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.
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.
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
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.
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 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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Nearly 50 killed in Syria, including 34 in Hama: NGO
May 20th
Nearly 50 people were killed on Sunday in violence across Syria, including 34 civilians who died in an assault in the restive central Hama province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
NATO summit opens in Chicago
May 20th
A key NATO summit, gathering more than 50 world leaders, opened in Chicago on Sunday with a minute s silence for all those who have fallen in combat around the world.
Thousands begin NATO protest march through Chicago
May 20th
Thousands of demonstrators upset with the war in Afghanistan, climate change and the erosion of union rights marched through downtown Chicago on Sunday, taking their discontent on a wide range of issues to world leaders assembled for a NATO summit. The protest, one of the city s largest in years, was to end at the lakeside convention center hosting the two-day meeting. Some are calling for the dissolution of NATO, the 63-year-old military alliance that is holding its 25th formal meeting in Chicago


















































