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Parliament to decide on Bonn conference stance: PM
Dec 1st
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in an interview with state television said that Parliament would deci
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Loading ...SBP keeps policy rate unchanged at 12%
Nov 30th
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Wednesday announced to keep its key policy rate unchanged at 12 percent
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Clinton regrets Pakistan boycott of Afghan meet
Nov 30th
BUSAN: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday voiced regret that Pakistan had announced a boycott of a
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...No compromise on Pak’s nuclear program: FO
Nov 28th
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office Spokesperson Tehmina Janjua has said Pakistan is a responsible nuclear weapon state havi
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Bodies identified in Mexico mass slaying
Nov 26th
GUADALAJARA: A baker, a truck driver, a soft-drink vendor and a dental technician were among the 26 men found bound, gagged, slain and left in the center of Guadalajara, a state prosecutor said Friday. Written in motor oil on the victims’ bodies were the names of the Zetas and Millenium drug cartels
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Suu Kyi party launches Myanmar political comeback
Nov 25th
Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s opposition applied to re-register as a political party Friday, beginning its formal return to mainstream Myanmar politics and paving the way for her to run in elections.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Forex reserves fall to $16…96bn
Nov 25th
KARACHI: Country”s foreign exchange reserves fell to $16…96 billion in the week ending Nov 18, compared with $17…03 billion in the previous week, the central bank said on Thursday… Reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) fell to $13…20 billion, compared with $13…27 billion the previous week..
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Two shot dead in renewed protests in Saudi
Nov 24th
RIYADH: Two men were shot dead during renewed protests in Saudi Arabia, as police exchanged fire with gunmen who “infiltrated” the funeral of another protester, the interior ministry said Thursday. It said the new deaths late Wednesday brought to four the death toll in protests that began on Monday in the Eastern Province, while nine others were wounded, including two policemen and a woman, according to a statement carried by SPA state news agency. “These casualties were sustained during exchange of fire with unknown criminals who infiltrated citizens and opened fire from residential areas,” it said.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...US not formally notified of Haqqanis resignation
Nov 23rd
WASHINGTON: State Department has stated that US had not yet been formally notified of Husain Haqqani”s resignation and appointment of Sherry Rehman as Pakistan”s new Ambassador to US… Addressing a press conference here, US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the US had not yet been formally informed about Husa
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Expense on Ajmal Kasab could be Rs50 crore
Nov 23rd
MUMBAI: According to Indian media, the state government might have spent three times the amount it claims to have incurred on gunman Ajmal Kasab… On Monday, the home department led by senior NCP leader R R Patil had submitted that the state government had spent Rs 16 crore on Kasab till date… But a day later, if top
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...US hits Iran with new sanctions
Nov 23rd
WASHINGTON: The United States announced fresh sanctions against Iran”s energy sector Monday and warned firms against dealing with its banks as it pressed Tehran to abandon its nuclear weapons drive… “The message is clear,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said..
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Iran failed to make Iraq a client state : top US official
Nov 22nd
Iran has failed to shape Iraq into an “client state” in its own image and will lose one of its few remaining allies as “inevitable” change comes to Syria, a top US official said Tuesday.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...State machinery used for rally: Awan
Nov 20th
ISLAMABAD: PPP leader Babar Awan responding to PML-N rally in Faislabad claimed that state machinery was used in today”s meeting and government employees were present there… He criticized attacking former Benazir Bhutto by the PMl-N leadership… “Today Nawaz Sharif again involved judiciary into politics and is scared
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...‘Star Trek 2′: Official Production Start Date, Shooting Locations, & More
Nov 16th
Production on the tentatively-titled Star Trek 2 was at one point scheduled to begin by either Spring or Summer 2011 . However, due to factors like an extended screenwriting process and (primarily) director J.J
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Clinton arrives in Islamabad
Oct 20th
ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after finishing a diplomatic trip to Kabul has landed here to call on the Pakistani civil and military top brass…
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...30th last date to exchange Rs500 note
Sep 30th
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday once again reminded the general public that September 30 is the last date for exchanging Rs500 old design and bigger size bank note, a statement said… The central bank said that the banknote can be exchanged from the field offices of the SBP Banking Services Corporation and branches of al
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