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Fathers to face imprisonment for not sending children to school: Waqqas...

Federal Minister for Education and Trainings Sheikh Waqqas Akram said that fathers who are not sending their children to schools have to face imprisonment...

Iraq’s finance minister denounces raids

Iraq’s Sunni Muslim finance minister has said he holds Shia PM Nouri Maliki personally responsible for raids on his home and office by security...

Malik ‘misinformed’ on reasons for Saeed’s arrest: Shinde

India Monday said JuD chief Hafiz Saeed had never been arrested in connection with Mumbai terror attacks even though its Interior Minister Rehman Malik...

Iraq denies entry to Turkish minister

A plane carrying Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz to an energy conference in Iraqi Kurdistan has been denied permission to land by the central...

Minister emphasizes public-private partnership

Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Mir Changez Jamali has said that in view of defense deployments outsourced to private contractors by developed nations,...

Consensus on Justice Nasir’s name for caretaker PM?

All the political parties on Saturday agreed on the name of Justice (r) Nasir Aslam Zahid for the post of caretaker prime minister. ...

Afghan foreign minister reaching Islamabad tomorrow

Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmay Rasool will reach Islamabad on Friday to discuss the prospects of peace talks with the Taliban. Sources said the main purpose...

PM removes PML-Q’s federal privatization minister

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Friday removed Federal Minister for Privatisation Ghous Box Khan Mahar from his office. Ghous Box Khan Mahar was elected...

Minister reviews health emergency arrangements

Sindh Minister for Health Dr Sagheer Ahmed reviewed capacity of government hospitals in the metropolis to impart medical assistance to those injured in any...

PTA with Pakistan in 15 days: Indonesian minister

Indonesian Minister for Trade Gita Wirjawan on Thursday said that the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) signed with Pakistan earlier this year would become operational...

Interior ministry orders security high alert on airports

The security of all functional airports of the country, including Karachi airport, was put on high alert on Thursday to avert any possible terrorist attack...

Defence Minister to visit Qatar military drills

Defence Minister Syed Naveed Qamar reached Qatar to attend Ferocious Falcon multi-dimensional Crisis Management military drills on the request of Qatar military Chief of...

Late PPP minister Haider laid to rest

Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) stalwart Iqbal Haider was laid to rest in Jannat-ul-Baqi graveyard, Hub River Road on Monday. Iqbal Haider was an internationally acknowledged...

Putin dismisses defence minister after scandal

Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly dismissed his defence minister on Tuesday after a multi-million dollar corruption scandal and appointed a longtime ally to oversee...

Sindh minister yields to transport mafia

Following reduction in CNG prices, the issue of a proportionate cut in transport fares still could not be resolved, while the hapless public is...

KP minister indicted in fake degree case

Peshawar High Court on Thursday indicted Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Minister for Sports Syed Aqil Shah in a fake degree case. The court moreover fixed Nov 15...

Saudi interior minister lauds successful Haj

Interior Minister Prince Ahmed, chairman of the Supreme Haj Committee, congratulated Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and Crown Prince Salman, deputy...