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Former President Pervez Musharraf said the Obama administration’s suspension of $800 million in aid to the Pakistani military was not in the interest of...

Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said that the Obama administration’s suspension of $800 million in US aid to the Pakistani military is not in...

Rangers’ powers and budget will not be reduced in Karachi and while law and order situation has been controlled in the city, said Interior...

A comedian impersonating President Barack Obama was cut short and ushered off the stage at a gathering of Republican activists on Saturday after a...

Though the government claims to have instilled stability in prices during the next financial year through a public friendly budget, the huge reduction in...

The Women Worker Helpline (WWHL) sought a 100 percent raise in wages, increment in pensions, and 10 percent less allocation for military in the...

An Egyptian court on Saturday fined ousted President Hosni Mubarak and two former officials 540 million pounds ($90.64 million) for cutting off mobile and...

MANCHESTER - Briton Amir Khan retained his WBA world light welterweight title amid controversy on Saturday after the fight was stopped in the sixth round when challenger Paul McCloskey sustained a cut in a clash of heads.
Khan took the bout against the Northern Irishman on points but the unsatisfactory end was in keeping with a fight which had been dogged by problems throughout the build-up.
A row over TV coverage led Khan's stable to fall out with Sky after they wanted to

SRINAGAR - Ruling out reduction of troops in Kashmir, Indian Army Friday said the terror infrastructure was still intact on the other side of the Line of Control where militants were waiting to infiltrate into the Valley.
"The situation cannot be normal as the militant infrastructure and intent across the border is alive as also their over ground network in the Valley. In this scenario, we cannot reduce the army presence," General Officer Commanding of 15 Corps Lt Gen S A Hasnain

WASHINGTON - Pakistan has told the United States to sharply cut the number of CIA agents and special forces operating there, and to rein in drone strikes against militants, a US newspaper said Monday.
The New York Times said the order highlighted the near collapse of US-Pakistani cooperation, the result of a row that erupted when CIA officer Raymond Davis shot and killed two Pakistani men in January.
The authorities in Islamabad were asking a total of about 335 CIA officers,

LAHORE - The Punjab Irrigation Department has chalked out a new strategy to address water shortages, with the department telling the Punjab Chief Minister's Secretariat that it had decided to cut water outflow from Mangla by 10,000 cusec to stop the reservoir hitting the dead level. Sources said in response to the Chief Minister's notice on Indus River System Authority (IRSA) decision to reduce Punjab's water share by 45 percent, the provincial irrigation department had written to the

LOS ANGELES - In a major Grammys overhaul designed to reduce the bloated structure of the music industry's top awards, organizers said on Wednesday they would slash the number of categories to 78 from 109 for next year's ceremony.
Many existing categories will be merged, while some will be dropped outright with contenders from different musical genres required to compete in new, all-purpose categories.

COLOMBO - The South Asian countries have expressed grave concern over worsening sanitation conditions in the region and demanded increase budgetary allocation to tackle the issue by slashing the defence expenditure.
In this connection, the ministers from the SAARC countries, including Pakistan, on Wednesday adopted Colombo Declaration which says that the governments in the region would make legislate to make the right to sanitation a part of the respective countries'

ISLAMABAD - Renowned Indian journalist and peace activist Kuldeep Nayar on Tuesday urged his country to cut the military budget. "Both India and Pakistan should cut their military budget and former should take initiative in this regard," Kuldeep Nayar said here at a ceremony organized by South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA).
He was heading Indian visiting delegation comprising Journalists and peace activists. Kuldeep Nayar said that people of both sides of divide wanted

PHOENIX - American Angela Stanford fired a six-under par 66 on Friday, answering a double bogey with an eagle on the next hole to seize a one-shot lead after the opening round of the LPGA Founders Cup. Paula Creamer with 69 is yet to make the yet. Stanford birdied three of the first five holes before taking a double bogey at the par-4 eighth hole, Stanford blasted an 8-iron from a fairway bunker into the cup on two bounces and off the flagstick for an eagle.
"After the double, I

ISLAMABAD - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday presented a bleak picture of the economic situation in Pakistan and recommended a complete overhaul of the economy to put the country back on the path of recovery without disengaging itself to facilitate reforms.
Upon conclusion of its extended talks with Pakistan's economic managers, the IMF issued a statement of its assessment, cautiously appreciating the proposed plan of the government but at the same time candidly

KARACHI - The All Pakistan CNG Association has threatened to call a countrywide strike against the government's latest decision to continue with two-day-a-week CNG load shedding. Setting aside the announcement made by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani that said the ongoing gas load shedding in the country would end by March 15, the Petroleum Ministry has extended load shedding schedule up until June, APCNGA Chairman Ghias Abdullah Paracha said in a statement.
He said CNG station