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A US destroyer joined the Philippine Navy's flagship for war games that started Thursday close to a flashpoint area of the South China Sea, adding to tensions with China over rival territorial claims. The exercises are a boost for the Philippines' poorly equipped military as it struggles with...

The United States, the government in Kabul and Taliban insurgents are all scrambling for advantage as the clock ticks down in the search for an unlikely peace deal before foreign military intervention ends in Afghanistan. US troop numbers will halve to 34,000 within eight months. The British...

A report presented to Congress reveals that Pakistan received a total of $25.91 billion from the US in terms of military and economic aid since Sept 11, 2001.The US had budgeted approximately $17.22 billion in military and $8.68 billion in economic assistance to Pakistan during the period; thus...

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The lawmakers of Sindh Assembly during discussion on budget demanded the government to withdraw the services of rangers as it didn’t play any role in improving the law and order in the city and only caused financial burden on the exchequer of the province The lawmaker termed the incident of...

The Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) lawmakers criticised their own government for failing to control the law and order situation and allowing ‘criminals’ to be hired in the police department. During the Sindh Assembly session on Tuesday afternoon – that started with Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani...

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...