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As the government’s mysterious silence over reports of a “selective military operation” in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) is fuelling speculations and concerns in the...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered the Defence Ministry to take control of night raids, one of the most controversial tactics used by foreign...

Calling for accountability of some individuals in order to save the institutions and expressing serious concerns over the terrorist attack on Mehran naval aviation...

The Lahore High Court on Wednesday sought the record of official correspondence by the Government Pakistan with the authorities at Bagram Theatre Internment Camp...

Embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh told thousands of supporters on Friday that he wants an early presidential election to end a political crisis...

As the US has now, after the elimination of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, focused itself on locating the whereabouts of other equally...

Discarded Pakistan opener Imran Nazir believes that his career is far from over and he deserve another chance. “When I look at the Pakistan...

KARACHI - The City District Government Karachi (CDGK), currently facing such an acute shortage of funds that it cannot even remunerate its staff, has issued notices to the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC), Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) and Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) as well as several private groups, asking them to clear their dues that run in millions, or face arrest and confiscation of assets. Sources told Pakistan Today that the move is part of the CDGK

KARACHI - Expressing displeasure over the Population Department secretary's statement that show-cause notices were issued to 13 officers suspected of embezzling Rs 4.587 million from the department funds, the Sindh Assembly's Public Accounts Committee on Tuesday recommended that the provincial government should at least suspend these officers. The financial irregularities were noticed during the audit of Population Department accounts for the year 2007-8.
It was observed that

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) pointed out on Monday that the presidential reference to reopen the case of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lacked questions of law upon which the court's opinion could be sought under Article 186 of the constitution, and told government's counsel Dr Babar Awan to frame a question of law in the reference. A three-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was

LAHORE - The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) Likeminded has issued a third white paper against the government, saying both ruling parties at the Centre and provincial level should announce fresh general elections after accepting their failure. PML-Q Likeminded Punjab Information Secretary Mian Asif told a news conference that the volume of foreign loans had increased to $64 billion, electricity shortfall had risen to 5,000MW, 150 drone attacks had taken place and 621 terrorist

KARACHI - Senior Education Minister Pir Mazharul Haq has ordered the authorities concerned to rub out the dictatorial mindset from the National Textbooks and Learning Policy 2007. He gave the directives at a meeting held to review the work plan for improving the quality of textbooks at the office of Reform Support Unit of the Education Department on April 16.
Education and Literacy Department Secretary Naheed Shah Durrani, former-vice chancellor of the University of Sindh

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Secretary Nasir Mehmood Khosa on Sunday directed the departments concerned that the ongoing projects included in the development programme of South Punjab be completed during the current financial year by June 30 at all costs and more funds required for completion of the projects be immediately released.
He was chairing a meeting at the commissioner's office to review development projects of the Multan Division. Nasir said that if any problem is being faced

KARACHI - The Sindh government on Saturday asked the federal government to extend the ongoing house enumeration process by seven to 10 days because, according to the provincial government, it might be impossible to count all the houses within the scheduled time.
The house count process, which was initiated on April 5 is supposed to end on April 19. However, according to several reports received by the government, house enumeration has either not been initiated or might not be

LAHORE - Lahore District Coordination Officer (DCO) Ahad Cheema on Saturday ordered implementation of the new theatre policy, which was prepared after consensus of the Alhamra Arts Council, Punjab Home Department, Punjab Excise and Taxation Department, theatre owners and representatives, and the environment district officer's (DO) Staff Officer Tariq Zaman. He was chairing a meeting to review the theatre policy.
Participants of the meeting agreed on the following points: All

KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah urged the provincial Health Department on Friday to expedite the remaining work on completing the ongoing schemes and improving the conditions at health centres working in rural areas.
Shah was presiding over a meeting at the Chief Minister's House.
Shah stressed upon the Health Department officials to pay full attention towards early completion of important ongoing schemes, aimed at providing health facilities to the poor

LAHORE - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP)-led opposition in the Punjab Assembly (PA) submitted another requisition to summon a fresh session of the House on Friday and said that the opposition would not allow the treasury to escape their questions.
A day earlier, the PPP had proved its strength by having a session on its requisition and also foiled the treasury's attempts to point out the quorum thrice. The party decided to move another requisition when its request to let the