Tag: German

German FM meets Karzai ahead of conference

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle was in Kabul Saturday for talks with President Hamid Karzai before a key international conference in Bonn on Afghanistan’s...

German foreign minister arriving tomorrow

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will arrive in Islamabad tomorrow (Thursday) on an important visit to discuss the forthcoming Bonn Conference with the Pakistani...

Pakistan denies spying on German forces in Afghanistan

Pakistani officials on Monday rejected a German newspaper report that the country's secret service spied on German security forces in Afghanistan. Without citing its sources,...

LHC seeks German report on adulterated packaged milk

A Lahore High Court division bench headed by Justice Shahid Hameed Dar on Thursday directed the LHC registrar office and law officer to present...

German raped daughter for three decades

German prosecutors have charged a pensioner with raping his daughter 497 times over three decades during which he controlled her every move and fathered...

German delegation visits PNCA

An eight-member German media delegation, which is on a weeklong visit to Pakistan, visited the National Art Gallery of Pakistan National Council of the...

German ‘Globe Theatre’ for sale on eBay

The head of a Shakespeare troupe in Berlin said Thursday he has been forced to auction off on eBay a life-sized replica of the...

German parliament approves nuclear exit

The German parliament approved by an overwhelming majority Thursday plans to scrap nuclear power by 2022, a decision set in motion in the wake...

China, Germany ink billions in deals

Germany and China held their first joint cabinet meeting Tuesday and inked more than $15 billion in business deals but Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao...

German hackers convicted of stealing Lady Gaga songs

Two young hackers were convicted in Germany Thursday of stealing new songs from stars such as Lady Gaga and Mariah Carey and offering them...

Tanvir Dar Academy thrash German Club

Tanvir Dar Hockey Academy registered their fifth consecutive success in Germany when they beat Gladbacher Hockey Club by 7-0 on Monday. Tanvir Dar Academy’s...

German growth slows down

Trade between eurozone powerhouses Germany and France and the rest of the world produced mixed results in April, official data showed Wednesday, underscoring forecasts...

Schalke lift German Cup to book European spot

04 won the German Cup for the fifth time on Saturday, crushing second division Duisburg 5-0 to book a Europa League spot as...

German scholarships for Pakistani students increased

German Scholarships for Pakistani Students were increased to 40 and efforts are being made for further increase up to 100. With opening up of...

German jazz band lulls Lahore audience

Berlin-based saxophonist, clarinetist and composer Jonas Schoen and his “Jonas Schoen Quartet” performed a seven-track concert, for the first time in Pakistan. Organised by...

Merkel party faces German state poll disaster

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel braced for a bitter setback Sunday as voters in a state her party has ruled for half a century headed to the polls in an election clouded by events in Japan.
Merkel's conservatives have ruled Baden-Wuerttemberg in southwestern Germany since 1953, but anger over her nuclear policy as well as decisions on Libya and the euro suggest voters could turf her Christian Democrats (CDU) out of power.
A poll released Friday indicated a potential

German ambassador advocates joint ventures

SIALKOT - The German Ambassador to Pakistan Dr Michael Koch has said that bright opportunities, for setting up joint ventures between the business community of Sialkot and Germany in different trade fields, exist.
He said this, while talking to journalists after addressing a meeting of exporters at the Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI). The envoy, flanked by SCCI officials, also visited several leading industrial units in Sialkot, amid tight security. He witnessed