Anti-Terrorist Court Rawalpindi on Monday reserved its verdict on the interim bail for former army chief General (retd) Pervez Musharraf in the murder case of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto.Musharraf’s counsel Barrister Salman Safdar contended before the ATC judge Chaudhry Habibur ...

lahore  The Lahore High Court on Tuesday reserved decision on a writ petition seeking recounting of votes in PP-56 of Faisalabad. The petition was moved by Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan Jatoi who lost the recent elections.The petitioner through his counsel submitted that he had contested the ...

JAKARTA: US rock band Aerosmith has cancelled a concert scheduled this week in Jakarta on safety concerns, a concert promoter said Sunday, following threats to bomb the Myanmar embassy in the Indonesian capital."We received the official confirmation yesterday from the Aerosmith management ...

NEW YORK - The U.S. dollar fell to a two-month low against a basket of currencies on Wednesday after weaker-than-expected U.S. private-sector jobs growth reinforced expectations the Federal Reserve will maintain its stimulative monetary policy.The Fed ends its two-day policy meeting later in the ...

  Lausanne M Asif’s latest attempt to revive his cricket career was rejected last Wednesday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport inLausanne. Asif wanted the ICC ruling that imposed a seven-year ban, two years of which are suspended on him to be overturned but the CAS did not find any ...

PESHAWAR - Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan said on Sunday that selective targeting of the political parties and candidates was the decision of the Taliban Shura.Replying to a query about sparing PTI, JUI-F, JI and PML-N, he told a private TV channel: “Taliban ...

Traders and members of civil society have threatened to launch a protest campaign against the decision to close girls college of Naurang Town Talking to journalists on Wednesday, Naurang Shopkeeper Union President Haji Amanullah, Vice President Gulab Khattak, General Secretary Younas Khan, advocate ...

 ISLAMABAD:-Banned Pakistani cricketer M Asif has said that he is disappointed and upset at the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to reject his appeal to revive his career. Asif wanted the ICC ruling that imposed a seven-year ban, two years of which are suspended, on him to ...

islamabad - ahmad ahmadani - To benefit influential industrialists by ensuring additional tariff for New Captive Power Plants (NCPPs) at the cost of power consumers, water & power ministry has now sought from the Nepra to suspend its earlier decision, as it was unlawful while the regulator has ...

ISLAMABAD – Common sense finally prevails as International Tennis Federation (ITF) has accepted Pakistan Tennis Federation’s (PTF) written complaint against Australian-based Sri Lankan origin referee Ashita Ajigala, who without any concrete reasons, awarded the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania ...

KARACHI - The PPP has announced the names of its candidates on the remaining constituencies in the province.According to the announcement, the PPP Sindh President Qaim Ali Shah has awarded party ticket to the former federal minister Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani on PS-16-Kashmore, Rajab Ali Khaskheli on ...

LAHORE – Article 6 of the Constitution and the High Treason (Punishment Act) 1973 imposes a very heavy responsibility on the Federal Government to decide whether or not to file a case of treason against any person and also to decide who shall be the appropriate person to file and proceed with ...

QUETTA - Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Amir Syed Munawar Hassan has said that Balochistan was subjected to injustice and now people should vote honest leaders into power.Addressing a press conference in Quetta on Monday accompanied by other party leaders, Munawar welcomed BNP-Mengal President Sardar Akthar ...

LAHORE - Giving a new twist to the already complex situation regarding the conduct of coming elections, Caretaker Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi on Sunday hinted at his continuance in office if the decision about postponement of polls came from the Supreme Court and the Election Commission of ...

ISLAMABAD - International Tennis Federation (ITF), as per expectations, has acted in the interest of their personal agenda and justified the stance of Australia-based Sri Lankan origin referee Ashita Ajigala who awarded the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group II home tie to New Zealand sighting the poor ...

ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) could not make public on Saturday its anxiously awaited decision on the fate of 14 ex-lawmakers suspected to be fake degree-holders, apparently due to the ‘complexities’ involved in the matter.Earlier on Friday, the commission had ...

ISLAMABAD -The Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman Aftab Sherpao on Thursday raising objections over blank slot in THE ballot paper requested the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to review this new step as some elements might misuse it.Addressing a press conference, Sherpao said that the decision ...

JUI-F leader Muhammad Khan Sherani has met with law minister Farooq H Naik and exchanged views on abolition of governor rule from Balochistan.Sources said Farooq H Naik apprised Muhammad Khan Sherani of different legal and constitutional aspects of governor rule and told him that no decision had so ...

ISLAMABAD  – The Punjab Forum, Monday, lauded Federal Government for replacing incompetent political government with Governor’s Rule in restive Balochistan.The prime minister took a bold step of visiting protesting Hazaras at midnight who had been staging a sit-in in for the last ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has not yet decided when to approach International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a fresh bailout package to improve its balance of payment situation, sources said on Saturday.“There will be need to approach IMF within this fiscal year to improve balance of payment situation, ...

MULTAN  - Former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday said that 20th Constitutional Amendment was adopted to make the general elections transparent. He added that elections could be held in war like situation, and Afghanistan was the best example of it.Talking to media at Multan ...

PESHAWAR - The faculty board of Numerical and Physical Sciences in a meeting held on Wednesday decided in principle to upgrade the Department of Mathematics University of Peshawar to the level of Institute of Applied and Pure Mathematics. The meeting was chaired by Dean Faculty of Numerical and ...

ISLAMABAD - TheNetwork for Consumer Protection on Wednesday dispatched a letter of congratulation to the Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf over his exemplary decision to support tobacco control movement.The greetings from TheNetwork came after his healthy decision to quit smoking and his reported ...

PESHAWAR - Welcoming LHC order to the Federal Government to construct the Kalabagh Dam, former Chairman Wapda Shamsul Mulk said on Thursday that it would have been much better, if this decision has been taken 20 years earlier.Advocating an early construction of Kalabagh Dam, he said he welcomed the ...

Former Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president and Pakistan people’s party senior leader senator Aitzaz Ahsan on Wednesday said that President Asif Ali Zardari has the right to decide over the matter of seniority of judges under the constitution.Talking to media persons here, he said ...

DAMASCUS  - Syrian opposition chief Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib in London on Friday met British Foreign Secretary William Hague, who said he would decide within days whether to officially recognise the newly united coalition.As Khatib and his deputies met Hague, violence raged inside Syria, with air ...

An LHC Election Tribunal on Wednesday reserved decision on a petition seeking disqualification of PML-N MPA Haji Imran Zafar. The petition has been moved by Imran Masood and it alleges that Zafar rigged the 2010 by-poll in PPP-111 (Gujrat) by managing bogus votes and using government machinery ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim said that the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) cannot take action against the accused politicians in the Asghar Khan case as there is no constitutional provision in this regard.Speaking to media representatives in Islamabad on Monday ...

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court on Friday reserved decision on petitions moved by employees of federal courts functioning in Punjab seeking provision of judicial allowance.The employees pointed out the nature of their work were same of the LHC employees but their salaries were not equal to the ...

LAHORE - The Competition Commission of Pakistan chairperson Rahat Konain Hassan on Tuesday asked the Ministry of Information Technology and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to withdraw the decision to establish an International Clearing House (ICH) exchange, as it is the against the rules of ...