The US Secretary of State John Kerry telephoned the Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Sunday night. According to Foreign office during the call, Secretary Kerry conveyed his felicitations on the assumption of office as Prime Minister of Pakistan. He reaffirmed the importance of Pakistan in US ...

LAHORE - MNA Hamza Shahbaz Sharif has assured all-out support to former Lahore City Cricket Association (LCCA) president Kh Nadeem Ahmad for his re-election and said efforts will be made to revamp cricket by introducing reforms in the PCB. He was speaking at a reception which the LCCA chief hosted ...

Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang Thursday gave green signal to future expected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that his country would cooperate in civil nuclear technology to overcome energy crisis in the country.Talking to media after an hour long meeting, Nawaz Sharif said that friendship between ...

ISLAMABADAsian Squash Federation (ASF) president David Mui assured his all-out support to the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) in bringing more events to Pakistan and described Pakistan as completely safe country for holding all kinds of sporting activities. David also promised to write to ...

LAHORE - Pemra Chairman Ch Rashid Ahmed held a meeting with the newly-elected representative body of the Cable Operators Association of Pakistan here Tuesday, says a press release. Pemra Regional General Manager, Abid Saeed, was also present in the meeting. CAP President Malik Furqan briefed the ...

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has strongly condemned the heinous act of terrorism in the city of Boston‚ Massachusetts, USA, during the Boston Marathon and has expressed profound grief and sorrow over the deaths and injuries in the terrorist attack.In a letter to President of the ...

ISLAMABAD - The Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Arif Nizami has assured the Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) his unequivocal support in resolving their issues through dialogue and mutual consultation. During a meeting on Thursday held at PEMRA Headquarters Islamabad with the ...

The caretaker Interior Minister Malik Muhammad Habib Khan has said that the government is making every possible effort to ensure free‚ fair and transparent elections.Talking to media after visiting NADRA headquarters in Islamabad Friday‚ the minister said that NADRA is also playing an ...

QUETTA - The leader of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP) Mehmood Khan Achakzai has called for an end to the military and agencies interference in politics, stating that Pakistan is passing through the worst period of its history.Talking to media after meeting with PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif on ...

LAHORE - Caretaker Minister for Information Arif Nizami says there is no justification for any opposition to implementation of articles 62 and 63 of the constitution, which provide for qualifications and disqualifications for the election candidates.Political parties which had representation in the ...

ISLAMABAD – Caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso said on Monday his government would extend every sort of assistance to the election commission in order to have free and fair polls conducted in the country. It was the first time in the history of Pakistan that a transition would take ...

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Thursday assured that the government would provide foolproof security cover to Polio teams so that they could perform their duties in all areas of the country safely and without fear.The PM said this in a meeting with Dr. Azra Fazal Pechehu, ...

ISLAMABAD  - A nine-member delegation, led by Central Chairman All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Ahsan Bashir, called on Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf at Prime Minister House on Monday and discussed with him issues relating to power outages affecting the textile industry. ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that Pakistan and United Arab Emirates (UAE) enjoy excellent brotherly relations, which can be strengthened further by economic cooperation.Prime Minister expressed these views Wednesday while talking to Etisalat delegation led by Abdul Karim ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Monday said that government is committed to providing equal opportunities to persons with disabilities in the public and private sector to utilize their abilities for the progress of country. He was addressing a ceremony to award cheque worth Rs. 0.6 million to ...

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday said that the Metro Bus was not just a project but a great mission and all out resources were being utilised for its earliest completion. He said that metro bus project was a unique project in the history of the country which would ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has assured the MQM that the government is taking all necessary steps for restoring peace in Karachi and the situation would improve in a few days.The prime minister met a delegation of the MQM comprising of Babar Ghauri, Wassem Akhtar, Abdul Qadir Khanzada and ...

LAHORE - Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that legislation will be carried out for a new ‘comprehensive’ local government system in the province. He said that such a local government (LG) system would be established in consultation with public representatives which reflected ...

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has vowed to work for the promotion of human equality‚ religious tolerance and interfaith harmony. Congratulating the Christian community both inside and outside Pakistan on the occasion of Easter Easter on Sunday (April 8), the Prime Minister said that ...

Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik on Tuesday said that Mansoor Ijaz’s name would not be put on Exit Control List (ECL). He said that he did not threaten anyone, adding that he had just said, “If parliamentary committee orders to put anyone’s name (Ijaz) on ECL then the ...

ISLAMABAD - Wife of Saudi Ambassador Al Jawahira Abdullah on Thursday visited Pakistan Sweet Home Sahala, Islamabad.On the occasion, she said that Pakistan and Saudi government are jointly contributing a lot for the welfare and uplift of these orphan children. “It is my immense pleasure ...

ISLAMABAD - The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has assured the students of BSc (Veterinary Sciences) of the Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi (AAUR) to resolve the issue of their degrees’ recognition from Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council (PVMC).A delegation of the students came to ...

Chief Justice Supreme Cout Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry Wednesday said the investigations into Memogate scandal will be more transparent under the judiciary. The SC today commenced its proceedings in memo scandal with the arguments of Asma Jahangir, counsel of former Pakistani ambassador to the US ...

BEIJING (APP) - China will continue to develop bilateral strategic cooperative partnership with Pakistan, said spokesman Chinese Foreign Ministry Monday. “No matter how the international situation changes, this policy will not be shaken,” said spokesman Hong Lei. The State Councillor ...

Admiral (R) Fasih Bukhari, nominated Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at Prime Minister's House on Monday and discussed responsibilities of his new assignment. The prime minister congratulated Admiral Fasih Bukhari for his ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the controversial SRO 821(I), issued in Sept will be withdrawn. It is to be noted that business community is presently very disturbed with the issuance of SRO, as according to them, it is not practicable and would ...

Mr. Mashallah Shakri, Ambassador of Iran called on Federal Minister for Interior, Senator A. Rehman Malik in Islamabad and handed over a letter from the Government of Iran after the claim of Jundullah attack on Chabahar, Iran on 15th September 2010. According to Interior Ministry spokesman it has ...

LAHORE Roger Burden, Acting Chairman of The Football Association, expressed commensurations and condolences on massive loss of lives and colossal damage to properties and infrastructure caused in flood-ravaged Pakistan and assured humanitarian aid to help deal with the disaster which has killed ...

LAHORE Footballs global governing body FIFA has assured Pakistan Football Federation President Syed Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat that it would do its best in assisting the PFF in the humanitarian projects in the flood-hit areas of the country. These assurances came from FIFA chief Sepp Blatter ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The United Kingdoms Conservative Party Chairperson Baroness Sayeeda Warsi Sunday telephoned Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani to express solidarity over the devastation caused by floods in Pakistan. She assured the prime minister of her countrys commitment to extend all-out ...