ISLAMABAD - Declaring the Lahore High Court verdict null and void regarding the disqualification of Iftikhar Ahmed Khan, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz former MPA, for being a fake degree holder, the Supreme Court on Thursday observed that the benefit of doubt would go to him.A three-member bench ...

NEW DELHI (AFP) - India’s Supreme Court rejected Monday a patent bid by Swiss drug giant Novartis in a landmark ruling that activists say will protect cheap generic drugs and save lives in developing nations. Novartis fought a seven-year legal battle to gain patent protection for an updated ...

NAIROBI - Kenya’s High Court cleared the way Friday for presidential hopeful Uhuru Kenyatta to run for office next month despite his facing a crimes against humanity trial, saying it lacked the jurisdiction for the case. With little time left before the March 4 election, the ruling on ...

TUNIS - Tunisia's ruling Islamists Thursday rejected plans by the premier to form a government of technocrats while the main trade union called a general strike amid renewed unrest, deepening a crisis sparked by the killing of an opposition leader.With tensions running high since the murder ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday concluded its hearing in the case pertaining to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) prices. The ruling in the case is expected to be issued Friday.A two-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja, heard the case over CNG pricing formula, a private ...

TUNIS - The party of Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki could pull out from the coalition government amid tensions with the ruling Islamist Ennahda party, the secretary general of the CPR warned on Sunday. “The Congress for the Republic will quit the government if its proposals and those of ...

 KARACHI- PML-N provincial president Ghaus Ali Shah on Tuesday, while condemning the allegations of ruling PPP leaders, said that the ministers of the government used derogatory language against his party leadership.Addressing a press conference at his residence, he said the public gathering ...

ISLAMABAD - JAVAID-UR-RAHMAN - The National Assembly on Thursday once again witnessed severe criticism from the ruling PPP on receiving proforma from Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), which is calling for submission of fresh affidavits about dual nationality matter. “Being Member ...

ISLAMABAD – Lawmakers – mainly from the ruling PPP – in Tuesday’s National Assembly session objected to an Election Commission of Pakistan proforma calling for the submission of fresh affidavits, insinuating that the parliamentarians were being disgraced in the name of dual ...

LAHORE-While the PML-N is still indecisive about its candidates, the PPP and PML-Q on Monday finalised their joint candidates for the coming bye-elections in Punjab strictly in line with the seat adjustment formula agreed between the two sides last year. Two national and four provincial seats fell ...

HAFIZABAD - The district government will provide Rs40 million as special development fund for the completion of development projects proposed by MNA Saira Afzal Tarar, MPAs - Mian Shahid Hussain Bhatti and Ch Asad Ullah Arian, said District Officer Budget and Finance Riaz Ghani Basit here on ...

KARACHI – Coming down hard on the ruling PPP for its depressing failure to provide security and relief to the general populace during the first four years of its term, PML-N leader Liaquat Jatoi on Friday said the rising insecurity, abject poverty and growing unemployment had compelled people ...

KARACHI - Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi on Thursday termed that PPP, MQM and ANP are responsible of unrest and violence in the metropolis, saying that peace in Karachi would not be possible in the presence of terrorists outfit in the coalition government.Addressing a press conference at JI Karachi office ...

RAWALPINDI - It is praiseworthy to sensitise our children on road safety at educational institutions and it is also commendable, indeed responsibility of the commoners, to follow the rules and signs while using road. However, when it comes to encroachment of road signboard, the worst offenders are ...

JERUSALEM - Israeli rights groups and MPs on Thursday denounced a court ruling upholding a law that prevents Palestinians married to Arab Israelis from obtaining Israeli citizenship or residency. By contrast, the ruling was welcomed by Israeli rightwingers. “It is a dark day for the ...

LAHORE – Five imprisoned hardened criminals of the District Jail Lahore involved in numerous felony acts are leading a mafia of drug peddlers, which is operating around 130 dens across the provincial capital since long, sources among the authorities revealed on Friday. A senior officer of the ...

MULTAN - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Secretary General Liaqat Baloch has said that the doors of Jamaat are open to all political and religious parties and options like electoral alliance and seat-to-seat adjustment are under serious consideration.He disclosed this while addressing a news conference here ...

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's ruling Labor party voted on Sunday against a phase-out of live animal exports following the temporary halting of cattle shipments to Indonesia earlier this year on cruelty concerns. Canberra froze cattle exports to its Southeast Asian neighbour for several weeks in June ...

TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC said Saturday it would appeal a ruling by a United States trade body which found that it had infringed two patents held by US giant Apple. Apple filed a complaint against HTC in March 2010 with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) accusing ...

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's ruling party has won delayed governorship elections in two northern states where hundreds died in rioting after a vote two weeks ago. The state governorship races are the last stage of a month-long election process deemed by observers and many Nigerians to have been the ...

ISLAMABAD - The details of the assets of Pakistans mainstream politicians submitted in the Election Commission of Pakistan reveal some eye-popping details. Majority of the wealthy ruling elites of the Upper House has not shown even one-third of its total assets in the returns submitted with ECP, it ...

LAHORE A former law minister advised the government on Friday to send a reference to the Supreme Court on the issue of immunity claimed by US national Raymond Davis, the killer of two Pakistanis, and then implement whatever opinion expressed by the apex court. Dr Khalid Ranjha said while talking ...

ISLAMABAD - The stubborn bureaucratic practices that are the hallmark of Pakistani government departments have perhaps begun to prevail in the United Nations as well. Nearly three-dozen employees of a UN body have been denied promotions in violation of policy despite waiting for years. This ...

CAIRO (AFP) - The ruling party of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak won 419 of 508 seats in parliamentary polls, the electoral commission said on Monday, giving its final results after two rounds of voting. Trailing far behind Mubaraks National Democratic Party (NDP) were the opposition with 15 ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - One of Indias biggest corruption scandals in the Congress-led governments six years in power has damaged the partys image, strained ties with a crucial coalition ally and disrupted the passing of reform bills. While the scandal over the granting of 2G licences that prompted ...

BEIJING (AFP) - China said Saturday it was concerned about parts of a ruling made by the World Trade Organization in an anti-dumping dispute between Washington and Beijing. China expresses concern over some views and rulings made by the (WTO) expert panel, an unnamed official at the commerce ...

ISLAMABAD Isnt it amazing that the United States keeps all the information about Pakistani politicians and so-called national leaders in its Congressional Records and yet supports those who have gobbled billions of dollars of the country. The key cronies of Zardari, who were exposed in US ...

LAHORE - PML-Q President Senator Ch Shujaat Hussain has accused the government of kneeling down to the US dictates after failing to deliver to the masses. Americans have been given free hand to acquire houses in Islamabad and they are roaming freely in bullet proof vehicles without any check. A ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Chief Justice has observed on Wednesday that the failure of police in implementing the law suggests as 'goondas are ruling. How many suo moto notices can I take? Police should feel its responsibility too, the chief justice remarked hearing a suo moto case against ...

ISLAMABAD - Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) protested in the National Assembly on Monday against the statement of Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad that superior courts (Supreme and high courts) of the country were un-Islamic and demanded Speakers ruling on ...