Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has remarked Pakistan is stepping back rather than moving ahead despite being a nuclear state. He gave these remarks while presiding over a 2-member bench of Supreme Court (SC) during the course of hearing of suo motu notice of non-payment ...

LAHORE (PPI) - The Pakistan Business Council (PBC), a group comprising of leading Pakistani companies, hosted the Pakistan Economic Forum (PEF) earlier in the week in Lahore. The purpose of the economic forum was to highlight and identify solutions and a way forward to five key socio-economic areas ...

IQBAL JASSAT If Karima Brown is correct in her evaluation of President Jacob Zumas canny ability to gain ascendancy despite teetering on the brink, would it be an unreasonable expectation to have him propel South Africa to take a more hands-on approach regarding apartheid Israel? I raise this ...

President of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry giving the reaction on the ailing economy said that government should announce comprehensive action plan to address the key issues that are damaging the businesses, overall economy of the country and badly affecting the lives of ...

The Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has appreciated the spirit of government and non-government organizations for coming forward to help their countrymen in this time of dire need. He expressed these views on the occasion of the cheque presentation by the Federal Minister for Privatisation ...

LAHORE The flames of bloody unrest in Abbotabad after the renaming of NWFP may spread to other parts of the country, as the demand for new provinces on ethnic lines is likely to grow stronger in other federating units of the country as well. The renaming of NWFP as Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ignited ...

ROME (AFP) It has not been a great footballing year in Italy despite the world champions qualification for next years World Cup in South Africa. In fact, probably the greatest Italian successes have been by expats. Fabio Capello has turned England into genuine World Cup contenders and Giovanni ...

President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the government is implementing a National Plan of Action for Children which mainly focuses on child education, health and protection and pushing forward the child rights agenda for substantial reforms. In a message on the occasion of Universal Childrens Day ...

The UN Security Council looks forward to working with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who has been declared as the winner of the 2009 presidential elections, the council president said Tuesday. Austrias UN Ambassador Thomas Mayr-Harting, the councils president for November, told reporters that the ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) American forward Charlie Davies is unlikely to play in the 2010 World Cup after undergoing several hours of emergency surgery Tuesday to repair a shattered right leg and ruptured bladder. The 23-year-old Davies suffered multiple fractures in his face, a badly broken right leg, a ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton looks forward to visit Pakistan, but nothing has been planned yet, State Department said on Wednesday. "She looks forward to going to Pakistan and that region as well, but there's nothing that's been planned yet," State Department spokesman Ian Kelly told ...

Seeking to draw a line under the controversy surrounding last months meeting between Manmohan Singh and Yusuf Raza Gilani, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan on Saturday replied in the negative when asked whether the Sharm el-Sheikh summit between the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan had ...

LAHORE - The PML-Q forward Bloc has strongly opposed the 60-40 percent power sharing arrangement between PPP and PML-N in Punjab government and termed the formula disastrous for the PML-N as well as for the bloc in future. According to the sources in the PML-Q-forward bloc, a number of members of ...

A 29-member delegation of PML (Q) forward block met with Sharif brothers at Raiwind on Friday. According to reports, Mian Ata Muhammad Manika headed the delegation that called upon Mian Nawaz Sharif and Mian Shahbaz Sharif. PML(Q) forward block members denounced the imposition of governor rule in ...

Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor on Wednesday went on an unscheduled tour of the forward areas in Rajasthan and Punjab bordering Pakistan to get "first-hand knowledge" of the troops' preparedness. His trip to the frontlines comes a day after Defence Minister A K Antony dismissed reports ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Tuesday asked India to deactivate its forward air bases, stand down troops and relocate them to peacetime positions that would reduce the tension between nuclear neighbours. "I believe if India deactivates its forward air bases and similarly relocates its troops to peacetime ...

Leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi says all Muslim League lawmakers would vote for PML-Q candidate Mushahid Hussain in the today's presidential election Talking to a private TV  in Islamabad this morning, he said that encouraging splinter groups like the ...

Twenty-four members of the PML-Q forward block in Punjab Assembly Sunday met Pakistan Muslim League-N Punjab President Zulfikar Khosa in Lahore and assured the PML-N their support. The sources revealed to a private TV, that the PML-Q MPAs have also assured that they will not become a part of any ...