8,000 police officials to perform duty on Eid Milad 2/04/12 (0)

Lahore—Capital City Police Officer (CCPO), Ahmad Raza Tahir has said that more than 8,000 police officials and Jawans will perform their duty on the occasion of Eid Milad-ul-Nabi (PBUH) and Kashmir Solidarity Day. He ordered that special surveillance and checking of all hotels, inns, bus and wagon stands to ward of any possibility of subversion [...]

Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH) preparations in full swing 2/03/12 (0)

ISLAMABAD: The preparations to celebrate Eid Milad-un-Nabi (PBUH) on Sunday with great religious fervour and reverence, are in full swing throughout the country. Faithfuls have decorated mosques, streets and houses with colourful buntings and lights, besides finalising arrangements to hold public meetings and congregations on 12th Rabi-ul-Awwal, the birh anniversary of Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad [...]

MQM joins Opp walkout in Senate 2/02/12 (0)

ISLAMABAD – Besides demanding an immediate withdrawal of recent increase in petroleum products by the government, the Senators belonging to Opposition parties and MQM on Wednesday staged a walk out from the Senate after terming the recent hike as a criminal act of the government. It occurred when opposing an adjournment motion jointly moved by [...]

Mohammad Amir released from jail 2/01/12 (0)

Mohammad Amir released from jail: Mohammad Amir, the Pakistan fast bowler, has been released from Portland Young Offenders Institution in Dorset after serving half of his six-month sentence for a spot-fixing scam. Amir is expected to spend the next few weeks in London before returning to his native Pakistan. He will meet his lawyers to [...]

Pakistan Condemns Drone Strikes as “Unlawful” 2/01/12 (0)

Islamabad issued another condemnation on Monday of Washington’s drone war in northwest Pakistan, branding it “unlawful, counterproductive and unacceptable,” after President Obama for the first time publicly acknowledged the classified program. Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said: “Our position on drone strikes is clear and based on principle. We cannot condone the violation of our [...]

Apex court lifts travel ban on Haqqani 1/31/12 (0)

Islamabad: The Supreme Court yesterday lifted a travel ban on Hussain Haqqani, a former envoy to the United States, thereby easing the tension in the country’s worst crisis in civilian-military ties since a 1999 coup. Haqqani had angered the military generals after the emergence of a murky memo in May last year in which he [...]

Epic Australian Open final sets up Djokovic Grand Slam bid 1/30/12 (0)

MELBOURNE: Rod Laver was the last man to complete the Grand Slam back in 1969 and after Novak Djokovic’s astonishing win in the Australian Open final it looks like the Serb could be next. Laver was watching at Melbourne Park as Djokovic claimed his fourth Grand Slam title in 12 months. And if his blistering [...]

PM hints at early polls 1/30/12 (0)

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani hinted at holding of pre-schedule general elections anytime after the presentation of annual budget and said that they were ready to sit with opposition address their concerns regarding the election commission and settle modalities for holding free and fair elections. Talking to media persons at Prime Minister’s House [...]

Pakistan blocks YouTube over blasphemous material 5/20/10 (0)

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has blocked the popular video sharing website YouTube in a bid to contain “blasphemous” material, officials said on Thursday.

The blockade came hours after the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) directed Internet service providers to stop access to social network Facebook indefinitely on Wednesday because of an online competition to draw the Prophet Mohammad.