New York: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said he can "bridge the gap" between his country and the US even as he defended the handling of the case of Pakistani doctor who helped CIA to track down Osama bin Laden and was sentenced to 33 years in jail. "As someone who has spent much of his life abroad, yet is deeply rooted in his country, Bhutto...
04:49:40 PM Jun 04, 2012
Islamabad: A court on Monday suspended the Senate membership of Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik over holding dual nationality, a media report said. A three-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, heard the case of Malik holding dual nationality of Britain and Pakistan, reported Geo News. Malik said that he had forfeited his British citizenship but he failed to provide sufficient documents to the...
04:29:54 PM Jun 04, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's relations with the US are "multi-dimensional and important" but the ties will be determined on the basis of Islamabad's national interests, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Monday against the backdrop of growing strains between the two countries. "We are trying to have an open, transparent, and mutually beneficial relationship with the US based on our national interests," he said. Gilani made the remarks during an address...
04:17:55 PM Jun 04, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani ministers can now undertake only "obligatory" foreign visits, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has directed. Gilani said that from now on, only those foreign visits which are categorized as "obligatory" will be allowed to be undertaken by members of the federal cabinet, reports said. This will apply to the foreign visits of federal ministers, ministers of state, advisers, special assistants and officers. Pakistan is currently passing through a...
11:27:31 AM Jun 04, 2012
Islamabad: Four women condemned to death by a tribal jirga or council for dancing and singing with men at a wedding in northern Pakistan have been killed, TV news channels reported on Sunday. However, senior officials refuted the news reports and described them as baseless. Interior Minister Rehman Malik ordered a judicial inquiry into the reported killing of the four women as punishment for dancing with men at a wedding...
12:40:12 AM Jun 04, 2012
Islamabad: Ahead of its key talks with India on the Siachen issue, Pakistan has claimed that the biggest hurdle in resolving the military standoff on the world's highest battlefield are the armies of the two countries. Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, who was the Defence Minister till yesterday and has now been given the water and power portfolio in a minor Cabinet reshuffle, said India and Pakistan both stand to benefit from...
01:10:01 PM Jun 03, 2012
Islamabad: Shakeel Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, has refused to eat meals provided by the jail authorities in Peshawar fearing he may be poisoned. Sources told Geo News, Afridi has refused to eat prison food, and that on his demand, prison authorities have provided him with essential items and cooking utensils so that he could prepare his own food. Afridi...
12:38:54 PM Jun 03, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani opposition lawmakers and members of the treasury benches on Friday engaged in fisticuffs as Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh presented the government's new budget in Parliament amidst uproar. Members of the main opposition PML-N, who were protesting against power cuts and corruption during Shaikh's speech, scuffled with lawmakers of the ruling Pakistan People's Party in the National Assembly or lower house of parliament. Several lawmakers were seen raining...
11:04:49 AM Jun 02, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan has increased its defence budget by nearly 10 per cent to Rs 54,500 crore ($5.8 billion) for the 2012-13 fiscal year. The government had earmarked Rs 49,500 crore in the 2011-12 fiscal year. However, the actual expenditure was Rs 50,932 crore. The current allocation amounted to 18.4 per cent of Pakistan's total budget outlay of Rs 2,96,000 crore for the fiscal July 2012 to June 2013, Xinhua reported....
10:57:38 AM Jun 02, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday increased the defence allocation in its fiscal 2012-13 budget to Rs 545 billion (about $5.82 billion), marking an increase of 10 per cent over the outlay for the current fiscal. The allocation for the defence services amounted to 18.4 per cent of the federal budget of Rs 2,960 billion for fiscal 2012-13. Further details, including allocations for the three services and weapons acquisition programmes, were not...
12:05:21 AM Jun 02, 2012
Four years after he stepped down as Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf claims he's ready to head back home. ...
03:59:55 PM Jun 01, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said he had no plans to resign after the presentation of the next budget this week in the wake of his conviction of contempt by Pakistan's Supreme Court. "After all the achievements, why should I resign after the budget?" Gilani said during an appearance on the monthly television programme "Prime Minister Online", during which he answers questions from people around the...
03:43:28 AM Jun 01, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday successfully tested the nuclear-capable Hatf-VIII (Ra'ad) cruise missile that has a range of 350 kilometers. The Ra'ad cruise missile has stealth capabilities, and is capable of delivering nuclear and conventional warheads. The military said the launch had also tested a new automated command and control system. "A major additional feature of today's test was the effective employment of the National Command Authority's fully automated Strategic Command...
12:10:21 PM May 31, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court on Wednesday gave Interior Minister Rehman Malik a day to submit documents to back his claim that he had renounced his British nationality. A three-Judge bench led by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry issued the order while hearing a petition challenging the dual nationality of some members of the two Houses of Parliament. The apex court earlier suspended the membership of parliament of Farahnaz Ispahani, the media...
10:47:41 AM May 31, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistani cricketer Umar Gul's house in Peshawar was raided by the Pakistan Army commandos on Tuesday. Reports say his brother Meraj was arrested for allegedly providing shelter to his uncle Haji Daly, who is believed to be an active member of the banned outfit Lashkar-e-Islam. Two others were also arrested, said a report in The Express Tribune. Reports say Daly was injured in an operation in Bara and had...
12:23:59 PM May 30, 2012
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