WAPDA plans to construct 32 dams
LAHORE: The Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has planned to construct 32 small and medium dams in all four provinces of the country in ad
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Parliamentary education secretary without office
LAHORETHE Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Lahore has been showing reluctance to accommodate the newly-appointed parliamen
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FBI team to visit Pakistan on Feb 27
ISLAMABAD: An FBI team from the U.S. is arriving here on Jan 27 in connection with the 26/11 attacks on Mumbai.The FBI team will interact with officials of FIA and interior ministry to discuss the findings of their probe into the Mumbai attacks.FBI Director Robert Mueller is also expected to visit Islamabad on March 4.
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Govt likely to pocket Rs100bn from low crude prices
ISLAMABAD: The government is all set to break the record of last 60 years by earning substantial revenues of over Rs100 billion by not passing on full
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Confusion hangs over Pakistan’s pact with Taliban (Los Angeles Times)
Terms of the controversial deal remain sketchy as Pakistani officials push for more U.S. military assistance. Critics say the agreement could give brutal militants new safe havens. A week after Pakistani authorities struck a controversial accord with Taliban militants in a violence-plagued valley in Pakistan’s northwest, the terms of the deal remained clouded amid a Pakistani diplomatic push …
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ICC fails to end Indian board and ICL dispute
NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council’’s (ICC) bid to end a dispute between the Indian board and the rebel Twenty20 league ended in failure on Monday.The Indian Cricket League’’s (ICL) application to be recognised as unofficial cricket will now go before the ICC Board which meets in Dubai in April, the ruling body said in a news release.ICC president David Morgan was disappointed three-hour talks in Johannesburg proved fruitless.”I”m grateful to all parties for coming together with the best of intentions and the discussions took place in a friendly and cordial manner but, unfortunately, we were not able to come to a successful conclusion,” he said.The ICL, bankrolled by one of India’’s largest media firms, launched the league following India’’s triumph in the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in 2007.It signed overseas players, particularly from Pakistan, New Zealand and Bangladesh. However the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), concerned the league would undermine its position, refused to recognise it and persuaded other national boards to ban players who signed up.
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Authorities look away as plunder of Mohenjodaro continues
ISLAMABAD: Authorities appear to be dragging their feet in preventing the pilferage of precious artefacts from the Mohenjodaro site, according to an o
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Taliban declare unilateral ceasefire in Bajaur
PESHAWAR: After months of fierce fighting between militants and security forces, the Taliban militants on Monday announced a unilateral ceasefire and
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ADB vice president due today
ISLAMABAD: The Vice President of Asian Development Bank (ADB), Zhao Xiaoyu, is scheduled to arrive in Pakistan on Tuesday for a five-day visit during
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Solecki still alive: Rehman Malik
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Rehman Malik has said kidnapped United Nations official John Solecki is alive, rejecting reports
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