LAHORE: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to raise its Policy Rate by 50 basis points to 13.5 percent with effect from September 30, 2010. This decision was taken at a meeting of the …

SARGODHA: Watan cards would be distributed among the families of flood hit areas by October 8 for which NADRA has already started preparation of lists. Administer, DDOR teshil Sahilwal (Sargodha) said this while talking to …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has expressed deep grief and sorrow over the sad demise of senior and seasoned politician, Rao Sikandar Iqbal. In his message to the bereaved family the …

WASHINGTON: Go for a Kashmir solution and help bring stability to the region for a ticket to UN Security Council membership and fulfilling your big power aspirations. That’s the broad message President Barack Obama will …

ISLAMABAD: The Rescue 1122 has decided on Wednesday to took necessary legal action against the fake callers which includes imprisonment for six months or with fine of rupees 50,000/- or both. This decision came in …

WASHINGTON: Some senior Taliban leaders appear to be open to reconciliation with Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government, but contacts are in the embryonic stage and not likely to bear fruit soon, NATO’s top civilian in …

ISLAMABAD: The British High , Adam Thomson pledged that UK would stand by Pakistan as it takes active part in the rescue operation stranded in the flood-ravaged areas. He made these remarks after he visited …

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that Dr Aafia Siddique’s brother appealed against the decision of jury in US Supreme Court. Addressing to National Assembly here on Wednesday he said that Government took every …

ISLAMABAD: Security forces have busted suicide attack as a suspected suicide bomber along with explosives- laden car and jacket was arrested on his way from North Waziristan to settled areas in Pakistan. According to a …

Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari has said that a one time flood tax will have to be imposed on the well to do and affluent class to help speed up the relief and rehabilitation efforts. …