ISLAMABAD Pakistan's military chief has recommended setting up an internationally-supported regional military forum against the growing threat of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as representatives from over two dozen states showed up at an international event here on Monday to join hands ...

LAHORE -  PML-N MNA-elect Ch Jaffar Iqbal has said that a number of serious challenges are awaiting the incoming government of his party which is fully competent to counter them as it did it in the past.Jaffar who has been elected from NA-106, Gujrat, defeating PPP stalwart Qamar Zaman Kaira ...

UNITED NATIONS -  Pakistan has called for addressing the root causes of terrorism that continues to mutate into new and more sinister forms, and to combat the phenomenon with “quick response” strategies.“Counter-terrorism efforts need to adapt to these challenges and develop ...

Permanent Pakistani Representative to United Nations (UN) Masood Khan, Saturday, said that Pakistan had made considerable progress to counter terrorist financing and border control.“We have deployed 150,000 troops on Pak-Afghan border and have set up 822 posts to interdict Al-Qaida/Taliban ...

NEW DELHI:-  Viv Richards, the former West Indies captain who is also the Delhi Daredevils ambassador, has said it's important to be confrontational in cricket against sledging and "bullying" tactics, but through performance. When faced with a situation where a player is "standing at the ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Sharon Stone has counter-sued her Filipina former nanny, who is pursuing the actress for wrongful dismissal and harassment including racist abuse.In a breach-of-loan-agreement action filed in Los Angeles Superior Court this week, the “Basic Instinct” star says ...

ISLAMABAD  – The Foreign Office spokesman has reiterated that Pakistan regards the use of drone strikes as counterproductive.Responding to a query regarding a story published in New York Times on an alleged deal on drones‚ the spokesman said that the story is baseless and a part of ...

Dr Zalmai Rassoul, Afghan Foreign Minister called on Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf  at PM House Friday and discussed with him matters of important mutual interests.While talking to Dr Zalmai Rassoul, the Prime Minister said that Pakistan believes that a peaceful, prosperous and stable ...

ISLAMABAD - The future of Pakistan and United States relations will depend largely on how the two erstwhile strategic partners mend their differences to evolve effective cooperation on counter terrorism, sources said on Tuesday.Well-placed diplomatic sources told The Nation that Islamabad and ...

 SARGODHA - A special counter to facilitate the senior citizens has been established at Regional Passport Office.  Incharge Passport Office Fawad Tariq Cheema and Assistant Director Muhammad Naseem said this during a media briefing on Monday. They said that during the month of February, ...

LAHORE – In a major breakthrough, Pakistan has decided to urge the US to step up sincere efforts in combating narcotics in Afghanistan, the main source of funding for the terrorists, rather than launching the so-called initiative of Central Asian counter drug programme, which Russia has also ...

SHERGARH - Several people were injured when police used its ‘touts and criminals’ to attack a peaceful rally taken out against the rising incidents of robberies here the other day. Taken out jointly by Ahle Sunnat wal Jamaat, Labaik Ya Rasullalah Tehreek, Anjuman-e-Tajran, Jafria ...

A British biotech lab has released huge numbers of genetically modified mosquitoes in an effort to combat dengue fever. But people in Grand Cayman (a Caribbean island) were not adequately informed of the experiment, resulting in a debate over the potential dangers to humans.According to German ...

ISLAMABAD - Ruling out any possibility that Norwegian intelligence operatives were present in Pakistan with the permission of the government, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Friday that it was the duty of ISI and IB to look into such matters.Responding to the queries of senior PPP leader ...

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 - The ministry of interior has decided to draft a bill for legislation to counter the violence related incidents with the use of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) that would suggest strict measure to prevent the production, distribution, transportation and usage of homemade bombs ...

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT UNITED NATIONS - Italy is organising a big meeting of UN member states in Rome next week in an obvious bid to chart out a strategy aimed at halting the momentum of the G-4 countries (India, Brazil, Germany and Japan), who are campaigning for permanent membership in an expanded ...

LAHORE - Jamaat-e-Islami chief Syed Munawar Hasan has said the US-India collusion poses a serious threat to Pakistans solidarity and only US and NATOs withdrawal from the region can safeguard the interests of the Islamic republic. Addressing the concluding session of the two-day JI Media ...

LAHORE - The City Police have formed a 45-men First Responder Team (FRT) while it will constitute six similar squads in all its six divisions in the provincial metropolis in a couple of months, a move supposedly aimed at responding quickly to terrorist assaults and creating a sense of security ...

LISBON (AFP) - After Spain cut public salaries, Portuguese ministers on Thursday took their turn to enforce a fiscal shock to stop the country becoming the next battleground in Europes debt crisis. While Australias central bank warned that Europes turmoil could hit Asian growth, international share ...

LAHORE - Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust and Editor-in-Chief The Nation Majid Nizami has said that a bloc of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey if united at a platform can face the opposite forces successfully, which are now threatening the entire Muslim world. He was narrating impression of ...

SOCHI, Russia, (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday urged Russias top Muslim clerics to join forces to stop radical groups wooing young people in the turbulent North Caucasus. He proposed a Muslim television channel and controls on access to Islamic education abroad as ways of ...

LAHORE - Vice Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust Prof Dr Rafique Ahmad has said that only those youth can counter the propaganda against Islam in Europe and America, who are born there, because they better know the American and European culture and traditions. He was addressing the launching ceremony ...

ISLAMABAD Dr Ishrat Husain, former Governor State Bank of Pakistan Wednesday said that Pakistan had to pursue active monetary and fiscal policies to deal with the global financial crisis which is affecting our economy. He was addressing the second day of three-day conference on 'Economic ...

ISLAMABAD - Jamaat-e-Islami held a protest demonstration here on Sunday to condemn the Israel aggression in Gaza in which thousands of charged participants kept on chanting anti-Zionist slogans amid JI leaders fiery speeches against Israel and America. "The indifference of international ...

The business of photo-studios and commercial and professional photography is declining in Pakistan due to the skyrocketing prices of digital still and movie cameras because Pakistan have to import these products from Japan, China and other countries. The leading distributors of ...