PESHAWAR: Former Amir of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Qazi Hussain Ahmad has termed Malakand operation as US conspiracy to break the country. Addressing a meeting of JI office bearers of NWFP and leaders from Malakand Division …

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday appointed Justice (Retd.) Hamid Mirza as new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). President Zardari’s Spokesman Farhatullah Babar confirmed the appointment of Justice (Retd.) Hamid Mirza as new CEC. Mirza …

WASHINGTON: A US lawmaker has advocated the need to encourage India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue. “We heard in recent reports that India and Pakistan were meeting secretly in the last year or …

ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday registered cases against 13 peoples including Ajmal Kasab allegedly involved in Mumbai attacks here. According to sources, the cases were registered in the light of investigations conducted by Federal …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan and the new US Administration must base their relationship on trust, cohesion and understanding of each other’s strengths and constraints in their struggle against …

ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commission (CEC) Justice (Retd) Qazi Muhammad Farooq set up Appellate Authorities to conduct hearing of the applications against the rejection of the nomination papers of the candidates for the Senate elections.
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the government would take all necessary steps for ensuring improvement in the security situation in Swat, and for providing relief to all IDPs in NWFP …

ISLAMABAD: The only durable solution to the longstanding Jammu and Kashmir dispute lies in the implementation of UN resolution and giving Kashmiris their birth right of self-determination, said a declaration issues at the end of …

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Kashmir Committee of the National Assembly Mualana Fazalur Rehman has said that Pakistan would continue to extend moral, political, and diplomatic support to the Kashmiris for their right to self-determination. Talking to media …

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Party (Nationalist), President, Ghulam Hassan Mir has ruled out a pre-poll alliance with any political party. He, however, said his party would enter into alliance with a party which …