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Pakistan major stakeholder in terror war: Senators

By: Imran Mukhtar | June 20, 2013

Islamabad- The senators on Wednesday stressed that any initiative of the United States to hold peace talks with Taliban without taking Islamabad on board would be a futile exercise, as Pakistan is a ...

Budget against spirit of federation: Rabbani

By: Imran Mukhtar | June 16, 2013

ISLAMABAD -  Amid strong condemnations over series of terrorist attacks in Balochistan, the Upper House of the Parliament Saturday initiated debate on finance bill 2013-14.The legislators not ...

Defence ministry’s bid to dump RTI Act rejected

By: Imran Mukhtar | June 14, 2013

ISLAMABAD - A sub-committee of the Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting Thursday took strong exception to the advice of Ministry of Defence about the introduction of Right to ...

Rs6.26b apportioned for interior division

By: Imran Mukhtar | June 13, 2013

Islamabad -The federal government has earmarked a total amount of Rs 6259.166 million for the law and order related and other development projects of the interior division under the head of Public ...

Budget sessions of Senate, NA today

By: Imran Mukhtar | June 12, 2013

Islamabad- President Asif Ali Zardari exercising his the powers entrusted to him by the Constitution has summoned separate budget sessions of the Senate and the National Assembly for Wednesday ...

Raja Zafar made leader of the house in Senate

By: Imran Mukhtar | June 11, 2013

Islamabad- The federal government on Monday appointed senior PML-N leader Raja Zafarul Haq as Leader of the House in the Senate to represent the federal government in the Upper House of the ...

Plan of action soon,says Nisar

By: Imran Mukhtar | June 09, 2013

ISLAMABAD- Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan Saturday said that interior ministry would ensure enhanced coordination and intelligence sharing with all the provinces for better law and ...

Ex-govt's 'big shots' in ministry may lose jobs

By: Imran Mukhtar | June 07, 2013

ISLAMABAD  - A number of big shots at the Ministry of Interior and its subordinate departments, who had been either closely associated with the former PPP-led regime or with the then powerful ...

N workers throng NA galleries

By: Imran Mukhtar | June 06, 2013

ISLAMABAD - A worst kind of hullabaloo was witnessed in and outside the visitors galleries of the National Assembly on the occasion of election of prime minister as some workers of Pakistan Muslim ...

N, PPP likely to swap Treasury, Opp leaders

By: Imran Mukhtar | June 05, 2013

Islamabad- After the change of guards in the National Assembly, the positions of Leader of the House and the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate are likely to be swapped between Pakistan Muslim ...

All opp parties opt for solo flight

By: Imran Mukhtar | June 02, 2013

ISLAMABAD - Though the victory of PML-N candidates for the slots of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly is writing on the wall, yet it would be an interesting contest as all the main ...

Senate body yet to end hibernation

By: Imran Mukhtar | June 01, 2013

ISLAMABAD - The Senate Standing Committee on Interior headed by JUI-F lawmaker Senator Talha Mahmood has so far failed to prepare any report on the issue of passports' backlog ignoring Senate ...

Funds refused for software purchase

By: Imran Mukhtar | May 28, 2013

ISLAMABAD - National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has sent back a summary to the ministry of interior with remarks that finance division has refused to release the amount required for ...

Human traffickers’ gang busted

By: Imran Mukhtar | May 25, 2013

ISLAMABAD - Immigration Wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has busted a gang of human traffickers who were using the route of Pakistan to France, The Nation has learnt.The Immigration ...

All-out support to Pakistan for economic uplift, says Li

By: Imran Mukhtar | May 24, 2013

ISLAMABAD - Stressing the need of "pragmatic cooperation" between China and Pakistan, Chinese Prime Minister, Li Keqiang on Thursday urged both the nations to stand by each other as friends and ...

Caretakers ‘flouting’ merit by promoting blue-eyed

By: Imran Mukhtar | May 23, 2013

ISLAMABAD - Despite its denial, the caretaker government seems all set to make best of its remaining days in power but only by blatantly flouting the merit and promoting the favourites only to serve ...

NAB chief vows to continue job even if N pursues case

By: Imran Mukhtar | May 22, 2013

ISLAMABAD Chairman NAB Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari is determined to continue his job and is in no mood to resign even on moral grounds in case Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Sharif (PML-N) pursues its ...

2 officers of IT ministry sacked sans due process

By: Imran Mukhtar | May 19, 2013

ISLAMABAD - The caretaker federal government seems in a haste regarding removal and appointment of a number of key government functionaries even after the general elections, and has sacked two ...

Nadra admits lacking facility to verify thumb impression

By: Imran Mukhtar | May 17, 2013

ISLAMABAD - Amid demands from certain political parties to verify the thumb impressions of voters on ballot papers to prove rigging allegations, higher authorities in the National Database and ...

Credibility of Nadra at stake

By: Imran Mukhtar | May 17, 2013

  ISLAMABAD - After the interior ministry, the credibility of NADRA regarding the issuance of arms licences is at stake, as theFederal Investigation Agency (FIA) has started a thorough probe ...

Chinese PM to address Senate on 23rd

By: Imran Mukhtar | May 17, 2013

ISLAMABAD - Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will address the sitting of the Upper House of Parliament on 23rd of this month after his joint meeting with Senate Chairman Nayyer Hussain Bokhari and National ...

34 RPPs accused enlisted on Exit Control List

By: Imran Mukhtar | May 15, 2013

islamabad - Interior Ministry has recently placed the names of nine accused in RPPs scam on the exit control list (ECL) and at last, incumbent secretary interior Javed Iqbal, an upright officer, has ...

Over 100pc turnout at 49 polling stations

By: Imran Mukhtar | May 14, 2013

islamabad - A report of Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) has made a stunning revelation, strengthening the voices of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of massive rigging in general elections, that ...

Independents to decide future course after results notification

By: Imran Mukhtar | May 13, 2013

islamabadUnder the 18th Amendment, the independent candidates who have won the general seats of National Assembly or provincial assemblies in election will have the option to join any political party ...

APML, PAT boycott polls

By: Imran Mukhtar | May 12, 2013

islamabad - When the voters in large number came out on May 11 to favour parties of their own choice, the two political parties - Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) - ...

Mobile service to be suspended on provincial govt’s request

By: Imran Mukhtar | May 11, 2013

ISLAMABAD - In the presence of speculations whether mobile phone service would remain dysfunctional or not for May 11 polling day as a security measure to thwart terrorist activities, Interior ...

Polls to be held amid tight security: Minister

By: Imran Mukhtar | May 08, 2013

Islamabad - Interior Minister Malik Muhammad Habib Khan Tuesday said that interior ministry had credible intelligence reports about some plans devised by militants from Afghanistan side to target ...

Musharraf League to boycott polls

By: Imran Mukhtar | May 04, 2013

ISLAMABAD - In a move to have a safe exit from Pakistan, General (r) Pervez Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League announced on Friday boycott of the elections, alleging 'partial' attitude of the ...

‘Musharraf had prior knowledge of assassination'

By: Imran Mukhtar | May 03, 2013

ISLAMABAD - As the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) probing Benazir Bhutto assassination case finalises another challan for the anti-terrorism court (ATC), a ...

Musharraf quizzed over Bugti murder

By: Imran Mukhtar | May 03, 2013

ISLAMABAD - Balochistan police Thursday investigated former president Gen. (Retd) Pervez Musharraf at Chak Shahzad Farmhouse Sub-jail in Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti's killing case. The ...

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