NEW DELHI - India faces at least “a one-in-three” chance of losing its prized sovereign grade rating, S&P’s has warned, amid new threats to economic growth and reforms. The announcement surprised the finance ministry, saying the govt has taken strong steps to improve public ...

lahore - PML-N President Nawaz Sharif has said that on coming to power his party will ensure equal treatment to the minorities and protect their rights forcefully.Addressing leaders and members of the minorities at the PML-N Secretariat here Thursday, the chief of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz said ...

LAHORE - The Punjab caretaker cabinet on Tuesday approved the Punjab Commission on the Status of Women Ordinance 2013, after a few amendments, under which a Punjab Commission, having at least 50 percent women representation, would be formulated, and at least one women member would be taken from ...

Islamabad High Court has admitted a petition challenging sub-jail status given to farm house of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf.Petitioner Advocate Muhammad Ashraf Gujjar had challenged the notification issued by Chief Commissioner Islamabad, which declared the former president’s Chak ...

Amelie Bottollier-DepoisAung San Suu Kyi's refusal to condemn attacks on Muslims in Myanmar has dimmed the Nobel laureate's lustre among global rights campaigners, but observers say her reticence will do her no harm with voters.Nearly a month after religious riots killed 43 people in central ...

LAHORE - German Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Cyrill Jean Nunn Pakistan has said that Germany is the biggest supporter of GSP Plus status to Pakistan and hopefully Pakistan would get the status once the legal formalities are complete.  The Ambassador was speaking at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce ...

KARACHI - Speakers at the 3rd annual convention of home-based women workers federation (HBWWF) demanded the government to declare status of 10 million informal workers equal to those of formal sector.The convention held at PMA House, was attended by women workers from different parts of the ...

FAISALABAD - A plan should be worked out to utilise Wapda Hospital for general public by awarding it the status of a teaching hospital and affiliate it with a medical college.Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (Fesco) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Rana Abdul Jabbar Khan stated this during his ...

ISLAMABAD - Ambassador of the European Union to Pakistan, Lars-Gunnar Wigemark here on Thursday said that Pakistan would get the Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP) plus status by the end of this year which will give a better market access of Pakistani products to EU markets.Addressing at a ...

Dr Mohammad Tahirul Qadri’s appearance in Pakistan is likened to a figurative example of “setting the cat among the pigeons”, but the question is who has set this angry cat among Pakistan’s political pigeons causing a commotion that has never been seen before in our history. ...

LAHORE - Federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim and Secretary Commerce Munir Qureshi have said that government’s decision to grant MFN status to India would not apply to agriculture sector and that any step in this regard would not be taken without the farmers’ consent.After ...

LONDON  - Manchester United preserved their seven-point lead over Manchester City in the Premier League on Saturday, defeating West Bromwich Albion 2-0 as the champions scraped a 4-3 win at Norwich City.United manager Alex Ferguson was the centre of pre-match attention at Old Trafford for an ...

FAISALABAD  – Chairman Pakistan Textile Exporters Association, Rana Arif Tauseef has hailed the government’s decision of granting Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India.He said the government should provide equal opportunities to local industrialists so that they could play ...

KARACHI - The SBP has renewed the status of External Credit Assessment Institutions (ECAIs) of both the credit rating agencies namely M/s JCR-VIS Credit Rating Company Limited and The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Limited operating in country for the calendar year 2012.  It may be pointed out ...

ISLAMABAD  - Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief and Chairman Kashmir Committee Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that Kashmiri leaders have reservations over granting MFN (Most-Favoured Nation) status to India by Pakistan. Talking to media on Saturday, Fazl said that support for right to ...

ISLAMABAD - The parliamentary committee on commerce has sought complete details from the government on the current status of investigation into the missing containers in transit trade of Afghan commercial goods, and containers used for NATO/ISAF and United States on January 26.According to the ...

TOBA TEK SINGH - Pirmahal Tehsil Banao Tanzeem  Chairman Dr Maqsood has said that opportunist politicians of Pirmahal area were doing nothing to get Pirmahal status of tehsil but when it will be declared as tehsil, they will try to get its credit in their names. He was addressing a press ...

LAHORE – A country famous for its blatant acts of brutality and violation of human rights besides having held a Himalayan territory for ages cannot be given a status of the most favourite nation. As Indian intransigence over Kashmir still runs deep, it by constructing 65 dams on Pakistani ...

FAISALABAD - GSP plus status by the European Union for Pakistani textile exports is expected in February which will help the country increase export volume to Europe up to 20 per cent, said Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) Chief Executive Tariq Iqbal Puri.While addressing the ...

KARACHI – Faysal Bank Limited recently announced that they have been granted the status to be an Authorised Derivatives Dealer by the State Bank of Pakistan, after which they are now the sixth bank to have this status in the Pakistan banking industry, says a press release. The President and ...

LAHORE - The manufacturers can use Trade Defence Laws available in Pakistan to effectively counter the Indian threat following the MFN status to India, stated WTO experts on Monday. “To effectively resist the Indian cheaper goods threat, Pakistan’s industry needs to use Trade Defence ...

ISLAMABAD - Parliamentary Kashmir Committee has endorsed the decision of the government to give Most-Favoured Nation status to India and asked the ministries of foreign affairs and commerce to keep the Kashmir issue on priority during negotiations with India on trade and confidence-building ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh Friday reviewed the current status of Anti Money Laundering (AML) regime, pace of progress, implementation of various reforms under the law and capacity building of law enforcement agencies charged with the ...

LAHORE - President of Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) Makhdoom Sayed Faisal Saleh Hayat has been designated member of Players' Status Committee of FIFA in addition to his continuation as member of Disciplinary Committee.    ...

LAHORE – Minister for Education Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman said on Wednesday that the government was completing necessary formalities for granting a status of university to Queen Mary College. Replying to a query during question hour on Higher Education Department at the Punjab Assembly ...

Istahkam-e-Pakistan Carvan held from Azadi Chowk to Nasir Bagh against giving India the Most Favourite Nation (MFN) status. Thousands of farmers and landowners from all over Lahore and its suburbs took part in it and protested strongly, shouting slogans against India as MFN. Hundreds of vehicles ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - Speakers at a seminar on 'Opening trade with India' warned that by awarding India MFN status in haste, the government would endanger Pakistans economy, culture and traditions. Former Chairman Pakistan Steel, General (R) Muhammad Javed, Chairman Pakistan Association of ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE Pakistan should not promote trade with India until the Kashmir issue is not resolved. The people of Pakistan are fed up of the two party system and want change in political arena. Rule of law is the only solution to the poor state of Karachi. These views were expressed ...

RAWALPINDI Jamaat-Islami (JI) Azad Jammu and Kashmir Amir Abdur Rasheed Turabi has said trade with India should not be done at the cost of Kashmir cause. Declaring India as the most favoured nation for trade is not only against Pakistans national interests but also is mocking Kashmiris sacrifices ...

LAHORE The Central Shoora of the Jamaat-e-Islami has called upon the government to withdraw its decision to accord Most Favoured Nation(MFN) status to India and extend its full support to the Kashmir liberation movement as a party in the Kashmir dispute. The Shoora, through a resolution, said ...