Govt to take all steps to improve Swat situation: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the government would take all necessary steps for ensuring improvement in the security situation in Swat, and for providing relief to all...
View ArticleANP not fulfilling promises: Hoti
MARDAN: Federal minister Khawaja Muhammad Khan Hoti, whose resignation is not accepted yet, on Monday said that he had no difference with Awami National Party (ANP) but it was made hostage by one...
View ArticleNWFP govt, TNSM agree on Swat peace accord
PESHAWAR: NWFP government and banned Tehreek-e-Nifaz e Shariat-e- Muhammadi on Saturday agreed on an agreement over restoration of peace in violence-torn Swat district. According to private TV, the...
View ArticleTax waiver for people of NWFP demanded until normalcy returns
Islamabad: The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday demanded of the government announce tax waiver for the hard-pressed people of militancy-hit province of NWFP. Militancy, political turmoil and some...
View ArticlePPP gets lead in Senate elections
ISLAMABAD: The ruling quarters emerged with overwhelming majority in upper house of the parliament. The senate elections were concluded Wednesday against 19 vacant seats leading Pakistan Peoples Party...
View ArticleANP decides not to arrest political workers in NWFP
ISLAMABAD: Awami National Party (ANP) has decided not to arrest political workers and party leaders during the upcoming long march. ANP has condemned the arrests of political workers and political...
View ArticlePresident authorizes NWFP Governor to promulgate NAR
Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari has authorized the governor NWFP to promulgate the Nizam-e-Adal Regulation 2009 after the passage of a unanimous resolution by the Parliament Monday. The President...
View ArticleGilani for national policy on security
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday urged the National Assembly to form a national policy on the basis of the recommendations of parliamentary committee on national security. “It...
View ArticleThe retreat of Jinnah’s Pakistan
An event in the life of a nation sometimes has deeper significance than what appears on the surface. The accord by which the government all but ceded administrative and judicial control to militants...
View ArticleNWFP govt, TNSM hold talks in Timergara
TIMERGARA: The first phase of talks between Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad and a delegation of the NWFP government was concluded here on Friday. The government...
View ArticlePakistan pursues two-track approach to Taliban: WSJ
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan resumed peace talks with the Taliban three days back while its military reported gains in a fourth day of heavy fighting against militants dug in along mountain ridges 70 miles from...
View ArticlePM approves Rs. 508 million for rehabilitation of IDPs in NWFP
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister of Pakistan has approved an amount of Rs. 508 million for rehabilitation, provision of shelter and 5000 ration packets for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of NWFP....
View ArticleQazi condemns army operation in NWFP
RAWALPINDI: Former Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Qazi Hussain Ahmed has said that the government presented Maulana Sufi Muhammad as a Hero and now is getting $500 billions from the US to start operation...
View ArticleNWFP Governor expresses firm resolve to end sufferings of IDPs
PESHAWAR: The NWFP Governor Mr. Owais Ahmed Ghani has, in connection with the internally displaced persons (IDP’s) from Swat, Dir, and Buner; expressed the firm resolve of the government to mitigate...
View ArticlePML-N demands convening of National Conference for peace
SAWABI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has demanded of the government to call a National Conference for establishing peace and to end killing of innocent people during the ongoing military...
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