Congratulations! The people have reposed trust in you. Welcome to the political wonderland - Pakistan 2013. Kindly remember your manifesto; those who voted for you have certainly committed it to memory. During this era of media and judicial activism, the days of short public memory are over. ...

islamabad - To make Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) a profitable organization, Federal Minister for Industries and Production Shahzada Ahsan Ashraf Sheikh Tuesday presented a comprehensive “One-go Rescue Plan” for the revitalization of PSM to the caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan Mir ...

PESHAWAR - The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Caretaker Minister for Museums and Archeology Sameen Jan Babar has said that the KPK is very rich in archeological sites and heritage. He said that protecting these national assets was not only our prime responsibility rather it was need of the hour. He was ...

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (JCSC), General Khalid Shameem Wynne called on Prime Minister Justice (R) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso at the Prime Minister’s House and briefed him on matters pertaining to the three Armed Services of Pakistan as well as strategic issues.General Khalid ...

WASHINGTON  - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Americans on Friday “I am back and so is Japan” and vowed to get the world’s third biggest economy growing again and to do more to bolster security and the rule of law in an Asia roiled by territorial disputes.Abe had firm ...

ISLAMABAD Simmering political chaos in the country has made Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf to cancel his visit to the United States. According to the PM House spokesman, Ashraf was scheduled to be in New York to chair the Jan 21 open debate on 'UN Peacekeeping: A Multidimensional Approach', ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has congratulated Pakistan Cricket Team over its win against India in first One Day International (ODI). The Prime Minister praised the performance of the team, in particular the century scored by Pakistani opening batsman Nasir Jamshed. Raja Pervez Ashraf ...

karachi - Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf arrived here on Friday after attending the fifth death anniversary of Benazir Bhutto. He was accompanied by the federal ministers Qamar Zaman Kaira, Khurshid Ahmed Shah, Naveed Qamar, Nazar Gondal, and Pakistan Ambassador to the United States Sherry ...

ISLAMABAD - President Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Sardar Muhammad Yaqub Khan and AJK Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed called on Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Friday at his Parliament House Chamber in Islamabad.The Prime Minister said that socio-economic development of AJK figured high on ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf is arriving in the provincial metropolis on Tuesday (today). He is scheduled to attend a mass marriage ceremony at the Governor House to be held under the aegis of Ameer Begum Trust. Later,  the prime minister will chair a meeting of the Lahore Chamber of ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has extended his heartiest greetings and best wishes to Khadim Al-Harmain Al-Sharifain King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud on the auspicious occasion of national day of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia falling on Sep 23. In his message of greetings to the ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Sunday met the former Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani at the Aiwan-e-Sadar, here. The meeting which lasted for over two hours discussed wide range of issues including the current political situation of the country. The Prime Minister also congratulated him ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Friday directed the Ministry of Finance to allocate fund to Higher Education Commission with immediate effect. The Prime Minister said the allocated funds to HEC must be released without any delay as it is a question of the future of thousands of students. The ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf’s remarks while talking to the press at the Bhutto mausoleum in Garhi Khuda Bux on Sunday, do not bode well for the future. By saying that the party had made its stance known publicly, he made it clear that the new government would repeat the inaction which ...

ISLAMABAD - Hinting at bowing out to save the system, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said the Parliament and the system were of far more significance than the premiership and he would sacrifice his position, if required, for the continuity of the democratic order in the ...

ONBOARD PAK 002 - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s wish is to be “wicket out, not caught out”. Speaking on board the special plane to London, he elaborated that while all political leaders made their “dying declarations” once they were out of power, he would be the ...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has issued notice to the Prime Minister’s son Ali Musa Gilani, in connection with the chemical import case, on Tuesday. As the hearing continued, the SC issued court notices to Ali Musa Gilani along with DG Anti-Narcotics Federation (ANF) Major General Shakeel ...

Last week, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani informed the nation that he was the “Prime Minster and not a peon.” While nobody has any confusion about which of the two offices he holds, he made this statement to justify his defiance of the Supreme Court's order asking him to write the ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani appreciated the Interior Minister, Mr. Rehman Malik, for making excellent security arrangements pertaining to the holding of Joint Session of the Parliament Saturday.This the Prime Minister said while Interior Minister, Rehman Malik called on him at ...

The meandering Prime Minister had long stood convicted in the court of public opinion, guilty of crimes like incompetence and corruption. Now he has also earned the honour of being indicted in a court of law. But we know what will happen. The Prime Minister is instead wearing this stigma as a badge ...

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday became the first head of government in Pakistan’s history to have been indicted for committing contempt of court. He is accused of flouting the Supreme Court’s decision advising the government to write to the Swiss authorities about reopening ...

Senior banker Lucas Papademos has been officially named as Greece's new prime minister, after four days of intense talks to form a coalition government. The interim government aims to approve a new 130 billion ($177 billion) financial aid deal and cement the debt-strapped country's position in the ...

Yingluck Shinawatra became politically turbulent Thailand's first female prime minister on Friday after parliament endorsed her crushing election victory. Political novice Yingluck, the sister of ousted former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, gained support from 296 members of the lower house out of a ...

Foreign Office spokesperson Tehmina Janjua has said that a decision to launch an army operation in North Waziristan will be taken in the best interest of the nation. In her weekly briefing to the media, Tehmina said that Pakistan was taking part in the war on terror for its own interest. The ...

KARACHI - Al-Qaeda or Irani Junduallah may be a prime suspect behind the Mehran Base attack wherein 10 armed forces personnel were killed while 15 others were wounded and two American NATO supplies surveillance aircrafts were also destroyed. Sources privy to the development disclosed that Nadra ...

WikiLeaks released the US diplomatic cables about the pre and post 2008 general elections scenario. A week before the 2008 elections, Asif Ali Zardari was asking General Pervez Musharrafs National Security Adviser Tariq Aziz for advice on who should be prime minister if the PPP were asked to form ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister (PM) Syed Yousuf Raza Gilanis claim to end loadshedding in Faisalabad within two months is based on false information provided to him regarding the present power projects status in the country, said sources in the Ministry of Water and Power. They revealed that the PM ...

The Irish prime minister, Brian Cowen, has resigned as leader of the ruling Finna Fail party ahead of a general election. Cowen, who won a secret leadership ballot on Tuesday during a week of political turmoil, will remain at the head of government until the election on 11 March. The Taoiseach has ...

Iraq has finally named a cabinet to lead it into a much anticipated post-war development phase after a debilitating nine-month power struggle. However, key security portfolios were not among those announced by the prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, this afternoon after he was sworn in for a second ...

The experimental launch of a new intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) Agni II Prime, has failed on Friday after the missile deviated from the trajectory and nosedived into the sea. The new missile with a range of more than 3,000 kms deviated soon after its lift-off at 10.05 am from the ...