TEHRAN : Women cannot contest Iran's June 14 presidential election, a member of the Islamic state's electoral watchdog said in media reports on Friday, dashing the hopes of some 30 female candidates. "The law prohibits women from being president," said hardline cleric and former judiciary chief ...

Thursday's landmark decision by the Pakistani high court in Peshawar is a remarkable document: Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan examines the US use of drones against Pakistan's tribal areas and reaches several conclusions that, while obvious to most sensible observers, seem to have eluded American ...

The next prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif has promised to stand together with the West in taking on the forces of terrorism, hours after voting finished in the country’s historic general election. During a close-fought campaign Nawaz Sharif had promised to end drone strikes and review the ...

KARACHI - The ANP and PPP leaders have said the terrorists and extremists have announced battle against the country’s liberal forces. They said it is need of the hour that all the liberal forces should unite against the elements those are harming the democratic process in the country.ANP ...

ISLAMABAD -  "Get tested, before it tests you. Prevention is very economical whereas treatment is very costly so only through awareness we can create a thalassaemia-free Pakistan."The message was disseminated at an awareness raising seminar to mark the International Thalassaemia Day on ...

The upcoming elections are indeed significant for every Pakistani. We are in dire need of a strong, powerful, influential democratic system. The conditions in Pakistan have become worse, violent and depressing. Everyone is looking forward to a change, we all want to see our country survive, we want ...

The trial of former President Pervez Musharraf in judges’ detention case will be conducted at his farmhouse sub-jail in Islamabad.A notification in this regard has been issued by Islamabad authorities, citing security concerns.Judges will hear the case today at Chak Shahzad sub-jail.Musharraf ...

The Korean peninsula consists of North Korea and South Korea. They got independence on Aug 15,1945, after which the (erstwhile) Soviet Union entered into Pyongyang on Aug 22, 1945, and the US entered into Seoul on Sept 8 1945. They divided the two countries by drawing 38th Parallel. These two ...

LAHORE - Sicas students have won the first-ever India-Pakistan Debate contest held at New Delhi. Sixteen schools from both sides participated in the debate championship. The competition culminated in a spirited final between Lahore-base Sicas and Kolkata-based La Martiniere. The Sicas team was ...

ISLAMABAD – Leader of the opposition in National Assembly (NA) Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan, said on Thursday that PML-N whether in the opposition or in the government will continue to stand by Pakistan’s vital national interests and at the same time will take steps to promote friendly ...

AHMEDPUR EAST - Bahawalpur National Awami Party Chief Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi asked the people of Cholistan to stand up and get energetic for their rights, offering his party's supports if they choose a person from them as candidate to contest PP-287 election. The BNAP chief also pledged that his ...

At large gatherings attended by President Zardari, Gordon Brown and other world leaders at Unesco headquarters in Paris and London, an incredible round of applause was paid to Malala Yousafzai who was praised for being a symbol of girls’ right to have education. The dastardly attempt on her ...

The Supreme Court on Monday summoned the Secretary Interior to appear in person on Tuesday and apprise it about the stance of government for providing security to former ambassador of Pakistan to the US Hussain Haqqani during his stay in Pakistan in connection with recording of a judicial ...

PESHAWAR - US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter said on Tuesday that Pakistan should not look to the US government and instead solve its problems on its own.Munter said there is a saying that God helps those who help themselves. Pakistan he said should strive to stand on its own feet rather ...

TAMER FOUADOver the past few months popular support for Egypt’s ruling military council (Scaf) has plummeted. While the anti-Scaf sentiment may seem a welcome development to those in the pro-democracy camp, under the surface it reflects a rather disturbing notion of what some Egyptians expect ...

He did not single out Pakistan, but UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s late January meaningful statement, concerning the stalled deliberations over the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) in the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament (CD), left little doubt as to which country was being ...

PANGRIO (PPI) - Former Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza has said he stands by his stance on ‘Killers sitting in London’.  “I have not changed my stance and would continue my drive against them and would expose them further after the by-elections are over,” he said ...

MELBOURNE  - Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal had just played the longest match in Grand Slam finals history. How did Australian Open officials thank them for the effort? By making them stand through what seemed like the longest awards presentation in Grand Slam history. Except that the rivals ...

LAHORE – On completion of a weeklong training course, the Provincial Police Chief Javed Iqbal distributed certificates among SHOs appointed for Model Police Stations across the Punjab. For this purpose, a certificate distribution ceremony held at Management and Professional Development ...

KARACHI - Awami National Party Sindh (ANP) Monday announced support for the Pakistan People’s Party-led government in the critical political situation and vowed that the party would oppose the undemocratic and unconstitutional steps against the government.Addressing the press conference at ...

LAHORE - Former Supreme Court Bar president and senior lawyer Muhammad Akram Sheikh has expressed surprise at the three-hour meeting between COAS General Kayani and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday night, which, according to reports, was also attended by the Attorney General for ...

NEW DELHI (Online) - China was the unspoken but ominous presence in the South Block room when the two-day talks between India and Pakistan on the Siachen Glacier-Saltoro Ridge region ended on Tuesday with no significant breakthrough in the long-standing dispute. According to Indian daily, Chinas ...

ISLAMABAD - Minister for Economic Affairs and Statistics Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh on Friday told the National Assembly that the total foreign loans outstanding against Pakistan at present are $57.967 billion. In these foreign loans, the minister in a written reply during the question-hour, said that ...

NOWSHERA VIRKAN - People belonging to all walks of life have strongly condemned the release of CIA contractor Raymond Davis who killed two innocent Pakistanis. The citizens expressed their grave concern and heartfelt sadness over the dramatic release of Davis. Most of the people termed this action ...

LONDON - Adam Thomson, the British High Commissioner to Pakistan visited several British-Pakistani community groups in Blackburn, near Manchester in a recent visit to the UK. Thomson talked with school children and teachers at the Randal Street Mosque and Education Centre, and met members of the ...

ISLAMABAD (Online) - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has conveyed his appreciation to the German Govt for clarifying the negative comments attributed to Chancellor Angela Merkel about Pakistan during her recent visit to India. He was talking to Dr Guido Westerwelle, Deputy Chancellor / Foreign ...

LAHORE - With the 'benign support of Lorry Adda and Badami Bagh police stations and officials of price checking committee, over 36 small roadside hotels (dhabas), located in and around inter-city bus stand, are busy plundering innocent passengers by overcharging them. As per details, when a ...

NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR (Agencies) The Bharatiya Janata Party, Indias hardline opposition party, on Sunday slammed Dileep Padgaonkar, head of the interlocutors panel for Indian-held Kashmir, for his comment that Pakistan has to be involved for a permanent solution of the Kashmir issue and demanded that ...

PARIS (AFP) The French Football Federation (FFF) said Tuesday it was not following a decision by the countrys National Olympic Committee to reduce a 12-match ban for Nancy player Youssouf Hadji to six with the remainder suspended. Nancy chairman Jacques Rousselot was furious as he revealed the FFF ...

KARACHI (APP) - Pakistans total liquid foreign reserves stand at dollars 16.4578 billion, said a statement issued by State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) here on Thursday. On August 06, 2010 the foreign reserves held by State Bank figured dollars 12.6492 billion. While the net foreign reserves held by ...