By Khaleeq Kiani
Original lists submitted by the provincial govs and NAB to the federal gov involved an amount of Rs708 billion.

Friday, 20 Nov, 2009

By Kalbe Ali
Ordinances promulgated before Dec 15, 2007, including the competition ordinance, require approval within 120 days.

Friday, 20 Nov, 2009

By Our Staff Correspondent
Two women and two children were among the wounded and two houses were also damaged in various areas of the city.

Friday, 20 Nov, 2009

By Anwar Iqbal
A rising India is essential to the peaceful and prosperous world that the United States seeks: William Burns.

Friday, 20 Nov, 2009

By Amir Wasim
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has disclosed that his wife’s name has figured on the list of the beneficiaries of the National

Friday, 20 Nov, 2009

By Ali Hazrat Bacha
PESHAWAR, Nov 19: Peshawar went through yet another day of bloodbath on Thursday when two strikes, within a space of 14 hours, left 22 people dead.

Friday, 20 Nov, 2009

 
BRUSSELS, Nov 19: EU leaders picked Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the European Union’s first president on Thursday, after Britain dropped its

Friday, 20 Nov, 2009

 
KABUL, Nov 19: Foreign ministers of Pakistan and India had on Thursday an informal discussion on bilateral relations and prospects of reviving the composite

Friday, 20 Nov, 2009

By Shamim-ur-Rahman
KARACHI, Nov 19: A four-point multi-criteria formula for resource distribution between the federation and the provinces based on population, backwardness,

Friday, 20 Nov, 2009

By Our Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD, Nov 19: Syed Mehdi Shah, chief of the Gilgit-Baltistan chapter of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), is set to become the first chief minister of the

Friday, 20 Nov, 2009

By Our Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov 19: Amnesty International urged US President Barack Obama on Thursday to raise the issue of mass human rights violations in Kashmir when he

Friday, 20 Nov, 2009

 
KABUL, Nov 19: Afghan leader Hamid Karzai was sworn in as president on Thursday, pledging to fight graft and take control of his country’s security before the

Friday, 20 Nov, 2009

 
CAIRO, Nov 19: Egypt recalled its ambassador from Algiers for consultations on Thursday after Egypt’s soccer team lost to Algeria in a play-off to reach the

Friday, 20 Nov, 2009

By Shamim-ur-Rahman
KARACHI, Nov 18: Although federal Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin was optimistic about progress on the National Finance Commission (NFC) award, the final outcome

Thursday, 19 Nov, 2009

By Iftikhar A. Khan
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Chief of the Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Wednesday said that armed forces of the country were fully alive to threats facing the

Thursday, 19 Nov, 2009

By Anwar Iqbal
WASHINGTON, Nov 18: The United States assured Pakistan on Wednesday that it had nothing to fear from growing US-India relations because Washington also valued

Thursday, 19 Nov, 2009

 
KARACHI, Nov 18: The Zilhaj moon was sighted on Wednesday and Eidul Azha will be celebrated on Nov 28 (Saturday).

Thursday, 19 Nov, 2009

By Nasir Jamal
LAHORE, Nov 18: The Competition Ordinance, 2007, is most likely to become ineffective on Nov 28 because of the failure of the National Assembly to pass it in

Thursday, 19 Nov, 2009

By Khaleeq Kiani
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: The government suspended on Wednesday a notification under which power distribution companies charged around 80,000 tube-wells at the rate of

Thursday, 19 Nov, 2009

By Ahmad Hassan
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has ordered Passco to comply with the cabinet’s Nov 4 decision and lift one million tons of paddy from

Thursday, 19 Nov, 2009

 
KABUL, Nov 18: US President Barack Obama pledged on Wednesday to end the Afghan war before leaving office, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on

Thursday, 19 Nov, 2009

 
MIRANSHAH, Nov 18: The Taliban said on Wednesday that their guerilla war would force troops to leave their stronghold near the Afghan border.

Thursday, 19 Nov, 2009

By Munawer Azeem
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that the government is investigating whether Swat Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah is in the tribal

Thursday, 19 Nov, 2009

 
JERUSALEM, Nov 18: Israel broke ground on a new housing complex for Jews in east Jerusalem on Wednesday, brushing off President Barack Obama’s criticism that

Thursday, 19 Nov, 2009

 
NEW DELHI, Nov 18: India has said it needs no external help to improve ties with Pakistan, in a testy response to a statement issued by the United States and

Thursday, 19 Nov, 2009