washington - The Obama administration opened the door to a new era of U.S. energy exports on Friday, approving the first liquefied natural gas project since the start of a heated debate over how best to benefit from the shale energy boom.The Energy Department’s approval of unrestricted ...

NEW DELHI - Giving a new fillip to its relations with Pakistan, India has started visa on arrival facility for senior citizens of that country.The facility, which was supposed to start on January 15 as part of the new liberalised visa pact between the neighbours, was suspended following the killing ...

During the hearing of the Karachi law and order case on Wednesday, the Supreme Court ordered an immediate freeze on leasing land in Karachi and summoned the record of land transfers in the city.According to a private television channel, a five-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Anwar ...

PESHAWAR Dwellers of district Chitral have expressed deep concern over the freezing of funds for the construction of Lowari Tunnel project and set-up a protest camp here on Wednesday. The protesters are led by Convener Tahaffuz Haqooq Chitral, former MNA Abdul Akbar Chitrali along with scores of ...

ISLAMABAD Islamabad Capital Territory Administration (ICTA) believes that it is unable to implement the NAB orders to freeze the assets of President Asif Ali Zardari in the Capital due to change in the propertys ownership title. Talking to TheNation, senior ICT officials on anonymity said the ...

KARACHI - Central Chairman Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturer and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) Mohsin Ayub Mirza has said that apparel industry of Pakistan was already at a verge of collapse due to non-availability of electricity and 6 percent further increase in electricity tariffs would ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman clashed over US demands for a freeze on settlements in Palestinian territory. At a press conference after talks in Washington on Wednesday, Clinton reaffirmed US demands for an end to settlement ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama has made it very clear to Israel that he wants no natural growth exceptions to his call for a freeze in West Bank settlements, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday. He wants to see a stop to settlements: not some settlements, not some ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - After a protracted pause, spreading over six decades, cross-LoC trade formally resumed between Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Occupied Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday through historic Muzaffarabad-Srinagar route. Similar cross-LoC trade will formally be launched on Poonch-Rawalakot route ...

KARACHI-Members of Karachi Stock Exchange have unanimously passed a resolution to further continue with the price freeze mechanism and proposed five measures to help reverse the declining trend recently being witnessed in the KSE-100 index. A committee comprising five KSE board directors and ...

UNITED NATIONS: - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged Israel to freeze all settlement activity in West Bank. In a statement issued by his press office, Ban expressed deep concern about the announcement of the initial approval by the Ministry of Defense of 20 residential units in ...