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At least seven people were killed and several others injured on Wednesday when an explosion occurred near Karachi’s Burns Road area, targeting the convoy of Sindh High Court judge Justice Maqbool Baqar. The attack happened as Maqbool Baqir, a senior judge at the high court of Sindh, drove...

Pakistan will play series against South Africa and Sri Lanka in the United Arab Emirates, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official said on Tuesday. South Africa declined to tour Pakistan due to security concerns and the PCB had no option but to play matches on neutral ground. Chief operating...

LAHORE:-Pakistan and West Indies Cricket Boards have failed to reach an agreement on playing two Twenty20 Internationals in Florida, United States next month. The two boards had discussed having the two Twenty20 games in Florida due to the large number of South Asian and West Indian expatriates...

KABUL - US envoy James Dobbins on Monday said Washington was "outraged" at how the Taliban opened an office in Qatar that was intended as a first step towards a peace deal in Afghanistan. President Hamid Karzai reacted furiously to the office being styled as a Taliban government-in-exile under...

The Security Council Monday sent a strong signal to perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict that their crimes will not be tolerated, adopting a new resolution to strengthen efforts to end impunity for a scourge that affects not only large numbers of women and girls but also men and boys. In...

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The Punjab government is eying more than 40 per cent increase in the provincial tax revenue in the next financial year. Against Rs90,475 million revised estimates for the year 2012-13, Punjab estimates to collect Rs126,702 million provincial tax revenue in the 2013-14 budget. Like the federal...

Following Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s speech in the National Assembly, the Opposition in the low house extended its support to government for its decision to try former president Pervez Musharraf for treason under Article 6 of Constitution. “Pervez Musharraf is accountable before the...

The All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) ruled out the possibility of a clandestine deal to free former president Pervez Musharraf on Thursday, arguing that it would not compromise the party’s political future over the issue, its senior leader Chaudhry Sarfraz Anjum Kahlon said. Kahlon, a...

KARACHI: Procter and Gamble (P&G) has identified Pakistan as one of its top 10 emerging markets – that include emerging economies like Brazil and India – and the country will be the focus of it attention for further investments, P&G Pakistan Communications Manager Omeir Dawoodji told a group of...

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Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said that Pakistan attached high priority to its relations with Japan and stressed for further raising the trade level between the two countries. The Prime Minister said Pakistan-Japan relations were of great importance as Pakistan regarded Japan...

Seven killed in Peshawar suicide blast A suicide bomber blew himself up in Gulshan Colony, Peshawar, killing seven and leaving 32 injured. According eyewitness‚ a suicide bomber blew himself up during prayers in the Hussaini Madrassa after resorting to aerial firing as worshippers were...

The United States has said that it has an ongoing dialogue with the Pakistan on drone strikes. This has been stated by the State Department spokesperson during a briefing in Washington. Referring to firing across the Line of Control in Kashmir as well as Indian fighter jets' violation of...

The country’s gems and jewellery exports have swelled from approximately $47 million to $ 1.2 billion since the establishment of Pakistan Gems and Jewellery Development Company (PGJDC). Pakistan International Gems and Jewellery Exhibition (PIGJE)-2013 would help enhance the country’s exports...

No free lunch this time, IMF tells Pakistan The visiting IMF mission, headed by Jeffery Franks, on Wednesday communicated to Pakistan in plain words that no free lunch would be offered this time. In talks with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, the IMF officials clearly said soft terms for the...

AFP/Reuters- US President Barack Obama on Wednesday called on Russia to agree strategic nuclear weapons cuts of up to a third and to also rein in strategic atomic arms. In a keynote speech in Berlin, Obama also said he would lead two new Nuclear Security summits in his second term. “These...

Best Defense: Do you think Pakistan turned against the United States in Afghanistan in 2005? What makes you think that? Richard Armitage: "When I was deputy secretary [of state], from 2001 to February 2005, I looked constantly for information that the Pakistanis were aiding the Taliban.... I...

Pakistan likely played a crucial role in persuading a reluctant Taliban to enter into tentative peace talks with its American and Afghan government foes, experts said here. For more than two years, the United States has been promoting the idea of negotiations free of preconditions with little...

Armed forces ready to thwart any aggression: Army Chief Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has said that Pakistan army is ready to thwart any aggression. Addressing the concluding session of Azm-e-Nau-IV war-games which commenced at the National Defence University...