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Islamabad: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government is all set to present its second budget before the parliament for the fiscal year 2014-15 with an outlay of around Rs.3.8 trillion Tuesday. While launching the Economic Survey of Pakistan on Monday, the Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said against last year’s growth of...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday has taken a strong notice of a brutal incident in Lahore the other day in which a 25-year-old pregnant woman was beaten to death with bricks by her family for marrying without their consent.“Such a brutal murder in the presence of police is...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif while reiterating that country’s nuclear assets are in safe hands said Wednesday nuclear technology will be used for power generation and social uplift. In a message to the nation on the occasion of 16th Youm e Takbeer which marks May 28, 1998 when Pakistan carried...

The prime minister of Pakistan has accepted an invitation from Narendra Modi, the incoming Indian prime minister, to attend his inauguration on Monday in Delhi, raising hopes of a thaw in relations between the two south Asian nations. Nawaz Sharif, who won power in Pakistan last year for a third time, will also...

#GeoSuspended It Had to Happen, The licences of three television channels of the Geo TV network were on Tuesday suspended by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority watchdog for leveling allegations against the country's powerful spy agency ISI.  Three Channels ( GEO NEWS , GEO TEZ , GEO ENTERTAINMENT  VIDEO NEWS...

Pakistan on Friday invited India's incoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit, just hours after India's opposition candidate secured a crushing victory in the world's largest election. Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif came to power last year promising to improve relations with nuclear arch-rival India, but a series of clashes...

ISLAMABAD: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) staged a walkout from the Senate against non-issuance of Pakistani identity card and passport to party chief Altaf Hussain. MQM Senator Tahir Mashadi said the government had not responded even a month after Mr Hussain filed the application for his passport and ID card....

ISLAMABAD:Pakistan on Wednesday raised more than $1.1 billion in its long-delayed auction of next-generation telecommunications licences, snapped up by the country's four existing mobile network providers. The government sold off four licences to provide 3G services, which allow broadband-speed internet on mobile phones, and one for superfast 4G connections. The...

RAWALPINDI / ISLAMABAD: Former president Pervez Musharraf is on his way to the Special Court from the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) A three-member bench, headed by Justice Faisal Arab will hear the treason case today. Pervez Musharraf  faces treason charges under Article 6 for suspending, subverting and abrogating the Constitution,...

  SLAMABAD, Mar 11 (APP): Federal Minister for Finance, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar said that the forex reserves of the country have improved from US$ 7.59 billion on February 07, 2014 to US$ 9.37 billion on March 07 2014. “The efforts of the Government have started to show positive results and are on track...

RAWALPINDI: For the first time, the women of the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad will have exclusive transport service, The concept to extend comfortable, safe and affordable transportation facilities to women was materialised on Monday with the name of “ Tabeer Women Transport Service ”. The project was launched by...

Denmark has launched a three-year programme for democratic development and good governance in Pakistan. The programme was announced at a presentation on state of democracy in South Asia in Islamabad. Speaking on the occasion‚ Danish Ambassador said the programnme envisages the engagement of youth in democratic process and dialogue. Under...