A Foreign Office spokesman said brutal manner in which Sanaullah was attacked in the jail is most unfortunate and a matter of deep concern for Government of Pakistan.He conveyed concern to the Government of India in this regard and demanded that an investigation into the incident be held and ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister AJK Ch Abdul Majeed called on Prime Minister Justice (Retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso at Prime Minister House on Monday morning.During the meeting the deteriorating health condition of Sanaullah, a Pakistani prisoner in India, was discussed. The Prime Minister expressed ...

More Guantanamo prisoners have joined a hunger strike to protest their indefinite detention at the US-run military jail, with 97 out of 166 detainees refusing food, officials said Friday.Among the strikers, 19 have been given nasal feeding tubes, and five of those are hospitalized but do not have ...

KARACHI - KCCI President Muhammad Haroon Agar has expressed deep concern over announcement of eight-hour power loadshedding/ in all industrial areas/ zones of Karachi due to alleged drastic reduction in gas supply by the SSGC.He stated that KESC’s power load-shedding of two spells of ...

KARACHI - SITE Association of Industry has reacted strongly on the announcement of 8 hours loadshedding by KESC which will be in two spells from this morning in industrial areas due to alleged drastic cut in gas supply by the Sui Southern Gas Company as stated by the KESC.In a statement on ...

QUETTA – As general elections are approaching, the political environment is heating up in Balochistan compared to the atmosphere existed during the general elections of 2008 which were boycotted by Baloch and Pashtoon nationalist parties.Former Balochistan chief minister and Balochistan ...

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court on Friday directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to lodge a fraud case against director of an immigration consultancy firm Zobia Rabab for depriving a citizen of Rs1.7 million in the name of sending aboard.Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi issued this ...

SWAT - Cable operators in the city are airing unlicensed videos by playing private CDs with no landing rights in Pakistan, for which the local citizens are regularly showing their concerns as these videos are directly affecting the local culture and moral values.It is learnt that cable operators in ...

Islamabad – Fasihur Rehman Khan - Thursday was not a typical ‘field day’ for the media in the upper house of parliament as most of the senators kept on clarifying their position on tax evasion allegations. After all, 70 percent of the lawmakers of both the houses were accused of ...

LAHORE – Law and order situation in the country worsening day by day that forcing the investors to shift their business to other country. These views were expressed by a trade delegation in a meeting with PML Q leader Ramzan Gujjar here on Monday.With the closure of the business in different ...

President Pakistan Muslim League (N), Muhammad Nawaz Sharif expressing his concern over growing number of missing persons in the country said that there is no room for such activities in a civilized country like Pakistan. Addressing a ceremony for the distribution of funds among the families of the ...

LAHORE – Pakistan Mutthida Kisan Mahaz (PMKM) has convened a convention of growers from all over Punjab on May 06 to discuss situation arising out of delay in wheat procurement by federal and provincial governments. This is not only causing lot of mental stress to growers but has also brought ...

LAHORE : The LCCI Monday urged the SBP governor to take notice of the malfunctioning of the online system of private banks, causing undue damage to businesses and the economy. LCCI President Irfan Qaiser Sheikh said the online system of most banks remained offline in three to four days a week which ...

JERUSALEM  - A UN envoy called on Israel on Friday to do all it can for the health of a Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike for the past 55 days in protest at his detention without charge.Robert Serry, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East peace process, said he ...

NOORPUR THAL - People have voiced concern over open manholes on Noorpur-Rangpur Road recently constructed by Provincial Highway Department (PHD). The PHD spent billions of rupees on the road construction and completion of sewerage system but it left manholes uncovered, posing serious threats to the ...

LAHORE - President ABF Salim Ghauri has expressed deep concern over deaths of several dozen people and many more critically ill because of the usage of free but substandard medicines, says a Press release.Salim said there is an urgent need of creating awareness among masses over substandard ...

LAHORE - American Business Forum (ABF) President Salim Ghauri has expressed concerns over dwindling FDI which dropped by 37 per cent during the first half of current fiscal, says a Press release.He said adverse law and order situation, lack of infrastructure and rising energy shortfall are major ...

SIALKOT (APP) – President, Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) Naeem Anwar Qureshi in a joint meeting of Sialkot Chamber, Anjuman-e-Tajran and SE WAPDA, has expressed his concern over the load-shedding of electricity. He said that hours long unscheduled load shedding was not only ...

LAHORE Kattar Bund Road Industrial Association has demanded of the Chief Minister Punjab Mian Shabaz Sharif to take the area industrialists into confidence on mega under construction water disposal project, says a press release. In a joint statement issued here, the President Kattar Bund ...

KARACHI Awami National Party (ANP) Sindh President, Shahi Syed, on Monday underlined the need for elimination of cheating (botti) mafia and urged the government to constitute the special committees to eradicate the cheating mafia. Shahi Syed in his statement expressed concern over the freely ...

ISLAMABAD (PPI) - President of India Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry SM Muneer has expressed concern in a letter addressed to his Indian counterpart in Federation India Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on the delay of cotton shipments from India due to some amendments in the ...

PERTH (AFP) - Buoyant England will need to overcome a long hoodoo at the WACA as well as an Australian side scratching for form if they are to retain the Ashes in the third Test of the series starting Thursday. The tourists hold a 1-0 lead in the five-Test series after a thumping innings victory in ...

NAIROBI (AFP) Two years ago Kenyan track star Pamela Jelimo was a source of national pride: Her sudden rise to fame and riches earned her a private audience with President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga. However, the 800m Olympic champion and world junior records sudden downward slide ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The activists of Indian Civil Society, expressing serious concern over the prevailing situation in occupied Kashmir, have demanded an impartial probe into the recent killing of civilians by Indian troops in the territory. According to Kashmir Media Service, the Civil Society ...

LAHORE - Teachers Joint Action Committee led by Rana Liaquat, Rana Arshad, Jan-e-Alam, Tariq Zaidi and other office-bearers have expressed concern over the plan to remove undergraduate teachers from the Education Department. They said though the government had concealed this programme but the ...

KARACHI - The Sindh government has apprised President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani about its reservations over the text of the NFC Award in which important paras relating to distribution of resources on multiple criteria and provinces rights to collect GST on Services ...

LAHORE - How can people welcome 18th Amendment when confronted by the travails of 18-hours daily loadshedding, sky rocketing inflation and record high unemployment? These views were expressed by Moonis Elahi, central leader of Pakistan Muslim League, while talking to party members here on ...

RAWALPINDI Pakistan Ex-Servicemen Association (PESA) has expressed deep concern over the formal and informal presence of armed Americans in Pakistan and demanded of the Government to probe this issue. The members of PESA expressed these concerns in a meeting held here on Saturday in the chair of ...

SYDNEY (AFP) - Rio Tinto voiced concern Thursday after China said it will try four staff on industrial espionage charges, reviving jitters about the potential pitfalls for foreign companies doing business with Beijing. Australia urged China to show transparency in its handling of the trial of ...

LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Thursday voiced its grave concern over the terrorism incidents in Punjab capital city and urged the government to take foolproof arrangements to foil the nefarious designs of anti-social elements, hell-bent to spoil the social and ...