AMMAN - Major powers urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday to commit to peace and step down as they gathered in neighbouring Jordan to discuss preparations for a Russian- and US-proposed peace conference.Ahead of a meeting of the Friends of Syria group in Amman, US Secretary of State ...

BAJAJUR AGENCY - Leaders of various political parties and several candidates in Bajaur agency on Sunday accused Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Engineer Shaukatullah Khan of misusing his official position in favour of his father and brother in the upcoming election in agency.They demanded the Election ...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AFP) - Iran and world powers met Friday for new talks in search of a breakthrough in the Iranian nuclear crisis, with the West complaining Tehran failed to give any clear response to a proposal aimed at breaking the deadlock. The powers are seeking answers at the talks in ...

VIENNA  - World powers are proposing to Iran to hold their first round of talks in six months on Tehran’s nuclear programme already in the first half of December in Istanbul, diplomatic sources say.“The United States want to move fast,” one senior diplomat said after talks in ...

BRUSSELS - World powers said Wednesday after talks on Iran’s contested nuclear programme that they were ready to resume negotiations with Tehran “as soon as possible.”The office of EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said after talks between senior officials of the so-called ...

LONDON (PR) - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain has said that certain state powers were planning to start another operation against the MQM, similar to the 1992 operation, by levelling false allegation to stop the MQM struggle against the status quo. He said that the MQM was ...

BRUSSELS - Top negotiators from six world powers will meet in Brussels next week to discuss diplomatic efforts to defuse the Iran nuclear crisis, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton’s office said Thursday. The meeting to be hosted by Ashton on Wednesday will be the first on the sensitive ...

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the federation’s request of a full court to hear the petitions against the recently passed contempt of court law.A five-judge bench of the apex court comprising Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Shakirullah Jan, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, ...

ISLAMABAD  - Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that anti-State elements and foreign powers were busy in sabotaging peace of the Balochistan province by increasing rebellion for division but dialogue process with the estranged Baloch leaders has been started to control the ...

QUETTA - Former National Reconstruction Bureau chairman Danial Aziz has termed the restoration of magisterial powers an anti-people step.“The decision of Balochistan High Court (BHC) against it was historical,” he said while addressing lawyers at Balochistan High Court on Thursday. ...

TEHRAN - A senior Chinese envoy on Monday urged Iran and world powers to quickly resume stalled talks over Tehran's suspect nuclear programme, and called for better cooperation between the Islamic state and the UN nuclear watchdog. Assistant foreign minister Ma Zhaoxu made the appeals at the end of ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan was elected as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council without the support of world powers, which was a historic achievement, the countrys permanent representative to the world body said here on Thursday. Ambassador Hussain Abdullah Haroon told reporters ...

ISLAMABAD - The arms license section of the Ministry of Interior will be devolved to provinces till June 30 as a result of the 18th Amendment, however, the federal government wants to retain its powers to issue prohibited bores arms licenses with it and three provinces have agreed over it except ...

BAHAWALPUR - The Punjab Health Department has delegated powers of Food Inspectors (FIs) to all District Enterprise and Investment Promotion Officers and now these officials will also work as Food Inspectors in their respective districts under the Punjab Food Ordinance, 1960. A notification has been ...

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday announced to shed some of his political responsibilities as PPP Co-Chairman saying that party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will be taking up some political responsibility in September this year. Zardari made this announcement while addressing ...

MUSCAT (AFP) - Sultan Qaboos granted legislative power Sunday to the previously toothless Oman Council, or parliament, in his latest action to appease rare protests that flared up last month. "We grant the Oman Council legislative and regulatory powers," said a royal decree carried by ONA state ...

MOHALI (India) (AFP) - A Kieron Pollard-inspired West Indies stifled a brave fightback by Ireland on Friday to win by 44 runs and put one foot in the World Cup quarter-finals. Pollard hammered 94 off just 55 balls and shared an 88-run stand with Devon Smith, who hit a maiden ODI ton, as West Indies ...

ZURICH (AFP) A US quartet featuring Tyson Gay ran the fourth fastest time ever in the 4x100 metres relay at the Diamond League meeting here on Thursday. Trell Kimmons, who had earlier run 9.95 seconds in a 100m 'B race, teamed up with Gay, newly-crowned Diamond League 200m champion Wallace ...

ISLAMABAD Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Haq has apprised the Supreme Court that he had taken up the matter of appointment of judges of Balochistan High Court with the government and it would be resolved in due course of time. He submitted this before the apex court during the hearing of the ...

ISLAMABAD Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, one of the judges of the 17-member larger bench hearing various petitions against the 18th Amendment, Wednesday observed that people were not involved in the process of the Amendment as it was not published in gazette prior to its approval by the Parliament. On ...

LAHORE 'Sardars and Bureaucracy are the real hindrance in the progress and development of Balochistan, while unrest in Balochistan is part of the world powers international game due to the provinces geographical importance, observes Abdul Rauf Sasoli, secretary general Jamhoori Watan Party (Aali). ...

Fatima Jinnah continues to be held in high esteem to this day, even 43 years after her death. For one thing, Miss Jinnah is among the galaxy that adorns our national history and the Hall of Fame. Indeed, she is the foremost female member of that galaxy. Her services were so singular and her ...

KARACHI - The additional powers, assigned to Pakistan Rangers Sindh to maintain law and order in the city have been extended for more three months. According to a notification issued on Tuesday, the Sindh Home Department has extended these powers for three more months. Sindh Special Home Secretary ...

PESHAWAR The leader of Jamat-e-Islami, Murad Ali Shah blamed that JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman has weakened Islam from the day first and strengthened secular powers. Talking to the media men here on Saturday, Murad Ali Shah said that JUI-F central chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman, sitting in the ...

ISLAMABAD (Online) - Governor Punjab Salman Taseer has said that Chief Minster Shahbaz Sharif himself is enjoying all the powers in the province and thats why the province is facing good governance problem. Talking to a private TV channel on Thursday, he said that the provincial govt has no ...

LAHORE - Senior Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa has directed the provincial administration to prepare a comprehensive strategy for the formulation of powers and duties of the departments after 18th Amendment as the concurrent has been omitted and majority of the ...

ISLAMABAD (Online) - Chairman Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) Khalid Mirza has said a group of capitalists having vested interest inside and outside the parliament is out to serve its nefarious designs and establish its monopoly over the consumers through curtailment in the powers of the ...

GENEVA (AFP) - Western powers accused Tehran of waging bloody repression since elections last year as they challenged Iran to open up to international scrutiny during a UN human rights meeting on Monday. In a public review of Irans record at the UN Human Rights Council, Britain, Fra-nce, the United ...

LAHORE Well-known Jacobabad-born dribbler Zulfiqar Ali Shah clipped precious winner as Pakistan WAPDA edged out PIA with narrow 1-0 scoreline to outpace KRL and occupied second spot in 14-team table of Pakistan Premier Football League (PPFL). On Saturday at Peoples Sports Complex, Mauripur Road, ...

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Major world powers expressed disappointment Friday that Iran has not responded positively to a plan for resolving the standoff over its nuclear programme or agreed to new talks. We are disappointed by the lack of follow-up to understandings reached when the six powers met with ...