Tag: Nation

Nawaz to address nation today

  Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be addressing the nation for the first time after taking office at 6pm today (Monday). Nawaz has already had a...

Nation up in protests over desecration of Bibi Zainab’s (AS) shrine

  People across the country took to the streets in thousands against the attack and desecration of the shrine of Hazrat Bibi Zainab (AS) in...

Nawaz urges nation, political parties to join hands for country’s progress

PML-N President Nawaz Sharif has urged the nation and all political parties to join hands for the development and progress of the country. Talking to...

I will build a nation, not roads, says Imran

  PTI chief says will unite the nation, invest five times more in education sector Vows to make Pakistan self-sufficient, says would prefer dying to begging...

PM urges nation to stand above differences, defeat forces of dissent

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Friday urged the nation to stand united and rise above petty differences to thwart the designs of those...

Pakistan may accord MFN status to India later this month: Rao

Pakistan is most likely to announce the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India before the Annual Partnership Summit later this month said Indian...

MFN status to India can raise Pakistan’s GDP by 2%: IPP...

Grant of MFN status to India could not only normalise trade relations between the two countries but could also boost Pakistan’s Gross Domestic Product...

Certain stakeholders have reservations over MFN status to India: foreign secretary

Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani said while the federal cabinet had already agreed on according Most Favorable Nation (MFN) status to India, certain...

UN seeks to deploy drones over DR Congo

The UN peacekeeping department has asked the Security Council to back the use of surveillance drones for the first time in the Democratic Republic...

Pakistan’s MFN move supported

The Islamabad Women’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IWCCI), Monday, supported the decision of the Federal Cabinet to implement the grant Most Favoured Nation...

3.5m Pakistani children miss polio vaccine: WHO

More than 3.5 million Pakistani children missed out on polio vaccination this week in a campaign overshadowed by the deaths of nine immunisation workers,...

UN, Pakistan launch second five-year plan

Pakistan and the United Nations have launched a new five year programme to cooperate in different areas including economy, food and other social sectors....

UN approves Mali military intervention

The UN Security Council has unanimously approved plans for an African-led military intervention in Mali aimed at reunifying the embattled North African state. The...

UN sees no hope for end to Syria violence

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday said that there is no prospect of an end to the 21-month conflict in Syria. Ban told a...

Zardari, Nawaz both following agenda of betraying nation for power: Imran

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that both Asif Ali Zardari and Mian Nawaz Sharif are betraying the nation to cement their...

Cyclone Evan lashes Fiji

The south pacific nation Fiji, is being severely battered by Cyclone Evan, as thousands of people have been forced to flee to evacuation centres....

UN inspectors in Iran for N-talks

Inspectors from the UN’s nuclear agency have arrived in Tehran in an attempt to seal a deal to ease international concerns regarding the country’s...