UNITED NATIONS  - China has offered to send more than 500 soldiers to the UN force seeking to contain militants in Mali in what would be its biggest contribution to UN peacekeeping, diplomats said.The move could be a bid to overcome tensions with the West over the Syria conflict and to ...

SANAA  - Yemen’s air force has been the target of “sabotage”, the country’s military aviation chief said in a televised interview, days after a fighter jet crashed in the capital Sanaa. “The air force is the target of systematic sabotage,” General Rashed ...

MULTAN The PPPP leadership has cancelled its Multan rally because of security concerns, declared a party spokesman. The procession was scheduled to take place on May 9.“The public meeting is cancelled because of life threats given to Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani by defunct religious organisation, ...

ISLAMABAD - In the wake of terrorist attacks in different parts of the country, Pakistan Army would be deployed in the federal capital as a backup force during general election 2013, sources within ICT administration revealed to TheNation.According to security plan for general elections, there ...

President, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Nawaz Sharif said that youth is the force of PML-N here on Saturday.Addressing a public meeting, PML-N chief urged the youth to play their role in development of the country and vote his party.The PML-N Chief promised that his party will change the ...

Lahore  -An official of the Elite Force was crushed to death in an accident in the Shahdara Town area. Police said that Kamran and Liaqat, riding on a motorcycle, were on their way when a recklessly-driven truck ran over their two-wheeler. As a result, both sustained injuries and were taken to ...

More Guantanamo prisoners have joined a hunger strike to protest their indefinite detention at the US-run military jail, with 97 out of 166 detainees refusing food, officials said Friday.Among the strikers, 19 have been given nasal feeding tubes, and five of those are hospitalized but do not have ...

Addressing a passing out parade of graduating cadets at Kakul on Saturday, COAS General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani assured the nation that despite its current focus on a daunting internal challenge, the Pakistan Army was fully capable of facing any external threat. Without naming anyone, but referring to ...

lahore : The trade and industry have refused to accept the government load management plan of electricity and gas from next week onwards, saying that the industry will register FIRs against the government if it tried to close the textile mills by force in Punjab.Moreover, the Lahore Chamber of ...

ONE often listens to the debate that educationists in the armed forces are less important as compared to other branches. That is why they do not reach the top echelons of the services. This is not entirely true. So far as importance is concerned, educationists in services are ...

KARACHI - Additional Inspector General Police Ghulam Shabbir Shaikh has ordered Muhafiz Force to provide security to polio teams during the anti-polio drive in the city from April 15 to 17.He said this while presiding over a meeting at the Central Police Office here Wednesday. It was decided that ...

UNITED NATIONS  - The UN Security Council on Thursday unanimously approved the first-ever ‘offensive’ UN peacekeeping brigade to battle rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo.A council resolution gave the force of more than 2,500 troops orders to “neutralize” ...

Former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that caretaker set-up will come into force after two months.PPP will contest the next General elections with full devotion and get success on its performance of last 4 years.Talking to media at airport here in Multan on Sunday‚ he said that ...

PESHAWAR – Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) Chairman, Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao has said that military operation in North Waziristan Agency will further exacerbate the law and order situation, as use of force is no way to establish peace in the region.Talking to party delegations here at party ...

ISLAMABAD - In a bid to maintain smooth and safe flow of traffic on the roads of federal capital, the Islamabad traffic police fined as many as 100,432 vehicles since January this year that contributed revenue worth of Rs 27.6 million to the national exchequer.“Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) ...

KABUL - US authorities are looking into allegations that some Afghan Air Force (AAF) officials have been using aircraft to transport narcotics and illegal weapons across the country, a US official said on Thursday.“At this point allegations are being examined,” said Lt. Col. Tim ...

MOSCOW - Russia’s opposition expressed concern on Tuesday that Vladimir Putin was resorting to old tactics to crush dissent after riot police detained hundreds of protesters challenging the legitimacy of his presidential election victory.After three months of peaceful anti-Putin protests, ...

WASHINGTON (Agencies) – Pentagon officials are considering putting elite special operations troops under CIA control in Afghanistan after 2014, just as they were during last year’s raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan, reported CBS quoting an American news agency.That ...

ISLAMABAD – Ministry of Narcotics Control (MoNC) will establish a National Technical Task Force comprised of psychiatrists, psychologists and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to develop a uniform drug treatment protocol and standard services for government, private and non-governmental ...

KAMRA - Inside a high-security air force complex that builds jet fighters and weapons systems, Pakistan’s military is working on the latest addition to its sprawling commercial empire: a homegrown version of the iPad, reported www.myfoxmemphis.com on Saturday, quoting an American news ...

ISLAMABAD - A meeting of the Ministerial CNG Safety Task Force, chaired by Hamid Asghar Khan Joint Secretary (Admn) was held to review progress of the Task Force and to share recommendations of the Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) regarding safety of CNG cylinders/kits. The meeting was ...

LAHORE - With Senate elections approaching fast, the inter-dependence of political parties, caused by a number of factors, rather technical reasons, might force them to get their candidates elected unopposed as suggested by the government. The method of proportional representation of political ...

LAHORE – Setting up health volunteer force on the pattern of Thailand and establishment of bureau of vector born diseases for the effective control is necessary for the eradication of dengue. Punjab Chief Minister has issued instructions to the departments concerned for undertaking preventive ...

LAHORE – Head of federal government’s Special Task Force on Energy and former All Pakistan Textile Mills Association Chairman Ijaz Gohar has criticised the government for giving priority to the domestic consumers over industrial sector, saying that running industry was important than ...

ISLAMABAD  - Interior Minister Rehman Malik has constituted a task force for the implementation of Balochistan package. The interior secretary would head the task force while additional secretaries of ministries concerned would be its members. According to Interior Ministry, keeping in view ...

LAHORE – The giant (and some may call it elf!) of the City police awoke at the eleventh-hour and shut down all the leading hotels located in H-Block of the Defence Housing Authority thus dimming the celebration hopes of the New Year revellers. The New Year’s Eve is a time for many ...

KABUL (AFP) - NATO said Tuesday that an irregular security force set up in northern Afghanistan is continuing to operate, despite calls from the Afghan government for their activities to stop.But it added that the Critical Infrastructure Protection Programme, which involves more than 1,500 men, is ...

LAHORE - While PPPs top leadership has intensified efforts to prevent further defections from the party, the two dissident legislators from Multan who on Saturday announced to make forward bloc in Punjab Assembly have hinted at change their stance provided their reservations are ...

RAWALPINDI (APP) A fresh batch of 700 trainees have joined Strategic Plans Division (SDP) after successfully completed six months of vigorous advanced training in various realms of nuclear security. In this regard, an impressive graduation parade of the fresh batch of 700 smartly turned out ...

RAWALPINDI (APP) - Skyrocketing prices of sacrificial animals are forcing people to opt for 'Ijtamai Qurbani' which is becoming popular as slaughtering animals is a religious duty but high prices are the main hurdle to it particularly in this era of financial constraint. With Eid-ul-Azha fast ...