Pakistan

    Pakistan Government nears deal with FATA, NWFP militants: NYT

    Islamabad, Apr.25 (ANI): The Pakistan Government has said that it is close to reaching an agreement with most of the militant tribes in its turbulent border area to cease hostilities.
    According to a New York Times report, the proposed accord essentially forbids tribes from engaging in illegal actions.
    The deal would be signed […]


    Pakistan moves to curb hoarding, smuggling of food items

    Islamabad, April 25 (IANS) The Pakistani government has set up a national task force to curb hoarding of food items, particularly wheat, and prevent their smuggling to neighbouring countries. Addressing a press conference here Thursday after a meeting of the Federal Committee on Agriculture (FCA), Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock, Nisar Ali […]

Did Benazir die because she bought jinxed apartment in Manhattan?

Apr 25th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

New York, Apr 25 (ANI): One of the first owners of a penthouse apartment in New Yorks Manhattan area has said that former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto died because she had bought a jinxed apartment, which has a dark and mysterious history, in as much as who ever bought it met a tragic […]



Zias death in plane crash was an act of sabotage, not technical error

Apr 25th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

Islamabad, Apr 25 (ANI): Pakistans Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Technical Investigator Naseem Ahmad has claimed that the countrys former president Ziaul Haqs death in 1988 in a plane crash was an act of sabotage and was not caused by any technical fault.

It was not a technical problem, the Daily Times quoted […]



Musharraf breaks bread with his opponents

Apr 25th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

Islamabad, April 25 (IANS) Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf broke bread with some of his bitterest opponents at a dinner hosted by Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani here. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Information Minister Sherry Rehman and Privatisation Minister Naveed Qamar were among those who shared the high table with Muwharraf at the dinner […]



PM constitutes six members committee to examine FCR

Apr 24th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani has constituted a six-member cabinet committee headed by Federal Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights Division, Farooq H. Naek to examine FCR and make suitable recommendations.
According to […]



US delegation discusses development assistant to Fata

Apr 24th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

PESHAWAR: An eight-member US delegation, headed by Henrietta H. Fore called on the NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani here at Governors House on Thursday and discussed the US development assistance to Fata.
The delegation, comprising Peter […]



Govt to send formal request to UN for BB martyrdoms probe: FO

Apr 24th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan, Top News

ISLAMABAD: Internal process within the Government of Pakistan is still continuing to take up the case of Benazir Bhuttos martyrdom to the United Nations for probe, said Foreign Office Spokesman Muhammad Sadiq on Thursday.



Gilani for new, balanced relationship between civil, military institutions

Apr 24th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday stressed the need for a new and balanced relationship between the civil and military institutions of the state.
The modern world of today calls for a new […]



Ahmadinejad to visit Pakistan on April 28: spokesman

Apr 24th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Pakistan on April 28 for talks with the new Pakistani leadership; it was officially announced on Thursday.
Foreign Office spokesman Muhammad Sadiq told the weekly press briefing that the […]