New York - A prominent international human rights watchdog Monday urged Pakistan to use law enforcement agencies and, if essential, the army to provide as much protection as possible to candidates and political parties from Taliban attacks. Unless the interim government, the country’s ...

PARIS (Agencies) - Reporters Without Borders on Wednesday launched a new indicator measuring global press freedom by aggregating the scores of its annual index, from perennial table-topping Finland to worst offenders Eritrea."In view of the emergence of new technologies and the interdependence of ...

Simultaneous bombings in the mostly Druze and Christian town of Jaramana near Damascus killed at least 29 people and left dozens injured on Wednesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said."The number of people killed by two car bombs in the town of Jaramana has risen to 29," said the ...

THE UKs advertising watchdog is going to vet sites like Twitter and Facebook for the first time after receiving thousands of complaints about misleading online adverts. Last year the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received 3,546 complaints regarding online adverts. However, more than half ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama named Wall Street critic Elizabeth Warren on Friday to oversee creation of a new consumer financial protection agency, drawing praise from liberals and an outcry from Republicans and the financial industry. Obama announced Warren as a special adviser to ...

ISLAMABAD - The Implementation Committee of Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Friday, was informed that excavation work on Heritage of Moenjodaro was underway and construction of the road over there could damage it. National Highway Authority (NHA) informed that work on the construction of road from ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) -Contrary to the claim of Punjab government, the Ministry of Religious Affairs has clarified that no directions have been passed to the Punjab government regarding the addition of some clauses in the Nikahnama. An official of the ministry told this agency that in fact the Peshawar ...

KARACHI (APP) - Federal Advisor on Textile and member of Prime Ministers newly constituted Business Persons Council (BPC), Dr. Mirza Ikhtiar Baig, held meeting with Federal Finance Minister Senator Shaukat Tarin in Islamabad for issuance of relevant SROs and notifications regarding incentives ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The number of potential nuclear weapons states could more than double in the next few years unless major powers take radical steps towards disarmament, the head of the UNs nuclear watchdog was quoted saying on Friday. Mohamed ElBaradei said the threat of proliferation was ...

LONDON (AFP) - Britains Ministry of Defence is struggling to meet its targets for quickly resupplying frontline troops in Afghanistan, the National Audit Office said in a report Thursday. Shortages of spare parts for helicopters have also led to cannibalisation of equipment to keep aircraft flying ...

VIENNA (AFP) - The UN atomic watchdog needs more cash and powers to meet the growing challenges of proliferation worldwide, IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Tuesday, adding that funding often came with strings attached. Speaking to a scientific forum here on the future role of the International ...