Tag: Uk

PM’s son clinches excellence in UK

Syed Ali Qasim Gilani, the son of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, was awarded second class Honours, Upper Division (2.1) and Bachelor of Science...

UK talking peace with Taliban

Britain urged Pakistan on Thursday to play a constructive role for the success of reconciliatory efforts in Afghanistan as it admitted that it too...

UK high commissioner calls on Hina Rabbani

British High Commissioner Adam Thomson Monday called on Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar and discussed bilateral issues and regional security. According...

UK diplomats meet PML-N leader

Deputy high commissioner of UK Dr Peter Tibber and Ms Joanna Roper, Political Counselor to the British High Commission, Islamabad on Sunday met with...

UK to carve out largest human sculpture

The world’s largest sculpture of a human body is being carved out of the British landscape using more than a million tonnes of rock...

City & Guilds UK and TEVTA train 300 teachers

As many as three hundred TEVTA teachers have been trained as master trainers by foreign experts and resource persons of City & Guilds International...

UK to help Pakistan develop oil and gas sector

Experts of UK will help Pakistan in developing the oil and gas sector, with special focus on the extraction of natural gas from shales. Minister...

Pakistan exports to UK rise by 24pc

According to the officials at the commerce wing of the Pakistan High Commission, Pakistan’s exports to the UK have increased by 24 per cent...

UK secy visits Easypaisa outlet

Visiting United Kingdom Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell along with Deputy Governor State Bank Yaseen Anwar visited Tameer Microfinance Bank Limited...

UK assures support for economic revival in Pakistan

Pakistan and the United Kingdom (UK) on Tuesday discussed the role of the European Union (EU) in the economic revival of Pakistan, with the...

Queen expresses fears about UK’s break-up

Queen Elizabeth II fears a referendum on independence in Scotland can lead to a break-up of the United Kingdom. The monarch is so worried that...

UK asks allies to support Pakistan

British Prime Minister David Cameron is supporting Western alliances with Pakistan amid questions about how Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden lived for so...

Miliband calls on Zardari, discusses Pak-UK relations

Former British foreign secretary David Wright Miliband on Friday called on President Asif Ali Zardari at the Presidency to discuss the Pak-UK bilateral relations...

Diana film slams UK royals as ‘gangsters’

The film, called ‘Unlawful Killing,’ asserts that the Duke of Edinburgh is a “psychopath” in the mould of Fred West, that the Princess was...

FIFA members accused in UK parliamentary hearing

FIFA was rocked by new allegations of corruption on Tuesday as the former head of England’s 2018 World Cup bid accused senior officials of...

UK tax scaring top players, says Wimbledon chief

LONDON - Several of the world's top tennis players are likely to avoid leading tournaments in Britain because of the UK government's policy of taxing their endorsement income, according to the man who runs Wimbledon. Wimbledon organisers said on Tuesday that this year's prize fund would be 14.6 million pounds ($23.81 million), an increase of 6.4 percent on 2010, while the singles champions will each pocket 1.1 million pounds -- up 10 percent. Those numbers and the kudos of the

Won’t hand over Musharraf, says UK

LAHORE - The United Kingdom on Tuesday refused to hand over former president Pervez Musharraf to Pakistan.
As per details, a court had issued Musharraf's arrest warrant in the Benazir Bhutto murder case, but the British government formally informed the government in Islamabad that the former president could not be handed over to Pakistan as Pakistan and UK had no treaty regarding the exchange of accused.
The sources added that after the British response, a meeting was held