LAHORE The Punjab University on Friday signed a MoU with Lahore Council for World Affairs (LCWA) to collaborate in research and objective discussions on national issues. The ceremony was held in the committee room of VC office in which PU VC Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran, Director External Linkages ...

BRUSSELS The premiers of Serbia and Kosovo on Friday initialled a historic deal to normalise ties in a move key to the future of the Western Balkans, said EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.“These negotiations have been concluded,” Ashton said. “The text has been initialled ...

LAHORE - The Government College University (GCU) on Monday signed an accord of educational, research and cultural cooperation with Turkish university, Suleyman Shah University Istanbul (SSU), for strengthening friendly relations between Turkey and Pakistan.GCU Vice Chancellor Dr Khaleequr Rahman ...

LAHORE : Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Liaqat Baloch has said that the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project would lead to industrial development and strengthen the ties between the two countries. He was talking to the Iranian Consul General Muhammad Husain bani Asadi, and the members of the ...

LAHORE - The Government College University (GCU) Chemistry Department has signed an accord for five years with the NovaMed Pharmaceuticals (Pvt) Limited for research on development and improvement in medicines. GCU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Khaleequr Rahman and NovaMed Chief Executive Officer ...

Pakistan and India signed an agreement to relax visa regime for its citizens under which traders from the two countries will be allowed to visit ten cities while tourists will be given visa for five cities. Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna ...

US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry, who met Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Place in Kabul, said making the proposed strategic agreement ready to be signed by leaders of the two countries was a major success.A statement issued from the Presidential Place ...

ISLAMABAD – PPP Core Committee Thursday night approved the draft of a tentative agreement reached with PML-N-led opposition parties for the unanimous passage of 20th constitutional amendment from the parliament.Both President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani who ...

MIRANSHAH (Reuters) - The most powerful militant leader in North Waziristan border region has threatened to tear up a peace accord and turn his fighters against the Islamabad government. Hafiz Gul Bahadur has an unofficial non-aggression pact with the military, focussing instead on attacking US ...

PARACHINAR (APP) - The elders of Bangash and Tori tribes Tuesday inked an agreement, pledging to work for bolstering peace efforts in Kurram Agency. The peace agreement was signed by Haji Jamal Bangesh and Mir Zaman Bangesh on behalf of the Bangesh tribes of Boshera while Haji Rehman Khan and Engr ...

QUETTA - The European Union (EU) has inked an agreement of Euro 1 million with the Balochistan Rural Support Programme (BRSP) for providing water and sanitation facilities in two districts of the province. EU counselor/head of the operation, Berend de Groot, and BRSP chief Nadir Gul Bareach signed ...

Friday was the completion of the 10-year exile accord signed between Nawaz Sharif and the then Army Chief and Chief Executive Gen Pervez Musharraf, reported a private television channel. Nawaz has been consistently denying having signed any deal with Musharraf. However the television channel ...

LAHORE Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer has termed construction of Kalabagh Dam essential for the country, saying no one can negate the importance of Bhasha Dam but the KBD is the only project which ensures both the 600 billion feet water storage capacity and 3,000-4,000 MW power generation. By ...

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea signed a new accord on economic and technical cooperation with China on Thursday, state media said as the impoverished communist country struggles to recharge its faltering economy. The accord was signed in Pyongyang between the Norths foreign trade minister Ri Ryong-Nam ...

WANA (Online) - A grand jirga of Ahmedzai Wazir tribe in South Waziristan has announced to keep intact the peace agreement with government signed in 2007. The jirga attended by more than 15,000 tribesmen also pledged to cooperate with the govt in all matters. The tribal council demanded the ...

LAHORE International Finance Corporation of the World Bank group has signed a contract with Waste Busters, a Pakistani waste management organisation to conduct a feasibility study on waste paper recycling in Pakistan. The IFC is the financing arm of the World Bank involved in financing of $230 ...

ISLAMABAD Pakistan Railways has entered into an agreement with China for purchase of the spare parts for 69 Chinese-origin diesel engine locomotives worth Rs 1282 million whereas the total allocation for purchase of spare parts for some 520 locomotives for fiscal 2009-10 is only Rs 1070 ...

LAHORE (APP) - Punjab Agriculture Minister Malik Ahmed Ali Aulakh has demanded implementation on Indus Water Apportionment Accord (IWAA) of 1991. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, he said IRSA had failed to discharge its responsibilities regarding implementation of the accord and the ...

LAHORE Pakistan film makers would enter joint venture with the Iranian film industry to produce movies depicting national issues and giving the people awareness about the same. Iran is the third largest film industry in the world with high quality technical facilities and Pakistan films makers are ...

ISLAMABAD - The signing ceremony of Articles of Agreement for the establishment of Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) Reinsurance Company was held here on Wednesday. The delegates representing Iran, Pakistan and Turkey attended the ceremony. The authorised delegates Dr Javed Farshbaf Maherian ...

COPENHAGEN (AFP) - World leaders on Sunday insisted that the climate deal clinched in desperation at the UN summit was the best that can be done as they returned home to a lashing from critics. Newspapers widely branded the accord a failure and experts such as the head of a Nobel Peace ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States has said it would not endorse any new global trade accord unless it contained a solid deal on services, urging Asian nations in particular to liberalize the lucrative sector. We know that the biggest gains to the global economy are likely to derive from ...

LAHORE - The French Economic and Commercial Counsellor Dominique Simon has said that French President Nicolas Sarkozy is planning to visit Pakistan by the end of the year to finalise an agreement of global partnership. He was speaking at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Thursday. LCCI ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the issue of water distribution to the provinces would be resolved by following the 1991 water treaty carried out by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Speaking in the National Assembly, after the members raised the issue of water ...

KARACHI - The confrontation between the Pakistan Airline (PIA) and Pakistan Airline Pilot Association (PALPA) has been resolved and the working agreement will be signed on July 31, 2009, confirmed PALPA President Capt Imran Usman. The meeting was held between the PIA and PALPA after the Ministry of ...

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia and Ukraine on Sunday announced a new deal which they said would allow natural gas to start flowing again, but the European Union remained doubtful about an end to the crisis. Millions in Europe have been left shivering through winter without heating after gas supplies were ...

KARACHI - Pak-Qatar General Takaful Limited and Pak Oman Asset Management Company Limited have signed an agreement, according to which, Pak-Qatar General Takaful will provide Takaful coverage to the unit holders of Pak Oman Advantage Islamic Fund, an open-end Islamic asset allocation fund and Pak ...

KARACHI - Allied Bank has signed an agreement with Anjum Asim Shahid Rahman (AASR), a member firm of Grant Thornton International for licensing and implementation of Customer Assets Management System (CAMS). Allied Bank chose one of the fastest growing and leading solutions CAMS for consumer ...

LAHORE - Honda Atlas Cars launched new model of Honda Accord and Honda CR-V Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, chairman Honda Atlas Cars Yusuf H. Shirazi said that the auto industry in Pakistan needed a long-term and consistent Auto Policy to achieve the vision of 500,000 units by the year ...

BARA - Amidst assembling of contingents of the paramilitary troops in Jamrud near Peshawar, tribal elders from Bara and Mulagori regions have initiated efforts for reconciliation between the government and the alleged militants. Before embarking on mediation efforts, the 18-member tribal jirga ...