Tag: National

36 international, national PIA flights suspended

Shortage of aircrafts has led the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to close down 36 international and local flights. According to media reports, already on the...

Respect national consensus on Taliban talks: Fazl

        Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl chief Maulana Fazl Rahman has called for respecting the APC's national consensus on talks with the Taliban, saying undermining the talks...

National challenges difficult, not impossible: Shahbaz

Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Mian Shahbaz Sharif said that fulfilling the challenges faced by the country was difficult but not impossible, and that the...

Kala Bagh Dam’s construction only through national consensus: PA

The Punjab government on Wednesday came up with an official policy statement about the Kala Bagh Dam (KBD) when Provincial Law Minister Rana Sanaullah...

Corps commanders discuss national security

  The top military brass on Tuesday discussed in length various issues related to the security of the country at the 162nd Corps Commanders’ Conference,...

Per capita income grows just 4.3% this year

With methodological discrepancies in this year’s estimated total national income wiping at least Rs600 billion off the economy, the per capita income has grown...

Four matches decided in National U-21 hockey

Wapda outplayed Balochistan 7-0,Punjab Whites beat Higher Education Commission 4-1, PIA thrashed Islamabad 7-0 and Pakistan Customs routed Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa 6-0 in the 32nd...

Reacting to national chaos, Twitterati style

As events kept unfolding throughout the day, Facebook posts, blogs and Tweets played a strong role in deepening the general sense of uncertainty surrounding...

Concerned Citizens of Pakistan concerned about national situation

The Concerned Citizens of Pakistan Society (CCP) on Tuesday expressed concern at efforts by some quarters to disrupt the democratic process and place hurdles...

Former ANP minister, son among 12 injured in Charsadda IED blast

Former provincial minister and Awami National Party leader Bashir Omarzai, his son and several others were seriously injured in an improvised-explosive devise (IED) attack...

NAB’s sole objective is to efface corruption, says CJ

Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Friday observed that the sole objective of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was to eliminate corruption...

Beyonce to sing national anthem at Obama inauguration

Pop diva Beyonce will sing the national anthem before hundreds of thousands of onlookers at US President Barack Obama’s inauguration ceremony on January 21,...

NAB team to leave for UAE to arrest Sadiq

The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday apprised the Supreme Court that a team would be leaving for the United Arab Emirates on Thursday...

Trade policy to be announced by end of month: secretary

The Commerce Ministry is planning to announce the trade policy 2012-13 by the end of this month after approval from the cabinet, Commerce Secretary...

Oil theft: NA body issues arrest warrants for MDs of PSO,...

National Assembly’s Legislative Committee on Petroleum and Natural Resources issued arrest warrants of Pakistan State Oil (PSO) and PARCO Managing Directors (MDs) for their...

Writers Conference to commence on Thursday

The two-day International Writers’ Conference on ‘Literature and Democracy’ will commence at the Auditorium of National Library on Thursday. Around 650 renowned intellectuals and...

No consultation over release of Taliban angers PCNS

Members of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) on Tuesday expressed anger for not being consulted over the release of Afghan Taliban prisoners. They...