lahoreThe All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) on Tuesday rejected the plan of petroleum ministry to suspend gas supply to CNG outlets for six days.  The association said the supply had been curtailed under the garb of maintenance of plants at Qadirpur gasfiled.“The decision to bar CNG ...

The Supreme Court Monday resumed hearing of five petitions seeking framing of charges against former president Pervez Musharraf under Article six for imposing emergency in 2007 and abrogating the Constitution.During, the three-member bench, headed by Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja, rejected request of ...

The Election Commission Tribunal in Rawalpindi on Tuesday rejected a plea by former president and chief of All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) Pervez Musharraf against rejection of his nomination papers from National Assembly constituency, NA-48 Islamabad.The tribunal retained Returning ...

NEW DELHI - US Embassy cables released by WikiLeaks have revealed that late Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi offered to share information on nuclear technology with Pakistan, reported Times of India and PTI on Wednesday.According to WikiLeaks, Gandhi had written to the then Pakistan prime ...

SIALKOT - As many as 15 out of a total of 131 nomination papers filed for five National Assembly seats while 44 nomination papers out of 383 papers filed for 11 Punjab Assembly seats here in the district have been rejected. Following completion of the scrutiny of nomination papers, the election ...

KARAK - The nomination papers of the former provincial minister and Central Deputy General Secretary ANP Nawabzada Mohsin Ali Khan were rejected by Returning Officer Karak Adil Jehangeer as he was found defaulter of the State Bank of Pakistan.It was a great setback for the ANP in district Karak. ...

TOBA TEK SINGH/ARIFWALA/AHMEDPUREAST/KHANEWAL - Returning Officer Ziaul Qamar rejected the nomination papers of PTI candidate from NA-93 Ch Muhammad Ashfaq after his Chenab Mills was found defaulter of Social Security Department.Though Ch Ashfaq took the plea that he was not a director of the mills ...

PESHAWAR – Out of total 454, nomination papers of 36 aspirants from different political parties were rejected for contesting coming general elections on four National Assembly and 11 Provincial Assembly seats for Peshawar.Some 126 candidates from almost all major political and religious ...

A Returning Officer (RO) on Sunday rejected the nomination papers of former Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf for NA-51 Gujar Khan.The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and ex-premier of the country is currently facing a mega corruption case pertaining to rental power projects.Rejecting ...

SIALKOT - Pasrur Returning Officer Wajahat Hassan on Friday rejected the nomination papers of PML-Q candidate former Tehsil Nazim Ch Maqsood Ahmed Sulehriya from constituency NA-114 Pasrur, Sialkot-V and PPP candidate former provincial minister Dr Tanvirul Islam from PP-126 Chawinda, Sialkot-VI due ...

GUJRANWALA - The nomination papers filed by two PML-N and PTI leaders to contest elections from NA-95 constituency have been rejected by the returning officer concerned. The forms of Usman Ibrahim, one of strong candidates of the PML-N, and Imranullah from PTI were rejected by RO Rao Abdul Jabbar ...

QUETTA - The appellate authority of Mines and Mineral Department of Balochistan government has dismissed the appeal of Tethyan Copper Company (TTC) Pakistan for mining licence for multi-billion dollar Reko Diq copper and gold project in Chaghi district.Earlier, the company had submitted a ...

PESHAWAR – Rejecting the proposal of dividing Malakand division, activists of Tanzeem Tahfuz-e-Haqook-e-Chitral (TTHC) staged a protest demonstration against the government here at Sher Shah Suri Road on Thursday.The protestors led by Sadiq Ameen, chairman TTHC, Maulana Saadullah and ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Friday rejected the assertion made by Indian government that entire state of Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India. Foreign Office has stated that the Government of Pakistan rejects the assertion made in the afore-mentioned statement that the entire State of Jammu ...

A man has been arrested at a Walmart in North Carolina after attempting to buy items with a million dollar note. Police revealed that the man insisted the bill was real after trying to buy $476 (£306) worth of goods, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Investigators explained that Michael ...

NEW DELHI - The Indian defence ministry has rejected a statutory complaint filed by country’s army chief Gen VK Singh contending that May 10, 1951 be considered as his date of birth. It has been conveyed to Gen Singh that he would have to retire next year, as his year of birth would be ...

RAWALPINDI - The Anti-Terrorism Court, Rawalpindi, Number 1, Tuesday rejected pleas for reframing charges of two accused in former premier Benazir Bhutto assassination case. The court also handed over copies of the charge sheets and directed the prosecution to produce the witnesses for recording ...

LAHORE A two-member bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday dismissed the petition of Dr. Majid Naeem , former IT consultant of all education boards in Punjab, who has challenged his arrest by the National Accountability Bureau. Dr. Naeem through his counsel pleaded that the bureaus ...

HAFIZABAD (INP) - Raheela Wakeel, daughter of Muhammad Wakeel who went missing in mysterious circumstances a day before the Samjhauta Express blast and now languishing in Indian jail, has revealed that the Indian government had offered her Rs 1.5 million with a request to accept one of the ...

KIEV (AFP) - A Ukrainian court on Friday rejected a new appeal to free imprisoned opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko despite mounting global concern over the motivations for her detention. The Kiev appeals court said in its ruling there were no legal grounds to examine the appeal to release the ...

LAHORE - Leaders from both sides of political divide criticising and hailing the national budget 2011-12 said that budget has been designed against the expectations of the common man, while some claimed the new budget is a good effort in the current circumstances. Sheikh Rasheed, chief of Awami ...

KARACHI The federal anti-corruption court on Tuesday rejected a bail plea of former Pakistan Steel Mills chairman Moin Aftab, one of the main accused in the corruption case who caused a loss of Rs 22 billion to the Mills. The court refused the plea after hearing final arguments from both the ...

LAHORE - Additional District and Sessions Judge Hussnain Qadir Ghallu on Tuesday disposed of a petition seeking addition of Section 7 of Anti-terrorism Act and provisions of espionage law in an FIR lodged against the double murder accused, US national Raymond Davis. The court mentioned in its ...

LAHORE The Kot Lakhpat Jail authorities on Sunday rejected a request by US Consul General in Lahore, Carmella Conroy, to remove CCTV cameras installed for the security of US killer Raymond Davis in the prison. Carmella Conroy along with other US officials met Davis at the highly-guarded, luxury ...

LAHORE - A local court on Monday rejected a bail application of Muhammad Maalik, the manager of a company owned by Moonis Elahi, a co-accused in NICL Rs 2.75 billion scam. On Monday, counsel of the Maalik submitted his bail application before the court contending that his client was nominated in ...

ISLAMABAD The matter regarding early appointment of the Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was once again delayed as the person proposed for the slot by Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani was rejected by the Leader of the Opposition with the request that some non-partisan person ...

QUETTA - Balochistan National Party (BNP-Mengal) has out-rightly rejected the recent arrests by police in connection with the killing of partys General Secretary Habib Jalib Advocate, alleging that intelligence agencies and establishment were involved in the killing of its leader and police were ...

ISLAMABAD The local court has rejected the Afghan Embassys appeal to get possession of liquor that the city police recovered on June 30 from a house situated in posh Sector F-10, TheNation learnt on Monday. The other day Afghan Embassy claimed the ownership of the stock and approached to a local ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Monday rejected pre-arrest interim bail of Khawaja Aqeel alias Gogi Butt, main accused in murder case of Arif Amir alias Tipu Truckanwala. After cancellation of his bail, police officials were present on the court premises arrested Gogi Butt outside the courtroom ...

RAWALPINDI - A division bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) here on Thursday dismissed an interim application seeking suspension of second investigation being carried out by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in the murder case of former premier Benazir Bhutto. Earlier, the bench comprising Justice ...