Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Shahbaz Sharif met Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai here in Quetta on Sunday and discussed the overall situation of the province and country.Talking to reporters after the meeting, Shahbaz Sharif said the name of next ...

lahore - Japanese Ambassador to Pakistan Hiroshi OE called on PML-N Senator and would-be Finance Minister of the incoming PML-N Government, Ishaq Dar here on Friday. Hiroshi greeted Dar over the success of the PML-N in the elections besides exchanging views on the matters of mutual interest. Dar ...

WASHINGTON  : An IMF team is to visit Islamabad in late June to continue the policy discussions with the new govt on mitigating economic vulnerabilities in Pakistan. Answering a question at a press conference whether the Fund had offered $5 billion of aid to Pakistan and were there any ...

abuja - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma will discuss ways to boost trade between Africa's two biggest economies during talks in Cape Town next week.Jonathan will leave Abuja on Monday for a two-day state visit ahead of the World Economic Forum on ...

islamabad - Iranian and Indian oil ministers are due to discuss extension of a gas pipeline project which is due to take Iran’s rich gas reserves to Pakistan and then to India in a meeting in New Delhi next week.Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qassemi is slated to visit New Delhi next week to ...

A two-day fresh session of the upper house of the Parliament has been summoned for May 2 to discuss the situation arising out of the arrest of Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf in different cases as well as election matters ahead of the polling day. According to a handout issued by the Senate Secretariat, ...

ANKARA   Israeli and Turkish officials on Monday began talks on compensation over a deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship, a crucial step towards restoring the once-solid ties between the two countries. This first meeting is part of what Turkish officials said would be a several-step ...

RAWALPINDI  -  A US delegation Sunday called on Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and discussed matters of mutual interest with particular focus on Afghanistan reconciliation process with him.From Pakistan’s side, Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jillani also attended ...

KARACHI - Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) delegation led by Mushahid Hussain Syed visited the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) headquarters Nine Zero in Karachi on Sunday.PML-Q delegation was welcomed by the MQM Deputy Convener Dr Farooq Sattar and members of the Coordination Committee.During ...

ISLAMABAD - Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Liu Jian called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Friday.  Yao Wen, Deputy Head of Mission was also present.Matters relating to Pak-China bilateral ties and mutual cooperation in various areas between the two countries came under ...

LAHORE–British High Commissioner Adam Thomson met Chief Minister Najam Sethi at CM Secretariat Wednesday and discussed with him bilateral matters.  Talking to Thomson, Sethi said the UK is an important trade partner of Pakistan and the two countries enjoy cordial relations. He said that ...

ISLAMABAD - Minister for Information & Broadcasting Arif Nizami, called on Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso at the Prime Minister’s House on Tuesday afternoon and discussed the media policy to be pursued by the caretaker government.Talking to Minister Information, the Prime Minister ...

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Balochistan National Party (BNP) have agreed to work out on seat adjustment in upcoming elections.Former Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif met with Chief Minister Balochistan and BNP Chief Akhtar Mengal here and discussed seat adjustment formula.Both ...

ISLAMABAD - JAVAID-UR-RAHMAN - The 48th National Assembly (NA) session, scheduled for Monday (December 10), is likely to witness heavy legislative business with discussion on over a dozen bills, including the controversial National Accountability Commission Bill, 2012, and Defence Housing Authority ...

Pakistan on Thursday welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for a regional summit at a key juncture in peace efforts with the Taliban and amid rising tensions between Tehran and Israel. Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flew into Islamabad in the afternoon for a formal summit meeting ...

LAHORE – Leaders of the Likeminded group, former MNA Humayun Akhtar Khan and Senator Haroon Akhtar Khan, called on PML-N President Nawaz Sharif at Raiwind on Saturday.Both Nawaz Sharif and Humayun Akhtar discussed political situation in the country with special reference to the governance in ...

NEW DELHI  - Kashmiri leader Syed Ali Geelani and noted Indian lawyer Ram Jethmalani are scheduled to discuss the Kashmir dispute at a meeting in New Delhi on Friday. According to Kashmir Media Service, the meeting will be held on the invitation of Jethmalani. Former diplomats and members of ...

 Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) President Mian Nawaz Sharif and Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif met in London and discussed important issues relating to political situation and prevailing circumstances in the country.The two PML-N top leaders discussed in details strategies and ...

Pakistan Army has clarified that US general Allen and COAS Gen Kayani did not discuss Nato supply resumption. A report had said the other day that both the generals had discussion on Nato supplies blocked by Pakistan as a reaction to the Nato strike on Pakistani posts that killed 24 Pak troops. The ...

ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Rehman Malik Monday discussed ways and means to control the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) bombings with a US delegation led by Lt Gen Michael Barbero, Director Joint IED Defeat Organisation, USA. The discussion took place when the US delegation called on Interior ...

The top nuclear envoys of the rival Koreas will discuss terms for restarting long-dormant six-nation nuclear talks during a rare meeting in Beijing this week, a South Korean official said Sunday. North Korea abruptly walked out of the nuclear negotiations in April 2009 and prospects for their ...

The ICC is likely to debate the effectiveness and accuracy of the Umpires Decision Referral System during its chief executive meeting in London. Sources in the board said that although the ICC was yet to release the agenda for the meeting that will take place on the sidelines of the ICC awards from ...

LAHORE (Agencies) - Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials will meet their Indian counterparts in September during the ICC Chief Executives meeting to discuss the possibility of a bilateral series to compensate for a tour cancelled by India in 2009. PCB Chief Operating Officer Subhan Ahmad said ...

ISLAMABAD - The crucial meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue would be held on Thursday to discuss important issues including revenue collection figures fudging made by Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) during last month (July). The NA committee has taken a notice ...

U.S. President Barack Obama and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai discussed progress in handing over security responsibility towards a full Afghan lead in 2014. The White House said in a statement on Friday that the two leaders spoke via video teleconference for about 30 minutes on a number of ...

The leaders of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have contacted different parties leaders here on Saturday to discuss the situation of the city. According to the media reports, former Sindh chief minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim who is residing in Dubai, Awami National Partys President for Sindh chapter ...

ISLAMABAD - The visiting US Under Secretary of State Thomas Nides has met with nine outstanding alumni of United States government-sponsored academic exchange programmes. At the event, hosted by the US Educational Foundation in Pakistan, Nides spoke with alumni of the Fulbright Masters Programme, ...

ISLAMABAD - Ambassador of Peoples Republic of China to Pakistan Lin Jain Wednesday called on Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Khalid Shameem Wynne at the Joint Staff Headquarters. According to ISPR, matters of bilateral interest came under discussion. According to sources, ...

ISLAMABAD - The federal cabinet that was scheduled to meet today (Wednesday) would now convene on Friday. The federal cabinet meeting has been rescheduled for Friday (27th July) to discuss 10-point agenda and other important matters happened in near past, sources in Cabinet Division told TheNation. ...

Sports Desk LAHORE - A review of the controversial Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS), the format of one-dayers and the planned day/night Tests would be on the agenda when the ICC Cricket Committee meets at Lord's, London for two-day deliberations starting Tuesday. The committee chaired by Clive ...