rehman Malik has challenged Sharif Brothers to have a debate with him over corruption charges.He claimed that the PML-N chief had laundered money to Saudi Arabia. He said former federal minister Ishaq Dar admitted in his affidavit that he had committed money laundering on ...

ISLAMABAD - PTI Secretary General Pervaiz Khattak, while expressing surprise at the accusations by PML-N leaders against PTI candidates and ticket allocation procedures, has said that it is unfortunate that issues are being relegated to the backburner by the Nawaz League and instead personalized ...

SIALKOT - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) candidate for constituency NA-110 Sialkot City-I Arshad Mehmood Baggu has levelled several allegations against his rival candidate PML-N stalwart Khawaja Muhammad Asif of corruption, accumulating wealth through unfair means and deliberately concealing details of his ...

Pakistan has firmly rejected Indian Home Minister's allegations that Pakistan is facilitating terrorists' infiltration into India.In a statement issued Tuesday‚ Foreign Office termed allegations absolutely unfounded.“Unsubstantiated statements are not helpful in creating an environment ...

LAHORE – The Punjab Prisons authorities have condemned the accusations, about maltreatment, by the counsel of Sarabjit Singh saying the inmate was in sound health and gaining weight with ever passing day.An official communiqué issued by the Additional Superintendent Central Jail on ...

NEW DELHI  -  Cricket fraternity from all around the world expressed their angst about the new match-fixing allegations regarding the India-Pakistan 2011 World Cup semifinal. "I don't know how they have got the information but let me tell you that India are world champions and nobody can ...

KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has said that he had never taken any money or funds, directly or indirectly, from the ISI, the MI or any other agency, through or from Mr Yousuf Memon advocate. “If Memon had taken any money from the agencies or Younus Habib, he should be ...

LAHORE – Terming allegations of fake degree baseless, Khateeb Badshahi Mosque Maulana Abdul Khabeer Azad has said that the opponents have launched campaign to malign him and his family. Talking to TheNation on Tuesday, said that the record could be verified from Aukaf Department, ...

Our Staff Reporter KHANEWAL - City School (Nursery Branch) Headmistress Mrs Rubana Faheem contradicted the story which was published in a section of press a few days ago, that two minor British national Pakistani twin sisters, studying at the City Public School, were sexually assaulted by school ...

Our Staff reporter MULTAN - Member Punjab Assembly Syed Abdul Qadir Gillani on Thursday dispelled corruption allegations in Hajj scam case and termed all such claims as baseless and unfounded. Nothing could be proved against him in Hajj corruption case and now 'political mudslinging in the garb of ...

LAHORE (APP) The Pak-US Business Council Sunday expressed their serious concerns over the series of wild allegations and threats to Pakistan by the US administration and armed forces chief to achieve their interests. Founder Chairman Pak US Business Council Iftikhar Ali Malik said that The US must ...

PARIS (AFP) - The wife of a former close aide of French President Nicolas Sarkozy repeated claims Saturday that her husband, charged in a damaging graft scandal, had returned from trips abroad with bags of cash. In media interviews Princess Helene of Yugoslavia, estranged wife of Thierry Gaubert, ...

RAWALPINDI Azad Jammu Kashmir newly-elected President Sardar Yaqub Khan has said that he will actively work for the supremacy of constitution and law, making AJK a real base camp for Kashmir independence movement and highlight the Kashmir issue on the international front. Talking exclusively to ...

PESHAWAR Terming the allegations of being an India spy baseless and ridiculous, renowned Pashto and Urdu singer Asma Latta said Saturday that she could never think to spy against the country that gifted her respect and popularity. I am a Pakistani citizen and belong to Vina city of Punjab. My ...

LAHORE The legislators kept the tradition of creating rumpus at the Punjab Assembly though at the fag end of the Fridays proceedings, which brought spice to the sitting to an otherwise 'matter-of-the fact day. The House proceedings were going on smoothly when at the closing moments PPPs ...

ISLAMABAD - PML-N Spokesman Ahsan Iqbal, MNA, Sunday expressed his shock over allegations of PPP Senator Babar Awan that PML-N was supporting cut in the defence budget. In a press statement he said, It is quite amusing that Awan who was until recently minister for parliamentary affairs isnt aware ...

MUMBAI - Sri Lanka's another former captain, Arjuna Ranatunga may come forward to substantiate the match-fixing allegations made by his former team-mate, Hashan Tillakratne. "I am planning to hold the press conference in Sri Lanka next week and will reveal more details on this regard, he said ...

LAHORE - The Question-Hour was a more-than-a-routine as a matter of fact, but the later barter of allegations by the coalition partners at the Punjab Assembly on Monday was certainly far less important than the official business of legislating the Punjab Local Government (Amendment) Bill 2010. ...

PARIS (AFP) France is to probe allegations of kickbacks on arms deals with Pakistan used to fund political campaigns following a suit lodged by relatives of French engineers killed in a 2002 Karachi bombing. Investigating magistrate Renaud van Ruymbeke is to probe allegations that a company set up ...

LAHORE Renowned singer Jawad Ahamd has said he would move the court of law if anyone levelled baseless allegations against him. Addressing a Press conference here on Thursday, he said he always served the nation and the truthless allegations by singer Abrarul Haq had damaged his popularity and ...

LONDON (AFP) World snooker supremo Barry Hearn vowed Monday that anyone found guilty of match-fixing would be dealt with severely and swiftly, after world number one John Higgins was suspended over bribery claims. Higgins was in bits about the allegations which surfaced in a Sunday newspaper, ...

ISLAMABAD President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Qazi Anwar has served a Rs 100 million defamation notice on Barrister Bacha, his opponent candidate for the SCBA top slot, for damaging his reputation through media. I have issued him Rs 100 million notice for levelling heinous allegations ...

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - Irans UN mission on Thursday rejected as totally untrue allegations by the leaders of France and Britain that Tehran is making a covert grab to develop nuclear weapons. The mission said allegations made by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon ...