ISLAMABAD: Federal finance minister Shaukat Tareen has resigned from his post here on Tuesday. Shaukat Tareen told that he has resigned and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen, who “wanted to concentrate on his private banking career and avoid any conflict of interest”. He said that he [...]

ISLAMABAD: The Law Ministry told the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) that only Attorney General is authorized to write a letter to the concerned officials to re-open the Swiss cases. According to sources, the Law Ministry clarified, responding a letter written by Chairman NAB, that only the AG can write a letter for re-opening the Swiss [...]

A few minor variations in one gene may make a difference in athletic endurance, according to a new study from Physiological Genomics. The study examined 155 track and field athletes who had competed in national or international track and field competitions. The athletes were further subdivided into endurance group (10,000 meter and marathon runners) and [...]

EU foreign ministers have slammed the January assassination of a Hamas commander as “profoundly disturbing,” saying the act harms peace and stability in the region. The assassination, “cannot be conducive to peace and stability in the Middle East,” the 27-nation bloc stressed. Israel was also put on the spot on Monday, as the European Union [...]

Israel’s air force has introduced a fleet of large surveillance UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles), claiming they can fly as far as Iran and the Persian Gulf. The Israeli military says the Heron TP drones, with a wingspan of 86 feet (26 meters), will primarily be used for surveillance, implying that they also can be used [...]

Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly wished luck for the elements behind the recent assassination of senior Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. “The people of Israel trust you. Good luck,” Netanyahu said at the end of an early-January meeting with the head of the Israeli Spy Agency Mossad Meir Dagan where he was briefed on the [...]

Dubai says new evidence, including credit card payments and phone calls made by suspects, confirms the involvement of Israel’s spy agency in the recent assassination of a top Hamas official. “Dubai police have information confirming that the suspects purchased travel tickets from companies in other countries with credit cards carrying the same names we have [...]

Islamabad has appealed to Washington to repatriate the female Pakistani scientist convicted in a US court of attempting to murder US military interrogators and FBI agents. Dr. Aafia Siddiqui was recently found guilty by a US jury of charges that she has vehemently denied to have committed. The main charge against her was using a [...]

Interpol has issued arrest warrants for 11 suspects accused of killing a senior Hamas official in Dubai last month. The warrants were issued after Dubai Police Chief Dahi Khalfan Tamim called on Interpol to issue “a red notice against the head of Mossad… as a killer in case Mossad is proved to be behind the [...]