ISLAMABAD - The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has barred ex-prime minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and other accused in Rs22 billion Rental Power Projects (RPPs) scam from leaving Pakistan.The former prime minister has also been placed on the Exit Control List (ECL). The FIA has ordered all the ...

TOKYO - Members of Myanmar's Muslim minority Rohingya community said Thursday they have been barred from a gathering to welcome democracy hero Aung San Suu Kyi when she visits Japan. Suu Kyi is expected from Saturday in her first visit to the country for nearly three decades, after time spent as a ...

ISLAMABAD - Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim has strictly directed all the ECP officials not to issue any statement to electronic or print media.In this connection, the CEC Tuesday issued a special notification barring the ECP officials from giving press statements and ...

Nomination papers of former President General (Retired) Pervez Musharraf have been accepted by the Election Commission for NA-32, Chitral.However, Pervez Musharraf was barred from contesting general elections in another constituency, NA-250, after the Election Commission of Pakistan rejected his ...

ISLAMABAD – The Senate on Friday unanimously passed the National Commission for Human Rights Bill 2012 with some amendments that would further pave way for the establishment of a National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) for the purposes of promotion and protection of human rights in Pakistan. ...

GENEVA  - An aid convoy was denied access to the Baba Amr district of Homs Friday, International Red Cross chief Jakob Kellenberger said, calling the Syrian refusal after an earlier assurance “unacceptable.”The joint convoy of the ICRC and Syrian Red Crescent team had spent all day ...

ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday restrained NEPRA from collecting Fuel Price Adjustment (FPA) from the general public in a public interest petition. The decision was taken by a single Bench of IHC comprising Justice Riaz Ahmed Khan that granted stay and restrained the NEPRA to ...

ISLAMABAD - After Ogras decision, FBR has now imposed ban on further import of CNG cylinders in the country by blacklisted companies, it was learnt reliably. The incumbent government is desperately imposing restrictions only to discourage CNG business in the country. Earlier, in a summary of the ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Interior Ministry has issued a fresh list of as many as 31 banned outfits, mostly having religious background or linked to the Baloch separatist groups, and barred them from collecting hides of sacrificial animals besides carrying out their organisational activities throughout ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE A Division Bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday disqualified PML-N candidate Wilayat Shah Khagga to contest election in PP-220, Sahiwal after he was previously disqualified as MNA on the ground that he was holding a bogus BA degree. The Bench of Justice Nasir Saeed ...

ISLAMABAD - Abbottabad Commission, investigating the May 2 raid by US marines, on Tuesday imposed ban on travelling abroad of all the individuals including Dr Shakeel Afridi, who is allegedly linked with the American spy agency CIA. The judicial commission met in the chair of recently retired judge ...

ISLAMABAD (Online) - President Asif Ali Zardari has stopped PPP leaders from giving counter statements against MQM. PPP sources told MQM following its separation from ruling coalition, resignation of Governor Sindh and decision to sit on Opposition benches had criticised PPP leadership and ...

ISLAMABAD A single-member bench of Islamabad High Court (IHC) comprising Justice Riaz Ahmed on Wednesday issued notices to Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Secretary Environment seeking reply within two weeks in the case of allotment of residential plots to influential persons and ...

KARACHI The Badminton World Federation has barred four Pakistanis from competing in the all BWF tournaments in future, the Pakistan Badminton Federation headed by Nazar Muhammad Gondal announced here Tuesday. According to information released, the Pakistan Badminton Federation was informed by the ...

LAHORE - Speaker Punjab Assembly, Rana Iqbal has barred two PPP legislators, Sajida Mir and Fauzia Behram from attending the ongoing Assembly session for 15 days. The Speaker took the decision on the complaint of PPPs Parliamentary leader Raja Riaz who cited the recent brawl between the two ladies ...

NEW YORK Judge Richard Goldstone, a respected South African jurist and the much-maligned author of the UNs fact-finding report on Israeli war crimes in Gaza, says he wont be attending an important Jewish rite of passage for his grandson in Johannesburg next month, apparently because of the ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - Azad Jammu and Kashmir Supreme Court, while admitting a writ petition, has issued a stay order barring Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council (Upper House of the AJK Parliament) and the Chairman AJK Council (the Prime Minister of Pakistan) from reopening or reviewing the appointment of the ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court has restrained Punjab government from possible sealing Doctors Hospital and summoned head of Chief Ministers inquiry commission, Nazar chohan, for December 18 on a petition moved by hospital though its Managing Director, Faiza Asghar. Justice Mian Saqib Nisar summoned ...

ROME (AFP) - The anti-immigration mayor of a northern Italian city has barred Muslim women from wearing the controversial body-concealing swimsuit known as a burqini, a report said Wednesday. Women wearing the garment made up of a veil, a tunic and loose leggings face a fine of 500 euros ($700) if ...

THE Indian Supreme Court has ruled that Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, convicted for his role in the 1993 Mumbai blasts, cannot contest forthcoming elections. The court declined Dutts request to suspend his conviction saying he had been involved in a serious offence. The actor was sentenced to six ...

LAHORE - On account of security reasons, Governor Salman Taseer Friday restrained American Consulate Bryan Hunt from visiting Qasimul Aloom where he was due to meet JUI central leader Maulana Ajmal Qadri. According to JUI spokesman, Mr Hunt was invited to visit and dine with Maulana Ajmal Qadri at ...

WASHINGTON - The US Senate has approved legislation, refraining banks that will receive the proposed bailout funds, from appointing to foreign workers. The Senate added the restriction as part of the economic stimulus plan being debated in the house. Under the legislation, which has a two-year ...

LAHORE - Suspended pacer Mohammad Asif has been asked by the board to avoid giving statements in the media over his drug case hearing before the Indian Premier League tribunal. There were reports that Asif was conveyed he should not speak to the media on the issue as it would only lead to more ...

ISLAMABAD - Fate of the multi billion rupees 'Zeropoint Interchange' being carried out with an aggressive pace, has hit snags after Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to stop the civil works until an environmental impact assessment of the ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court has stopped the National Electricity Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) and distribution companies from implementing variable tariff of electricity at peak hours and much higher rates on users of 5KWH or above electricity to the extent of industrial units. The ...

WASHINGTON  - US Muslim leaders Thursday urged Barack Obama to personally apologise to two supporters in headscarves who were barred from appearing in camera shot with the White House contender this week. The Democrat's campaign has apologised for the snub, which occurred when campaign ...

LAHORE - Lahore High Court Chief Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain has barred govt from acquiring the land purchased with foreign exchange as the same is protected under a law made to encourage foreign and Pakistani investment in the country. The court ruled this while excluding the land of Suleman ...