HAFIZABADWhile expressing resentment over arbitrary and uncalled for hike in power tariff by Rs5.82 per unit, local businessmen, industrialists and housewives have called upon the upcoming Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif to take prompt and stern action against NEPRA and others for their ...

Ankara Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday firmly rejected a Syrian proposal to hold a joint probe over a twin car bomb attack that killed 51 people.“The administration in power in Damascus is illegal ... how can we recognise a structure that isn’t even recognised by ...

karachi The MQM’s Coordination Committee has rejected the Election Commission of Pakistan’s decision of conducting re-polling at 43 stations in NA-250, the constituency where the May 11 electoral process was stopped following several complaints of irregularities and rigging.At a news ...

Peshawar - Rejecting the mandate of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam-Fazl chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday alleged that elections in Mardan, Peshawar and Kohat division were rigged.“We will not accept PTI’s mandate in KPK, where election results have been ...

quettaBalochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) has rejected the election results of various polling stations, demanding recount of votes or fresh polls.Addressing a hurriedly-called press conference here, BNP-M Vice President Sajid Tareen, PB-5 candidate Akhter Hussain Langov, PB-4 candidate Ahmed ...

NEW DELHI: India’s highest court Friday rejected a plea by Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt to review his conviction and five-year jail term for possessing arms supplied by plotters of the deadly 1993 Mumbai blasts.The muscular, tattooed 53-year-old was convicted by an anti-terrorism court in 2006 ...

ISLAMABAD -  Pakistan Muslim League (N) on Monday strongly refuted allegations levelled by PPP leader Rehman Malik about money laundering aga-inst Sharif brothers, saying that all these claims are false and fabricated and ‘this matter is also sub judice.’“All these claims of ...

MOSCOW Syria dismissed as a “barefaced lie” on Saturday American and British claims it may have used chemical arms, as staunch ally Russia warned against using such fears to launch a military intervention in the strife-torn country.“First of all, I want to confirm that statements ...

ISLAMABAD - A meeting held under petroleum minister to review gas load management plan Saturday failed to take a decision to suspend the supply of 454mcfd gas to inefficient captive power plants while the caretaker minister has rejected the recommendation to stop gas supply to the CNG stations ...

The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday rejected the plea, seeking disqualification of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan.A voter Ms Amina Khan has challenged the acceptance of Khan’s nomination papers for a national assembly seat NA-122, Lahore.The petitioner alleged that Imran ...

GENEVAThe Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday said that it had rejected appeals against spot-fixing bans filed by disgraced former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif.The ruling marked the final chapter in one of the biggest cricketing scandals of recent ...

The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Wednesday said that it had rejected appeals against spot-fixing bans filed by disgraced former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif.The ruling marked the final chapter in one of the biggest cricketing scandals of recent years."The ...

QUETTA – Balochistan Election Tribunal has rejected nomination forms of former Balochistan Assembly opposition leader Nawabzada Tariq Magsi, while appeals about provincial presidents of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and PML-Q have also been rejected. Likewise, Balochistan High Court has reserved ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland does not need to consider an automatic exchange of information with tax authorities in the European Union, its president said in a newspaper interview. Switzerland and Austria have come under even more pressure to abandon bank secrecy after Luxembourg accepted to ...

NEW DELHI- India’s Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for the execution of a Sikh militant, rejecting his appeal in a ruling that could lead to more death sentences being carried out. Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar from northwestern Punjab, who was convicted over a New Delhi car bombing that ...

LAHORE – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz spokesperson Pervaiz Rashid has rejected as baseless remarks by PPP leader on security for SharifsWattoo said on Monday: “Around 761 security personnel – 317 of Punjab Elite Force, 302 of Lahore Police Security Division, 108 of Punjab ...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday rejected a plea to arrest former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf and ordered his counsel to submit his reply by April 15 in the ongoing treason case against the former military ruler.Musharraf’s counsel Barrister Ahmed Raza Kasuri sought ...

ISLAMABAD  - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has rejected the nomination papers of 112 minority candidates of National and Provincial Assemblies for failing to provide any affiliation with any political party.According to spokesman of the ECP, the nomination papers of 70 minority ...

SARGODHA - Returning officer Nazir Ahmed Chaudhry on Friday rejected nomination papers of PPP candidate for PP-31 Aslam Madhyana. As per detail, at least 48 criminal cases record was produced in the court by his opponent 70-year-old schoolteacher Nafees Khan. The returning officer after a long ...

SARGODHA - Returning officer Nazir Ahmed Ch on Friday rejected nomination papers of PPP candidate for PP-31 Aslam Madhyana. As per detail, at least 48 criminal cases record was produced in the court by his opponent 70-year-old schoolteacher Nafees Khan. The returning officer after a long hearing ...

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has rejected the Accountability Bill as an attempt to save the corrupt instead of accountability of such elements and eradication of corruption.“The Pakistan People’s Party-led coalition government tabled the Accountability Bill in the ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has turned down the NAB proposal to transfer FIA’s Anti-Corruption and Economic Crime Wings to the Bureau, ostensibly keeping in view the objections of Cabinet Division, Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Law and Justice.Sources in the ...

LAHORE - The Punjab Assembly on Thursday passed three bills for the second time, rejecting the objections raised by the Punjab governor who had sent them back for their reconsideration. While the Opposition insisted that changes proposed by the governor should be included in the bills, the Treasury ...

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani Monday said that all those political parties which want early poll would be disappointed, as the general election would be held on its scheduled time.Addressing to media on the occasion of COMSAT commission’s second meeting, he rejected the demand of ...

Islamabad  - The Defence Ministry rejected the Punjab government’s request for according 21-gun salute to visiting Mayor of Istanbul. According to sources, Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif had written a letter, making a request for 21-gun salute and guard of honour to the ...

LAHORE – PML-N leadership has politely said ‘no’ to Likeminded’s proposal of 13 per cent seat adjustment formula for the next general elections, which could get 30 seats for the PML-Q deserters in the Parliament, besides taking onboard the ‘political liabilities’ ...

KARACHI - Members of the Sindh Assembly, on Monday, refused to grant leave to former Sindh chief minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim. The PML-Likeminded president attended only the first session of the incumbent legislature in 2008. He is in self-exile since. Through his party MPA Abdur Razzaque ...

LAHORE (PR) - Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) in its meeting here on Sunday rejected all those steps of the government that could put fetters on journalism and right of expression. The meeting of the Standing Committee of the CPNE chaired by CPNE President Jamil Athar Qazi was also ...

 In Afghanistan‚ a committee investigating the burning of copies of holy Quran at a US base has rejected apologies from the United States. The Committee is of the view that those responsible must be tried publicly.A Western official told a news Agency that at least five US military ...

QUETTA - Federal Religious Affairs Minister Khurshid Shah dispelled the impression that his party had been involved in horse-trading in Senate elections, saying that Sindh Provincial Minister Nawabzada Nadir Ali Magsi and he was in Quetta to save his party members from bargaining.Addressing the ...