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Islamabad: Pakistan Army's COAS has made reconciling warring factions in Afghanistan a top priority, military officials and Western diplomats say, the newest and clearest sign yet that Islamabad means business in promoting peace with the Taliban. General Ashfaq Kayani is backing dialogue partly due to fears that the end of the...

A 15-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban for promoting girls' education has urged Pakistan to reverse a decision to rename a college in her honor to avert militant attacks on students, according to an official. Malala Yousufzai, who became a symbol of youth resistance to the Taliban, made the request after students broke...

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) has announced its verdict in the Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) pricing case and declared the pricing formula presented by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) null and void. A two-member bench of the apex court, comprising Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice...

ISLAMABAD - In one way or the other, the suffering of motorists will expectedly come to an end today (Friday) when the Supreme Court (SC) announces its judgment in the CNG price case after having heard all stakeholders over the issue. A two-member SC bench headed by Justice Jawwad S Khwaja reserved...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday concluded its hearing in the case pertaining to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) prices. The ruling in the case is expected to be issued on Friday. A two-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja, heard the case over CNG pricing formula,...

The Government of Pakistan has finally made available the list of National Reconciliation Ordinance aka NRO beneficiaries to the public. The list is not yet complete and the one available to media contains only 248 politicians and bureaucrats. I must remind our readers here that the original list comprises of thousands of people and...

At least 10 persons including five security men were injured when militants attack Pakistan Air Force Engineering Centre in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday. Islamabad, Dec 18/Nationalturk – Unknown attackers, suspected to be Taliban militants, attacked Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Engineering Centre  in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan on...

Islamabad : The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday issued contempt of court notice to the chief of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Altaf Hussain. According to the Sources, the contempt notice was issued during the hearing of case pertaining to Karachi unrest case. The court said that Altaf Hussain used...

 ISLAMABAD: The report states that 67% of parliamentarians and 62% of ministers in the Federal Cabinet did not file their income tax returns.It has been authored by Umar Cheema, an investigative reporter of The News and co-founder of the newly-registered Center for Investigative Reporting in Pakistan (CIRP).Another non-government organisation, the...

ISLAMABAD: Chairman NAB Admiral (retired) Fasih Bokhari said Thursday that Rs 10-12 billion in corruption was being committed in Pakistan on a daily basis. During a news conference, Bokhari clarified that he was not the only one who had raised the issue of the high amount of corruption. The Public...

ISLAMABAD : An additional about 231 billion are required to ensure compulsory education to all children at the primary and secondary level in Pakistan, as enshrined in Article 25-A of the constitution, during the next five years This was stated during the launch of two papers “Mapping the scope of work, roles...

The Letter  Email By Jasmine Manzoor she has mentioned clearly the reason for all to know. Dear friends,  just to let you know personally I have resigned from Samaa ! God bless you all No other channel ! I raised my voice for the hindu community but my show has...