The UN General assembly has unanimously decided to appoint Pakistan as a permanent member of the UN Scientific Committee (UNSCEAR), a top international body dealing with nuclear radiation. A press release of Pakistan Mission to the UN said the 193-member Assemblys decision is an acknowledgement of ...

An Army court today found former Military Secretary Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash guilty on three counts in the 2008 Sukna land scam case. Following the court verdict, Lt General Prakash was dismissed from service. Yesterday, the Army completed court martial proceedings against him. The court ...

LAHORE Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif went to the Combined Military Hospital Rawalpindi on Monday to enquire after the health of Maj.-Gen. (retd) Muhammad Saleem Arshad, brother-in-law of opposition leader Ch Nisar Ali Khan. The CM expressed his best wishes and prayed for the ...

Iran will turn into a hell for its enemies, Brigadier General Farzad Esmail said on Friday, IRNA reported. "If enemies do a foolish act, thinking aggression on holy borders of our dear country, Islamic Iran will turn into a hell for them on the ground, space and sea," said Gen. Esmail, Commander of ...

A top American general in Afghanistan has expressed serious concern over the continued smuggling of ammonium nitrate, a key ingredient for making bombs, from Pakistan into the strife-torn country. Army Major General Daniel Allyn, Commanding General, Regional Command East, Afghanistan told Pentagon ...

The White Houses top adviser on Afghanistan and Pakistan said Friday that taking out three to five key al-Qaida leaders could amount to a knockout punch against the group. Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute said now is the time to keep up U.S. counterterrorist actions ...

Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani on Friday appointed Major General Mian Muhammad Hilal as new Director General Rangers Punjab. According to defense sources, Major General Mian Muhammad Hilal currently is performing his duties in Bahawalpur as General Officer Commanding. He has ...

DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Tuesday decreed a general amnesty for members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood and for political prisoners, but the opposition swiftly dismissed the measure as "too little too late." "President Assad has by decree issued an amnesty on all ...

The eleven member larger bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary has adjourned the hearing of Presidential reference for revisiting Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto case till tomorrow. During the course of proceedings, the Attorney General presented record of Ichra ...

KARACHI All is set to hold fifth General Assembly of World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP), scheduled on April 27-30, 2011 in the metropolis. Some 44 delegates, including 22 females hailing from 17 countries, representing different organisations of fisher people are expected to participate in this ...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday resumed hearing of the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) review case and issued show cause notices to Raja Abdul Ghafoor and solicitor general. During the hearing, the Advocate on Record, Abdul Ghafoor, announced that he is separating himself from the ...

Afghan forces are not yet able to take over security responsibilities, Afghan Minister of Interior said. Afghan Minister of Interior, General Besmellah Mohammadi, addressing the House of Representatives on Wednesday said everyone agrees on the transition plan, but warned that the Afghan security ...

ISLAMABAD - A delegation of General Electric comprising of Lorenzo Simonelli, President & CEO, Dvid B Ticker, Vice President Global Sales, and Ash Nsinor, MD West Asia, visited Board of Investment on Thursday. The representatives of Pakistan Railway were also present on the occasion. Chairman BoI ...

NEW DELHI (Agencies) - For the first time in the history of Indian army, a serving Lieutenant General has been found guilty in a scam. In an unprecedented court-martial of a high-ranking serving officer, Lt-General PK Rath was found guilty on three counts in the Sukna land scam case on Friday. Gen ...

Pervez Musharraf is a man who will not 'fade away. The former Pakistan president was planning to quit public life and live in peace five years after the 2008 elections, but the return of former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto, which Musharraf says was in violation of his agreement with her, and ...

While the leaks of Wikileaks continue to give shocks and awes to the many global leaders and has exposed as to how safe, secret and secure the state of the most sensitive affairs of the Unites States government is, a careful and in-depth study of some out of the quarter million secret cable files, ...

Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General, Rauf Engin Soysal called on President Asif Ali Zardari here at the Aiwan-e-Sadr on Friday. The President congratulated Ambassador Soysal on his appointment as Special Envoy for Assistance to Pakistan. The President assured the Governments full support and ...

Schools and businesses were shut across Bangladesh on Tuesday as the countrys main opposition party enforced a dawn-to-dusk general strike to protest against alleged misrule by the government. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said the strike was called to ...

Gen Jack Keane, who was one of the prime movers behind the Iraq surge of 2007, has backed a foreign policy think tank paper that warns talk of Western retreat from the country only emboldens Afghan insurgents. The report attacked the political rhetoric of timelines for withdrawal which played into ...

General James T. Conway, Commander Marine Corps, United States, called on Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at General Headquarters on Wednesday. The visiting dignitary remained with him for some time and discussed the matters of professional interest. According to military ...

LAHORE - For the first time in the countrys electoral history, the government plans to conduct next general elections, due in 2013, with the help of electronic machines that would identify the voters by their thumb impression only. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira ...

LAHORE - The matter of controlling the employees appointed at General Bus Stand, Lahore for colleting the fee of AC-buses, has been observed as out of control of the government as most of the buses departing from Lahore to other cities are being overcharged Rs 250 besides the fixed bus stand fee of ...

Islamabad The visiting Australian Chief of Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Allan Grant (Angus) Houston, called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and discussed matters of professional interest. According to the informed sources, the visiting dignitary remained with the ...

Vice Chief of General Staff Lt General Waheed Arshad on Monday has been formally appointed Inspector General Training and Evaluation. According to military sources, he will take charge of his new duties from next month as currently Lt General Ahsan Azhar Hayat is serving as IG training Aviation ...

The Federal Government dismissed the Prosecutor General of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Danishwar Malik from service. It may be reminded here that Dainishwar Malik did not provide correct information to the Supreme Court (SC) on Swiss cases, consequently in the detailed verdict on NRO, the ...

Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has appointed Advocate KK Agha as Additional Attorney General, reported a private TV channel. KK Agha is a Karachi based advocate who had been defending the alleged corruption cases against former prime Minister benazir Bhutto and her spouse Asif Zardari during the ...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The senior Israeli field officer in the Gaza war has been reprimanded over artillery shelling in a heavily populated area that hit a United Nations compound during the fighting, the military said on Monday. The officer, Brigadier-General Eyal Eisenberg, still heads Israels ...

Additional Prosecutor General Abdul Basir Quershi has informed the Presidency that President Zardari was never convicted in the BMW reference. According to sources in the Presidency that President was never convicted in the BMW case due to his unavailability. Bashir said that article 31A is not ...

US forces in Afghanistan should brace themselves for up to 500 casualties a month this year, a senior retired American general has warned. The forecast comes from General Barry McCaffrey, formerly the most decorated general in the US Army, who has conducted field assessments of the US military ...

The acting governor of an Afghan province plagued by Taliban violence has been wounded in an explosion in his compound, a senior police official said Thursday. A total of four people, including acting governor of Khost province Tahir Khan Sabari, were injured in the explosion, said the provincial ...