Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Friday said Pakistan was a courageous nation with unmatched resolve and urged the Commonwealth countries to be more relevant to the needs of its member by being more resilient. Gilani was speaking at the second Executive Session of the Commonwealth Heads of ...

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani warned United States on Tuesday that continued accusations of playing a double game in the war on militancy only risked fanning anti-Americanism in his country. Gilani, speaking in an interview with a foreign news agency, also said any unilateral military ...

UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged all remaining states to seize the moment and sign and ratify the global treaty banning nuclear tests, with the aim of bringing it into force by 2012. We know that a comprehensive ban on nuclear tests is an indispensable stepping stone to a ...

ISLAMABAD (INP) - The Parliamentary Committee on National Security Friday said the committee could review any law pertaining to the security of the state and put forward suggestions and recommendations. The committee, which met at Parliament House with Senator Raza Rabbani in the chair discussed ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Ratings agency Standard & Poors warned Thursday that the fight over the US debt ceiling could exacerbate the global tensions arising from Europes troubled economies. S&P also reiterated that it could downgrade the US debt rating if politicians cannot reach a deal to raise the ...

UNITED NATIONS - Ban Ki-moon, who was unanimously approved by the UN General Assembly on Tuesday for a second five-year term as the secretary-general, said he would work as a "harmonizer and bridge-builder among member states," to advance the cause of world peace in these turbulent times. Ban, who ...

UNITED NATIONS - Ban Ki-moon, who was unanimously approved by the UN General Assembly on Tuesday for a second five-year term as the secretray-general, said he would work as a "harmonizer and bridge-builder among member states," to advance the cause of world peace in these turbulent times. Ban, who ...

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 ...

KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Energy rich Gulf states plan to launch a massive Marshall-style plan to assist Bahrain and Oman which have been hit by unrest, Kuwait's Al-Qabas newspaper reported on Wednesday. Citing unnamed senior sources, the daily said the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council states were ...

Yusaf Haroon, a prominent Muslim league leader who was a close confidant of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, passed away in New York on Saturday after protracted illness. He was 95. The end came at New York Hospital where he was admitted for the past few months. His wife, Pasha Haroon, was at his ...

Leaders of the countries involved in the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan will meet on Saturday on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Lisbon to discuss further steps aimed at establishing peace and order in the war-ravaged country. Two major issues are to be discussed during ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A key global anti-corruption body has blacklisted eight countries for alleged money laundering and terrorism financing and called for sanctions against Iran, the US government said Friday. The Financial Action Task Force has identified eight countries that have strategic... ...

ISLAMABAD The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thursday informed the Senate that as many as 6,337 Pakistanis are detained in various countries, out of them 5,136 have been convicted while the remaining detainees are under trial. The highest number of Pakistanis (1,228) had been detained in United Arab ...

KARACHI - The Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), an affiliated institution of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) based in Karachi, is undertaking initiatives to address issues related to poverty alleviation and capacity building of 57 OIC member countries, said Attiya ...

The UAE, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr today after sighting of the Shawwal moon was announced on Saturday, report said. In several European countries including Britain, France and Germany Muslims are celebrating Eid today. The moon sighting body of UAE in a statement ...

CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters/AFP) - The Arab League and Islamist movement Hamas said on Sunday Arabs should not normalise ties with Israel as long as the Jewish state sticks to plans to build more settlements on occupied Palestinian land. It is impossible to speak of normalisation when Israel rejects ...

The ministry of investment has decided to lend 700,000 acres of farmland to Arab countries on the basis of long-term investment. An official of ministry said the decision has been taken keeping in view the interest of Arab countries in agriculture land of Punjab and Sindh. Government is also ...

GENEVA (Agencies) - Israel destroyed the infrastructure of a future Palestinian state during its recent offensive in the Gaza Strip, the head of the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday. "There has been so much destruction here, not just to housing... but to the infrastructure of ...

Thirty US states were mired in recession in September, and 19 others are at risk of falling into recession in the coming months, a survey by research firm Moody's Economy.com said Tuesday. Moody's defined recession for the study as a decline in a state's gross domestic product (GDP) on average over ...

Democrat Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain in five of eight key battleground states as Americans prepare to vote in the White House race, according to a series of Reuters/Zogby polls released on Tuesday. Obama expanded his national lead to 11 points over McCain among likely U.S. voters in a ...

WASHINGTON - Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that the United States would hold 'fully accountable' any country or group that helped terrorists to acquire or use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. In a speech to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Washington think ...

World Bank President Robert Zoellick warned that the international community must work harder to aid fragile states or risk them becoming safe havens for terrorists. In a conference of international security experts in Geneva Zoellick said such nations - from Afghanistan to East Timor - may become ...

SHANKSVILLE, Pennsylvania, (AFP) - Republican White House hopeful John McCain commemorated September 11 attacks from the crash site of United Airlines Flight 93 in rural Pennsylvania, commending "the courage and sacrifice" of its passengers. They "grasped the gravity of the moment, understood ...

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has left for United States on Saturday. Three Services chiefs and federal ministers see-off the premier at Chaklala Airbase. PM Gilani would meet with US President George Bush on July 28. During his tour, Prime Minister would also meet with US vice president ...

GENEVA  - The World Trade Organisation on Friday said it had ruled against China in a complaint brought by the United States over Chinese import tariffs on car parts. The WTO's dispute settlement panel urged China to bring what it termed "inconsistent measures ... into conformity with its ...

UNITED NATIONS: - Arab states on Wednesday called on the UN Security Council to re-declare Israeli settlements in Palestinian territories illegal and condemn new constructions in East Jerusalem. Libya, a council member and head of the Arab group in the UN, submitted a draft resolution calling ...