05 August 2009
ISLAMABAD: The first session of the Pakistan-Turkmenistan Joint Ministerial Commission was held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on August 3-4, 2009. The Pakistani delegation was led by Nawabzada Malik Amad Khan, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. The Turkmenistan side was headed by their Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov. The Minister of State also called on Mr. Gurbanguli [...]
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28 July 2009
This is not about Musharraf anymore. This is about clipping the wings of a strong Pakistani military, denying space for China in Pakistan, squashing the ISI, stirring ethnic unrest, and neutralizing Pakistan’s nuclear program. The first shot in this plan was fired in Pakistan’s Balochistan province in 2004. The last bullet will be toppling Musharraf, [...]
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15 July 2009
KABUL: Thousands of people who lost their houses in January-May flooding in different parts of Afghanistan need help to repair or rebuild their homes, or find new ones, before winter. “Where houses are damaged or completely destroyed, people are in urgent need of shelter,” Asif Khairkhwa, chairman of the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) in [...]
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21 July 2009
NEW YORK: After seven and a half years of international engagement, Afghanistan is at a very important turning point. The country faces a daunting set of challenges: a ruthless insurgency, comprised of militant groups with different capabilities and objectives; the government still struggles with corruption and delivery of basic services; the country produces 90% of [...]
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20 July 2009
ISLAMABAD: Chaudhary Shujaat Hussain was re-elected unopposed PML-Q President on Monday. Mushahid Hussain Syed was also re-elected as Secretary General in the General Council meeting at the PML -Q house. PML-Q dissidents known as ‘Like Minded’ did not attend the meeting. The Like Minded group says the meeting was unconstitutional and that one person can [...]
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20 July 2009
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Electric Power Company has instructed its power distribution companies to establish and operationalize efficacious control mechanism in order to monitor and regulate increasing electricity consumption by its domestic, industrial, agriculture and commercial consumers in urban and rural areas in coordination with National Power Control Center. The over all electricity consumption is for Domestic [...]
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15 July 2009
A brigade of ANP ministers circling TV talk shows circuits, never miss an opportunity to pin the blame for the current national crisis — unfolding in the NWFP — on the Pakistani support of Mujahideen during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. For a moment, let’s overlook ANP’s usual rhetoric of racial victimization, its historical opposition [...]
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16 March 2010
ISLAMABAD: Police safely recovered the Pakistani origin British child, Sahil Saeed from the kidnappers, a private TV channel said on Tuesday. According to details, Sahil Saeed who was kidnapped by unidentified kidnappers on March 03 during a burglary incident from Jehlum and his kidnapping had become challenge for police and other concern authorities. Police recovered [...]
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16 March 2010
LAHORE: Punjab police have recovered a huge amount of explosives from a vacant house located in Iqbal Town of Lahore, police said. Source said that the bomb disposal squad has been called to defuse the explosives According to the details, at least forty bags packed with explosive have recoved during a raid at a vancat [...]
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24 December 2009
PESHAWAR: In yet another grisly attack, at least five persons including two policemen were killed and twenty one received multiple injuries when a suicide bombers hit a checkpost located near the State Life building in Saddar bazaar locality on Thursday. Reports reaching here said that suicide bomber blew himself up closed to the checkpost killing [...]
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23 September 2009
The much awaited package of structural adjustment reforms was unveiled by the prime minister of Pakistan, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, after a cabinet meeting, today. Despite of high claims of granting internal autonomy, a governor, to be appointed by the presdient, and the prime minister, himself, have been made the supreme authorities. The Gilgit – [...]
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09 August 2009
ISLAMABAD: British High Commission Islamabad is not issuing visa to Pakistan’s World Champion Pakistan Blind Cricket team, scheduled to start tour England from 9th to 18th August 2009 for a cricket series of 3 One-day Internationals and 1 T/20, the Blind association has said. Blind Cricket England & Wales (BCEW), has invited the World Champion [...]
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06 August 2009
CHAKWAL: A local group of Christian community brought out procession on Wednesday and they chanted slogans in favour of Punjab Govt. The procession started from TMA Chakwal and the participants including men and women were carrying banners and placards in which slogans in favour of Punjab Govt. were in strike. The participants marched on the [...]
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05 August 2009
ISLAMABAD: Industry is on the verge of collapse and traders are suffering badly due to massive load shedding and poor law & order situation and government should take urgent remedial measures to steer the trade & industry out of trouble as well as to pave way for growth of economic activities in the country. Mian [...]
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05 August 2009
KARACHI: The Karachi Electric Supply Company has made all possible arrangements to ensure stable power supply on the occasion of Shab-e-Baraat. This was stated by Ms. Ayesha Eirabie, Director Corporate Communications, in a media briefing here on Wednesday. She said the consumers could get KESC temporary connections for religious congregations if they needed. She asked [...]
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28 July 2009
Last Saturday, during the qualifying session for the Hungarian Grand Prix, one of the freakiest Formula 1 accidents of recent years occurred to none other than Ferrari’s Felipe Massa. It was so scary that I sprang up from my bed and shivers ran down my spine. Massa’s life was spared by his F1 helmet. The [...]
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