ISLAMABAD  - A delegation of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) led by its president Zafar Bakhtawari had a meeting with Tariq Fazal Chaudhary and congratulated him on winning election from NA-49 Islamabad in recent elections. Speaking on the occasion, Tariq Fazal Chaudhary said ...

lahore - The PTA has been reluctant to issue NOC for the import of tablet PCs under the pretext of preventing terrorist activities in the country.“The PTA is seeking various test reports including safety, EMC and Radio Test Reports from the importers of tablet PCs having WiFi, HSPA, UMTS, ...

  ISLAMABAD National Accountability Bureau (NAB) investigators had to wait patiently for three hours in the morning hours on Tuesday for the former Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf to appear in person in the Rental Power Projects (RPPs). They were, however, communicated from NAB Chairman's ...

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan Wednesday warned that his party would launch a protest if rigging issue was no addressed in three days.In a written message read out by PTI leader Ejaz Chaudhry at a press conference here, Imran Khan said PTI believes in democracy and that his ...

SHEIKHUPURAThe sole brother of six sisters was brutally tortured to death here on Monday by landlord over a land issue.According to sources, goons of a local influential landlord had been pressurizing the poor man Zafer Iqbal since long time, demanding a route through a plot which was in his ...

MIRPUR (AJK)The Kashmir Council EU emphasized that Pakistan’s upcoming government should concentrate on Kashmir issue and accord top priority to it.In a meeting of the Council held in Brussels the other day to review political affairs of South Asia region particularly situation in Kashmir, ...

SHEIKHUPURA - The sole brother of six sisters was brutally tortured to death here on Monday by landlord over a land issue.According to sources, goons of a local influential landlord had been pressurizing the poor man Zafer Iqbal since long time, demanding a route through a plot which was in his ...

Lahore - Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan from hospital bed on Sunday welcomed the high turnout in elections as a step forward for democracy, but claimed ‘foul play’ on the polling day and vowed to submit a report on alleged vote-rigging shortly. Khan, who fell from a hoist ...

BULAWAYO - Since Mushfiqur Rahim surprised everyone by resigning as Bangladesh captain two days ago, the Bangladesh team has been kept away from talking about it to the media. The management finally let allrounder Ziaur Rahman take questions ahead of the first Twenty20 in Bulawayo. A relative ...

manama - Oman is considering whether to issue a U.S. dollar-denominated sovereign bond, its first international bond since 1997 and its second ever, to facilitate debt sales by its private sector, finance minister Darwish al-Balushi told Reuters.“This year we do not plan but maybe for next ...

islamabad - Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) published an analysis on manifestos of Pakistan’s political parties titled, “A Socio-Economic Assessment of Manifestos: Election 2013”.This analytical review presents a broad overview of the parties’ take on ...

karachi - War is nothing but destruction while table talk is the only solution to the Kashmir issue. Pakistan Muslim League (N) wants Kashmiri people to fight their legal case by their own will, said PML-N Vice President Azad Kashmir, Kashan Masood while having special talk with The Nation here on ...

ISLAMABAD - Bailing out military establishment from Musharraf’s episode, a former general, considered to be the right-hand man of ex-president, has denied any official contact with army regarding prevailing scenario involving arrest and trial of General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf in different ...

LAHORE  -Chief Minister Punjab Najam Sethi has asked both the Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources as well as the Minister for Water & Power to resolve energy supply issue of textile industry in Punjab by Sunday morning.He has constituted a committee of both the ministries and ...

islamabadThe US Embassy on Friday said that the United States takes no position on the return of former president Pervez Musharraf or the legal proceedings against him.In a statement, a US Embassy spokesperson said: “This is an issue to be resolved solely in accordance with Pakistan’s ...

ISLAMABAD  - The Foreign Office spokesperson Friday said that no foreign country or foreign mission has contacted or approached the foreign ministry on the issue of General (Retd) Pervez Musharraf.Foreign Office spokesperson Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry stated this while responding to a query during ...

ISLAMABAD Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) Director General Syed Amir Hamza Gilani has said that the board has already released first and second quarter grants to all the affiliated federations but third quarter grant will only be released to those federations who abide by the sports policy as per ...

LAHORE - Punjab University VC Dr Mujahid Kamran has said that Pakistan’s number one issue was the money which has been plundered in the last five years.  He was addressing the book launching ceremony of “Pakistan Fights Extremism and Terrorism” by Dr Umbreen Javed here on ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court was informed on Monday that Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) despite former Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf’s instruction on March 13, 2013 had refused to grant licences to 200 CNG stations, as they didn’t meet the criteria.A three-member bench of ...

LAHORE - SALMAN ABDUHU - The government can now issue more Long Distance International (LDI) licence, as restriction on the issuance of LDI license in the country due to Sales Purchase Agreement (SPA) with Eitisalat is over now.Cell companies are anxiously waiting to get the LDI licence, as the ...

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - A mosque in a Stockholm suburb has been given the green light to issue Friday prayer calls from its minaret, the first mosque to do so in Sweden, police said Thursday. “I’m really happy and grateful,” Ismail Okur, the head of the Islamic Association in the ...

KARACHI - Stock market remained high amid thin trade led by selected blue chip stocks on strong valuations.The Karachi stock market benchmark KSE-100 share index marginally up by 9.74 points or 0.05 percent to end the day at 18,723.35 points compared to 18,713.61 points of a day earlier. In the ...

KARACHI - The differences have emerged between the 10-party electoral alliance of opposition parties as every party demanded more share of seats in next polls. Even, some nationalist parties so far not ready to withdraw their candidates, whose nomination papers have been accepted by the Returning ...

 DOHA/DUBAI (Reuters) - The International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp (IILM), a body backed by central banks from the Middle East and Asia, announced plans to issue its first Islamic bonds after an unexpected pull-out by Saudi Arabia from the body.The IILM aims to issue up to $500 ...

LAHORE - Image problem and energy shortage are two major challenges of textile industry in Pakistan that lost $10 billion export opportunity in last seven years while the regional competitors grew enormously during the same time. This was stated by Secretary APTMA Punjab Anis-ul-Haq during a ...

 ISLAMABAD - Members of the Senate Standing Committee on National Harmony have stressed that people levelling false allegations in blasphemy law, should be faced the legal consequences under the country’s laws.The members were attending Senate body meeting held here to receive briefing ...

ISLAMABAD - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) currently is in a state of confusion to award tickets to strong candidates in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and Punjab, as following the orders of party’s chief Altaf Hussain the concerned party regions are bound to announce tickets till April ...

Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khurshid Shah has said that PML-N has adopted double standards on the issue of new provinces adding that politics of sit in should not be encouraged.Talking to reporters after attending the beauty, Qirat and Naat competitions at Islamabad Model College ...

RAWALPINDI  - Rawalpindi and Islamabad city administrations have agreed upon the alternative route for the heavy traffic for the duration of Pirwadhai Flyover project construction.Now the heavy traffic would reach Pirwadhai Bus Stop from Golra Morr via Islamabad Toll Plaza and the Nescom link ...

ISLAMABAD - A new British-based Islamist group plans to meet in Islamabad to issue a religious decree against Malala Yousafzai accusing her of supporting ‘occupying’ US forces.The move against Malala, 15, is likely to provoke outrage. In the days following her shooting in October, she ...