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Apparently, the surprise emergence of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) as a force to be reckoned with in Karachi has threatened the dominance of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), forcing its leadership to reorganise the party structure. The Imran Khan-led PTI, which has emerged as the...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) joined the league of world’s big players of satellite communications in April 2011 by launching its first satellite into orbit – it now has two. The satellites are managed from Yahsat Satellite Tracking Ground Station, which, in part, was designed by a veteran...

The Pakistan army on Friday rejected a recent report by the Amnesty International that journalists in the country were under a "serious threat" from state security forces, political parties and religious militant groups and said that such allegations were “baseless”. The report said that...

The Pakistan government on Friday released 45 Indian fishermen, including three children and three other disabled persons. Ansar Burney and activists of Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) received the freed fishermen, who later left Karachi by a bus to reach Wagah Border, Lahore. They will be...

Pakistan has released the leader of the banned Pakistani militant group, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Malik Mohammad Ishaq from prison. Malik Ishaq was released in the Punjabi capital Lahore on Thursday without being prosecuted. He was arrested and held in custody in February. His group was...

Who will have the guts to shoot down that bill?

20 militants, 4 soldiers killed in Kurram Security forces killed 20 terrorists who attacked them in Kurram Agency in which four security personnel were killed and 12 got injured. Terrorists attacked security forces with heavy weapons in the area of Bara Chamni and martyred 4 soldiers, besides...

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged on Thursday to crack down on corruption in the defence sector after a string of recent graft scandals left his government facing renewed calls to step down. The premier said he was committed to making the process of buying arms and other military...

@gambit what is your view on this? Don't you think FBI killed for different reasons that mentioned here?

PAF chief given briefing Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt visited the International Air Exercise Peace Falcons-2013, says a press release issued here on Wednesday. He was given a comprehensive briefing on the exercise. Saudi Air Chief Fayadh bin Hamid al-Ruwaili and Commander Turkish Air...

Muttahida Qaumi Movement Chief Altaf Hussain said that any kind of corruption and fund-raising would not be tolerated in MQM. He pointed out that party ‘purification’ process has been started and it will be continued till the completion of accountability of MQM workers and leaders. Talking to...

Nineteen buses are to be added to the Metro Bus fleet of 45 by the end of June as demand for the new bus service has exceeded expectations in the provincial capital. The Metro Bus has been inundated with passengers since its opening on February 10. Those behind the project had expected the...

PTI won more popular votes than PPP Around 112 parties contested the 2013 elections. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), however, emerged as the largest party – both in terms of the number of seats it won in the National Assembly, and the votes it bagged. The PML-N fielded 220...

Saudi authorities have arrested 10 more suspects in an alleged Iranian spy ring unveiled two months ago, an interior ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. The eight Saudis, a Lebanese and a Turk bring the number of people arrested to 28, the official SPA news agency quoted the spokesman as...

China and Pakistan should make cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, as Islamabad seeks to end an energy crisis that triggers power cuts of up to 20 hours a day, bringing the economy to a near standstill. Li arrived in the Pakistan capital on Wednesday...

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Oman on Tuesday aiming to help finalise an estimated $2.1 billion deal to supply a US-made air-defence system to the Gulf nation. One of the main focuses of Kerry’s trip was to applaud the signing of a letter of intent between Muscat and US...

The PML-N has bagged the highest number of nearly 15 million votes followed by the PTI’s over 7.6 million and PPP-P’s around 6.9 million votes, as more than 46 million Pakistanis exercised their right to vote in the recently held general elections to make second highest voters’ turnout of 55 per...

A convoy of Chinese engineers narrowly escaped a bomb attack in Karachi Tuesday. The low-intensity explosion took place near Shireen Jinnah Colony when the convoy was passing through the red-zone. Police said the bomb, carrying 10 kilos of explosive material, was concealed in a plastic...

Karachi- Stocks closed all time high with investors’ interest in stocks across the board on strong valuations. TheKarachistock market benchmark KSE-100 share index gained 353.86 points or 1.70 percent to end the session at 21168 points compared to 20814.14 points of the previous day. Stock...

The women’s wing of Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) took out a rally and staged a protest demonstration outside Quetta Press Club on Monday against the alleged rigging in the polls and tampering with the results. It was for the first time in recent political history that such a...