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All ‘hostile’ groups suspect in Mumbai: Indian home minister

All militant outfits "hostile to India" are being treated as possible suspects behind a series of bomb blasts in Mumbai that killed 17 people,...

10pc OGDCL bond float to trigger privatisation: Minister

Minister for Privatisation, Ghous Bakhsh Mahar, has said that the government’s plan to move forward on privatisation of state-owned entities would start with the...

Minister escapes suicide attack, seven killed

At least seven people, including three policemen and a child, were killed and more than 20 others injured in a suicide attack in Batagram...

Mirza appointed senior minister in Sindh

Sindh Chief Minster (CM) Syed Qaim Ali Shah has changed the portfolios of two Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) ministers, Dr Zulfiqar Mirza and Manzoor...

Wasan to replace Mirza as Sindh interior minister

The Sindh Government has reportedly decided to appoint Services and Works Minister Manzoor Wasan as interior minister in place of Zulfikar Mirza who is...

Indian minister resigns over fresh graft claims

A second Indian cabinet member resigned on Thursday over allegations of corruption within government, dealing another blow to embattled Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Textiles Minister...

Government intends to privatise all state-owned entities, says minister

Minister for Privatisation Ghous Bux Khan Mahar has said that the government intends to privatise all state owned entities including those in the energy...

MQM ministers quit

Federal and provincial ministers from MQM resigned on Tuesday after their Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) quit the government in protest. The MQM on Monday...

Pakistan does not have capacity to fight long battle with India:...

Federal Defence Minister Ch Ahmed Mukhtar has said that Pakistan does not have the capacity to fight prolonged battle with India adding that ties...

Korean Ambassador calls on Chief Minister

Ambassador of Republic of Korea to Pakistan Choongjo Choi called on Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah at Chief Minister’s House on Monday to...

Ukraine ex-prime minister Tymoshenko goes on trial

Ukraine’s ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Friday went on trial for alleged abuse of power, denouncing her rival President Viktor Yanukovych as a coward...

PHA delegation meets Sindh Tourism Minister Soomro

The Chairman Pakistan Hotels Association Jehan Zeb led a delegation comprising prominent hoteliers and Executive Committee Members of the PHA which called on Sindh...

Jordanian minister resigns over planned media curbs

Jordan’s Information Minister Taher Adwan said on Tuesday he had resigned in protest over proposed laws which he said restricted freedom of expression and...

Minister to tackle APTMA issues

Federal Minister for Petroleum & Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain will visit All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) today (Wednesday) to resolve the issue...

Cyclone on its way: Fisheries minister

High alert has been issued for the coastal areas in Karachi, Thatta and Badin after the met office’s report that a cyclone could hit...

China hosts Libyan foreign minister, raising role in crisis

Libya’s Foreign Minister arrived in China on Tuesday for talks and Beijing said a Chinese diplomat had visited a Libyan rebel stronghold, as China...

Thousands of dead Greeks drew pensions: minister

Thousands of Greeks have been receiving pensions despite being long dead, the Labour Minister said on Monday, promising to crack down on social security...