NEW YORK - In the first public admission by a top-ranking Pakistani leader, former president Pervez Musharraf has said his government had secretly cleared US drone strikes on the country's tribal areas.At the same time, he told CNN in Islamabad that the government signed off on the strikes ...

Govt delegation and the Tehrik-e-Minhajul Quran chief Dr Qadri have signed an agreement regarding electoral reforms after hectic negotiation for over four hours on Thursday. TMQ chief Dr Tahirul Qadri says that now government is bound to abide by the agreement signed with him during dialogue for ...

LAHORE - The Punjab government and search engine giant Google have signed an MoU to promote archaeological sites of the province using Google Maps. Secretary Tourism Dr. Allah Bakhsh and William Fitzgerald of Google  signed the document at the Arfa Information Technology Park.Chief Minister ...

ISLAMABAD - The Economic Affairs Division (EAD) and Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project Company (NJHPC) on Monday signed Subsidiary Loan Agreement worth $40 million, as it was a legal requirement for making loan agreement between Kuwait and Pakistan effective that was agreed on November 25, 2010.Abdul ...

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan, the United States and six other nations signed a treaty in Tokyo on Saturday to fight counterfeit and pirated goods, saying their proliferation hurts economic growth and helps organised crime. But the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement was not joined by China, where ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan and World Bank (WB) Thursday signed three agreements amou-nting to $115.50m for financing projects in different sectors. The amount would be utilised for Additional Financing for Punjab Education Sector Project (US$ 50m), Additional Financing for 3rd Partnership for Polio ...

LAHORE - A crucial agreement for mapping and monitoring forests of Murree Forests Division and to highlight encroachments on forest land was signed between Punjab Forest Department and World Wide Fund for NaturePakistan (WWFP). The ceremony took place at the Punjab Forest Secretariat which was ...

KARACHI - When Sindh Tennis President Muhammad Mian Soomro signed a letter nominating Asif Dar to attend and vote for the STA in PTF elections, the former governor Sindh was not aware that he was not authorised to do so under the constitution, it was learnt on Thursday. Queries conducted here the ...

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Myanmars military ruler Than Shwe arrives in India for a state visit that underscores the growing strategic ties between the worlds largest democracy and one of its most repressive regimes. The red-carpet reception planned for Shwe, who rarely travels abroad, has been sharply ...

KARACHI - Nazim City Mustafa Kamal and Mayor of US city Houston Bill White signed a sister cities agreement at the City Council Hall of Houston here on Monday. Karachi has become the 17th city of the world as to have sister cities relationship with Houston, a communiquT message received at CDGK ...

LAHORE - A protocol of projects cooperation between Punjab government and China's top entrepreneur was signed in Beijing on the second day of Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif visit to China on Tuesday. The signing ceremony of protocol was witnessed by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz ...

BEIJING (APP) - Two agreements were signed in the presence of Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif in the area of cooperation in agriculture sector here on Monday. The first agreement was signed between Bio-Technology Cotton and Punjab Seed Corporation.  Under the agreement, the inventor ...

KARACHI - A new contract has been signed for the early completion of the remaining work on Awan-e-Riffat Faizee Rehmeen Art Gallery, The Nation learnt on Tuesday. The project is dedicated to the names of Faizee Rehmeen and Begum Atiya Faizee, the couple who devoted their lives for the promotion ...