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Pakistan's Defence Secretary Lieutenant General (Retd) Asif Yasin Malik will arrive in Sri Lanka tomorrow for a five-day official visit, the High Commission of Pakistan said in a release. During his stay in Colombo from 7-11 August, the newly appointed Pakistani Defence Secretary will hold...

ISLAMABAD - Rich in solar and wind energy resources, with the capacity to generate around 143,000MW of electricity, the government has embarked on a project to attract foreign investment to help bridge the demand-supply gap by exploiting alternative energy sources. As per official estimates, the...

Pakistan:Three militants, two security personnel killed in Peshawar operation Three terrorists and two security personnel were killed during a massive search operation by Pakistani soldiers within the cantonment in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday. The search operation was...

KARACHI: Pakistanis are abandoning much-publicised mango exports to the United States after just a year because American requirements made profit margins too narrow, members of the industry said Monday. In 2011, Pakistani growers exported five tons of the country's signature fruit to the United...

President Pakistan Muslim League (N), Mian Nawaz Sharif has said Pakistan People’s Party and its allies are doing politics not for welfare of the people but for their own needs. Addressing the office-bearers and political workers of district Gujrat chapter of PML-N, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif...

In Pakistani Kashmir dozens of civil society activists staged a peaceful demonstration; calling for much-needed reforms in region’s Interim Constitution Act “to pave way for worthwhile democracy, good governance and uncompromising accountability.” The demonstration, held in the wake of a row...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf says Pakistan is making progress in eradication of polio and expressed gratitude to international partner agencies whose support was helpful to control of the disease. "We are moving in right direction and making progress in polio eradication," he...

Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Iranian President Mahmood Ahmadinejad said that the border region between Iran and Pakistan should be the most active one for trade and commercial transactions. Ahmadinejad said this in a meeting on Monday in Tehran with Pakistani Senate Chairman Nayyer Hussain...

* New rules to let conventional firms open takaful windows * Four to five conventional firms said to be interested * Rules may boost takaful's market share to double digits By Bernardo Vizcaino DUBAI, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Pakistan's regulator has introduced new takaful (Islamic...

Now-a-days, law and order situation is so rapidly deteriorating in Balochistan that the Supreme Court of Pakistan has seriously been taking the phenomena, while hearing the cases of the missing persons of the province. In this regard, by resuming the hearing on July 26, Chief Justice Iftikhar...

THE Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the squad for T20 World Cup to be held in Sri Lanka this year. The inclusion of Kamran Akmal, Imran Nazir, Muhammad Sami and Abdul Razzak is mind-boggling, to say the least. The PCB has again played it absolutely safe. The inclusion of these four...

The decade-long war on terror that brought death and destruction to the region, enormously changed the socio-political, economic and cultural landscape of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). New actors emerged on the political stage of the area, replacing the ruling feudal elite. New...

US RenuEn Corporation secures 50MW solar project NEW YORK: RenuEn Corporation, a expanding renewable energy roll up company focused on solar, wind and geothermal energy solutions, announced it has secured 50 megawatts (MW) solar project in Pakistan through its pending acquisition of Team...

Pakistan has printed new currency notes of Rupees 592 Billion during Jun 2011 to 25 Jul 2012 which is not the solution to overcome the national financial problem. Printing excessive currency notes on the one hand and continuous borrowing on the other is leading to higher inflation and increment...