LAHORE – The loan defaulters and beneficiaries of huge financial relief in the form of ‘Write-offs’ and waivers from banks are still at large, as most of them managed clearance of their nomination papers due to various complexities.Financial experts are of the view that they are ...

RAWALPINDI - As many as 14 candidates of different political parties, whose candidatures had been rejected by Returning Officers on various grounds, got clearance from the Election Tribunal (ET) on Saturday to contest general elections 2013.The two-member ET comprising Justice Asad Rauf Sheikh and ...

RAWALPINDI - Election Tribunal (ET) comprising Justice Rauf Ahmed Sheikh and Justice Mamoon Rashid of Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench on Friday were completely wondered after seeing the educational certificates of a PML-N candidate for PP-31 (Sargodha) Malik Javed Awan who got degree in ...

ISLAMABAD  - Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif was cleared of tax evasion in a report submitted by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday.Another report sent by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) stated that Shahbaz Sharif ...

LAHORE – PML-N President Mian Nawaz Sharif got clearance to contest election from NA-119 Lahore after the Returning Officer concerned okayed his nomination papers during scrutiny here on Friday. However, the RO has reserved for April 7th, decision on accepting or,otherwise, his nomination ...

DG-ISPR Maj. Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa has announced that operation against terrorists in Peshawar had been cleared; and expressed his resolve to defeat terrorism at all costs.Talking to a private TV channel, he said that many terrorists were present in tribal areas, while a total of 10 terrorists ...

ANISUDDIN KHANKARACHI - Incumbent and popular president of Sindh Olympic Association Dr M Ali Shah and his secretary Ahmed Ali are all sat to retain their positions at the quadrinnieal elections to be held here Sunday (today) at Asghar Ali Shah stadium.It was reliably learnt that no other candidate ...

RAWALPINDI - An Accountability Court (AC) Rawalpindi No 4 exonerated former Chief Commissioner Islamabad Saeed Mehdi in the Polo Ground Reference here on Friday. According to details, AC Rawalpindi Number 4 Judge Chaudhary Abdul Haq acquitted the former Chief Commissioner Islamabad Saeed Mehdi in ...

ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly (NA) was informed on Thursday that the total amount of foreign loans paid by Pakistan during July-November 2010 was $1057.7 million, including $743.5 million as principal amount and $314.2 million as interest. The Minister said that the total amount of domestic ...

SINGAPORE (AFP) Britains world champion diver Tom Daley was cleared to compete in the inaugural Youth Olympics on Friday after recovering from a tricep injury. The 16-year-old, who was a shock winner of the mens 10m platform event at the world championships in Rome last year, pulled out of the ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US antitrust regulators gave Internet search titan Google a green light to acquire mobile advertising network firm AdMob, saying the deal was unlikely to harm competition. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Friday closed its investigation of Googles proposed ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Ministry of Finance is all set to clear the circular debt of Independent Power Plants during the current month in a bid to lower the gap between power production and high demand. Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar in a meeting with Prime ...

ISLAMABAD - Security forces Friday cleared Peochar Village, another militant stronghold, and Bahrain killing 28 militants including six of their commanders in various areas of Swat during different incidents of exchange of fire and cordon and search operations. According to an update for last 24 ...

LAHORE - The Punjab government will start anti-encroachment drive in Miani Sahib Graveyard till February 17, said a report submitted in Lahore High Court by the secretary services, Punjab. Secretary Services & Group Administration Department Sikandar Sultan Raza filed his report on the directions ...

JALALABAD (AFP) - Afghans reacted with outrage Saturday after the US military found Marines had acted appropriately when they opened fire after an attack last year, killing at least 10 civilians. The country's top rights body meanwhile reiterated its finding that the troops had used excessive ...

QUETTA (APP) - A single bench of Balochistan High Court headed by Chief Justice Amanullah Khan Yasinzai has acquitted Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) Chief Sardar Akhtar Jan Mengal and general secretary of the party Habib Jalib advocate in treason cases and ordered the concerned officials ...