lahore - The business community, while felicitating Mian Nawaz Sahrif on landmark victory in the elections 2013 in centre as well as in Punjab, has said that the comprehensive success of PML-N has revived the hopes of depressed business community which was in deep trouble because of sever energy ...

islamabad - Greeting Mian Nawaz Sharif for his party’s victory in general elections, chief of Muttahida Jehad Council and Hizbul Mujahiddeen Syed Salahuddin hoped that after assuming power Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) would give due importance to the solution of Kashmir issue as per the ...

LAHOREPakistan Olympic Association (POA) president Lt Gen (retd) Syed Arif Hasan Wednesday said the POA has decided to meet Interim Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso to save Pakistan’s image at international level and to get rid of problems being faced by Olympic movement in Pakistan. Arif ...

LAKKI MARWAT - The Saifullah brothers and Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf leader Khan Bahadar Marwat on Sunday resolved their years long differences.Both the families belonging to Ghaznikhel were at loggerheads since last several years.At a huge gathering in Ghaznikhel Saifullah brothers including Humayun ...

LAHORE  -Chief Minister Punjab Najam Sethi has asked both the Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources as well as the Minister for Water & Power to resolve energy supply issue of textile industry in Punjab by Sunday morning.He has constituted a committee of both the ministries and ...

islamabad - Pakistan and Azerbaijan are two Muslim brother countries, having profound love and regard for each other, therefore, Azerbaijan strongly desires to further enhance its bilateral, economic and commercial ties with Pakistan. These remarks were made by Dashgin Shikarov, Ambassador of ...

KARACHI - Experts have emphasised the need for introducing more independent power producers to curb hour-long unannounced power outages across the country.Speakers expressed these views at the 6th International Power Conference and Exhibition on Emerging Energy Mix for Sustainable Power Generation. ...

ISLAMABAD - Caretaker Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Sohail Wajahat Siddiqui has initiated consultations with stakeholders to resolve energy crisis through short-term measures to end sufferings of masses and ensure national development.  In this regard, he held meeting with a ...

Pakistan has confirmed that UN Special Rapporteur is undertaking an inquiry into human rights violations in drone strikes.Replying to a question at the weekly news briefing here on Thursday‚ Foreign Office spokesman Moazzam Ahmad Khan said the exercise is part of a broader mandate given to ...

UNITED NATIONS - Reaffirming its commitment to fight terrorism, Pakistan on Tuesday called for a comprehensive approach that boost efforts to settle long-standing disputes spawning extremism in order to deal with this menace.“For sustainable solutions, we need to intensify our efforts to ...

KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari has strongly condemned the blast outside Kaka Sahib Darbar in Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that resulted in loss of innocent lives and caused injuries to many.Condemning the dastardly act, the President said that militants by targeting the innocent people were ...

LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif participated in roundtable sessions on various topics in the British Council Headquarters in London on Wednesday.The sessions were also attended by vice chancellors of leading British universities, as well as academic experts. During the sessions, ...

ISLAMABAD - Speakers in a seminar on Monday has noted that opening up of bilateral trade between Pakistan and India is a major breakthrough that would bring enhanced opportunities for the economic growth.They said in a seminar titled “Expanding India-Pakistan Trade” here on Monday to ...

LAKKI MARWAT - The public representatives are responsible for the backwardness of the district, as they have failed to deliver and resolve the problems of area people during the last four years.This was stated by JUI-F MPA Naseer Muhammad Khan Maidadkhel while speaking at an inaugural ceremony of ...

KARACHI – The Chairman and Board of Directors of KESC and SSGC held a joint meeting at SSGC House on other day and expressed their determination to resolve major issues of common interest especially pertaining to gas supplies, long standing over dues and the gas sales agreement.   ...

NEW YORK - Former President Pervez Musharraf has urged the West to help in transforming the Muslim world through socio-economic means and resolving the disputes, involving them, with justice.“All political disputes after World War II involved Muslim countries. Muslims were on the receiving ...

LAHORE - The post of Dean Institute of Public Health Lahore is neither sanctioned nor budgeted but the health department is advertising the same to reward favourite with a pay package of half a million per month. PMA office-bearers including Dr Tanveer Anwar, Dr Izhar Ahmed Ch, Dr Shahid Malik, Dr ...

ISLAMABAD - The Senate Standing Committee on Commerce on Thursday directed the Commerce Ministry to link the granting of Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India with removal of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) from the neighbouring country as our country’s exporters are facing several problems ...

RAWALPINDI (APP) - Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Thursday visited Kurram and Mohmand agencies and appreciated the firm resolve and supreme sacrifices being offered by the Army for the security of the motherland.According to ISPR, at Kurram, he was briefed about the ...

BONN (Reuters) - The West wants to use an Afghanistan meeting on Monday to signal enduring support for Kabul as allied troops go home, but economic downturn in Europe and crises with Pakistan and Iran could stir doubts about Western resolve. The goal is to leave behind an Afghan government strong ...

ISLAMABAD - Showing satisfaction over the current economic situation, Secretary Finance Dr Waqar Masood Khan Friday informed that the government has issued investment bonds worth Rs 391 billion to resolve the circular debt issue of food commodity and power sector. Talking to the media persons, ...

KARACHI - Despite strong protest by the coastal community activists, government functionaries are still reluctant to prioritise the fishermen problems. Truckloads carrying urban waste and dead animals from different towns dump it alongside the beaches, which makes the lives of 0.3 million ...

LOWER DIR - Students of the University of Malakand (UoM) on Sunday said that they were faced with numerous problems but the university administration was taking no step to resolve their grievances. Addressing a news conference at Timergara Press Club, the students leaders Rizwanullah, Jamshid ...

PESHAWAR - In the wake of dispute in Regi Model Town between Revenue Department and Koki Khel tribe on boundary line, the tribal elders from Tehsil Khyber Agency demanded of Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to form a commission for excavation of Maffey and Grift Award in order to resolve the issue. ...

ISLAMABAD - A crucial meeting of Board-in-Council of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has been convened on Monday in order to review important issues including the most controversial one of delegation of powers to the FBRs members. The FBR Board-in-Councils Progress review meeting would discuss ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Secretary for Commerce Zafar Mahmood Friday said that Islamabad and Kabul would take up issues related to the Pak-Afghan Transit Trade Agreement (PATTA) in its Coordination Authoritys two-day meeting that started on Friday. While talking to the media after the inaugural session ...

TIRANA (Reuters) - Albanias president and western envoys urged warring political parties to settle their differences and called on security forces to investigate the killing of three people in an anti-government protest. Prosecutors said on Sunday that police had not yet carried out arrest warrants ...

KARACHI - A meeting between leadership of Pakistan Peoples Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement was held at Chief Minister House on Thursday. Governor of Sindh Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Interior Federal Minister Rehman Malik jointly chaired the meeting. The ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday expressed his governments resolve to launch a 'jihad against corruption in the new year (2011) by making legislative measures including the approval of accountability law. It is our resolve for the new year, that we will launch 'jihad ...

RAWALPINDI - Collector Customs Sarwat Habib Tahira said that keeping in view the difficulties being faced by the business community regarding Islamabad Dry Port a collector custom advisory committee (CCAC) would be constituted to resolve the problems. To facilitate the traders is our top priority ...