Rawalpindi- The President Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) Manzar Khurshid Sheikh while strongly condemning the incidents of Ziarat Residency, Women University blast and Bolan Medical college firing said that these were the attacks on ideology and national sovereignty of the ...

LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly on Monday passed a strong worded resolution categorically condemning the recent acts of terrorism in Balochistan. The resolution was jointly moved by the Treasury and the Opposition and passed unanimously as read out by Law Minister Rana Sana Ullah. Through the ...

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has strongly condemned a series of deadly attacks targeting a bus, a hospital and historic Ziarat residency during which 28 people including 14 female students, security forces personnel, and nurses were killed.In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Ban ...

BRUSSELS : The European Union on Friday condemned Israel’s reported plans to build more than 1,000 new settler homes in east Jerusalem as a threat to the peace process.EU foreign affairs head Catherine Ashton said she felt “compelled to reiterate the EU’s long-standing ...

MANDI BAHAUDDINPTI leader Muhammad Bilal Ranjha has condemned the brutal murder of PTI leader Zehra Shahid Hussain in Karachi.He said that popularity of the PTI irritated the MQM leadership as they could not digest victory of its candidates in Karachi.He said that MQM resorted to violent tactics to ...

SRINAGAR - NNI - Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was barred from addressing a function in connection with the Martyrs' Week and put under house arrest at his Nigeen residence. The amalgam has condemned the police action and reiterated the Eidgah Chalo call for May 21 (Tuesday). ...

LONDON - Roberto Martinez was in a state of shock after Wigan became the first team to win the FA Cup yet be relegated from English football's top-flight in the same season following a 4-1 Premier League loss away to Arsenal on Tuesday. Just 72 hours after they stunningly defeated Manchester ...

ISLAMABAD -Prime Minister Justice (Retd) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has strongly condemned blasts in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) and Balochistan, while he has also condemned an attack on the convoy of PTI leader Ayla Malik near Mianwali, besides expressing shock over the death of an independent ...

ISLAMABAD  - Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) Chief, Maulana Fazlur Rahman, on Tuesday strongly condemned the bomb attack on JUI-F candidate in Hangu and expressed deep sorrow over the loss of precious lives.“I pray for the departed souls and wish early recovery of the injured,” he said ...

Prime Minister Justice (Retd) Mir Hazar Khan has strongly condemned the bomb blast in Hangu (Khyber Pukhtukhwa) targeting JUI-F public meeting in which several precious human lives were lost and injured many. Among others, JUI-F candidate Mufti Said Janan (PK-43) also got injured.The Prime Minister ...

islamabad/rawalpindi - shahid rao andisrar ahmed -The legal fraternity of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Friday vehemently denounced the brutal killing of FIA Prosecutor Chaudhary Zulfiqar Ali terming it as an act of terrorism.They were of the view that it was an attempt to silence ...

KASUR - PTI leader Khursheed Mahmood Kasuri has condemned the series of terrorist attacks in Karachi.He was talking to media at his party office here on Sunday. Kasuri termed the terrorist attacks a coward bid to stop the electoral process and urged the whole nation to denounce the terrorism. He ...

karachi - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Sindh while condemning the recent wave of bomb blasts to derail electioneering in Karachi has stated that caretaker government of Sindh failed in fulfilling its basic responsibility of maintaining law and order for fair and free elections.PML-N Karachi ...

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has condemned the attack in Kot Lakhpat jail on the Indian prisoner, Sarabjeet Singh, as a dastardly act and called upon the governments of Pakistan and Punjab to make a thorough inquiry into the matter and punish the guilty persons. In a statement ...

Senate has passed a unanimous resolution condemning the escape of Pervez Musharraf from the court after cancellation of bail.The resolution moved by Senator Ishaq Dar on behalf of all the members demanded the government to remove portraits of Pervez Musharraf from all the public buildings.It also ...

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa former Minister for Information and ANP leader Mian Iftikhar Hussain on Sunday termed the constant attacks on ANP workers and candidates as a pre-polls rigging. He said that the caretaker government and Election Commission have so far failed in providing proper ...

Pakistan has strongly condemned the US drone strike in North Waziristan tribal region which killed at least four people on Sunday.According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday such unilateral attacks are in contravention of international law and counter-productive to ...

ISLAMABAD - The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned drone attacks in Pakistan.The annual report of the Commission for 2012 issued in Islamabad said that 48 drone attacks took place in FATA as compared to 74 strikes in 2011.Explaining the salient features of the ...

LAHORE : The Sunni Ittehad Council on Thursday criticised the decision of Punjab government for holding Basant Festival. SIC Lahore president Mufti Mohammad Haseeb Qadri announced a condemnation resolution against Basant in the Jumma sermons on Friday (today). He said Basant had taken many lives. ...

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has strongly condemned drone attacks in Pakistan.The annual report of the commission for 2012 issued in Islamabad said that 48 drone attacks took place in FATA as compare to 74 strikes in 2011.Explaining silent features of the report‚ Secretary ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations expert on Monday criticised Sri Lanka’s move to impeach its chief justice, saying it was part of a pattern of attacks on lawyers and a bid to stop judges carrying out their work independently of politicians. Parliament could vote next month to impeach ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has condemned the terrorist attack on former Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Qazi Hussain Ahmad when he was on his way to address a public meeting at Mohmand Agency. He telephoned Qazi Hussain Ahmad to inquire about the incident. Expressing his best wishes for ...

GOMA  - Government soldiers were fleeing the eastern DR Congo city of Goma in large numbers on Sunday as rebels advanced to the gates of the regional capital after fresh fighting erupted in the area last week, a UN source said.“Many soldiers and (local) officials have left,” the UN ...

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTUNITED NATIONS - The UN General Assembly adopted by a thumping majority a new resolution condemning the commercial, economic and financial embargo that the United States has imposed on Cuba for the past 50 years.The resolution was passed by a vote of 188-3 with two abstentions, ...

KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday strongly condemned the bombing on a funeral on the outskirts of Peshawar. In a statement, the MQM chief expressed profound grief over the loss of human lives and injuries in the blast in Badaber area. He said that terrorists were ...

SHERGARH - The Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) has condemned the ruthless killing of 18 people in Kohistan and termed it an abhorrent act of the anti-state elements. In a meeting convened to condemn the loss of precious life, ASWJ President Mian Amjad Salim said that it could not be the act of any ...

Pakistan on Friday strongly condemned the desecration of Holy Quran at a US airbase in AfghanistanForeign Ministry spokesperson Abdul Basit said, it was important that “utterly irresponsible and reprehensible things do not recur”.“On behalf of the government and the people of ...

UNITED NATIONS - The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution condemning Syrian authorities for human rights violations, and backing the Arab League plan calling on President Bashar al-Assad to step down in a move to end the ongoing violence.In the 193-member Assembly, 137 countries, ...

SEOUL  - Samsung Electronics on Saturday condemned an Israeli commercial featuring a Samsung tablet, expressing dismay at Iran’s threat to ban its products over the apparently anti-Tehran teaser.The South Korean electronics giant said it had not been involved in production of the TV ...

QUETTA - Condemning the murder of his niece who was also Nawabzada Bramdagh Bugti‘s sister in Karachi on January 31, Jamhoori Watan Party chief Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti said that the tragic incident occurred in Sindh and Chief Minister Sindh and the Prime Minister were responsible for it. ...