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AJK elections: PPP, PML-N battle it out as campaign heats up
Jun 23rd
Hamza Sharif claims Pakistan Peoples Party plans to cheat in the upcoming polls.
Ban Ki-moon gets second term as U.N. chief
Jun 23rd
NEW YORK: The U.N. General Assembly voted unanimously to give Ban Kimoon a second term as secretary-general on Tuesday, praising him for strengthening the world bodys role and visibility in difficult circumstances. The 192-member assembly applauded…
Obama set to unveil Afghan troop cuts
Jun 23rd
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will order his promised US troop drawdown from Afghanistan in a primetime address Wednesday, which one official said would likely see 10,000 soldiers called home this year. Obama will stick with his vow to begin pulli…
Saudi Arabia signs $1.7bn defense deal
Jun 23rd
PARIS: Saudi Arabia has placed a $1.7 billion direct commercial sales contract with Raytheon Company to upgrade the Kingdom”s Patriot Air and Missile Defense System to the latest Configuration-3. The award includes ground-system hardware, a full train…
OBL exit brings no change in Pakistanis opinion: Poll
Jun 23rd
WASHINGTON: Pakistanis opinion about U.S. before and after Osama bin Laden has remained unchanged, according to the PEW Research Centre polls results released. President Zardari popularity among the Pakistani leaders most plummeted and Imran Khans po…
Zardaris speech triggers verbal war b/w PML-N, PPP
Jun 23rd
LAHORE: Members of Pakistan Muslim League-N in Punjab Assembly, reacting to the President Zardaris address in Naudero on the birth anniversary of Ms Benazir Bhutto, termed the speech below all moral standards and a conspiracy to derail democracy. On …
PML-N wont attend govt”s reception
Jun 23rd
LAHORE: Members of Pakistan Muslim League-N have decided not to attend the diner reception being hosted in the honour of parliamentarians by Pakistan People Partys Chief Whip Khursheed Shah, Geo News reported. The decision was made in protest of th…
Obama, Zardari for steps to repair ties
Jun 23rd
ISLAMABAD: US President Barack Obama telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari in Karachi on Wednesday night. The two leaders discussed bilateral ties and the latest situation in the region and agreed to take appropriate steps to repair the ties between th…
PM to announce development program for AJK after elections
Jun 23rd
BAGH: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Wednesday said the future of Pakistan was closely linked with the resolution of the Kashmir dispute and assured complete political and diplomatic support to the Kashmiris till their complete freedom. Addressi…
Zardari defending secular forces: Rana
Jun 22nd
LAHORE: President Zardari”s address was more of a corrupt jiala rather than of a president, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sana said, adding that he is defending agencies and secular forces.
Talking to the reporters outside the Punjab Assembly, the ministe…
