Election of May 11, 2013 were mismanaged, after so much being telecast about free and fair elections and an independent ECP and such a respected ECP, the mismanagement shocked many. The nonexistence and in some places, the late arrival of ballot boxes in many polling stations, where huge crowds ...

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has increased the electricity tariff by Rs. 5.8 per unit for the domestic as well as commercial consumers. The increase is massive. The people are in a shock. Already under unbearable inflationary pressures, they simply do not know how they ...

karachiRejecting the decision of Election Commission of Pakistan about re-polling on 43 polling station of NA-250, MQM continues sit-in outside the ECP Sindh office on Wednesday.A large number of party workers were present outside the ECP office with the demand to conduct re-polling in entire ...

Earlier this year, the National Assembly and the Senate of Pakistan passed the Investigation for Fair Trial Act 2012 without due discussions and debate. The act has been purportedly enacted to effectively deal with scheduled offences and to regulate the powers of the law enforcement and ...

ISLAMABAD – As many as 400 charged workers of PTI gathered in front of Imran Khan’s house in Bani Gala and protested against what they said the “discrimination” in the nominations process of for general elections.Rahat Qadoosi, one of the prominent politicians of Rawalpindi, ...

The increase of up to eight thousand in Haj fares is cruel given the prevailing inflation. The news will particularly come as a bombshell for Hajis living below the poverty line. Haj being one of the foremost religious obligations, it is the government’s moral duty to facilitate the pilgrims ...

LAHORE – It was being expected that the state of uncertainty gripping the country because of an open confrontation between the judiciary and the executive would come to an end with the announcement of the judgment by the Supreme Court in the contempt case against the prime minister as it ...

UNITED NATIONS - With obviously US-India nuclear pacts in mind, Pakistan told the United Nations that pursuit of discriminatory policies by some major States regarding nuclear cooperation had fundamentally and qualitatively altered Pakistans security environment. We cannot remain oblivious to these ...

BEIJING (AFP) - China rejected mounting foreign complaints about its business environment Thursday, saying it treats all investors equally and that any difficulties are due to increased competition in the huge market. The comments by a government spokesman were the most detailed response yet to ...

Liam Fox, the shadow defence secretary, suggested German money should subsidise British forces in Afghanistan, as he called for reform of the 60-year-old Nato military alliance. In an interview with The Sunday Times, Fox claimed it was unfair that the countries doing most of the fighting were also ...

CHINA (AFP) - Premier Wen Jiabao on Monday said international pressure over Chinas currency policy was unfair and that a stable yuan is crucial to his nations economic health. Following a summit here with top European Union leaders, Wen also rebuffed EU demands for a flexible policy and told ...

Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the United States and other world powers on Wednesday of creating an "unfair" economic order which has triggered the global financial crisis. In an opening speech at a summit of the regional Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) in Tehran, ...

LAHORE - A-level students have asked Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif to allocate separate quota of seats for them in medical and dental colleges as current admission policy unfairly favoured the FSc students due to unjust equivalence formula, unfair entry test and absence of quota system. ...