WASHINGTON -President Barack Obama Tuesday expressed guarded optimism about the Taliban’s announcement Tuesday that it will sit down for direct peace talks with US and Afghanistan officials.In comments at the Group of Eight summit in Northern Ireland, Obama said the direct talks are an ...

Lahore- The business community has termed the Punjab Budget for the year 2013-14 as balanced, welfare-oriented, pro-poor and business-friendly and congratulated Mian Shahbaz Sharif for evolving comprehensive strategy for progress and prosperity of the province. The business community ...

SAHIWALRPO Shahzad Sultan has said that no society could make progress without promoting peace, tolerance and brotherhood among believers of all religions.He urged the people of all faiths to promote and support harmony among majorities and minorities for the survival and security of the country.He ...

ISLAMABAD :  Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf has said election of Pervez Khattak as new Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa reflects the success of democratic forces. In a statement on the election of new Chief Minister in the province‚ he expressed the confidence that he will come up ...

ADDIS ABABA - African leaders on Saturday opened extravagant celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the African Union, with the continent's myriad problems set aside for a day to mark the progress that has been made.African Union Chairman and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn told ...

Permanent Pakistani Representative to United Nations (UN) Masood Khan, Saturday, said that Pakistan had made considerable progress to counter terrorist financing and border control.“We have deployed 150,000 troops on Pak-Afghan border and have set up 822 posts to interdict Al-Qaida/Taliban ...

It has been learnt that World Bank has refused to fund Dasu Dam (The Nation of 25-03-2013) due to its objections over the appointment of Chairman WAPDA as Coordinator, for various power transmissions companies. This run of the river power project was expected to produce over 4,320 MW of power ...

JERUSALEM  - Hopes of a US-sponsored push to resume stalled Middle East peace talks have been scaled back following US Secretary of State John Kerry's latest visit, to securing economic goals for the West Bank.Internal Palestinian disputes including the rumoured resignation of prime minister ...

LAHORE – Chief Minister Najam Sethi has said since bureaucracy plays a fundamental role in the administrative affairs of a state and its impartiality is the key to progress and prosperity of a country.“Public servants cannot deliver just sitting in the air-conditioned offices. They must ...

RAWALPINDI - Defence Secretary and Chairman Civil Avocation Authority (CAA) Board of Directors (BoD) Lt General (Retd) Asif Yasin Malik on Monday visited the new Benazir Bhutto International Airport, Fateh Jang, and reviewed the work in process there.Asif Yasin was flanked by Air Marshal (retd) ...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AFP) - Iran and world powers met Friday for new talks in search of a breakthrough in the Iranian nuclear crisis, with the West complaining Tehran failed to give any clear response to a proposal aimed at breaking the deadlock. The powers are seeking answers at the talks in ...

KARACHI - Police on Friday admitted before the Supreme Court the presence of No Go Areas in the city. The Supreme Court issued stern warning to the law-enforcement agencies, saying that the court wants to see concrete results within a week in this regard otherwise it would be compelled to give ...

Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhamad Chaudhry has said that progress was not possible without ensuring rule of law in the country.Speaking at Mityai Bar on Saturday, The CJ said that it was incumbent upon the judiciary to work for the basic rights of the people and it could discharge its ...

LAHORE – Gilgit Baltistan Chief Secretary Sajjad Saleem Hotiana on Thursday had a meeting with Wapda Chairman Syed Raghib Shah to review the progress on Diamer Bhasha Dam Project.Speaking on the occasion, the Chairman said that Diamer Bhasha Dam is a project of national as well as ...

RAWALPINDI – The 14th annual day of Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) was celebrated on Friday in which students participated with great zeal and enthusiasm to mark the occasion of the establishment of the varsity.The first women university was made on August 6, 1998 while the classes ...

ISLAMABAD - A project portfolio meeting was held at Economic Affairs Division on Wednesday to review the implementation of projects, whose worth is around $300 million, under Korean assistance.Government of Pakistan was represented by Javed Iqbal, Secretary EAD, while Choong Joo Choi, Ambassador of ...

LAHORE - Punjab University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran has said that no nation can progress without promotion of research culture and knowledge. He was addressing in High Achievers Awards Ceremony, organised by Custom Public School at Alhamra Cultural Complex. President SAARC Chamber ...

SWABI - Workers leaders in a literary programme here on Sunday said that the work force is the real asset of a nation and without provision of adequate facilities to them it might be difficult to achieve the objectives of economic prosperity and strengthening the country industrial sector.The ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought report from PEPCO, GENCO and Secretary Ministry of Water and Power on the Nandipur and the Chichuki Maliyan power projects case to ascertain what action was taken against those who caused loss of Rs 113 billion to national exchequer by delaying ...

LAHORE – Like the other parts of the globe, the World Teachers Day was observed in the Provincial Capital with great fervour and zeal on Friday. The day is aimed at sensitising the youngsters about the respect of teachers and highlighting the issues they face while dispensing knowledge in the ...

KARACHI - Progress in education and research is inevitable to put the country on the way of advancement. National capacity in nanoscience and nanotechnology is strategically important, Nanomachines can identify cancerous cells and kill them one after the other with amazing accuracy. The ...

RAWALPINDI  – The newborn baby kidnapped from Benazir Bhutto Hospital (BBH) could not be recovered yet even after the passage of four days.The hospital management is not paying heed to the incident, while, after registering a case, the police as well could not make any progress in this ...

WASHINGTON  - United States has said that talks with Pakistan regarding resumption of NATO supplies are underway, however, he said that no breakthrough took place as yet.“We are continuing conversations at a political level, but I don't have any progress to report,” State ...

LAHORE – The China EXIM Bank will provide $448 million to help complete strategically important 969MW Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project (NJHP), while in another development, the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) has also approved revised PC-I of the project amounting to Rs274.882 ...

MULTAN - Bahauddin Zakariya University Vice chancellor Dr Kh Alqama observed on Monday that no society could make economic and social progress without the acquisition of quality education. Addressing the members Rotary Club, he stressed upon the government to put education at the top of its ...

For me, the Quran-burning in Afghanistan brought back memories of the horrible morning at the White House when photos of abuse at the Abu Ghraib prison surfaced. This is not to argue that an act of negligence at Bagram Air Base is morally comparable to the grinning barbarity of military police at ...

Siddhartha Deb From 2007 to 2009, during the process of gathering material for a non-fiction book on India, I often found myself exposed to the aspirations of its upper and middle classes. These people were part of the 150 or 200 million who had done very well materially from the economic changes ...

ISLAMABAD - Neglecting various vital development projects of country especially from Balochistan, the road maintenance packages of Multan and Larkana are allegedly being given much importance with these areas getting comparatively smooth funding for development as compared to others.Contrary to ...

A high level meeting under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday reviewed progress on hydel power projects in Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan with a view to accelerate their process of completion to meet energy requirements of the people. During the meeting held ...

WASHINGTON — A US Army officer has challenged the claims of American military successes in Afghanistan, saying the war was "going disastrously," according to a media report.The officer, Lt. Col. Daniel Davis, after two one-year duties and travelling 9,000 miles in Afghanistan, has turned a ...