Pakistan is reviewing ties with NATO, ISAF, US: Gilani
May 22nd
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Visiting Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the PPP-led government on Tuesday to join hands with the Opposition keeping in view the ‘national interest’, SAMAA reports. “I hope for a harmony and cooperation between Pakistani government and the Opposition,” the visiting dignitary said while addressing a joint press conference alongside his counterpart Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani
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بار ...Body on judges appointments ends with no results
May 22nd
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on Appointment
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Bilawal urges Obama to apologize over Salala attack
May 22nd
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari urged US President Obama to take courage to extend apology to Pakistan over its Salala check post attack, SAMAA reports Tuesday. Briefing the media, Pakistan’s ambassador to the US Sherry Rehman said the PPP Chairman stressed upon the US President Obama to bring an immediate halt the US missile strikes inside Pakistan.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Train collision in India; 14 killed, 35 injured
May 22nd
NEW DELHI: At least 14 people were killed and around 35 injured on Tuesday when a passenger train
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Lawyers torture ASI in LHC premises
May 22nd
When ASI of Gujranwala Police Station Khalid came out of the court after hearing of an illegal detention case, Advocate Rafique and Shahid along with 15 fellow lawyers attacked and tortured him. The lawyers slapped and kicked ASI and tore his uniform while the security officials appointed in Lahore High court came to his rescue
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...PPP chairman seeks US apology over Salala attack
May 22nd
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that he is visiting the United States to bring Pak-Relations towards normalcy which are passing through a critical phase. Addressing a function of PPP workers in New York, Bilawal said President Obama should accumulate courage and offer apology on the Salala Check Post attack by NATO forces killing 24 Pakistani soldiers and he should also stop the drone attacks on Pakistan’s soil. He said that innocent people are being hit by the drone attacks.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...China says Pentagon hypes Chinese military threat
May 22nd
China s Defense Ministry is accusing the Pentagon of hyping Chinese military power and its threat to Taiwan in a depiction that will ultimately undermine ties between the two militaries. Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng said the annual Pentagon report to Congress on China s military is groundless and wrong
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Erdogan to help mend govt-Oppostion ties
May 22nd
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in efforts to mend ties between Pakistan’s ruling government and the opposition, has decided to hold a meeting with Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday. “I will try to understand his perspective on the matter at hand.” Recalling the solidarity and cooperation which the government and the Opposition had when he last visited the country four years back, Erdogan said that he wished to see the same cooperation back at home
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Karachi: eleven killed, 30 hurt during firing on rally
May 22nd
Dunya News reporter and camera man also sustained injures and shifted to hospital. The Awami Tehrik led by Rasool Bux Palecho held a rally against likely partition of Sindh and Lyari operation. PML-N Marvi Memon, nationalist leader Qamar Bhatti, Maulana Asghar and Malik Ayyub Awan were also present.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Malik out to reopen contempt case against Sharifs
May 22nd
Talking to media persons at National Press Club Islamabad, he said that Sharif brothers have no care for Supreme Court orders; therefore new FIR is going to be launched against them. He said that the SSP Islamabad has been ordered that the Sharif Brothers should be called to court leniently. He said that new inquiry against Sharif Brothers is being conducted on Supreme Court orders rather than personal involvement.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Karachi: Red Zone sealed ahead of Lyari rally
May 22nd
Staff Report KARACHI: People of Lyari take out a rally from the locality on Tuesday, prompting law-enforcers to seal the Red Zone of the metropolis, causing severe traffic jam, SAMAA reports. Intending to march towards the Chief Minister House and Governor House in the Red Zone, sources said, hundreds of people have amassed at Lyari Cheel Chowk, carrying plycards and banners. They said the rally was being taken out in protest against the demand of creation of a new province in Sindh and police operation in Lyari, which left at least 45 people dead.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...England name unchanged squad for second test vs West Indies
May 22nd
LONDON: England named an unchanged 13-man squad for the second test against West Indies starting at Trent Bridge, Nottingham on Friday, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Monday. The hosts included the 11 players who won the first test at Lord’s by five wickets along with fast bowlers Steve Finn and Graham Onions. Tim Bresnan’s place in the side looks most under threat after he took one wicket in the match and was dismissed for nought in his only innings.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Cold re-surges as Kashmir’s Neelam receives surprise snowfall
May 22nd
Staff Report MUZAFFARABAD: Cold has once again gained its foothold across Azad Kashmir as Neelam Valley quite unexpectedly received snowfall as a clear sign that climatic changes are getting roots. The mountains in the area were all covered with white. Meantime, despite scorching heat wave in most parts of the country, rivers are still running without any increase in water level.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Cook, Bell guide England to 5-wicket win over West Indies
May 22nd
LONDON: Alastair Cook and Ian Bell made composed fifties to guide England to a comfortable five-wicket win over West Indies in the first test at Lord’s on Monday. The hosts had crumbled to 57 for four chasing 191 for victory on a chilly morning but Cook and Bell steadied the ship with a fifth-wicket partnership of 132. Cook was out for 79 just before the end but Bell steered England home, clipping Marlon Samuels for four through mid-wicket to seal victory and finish on 63 not out.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Gilani, Erdogan agree to boost bilateral cooperation
May 22nd
Pakistan and Turkey on Tuesday agreed to enhance cooperation in the fields of energy‚ trade‚ economy‚ culture‚ defence and communication. The agreement came at the second high level cooperation council meeting between Pakistan and Turkey in Islamabad. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan jointly presided over the meeting.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...No deal on reference against Sharifs: PAC chairman
May 22nd
The meeting of Public Accounts Committee headed by Nadeem Afzal Chan was held in Islamabad on Tuesday. Nadeem said the letters sent o PAC by Ministry of Interior were opened on Monday but the chairman alone cannot take any decision. He said that a separate meeting of the PAC would be called to review the issue of reference against Sharif Brothers and the legal status of the reference would be discussed. The committee also reviewed the objections on audit of the Ministry of Communications.
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