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Nisar wants ‘fake doctor’ heading Petroleum Ministry out

The opposition members demanded on Friday the government get rid of its “incompetent and fake doctor” petroleum minister and circulate “draft of facts” among...

PML-N walks out of NA over ministers’ absence

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Thursday staged a walkout from the National Assembly (NA) over absence of ministers of petroleum and finance after...

Minister declares gas emergency in January

Petroleum Minister Dr Asim Hussain has announced that there will be gas emergency in country in January, a private TV channel reported. While talking to...

India’s Prime Minister, anti-graft law face parliament test

India’s government and ruling Congress party faced a tough battle to pass its proposed flagship anti-corruption law on Thursday as the upper house of...

Former French minister charged with Pakistani arms deal graft

A former French minister was charged with graft Thursday over alleged arms deal kickbacks said to have funded the presidential campaign of an ally...

Minister assures resumption of work over Lowari tunnel

Several successive governments have failed to complete the Lowari road tunnel and access roads project despite 126 per cent escalation in the cost, from...

Seif to select own defence, says former minister

Seif al-Islam, the son of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, will receive a fair trial and is free to select his own defence team,...

Oman ambassador calls on foreign minister

Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman Mohammad Said Mohammad Al-Lawati called on Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar here on Wednesday. “The foreign minister lauded...

Indian minister gets five years in jail over corruption

Former Indian telecom minister Sukhram, convicted for taking Rs 300,000 as bribe to give a lucrative contract to a private firm in 1996, was...

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...

Organisers plotting to ‘fix’ final between Pakistan, India: US players

The US kabaddi team players claimed Tuesday that they believed the World Cup was a well thought-out plan to target their team in doping...

Berlusconi says will resign after economic reforms

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, bowing to a parliamentary revolt and intense market pressure, said he would resign once crucial reforms aimed at calming...

Prince Salman named Saudi defence minister

King Abdullah late on Saturday named his half-brother Prince Salman, who is governor of Riyadh, as Saudi Arabia’s defence minister to succeed the late...

ALL PSO dues to be cleared by month end, minister tells...

Admitting that alternative resources to natural gas were being controlled by a cartel in the country, Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr...

Minister wants govt to sell steel mills

Federal Minister for Production Anwar Ali Cheema proposed the government on Tuesday to sell the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), saying that its issues could...

Taming the chaos

The statement of the railway minister was indeed amusing for its lack of factual accuracy and the fact that he compared us to Afghanistan,...

Minister proposes Pakistan Steel’s sale

Federal minister for Production Anwar Ali Cheema has proposed to sell Pakistan Steel Mills as it is impossible to run it. Addressing a press...