LAHORE - Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Syed Munawar Hasan on Sunday said that Washington’s statement to continue drone attacks was a challenge for the newly elected rulers. In an issued statement, he said that the protection of the life of the citizens was the foremost responsibility of the rulers ...

ISLAMABAD Former Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Friday recorded his statement in rental power plants (RPPs) case and showed his willingness to help out the investigators. The former prime minister could not turn up at an earlier probe, claiming he was sick.The NAB sources said the former ...

Jamat-e-Islami leader (JI) Sindh Amir Dr Mairajul Huda Siddiqi has urged the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and Chief of the Army Staff (COA), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to take immediate notice of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, Altaf Hussain’s daring the ...

JAKARTA: US rock band Aerosmith has cancelled a concert scheduled this week in Jakarta on safety concerns, a concert promoter said Sunday, following threats to bomb the Myanmar embassy in the Indonesian capital."We received the official confirmation yesterday from the Aerosmith management ...

Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) Chief Altaf Hussain hailing the statement given by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on the occasion of Yaum-e-Shuhada, said the army chief manifested courage on sensitive issues.In a statement issued from London, Altaf Hussain said General Kayani ...

Former Interior Minister, Rehman Malik has recorded his statement with the joint investigation team in the Benazir Bhutto murder case.In his statement, Malik said former president, General (retd) Pervez Musharraf was primarily responsible to provide security to late Benazir Bhutto.He said he had ...

Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf leader Imran Khan has been outspoken for last many days against his political rivals especially Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif, but now he has to think twice before uttering words against his rivals.Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has taken notice of Imran's statement ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday hearing petitions of two senior anchors regarding the accountability of media, was surprised to know that gifts worth millions of rupees had been distributed among journalists by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting from its secret fund in ...

ISLAMABAD - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has expressed its displeasure over caretaker Interior Minister Malik Habib’s media statement favouring PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif.According to sources, ECP Secretary Ishtiaq Ahmed has written a letter to the caretaker prime minister, telling ...

KHARIAN - Former Tehsil Bar Association president Ch Iqbal Paswal, Advocate Ch Rashid, Advocate Ch Ismael, Ch Basharat, Nasrullah Ch, Mohammad Ashraf and Ashraf Minhas have condemned the baseless statement against DSP Sultan Meran. The senior legal experts termed the DSP as an honest and capable ...

LAHORE – Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Syed Munawar Hasan has said that the statement of the caretaker interior minister, ruling out the deployment of troops on polling stations, had given rise to doubts about holding of fair and free elections.Addressing the Friday congregation, he called upon the ...

India refused to issue a joint statement at the end of interior minister Rehman Malik's three-day visit, a public protest against the provocations of the visiting Pakistani minister, Times of India in  a report said Monday.Though a joint press conference by home minister Sushil Kumar Shinde ...

ISLAMABAD - The commission probing the May 2 Abbotabad incident will probably finalise its report by the end of this month (May) as statement of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is still awaited in the commission.The commission has finalised all necessary stages including inspection of the spot of ...

LAHORE – Constitutional experts termed the Prime Minister’s statement against the judicial orders to write to Swiss Authorities, as an insult to the Judiciary and an attempt to weaken the institution.Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani had on Sunday last said that he would not act on any ...

LAHORE – A Judicial Commission probing cardiac patients’ deaths by spurious medicines on Wednesday recorded the statements of the Home Secretary and senior police officers.According to press release issued by commission’s secretary, Home Secretary Shahid Khan, Additional Inspector ...

LAHORE - Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif has said that PPP is trying to use parliament for its war against institutions which we will never be allow to succeed. In a statement issued on Sunday, the chief minister said that the ruling group was asking for trouble by adopting the way of confrontation ...

WASHINGTON - The State Department on Monday said it welcomes Pakistan’s new ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman, but declined to comment on Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani’s statement concerning the replies submitted to the Supreme Court by the chiefs of the army and ...

ISLAMABAD - Former political secretary to Benazir Bhutto, Naheed Khan, has said that the schedule of Benazir Bhutto's political rallies was prepared by the four provincial presidents of the party and she had no say whatsoever in it.Commenting on the interview of President Asif Ali Zardari to a ...

LAHORE – Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Syed Munawar Hasan has condemned Pervez Musharraf’s statement that recognition of Israel and establishing diplomatic ties with it is in the interest of Pakistan, saying a patriotic Pakistani ruler could not even think about that.Reacting to the former ...

KARACHI - The ruling PPP and its ally - the MQM - on Tuesday censured PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif for his statement that after coming into power, he would establish military courts in Sindh.During the Sindh Assembly’s proceedings, Dr Sikanadar Mandhro of the PPP sought the permission from the ...

LAHORE – PML-Q chief, Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain while welcoming the statement of Army Chief, General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kiayani said that the timely statement of the army chief has disappointed the people who wish to create rifts between the institutions. In a press statement issued on Friday, ...

ISLAMABAD - PTI has reacted strongly to a recently issued statement by General Jones regarding Pakistan and termed it a pack of lies and insulting towards country. General Jones have recently stated that Pakistan was driving itself to its own self-destruction because it has been given a lot of ...

ISLAMABAD - A significant decrease in drone attacks has been observed in the month of September after General David Petraeus took charge of his office as the head of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) however, following the emergence of Pak-US tensions over Kabul attacks, their number increased ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - PML-N chief Nawaz Sharifs statement on the eve of Pakistans 65th Independence Day pronouncing the Indian gods and culture similar as that of Pakistan is not only a sinister move to undermine the two-nation theory but also a deliberate attempt to nullify the sacrifices of ...

QUETTA - Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, elderly separatist Baloch leader, has rejected the clarification of Army Chief General Pervez Kayani that neither the army nor its any subservient organisation was involved in the killings and dumping the dead bodies of missing persons, and termed the statement as ...

LAHORE Dalbir Kaur, sister of Sarabjit Singh has clarified that she, while addressing a press conference along with her lawyer Awais Sheikh at Lahore Press Club on August 2, had not stated that the govts of Pakistan and India should release Ajmal Qasab and Sarabjit Singh. While responding to a ...

KARACHI Dr Zulfiqar Mirza, a trusted lieutenant of President Asif Ali Zardari, again spewed fire when he made insulting remarks against the descendants of those who started and fought a successful struggle for the creation of Pakistan under the dynamic leadership of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Senior Vice President and spokesman had given a very careless and childish statement to an Indian daily regarding so-called safety concerns to Indian coach Birbal Wadhera in travelling to Lahore and Karachi. If one agrees to Irshads statement, the first ...

ISLAMABAD The SECP has amended the statement in lieu of prospectus format required to be filed by unlisted public companies to obtain the commencement of business certificate. The purpose of this revision is to make Statement in Lieu of Prospectus more compatible with SECPs eServices regime and ...

LAHORE The Federal Investigation Agency has pressurised Muhammad Maalik, the accused in the NICL scam, to record his statement against some political figures in order to arrest them for settling political scores. In a press statement issued on Friday, Senator Kamil Ali Ahga, PML-Q central ...