The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader, Senator Pervaiz Rasheed has said that the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are the followers of the same agenda and their canons were pointing towards the N-League. In a statement issued ...

Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan has said that both Asif Ali Zardari and Mian Nawaz Sharif are betraying the nation for power and no one could stop the revolution. Talking to media persons here in Lahore on Thursday, Imran Khan said that government as well as opposition has no ...

PESHAWAR - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, General Secretary Shabir Ahmad Khan said that the incumbent rulers were working on an agenda to turn the country into America slavery. President Zardari and ANP Chief Asfandyar and their groups are on the US boat, which is near to sink, Shabir ...

KARACHI - Former city nazim Karachi and Chief of Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan (AKFP), Naimatullah Khan, on Sunday said that Muslim Ummah can lead the world by following the teachings of the Holy Quran. He said, The Holy Quran is manifesto of our life and the present situation of the Ummah is due ...

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual resigned Saturday, another diplomatic casualty of the Wikileaks cables scandal, and a sign of growing strains between Washington and Mexico over the country's fight against powerful drug gangs. Mr. Pascual, a career diplomat for 23 years, had been under fire ...

China is actively preparing for a possible radioactive threat following a massive quake and tsunami in Japan and explosions at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said on Tuesday. Blasts at the Fukushima 1 NPP in northeastern Japan have escalated ...

LAHORE - PPP Deputy Parliamentary leader in the Punjab Assembly, Shaukat Basra has said that PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif is following the footsteps of former dictator General Ziaul Haq as he turned the provincial assembly into hot horse tradings marketplace. In an exclusive interview with ...

South Korea on Saturday called for a fair and free election in Egypt after Hosni Mubarak's 30-year-long grip on power ended Friday following weeks of mass street protests. "The South Korean government expects a fair and free election to take place in Egypt in accordance with aspirations of the ...

Return of affectees is continued following the normalization of situation in Orakzai Agency. According to press release issued by Fata Secretariat here on Wednesday, additional four to five hundred effected families have returned to their native towns following the normalization of peace situation ...

The United States is frustrated by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's falling political popularity following his government's slow response to the deluge, which has submerged almost one-fifth of the nation, American officials have said. The Obama administration, which is working hard to work ...

DDOR Rawalpindi has sent the 13 butchers to jail on charge of selling meat at their own will and not following the rate list. DDOR Rawalpindi conducted crackdown against profiteers in jurisdiction of New town police station, Banni police station, and Waris police station and arrested 13 butchers ...

The Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Stephen Smith, announced on Monday that Australia will provide A $5 million in assistance to help the people of Pakistan adversely affected by the devastation and destruction caused by the worst floods to hit Pakistan since 1929. According to ...

The alQaeda manual says that a person trained in terror activities should attempt to derail investigation and court proceedings by changing his stand frequently, Mr. Nikam said outside the court where the trial of the terrorist is expected to conclude. This is exactly what Kasab has been doing, Mr. ...

Aafia Siddiqui has fervently appealed to her fellow Pakistanis to remain calm and not to resort to violence following her conviction Wednesday on charge of attempting to kill U.S. military officers while she was in custody in Afghanistan.The appeal was conveyed to U.S.-based Pakistani reporters by ...

NEW YORK - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan sign has described as "right" his decision not to retaliate against Pakistan militarily in the wake of the Mumbai attack, but said he could not speculate about how India would react if a similar incident took place in future. "There was enormous pressure on ...

At least two persons have been arrested in Pakistan on FBI advice, Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Friday, indicating an obvious Pakistan link to David Coleman Headley, nabbed by the American agency for plotting a major attack in India at terror group LeTs behest. There is a Pakistan ...

WASHINGTON - A U.S. State Department spokesman Tuesday sidestepped a question about Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's accusation about Pakistan's involvement in the Mumbai attacks, saying there was need for calming the tensions between the two countries. "I would look at one part of this ...

UNITED NATIONS - The UN agency assisting Palestinian refugees said Thursday it was forced to suspend food distributions to half of Gaza's 1.5 million residents since Israeli border closures have prevented the delivery of vital supplies for over a week. The UN Relief and Works Agency for ...

KARACHI - Out of 88 companies, a majority of manufacturing units of cooking oil and Banaspati are not conforming to the standards set by the national body of federal government, The Nation learnt on Friday. The Pakistan Standards Quality Control Authority is the competent body to monitor and ...