Islamabad, Sep 19 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Pakistan to raise its tax collection target of Rs.1,250 billion ($16 billion) during the current fiscal, but no figure has been specified.
Islamabad, Sep 18 (DPA) Pakistan Thursday denied that the US forewarned it of the overnight missile strike in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region that was carried out hours after US assurances of enhanced coordination on critical security issues.
Islamabad, Sep 16 (DPA) Pakistan Tuesday demanded an immediate end to incursions by US forces into its territory, as the country’s jets and helicopter gunships pounded insurgent positions in the tribal areas along the Afghan border, killing 10 rebels and two civilians.
Islamabad, Sep 15 (DPA) Pakistani security forces and armed tribesmen Monday foiled an attempt by US troops to enter Pakistani territory by firing shots at them, security officials said.
Islamabad, Sep 13 (Xinhua) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has accepted the resignations tendered by the ministers belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), TV reported Saturday.
ISLAMABAD: The Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, has said that no external force is allowed to conduct operations against the terrorists and extremists inside Pakistan as armed forces of Pakistan are capable to protect the geographical and ideological frontiers of the country.
The sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country would be defended at all costs, General Kayani said while addressing the Corps Commanders and Principal Officers of Pakistan Army here on Thursday.
Islamabad, Sep 9 (IANS) Pakistan’s new President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday said he would have good news on the Kashmir issue before India holds its next Lok Sabha elections.
Islamabad, Sep 9 (IANS) Asif Ali Zardari, husband of slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, Tuesday took oath as Pakistan’s new president for a five-year term as the first civilian head of state who will be as powerful as the country’s military dictators in the past.
Islamabad, Sep 7 (IANS) Pakistan’s president-elect Asif Ali Zardari has bowed to warning by astrologers and put off his oath taking to Tuesday from Sunday after his convincing win in the presidential polls.
‘Sep 6 to 8 are unfavourable dates for oath taking,’ newspapers flashed the prediction by astrologer A.S. Chaudhry in Islamic Pakistan where otherwise predictions are not given much weight.
There are other astrologers besides Chaudhry who have suggested that Zardari avoid taking oath before Sep 9. They say the number 13 is also not good for the PPP co-chairperson as he has been elected as the 13th president.
Islamabad, Sep 6 (IANS) Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari was Saturday elected the country’s 13th president with a big majority, defeating his two rivals from two Pakistan Muslim League (PML) factions and emerging as the first civilian head of the state.