An Israeli minister secretly met with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in order to thaw the deep chill in relations between former allies, Channel Two television said the Trade Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer, who is on good terms with the personal Davutoglu, met in an undisclosed location in Europe in recent days. He did not [...]
Congress has approved tough new sanctions against Iran, urging the Iranian administration to suspect pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability. The bill has been sent to President Obama for his signatures. The Senate approved the bill with 99-0 votes. Congress approved the bill for sanctions with outright majority. As many as 408 votes were in [...]
WASHINGTON — Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf said he planned to return from exile and re-enter politics, and did not rule out a new bid for the presidency. Musharraf, who has mostly lived in London since losing power following 2008 elections, visited Washington this week and met quietly with prominent Pakistanis at a ritzy [...]
KARACHI: With self-exiled retired General Pervez Musharraf as its chief, the All-Pakistan Muslim League was launched by his close aides here on Tuesday. Equating the present situation with that of 1906 when the All-India Muslim League was launched, Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif, a central leader of the new party, said that as the AIML overcame [...]
Sheikh’s strategy fails in this NA-55 election against unexpected strong candidate of PML-N Shakil Awaan. Unofficial results that have started pouring in show Pakistan Muslim League-N candidate Shakil Awan in clear lead over Sheikh Rashid in a neck-and-neck competition between the two. This has been reported yesterday that PPP, PML-Q and few small political groups [...]
Top Taliban commander captured in secret raid. The Taliban’s top military commander has been captured in Pakistan in a joint operation by Pakistani and U.S. intelligence forces, The New York Times reported. AP reports: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, described as the No. 2 behind Taliban founder and Osama bin Laden associate Mullah Muhammad Omar, has [...]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani Monday said the Parliament has not yet granted approval to the judges’ restoration effected through an executive order and that he will not have any objection if the Parliament grants power of judges’ appointment to the Chief Justice of Pakistan. Addressing the National Assembly here, the Prime Minister said [...]
Again, fuel has been added to the lasting fire of Lawyers Movement. Lawyers getting united , protesting against Government and you might hear this again ” Chief Terey Jaan Nisaar – Be-shumaar Be-shumaar” . RAWALPINDI: The lawyers’ National Coordination Council (NCC) is staging countrywide strike with complete boycott of the courts’ proceeding on Monday. Qazi Anwar, [...]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) will not allow the government to move scot-free, the party chief Mian Nawaz Sharif warned terming President Asif Ali Zardari as the biggest danger to the democracy, Geo News reported Sunday. Addressing the packed hall of journalists after the party’s meeting, he said it seemed that the government does not [...]
Foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India will meet on February 25 in New Delhi, INDIA. The decision was taken in a meeting held in Prime Minister House , ISLAMABAD, on Friday. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani chaired the meeting that reviewed Pak- India dialogues, water, Kashmir and other issues and outline the strategy. The meeting [...]
