UN nuclear chief in Iran on key mission
May 21st
The mission is hoped to lead to the resumption of probes on whether Iran has secretly worked on a nuclear weapon. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano and his two aides landed early Monday morning in Iran but where quickly whisked away from the Tehran airport.
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Loading ...PR shed staff threaten to observe wheel-jam strike on May 29
May 21st
Protest of Pakistan Railways loco shed employees has entered 8th day. The workers observed 4-hour hunger strike and set up strike camp.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Lorenzo masters rainy conditions to win French GP
May 21st
Jorge Lorenzo mastered the rain-soaked Le Mans track to win the French Grand Prix for the third time on Sunday, with seven-time world champion Valentino Rossi overtaking Casey Stoner late on to take second place.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Reopening Pakistani routes crucial for NATO exit plan
May 21st
With Pakistan so far unwilling to reopen supply routes to Afghanistan, NATO faces a potential logistical nightmare as it prepares for a costly withdrawal of military hardware over the next two years. In the run-up a NATO summit that opened Sunday, US and Pakistani officials had signaled growing optimism that a deal would be clinched on reopening the routes, which Islamabad had closed in November over a botched American air raid.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...SC to resume missing persons case today
May 21st
During the previous hearing of the case held in Islamabad, the three-member headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has directed the FC and provincial government to produce the missing persons before the court. The apex court during the previous hearing has also directed the agencies and provincial home ministry to submit a report about 48 missing persons.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...ANP to contact all parties for peace in Karachi: Shahi
May 21st
Awami National Party’s (ANP) Senator Shahi Syed said that his party was willing to negotiate with all political parties, including the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) for the sake of restoring peace to Karachi. He was addressing media after meeting with Sunni Tehreek (ST) chief Muhammad Sarwat Ejaz Qadri. Shahi Syed said that it was the responsibility of federal government to restore peace to Karachi.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...PTI to protest against Zardari in Chicago: Qureshi
May 21st
Addressing during the labour convention at the Multan Arts Council, Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi said his party will protest against President Asif Ali Zardari wherever he go in Chicago.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Pakistan urges ‘permanent solution’ on US drone strikes
May 21st
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari pressed the United States during a NATO meeting on Sunday to help find a "permanent solution" to US drone strikes that have fueled tensions between the two uneasy allies. "The president said that Pakistan wanted to find a permanent solution to the drone issue as it not only violated our sovereignty but also inflamed public sentiments due to innocent civilian casualties," presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said in a statement. The statement did not specify what such a solution might entail
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Zardari, Karzai discuss Pakistan role in Afghanistan peace
May 21st
President Asif Ali Zardari and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai discussed post-NATO forces’ withdrawal from Afghanistan situation after 2014.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Turkish PM to address joint parliamentary session today
May 21st
Earlier, the Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in Islamabad on a 3-day visit to Pakistan.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...No Zardari, Obama meeting in Chicago
May 21st
Hopes for a meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit bringing together the US, Afghan and Pakistani presidents appear to have dimmed, and analysts say this is due to the lack of a full agreement with Pakistan on reopening NATO supply lines into Afghanistan.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...NATO officials: No plan to intervene in Syria
May 21st
United States and NATO officials say the North Atlantic alliance has no intention of intervening militarily to quell violence in Syria. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and U.S
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Clinton meets President Zardari over supply line row
May 21st
CHICAGO — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari here on Sunday, as both sides haggled over a deal to reopen NATO supply lines into Afghanistan, a US official said. “Secretary Clinton did meet with President Zardari,” said Ben Rhodes, a deputy US national security advisor, on the sidelines of the NATO summit here, but did not provide further details.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Djokovic, Nadal Rome final to be played today
May 20th
Heavy rain caused Sunday s eagerly anticipated Rome Masters final between defending champion Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal to be postponed until Monday (today). "The conditions for play are not suitable.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Pakistan lifts ban on twitter
May 20th
Pakistan blocked the social networking website Twitter on Sunday because it refused to remove material considered offensive to Islam, said one of the country s top telecommunications officials. The material was promoting a competition on Facebook to post images of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, said Mohammad Yaseen, chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication’s Authority.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Roach rocks England to give Windies hope
May 20th
Kemar Roach stunned England with a dramatic late burst to give West Indies hope of an improbable victory in the first Test at Lord s on Sunday. Roach took two wickets for seven runs in eight balls, including England captain, and first innings century-maker, Andrew Strauss, to leave the hosts 10 for two at the close of the fourth day.
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