SYDNEY : Australia on Sunday called for greater engagement with Pakistan on fighting insurgents along the Afghan border, saying unrest there could spread elsewhere in the world. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said militants in the tribal area were posing a threat to foreign troops in Afghanistan, including Australias 1,000 soldiers in southern Uruzgan.
“We are now […]
ISLAMABAD : Former Minorities Minister and member National Assembly Minocher Bhandara (popularly known as M.P.Bhandara) passed away here on Sunday. His one leg and a wrist was broken in an accident on April 23 and was admitted to Shifa Hospital on May 7. He was travelling in the car with his Chinese friends, when a […]
LAHORE: President Pakistan Muslim League (Q) Chaudhry Pervez Elahi said that the PPP government is displaying democratic spirit in the centre while in Punjab, chief minister Shahbaz Sahrif wants to bring civilian dictatorship.
KARACHI: Federal Minister for Information Sherry Rehman said that the decision for increasing the number of judges of the Supreme Court has been taken with the consultation of the Pakistan Muslim League (N).
KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said that his party to send President Musharraf home. It was reported last month by various news sources that Zardari advised Musharraf to quit before June 10.
KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned Pakistan that he would send the Afghan troops to Pakistan. This was the first time that Afghan President threatened Pakistan. He has been pleading Pakistan Government and United States to confront local Taliban in the tribal area of Pakistan.
ISLAMABAD : President of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan has said that the historic long march would mould the minds, adding that the gathering of 500,000 people is a big success.
ISLAMABAD: The long march, launched by the lawyers’ community for the restoration of the deposed judges came to an end peacefully on Saturday morning and no untoward incident took place.
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif told tens of thousands of supporters of the country’s deposed chief justice Friday that President Pervez Musharraf would be forced to “pay for his crimes,” according to AFP.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday said the new democratic government was keen to attract foreign investment in various sectors and will ensure level playing field for both local and foreign investors.