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KARACHI –President Asif Ali Zardari has reaffirmed that elections will be held on time, without a delay of a single day as stipulated in the Constitution, saying those who were seeking postponement of elections were frustrated. According to presidential spokesperson Senator Farhatullah Babar, President Zardari felicitated Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf,...

Islamabad, Long March - Party is over folks - go home now.. Yes that's it, Torture-ul-Comedy shook hand with the Ex-Government Officials hugged them and finalized the matters, what a drama it was? For 4 days everyone was glued to their TV and Internet ( Social Circus - Facebook /...

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has proposed Foreign Ministerial level Pakistan-India talks to sort out tension along Line of Control. In a statement in New York‚ she said that continued tension along LoC is not in the interest of peace and stability in South Asia. She said Pakistan is disappointed...

President Asif Ali Zardari has said that no operation will be carried out against participants of the long march. Taking notice of the statement of Interior Minister Rehman Malik‚ the President expressed the hope that Tahirul Qadri and his followers would remain peaceful. Meanwhie‚ talking to media in Islamabad Information...

A high-level meeting in Islamabad today discussed the ongoing situation in the country Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira and Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Syed Sumsam Bukhari chaired the meeting. The meeting was also attended by the information secretary and the media chiefs.

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of the suo motu case over the murder of 20-year-old Shahzeb Khan to Jan 29 after Karachi police sought two weeks to submit a comprehensive report on the case. A three-member bench of the apex court was hearing the suo motu notice...

Karachi : Pakistani rights activist and former president of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Asma Jahangir has said that the timing of Supreme Court's verdict to arrest Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in rental power scam and the 'Million March' of Minhajul Quran International (MQI) chief, Dr Tahirul Qadri is not a coincidence. She alleged the military establishment and Supreme Court's...

ISLALAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) Tuesday ordered the authorities to arrest Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in rental power case along with 33 other accused in the case. Ashraf was accused of receiving commissions in the rental power projects and various other scams Earlier on March 30, the court had directed...

Islamabad : Security forces fired in air, used tear gas in an attempt to control crowd gathered by Tahirul Qadri, in retaliation people gathered there throwing stones due to which 4 policemen got injured as well as the protesters, taken to the hospital immediately. Last night Tahirul Qadri, given 11 o clock...

Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has directed all cellular service providers to keep cellular and wireless services blocked in the vicinity of Long March of Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri. The long march of the Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran, which has been dubbed as the ‘democracy march’ by  Dr Tahirul Qadri is on the way from Lahore to Islamabad....

Pakistan summoned the Indian ambassador to Islamabad on Friday to protest against the death of another Pakistani soldier in what it said was a second cross-border attack from Indian troops in Kashmir. Pakistan said the soldier was killed on Thursday. It was the third deadly incident and fourth death reported...

Trade and other activity between India and Pakistan through the Attari-Wagah land route border remained normal Thursday despite heightened tensions along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. The trade of goods from both countries was "normal", a customs official said here. Trucks from both countries carried the...