A 2.89-trillion-rupee budget for the 2009-2010 fiscal year has been announced, bringing with it a projected deficit of a whopping five per cent of GDP.
The government has promised much: reforming the existing tax structure to make it more equitable, moving towards taxing the agricultural...
The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority raised the prices of petroleum products on Thursday following a presidential ordinance. The hike came a day after the Supreme Court suspended a government-imposed carbon surcharge in an effort to keep the price of petroleum products low.
The price hike...
On Tuesday, President Asif Ali Zardari asked leading businessmen and industrialists to work with the government to find a permanent solution to nationwide power shortages. He asked private sector entrepreneurs to brainstorm ‘out-of-box’ solutions to the ongoing power crisis...
sir i want do a lot of for my contry. to do that i have applied in army but r in issb now i can't understand what should i do for her which will tne special
i have watched a lot of movies but the only two movies witch inspired me firtsly where eagles dare secondly the last summari. if you have a time i sugest yuo should watch movies
It has been the usual practice of Pakistani politicians facing harassment or more intense persecution at home to look for safety and comfort in London. Following his ouster from the presidency in October 1958, Iskander Mirza lived there for the rest of his days.
The pension he received from...
MUSLIM HISTORY VS ISLAMIC HISTORY
Is there a difference between Muslim history and Islamic history? I found myself asking this question while seated in a university course titled, History of Islam till 1258, with an emphasis on political and economic issues. Our professor, a non-Muslim, had...
PAKISTANBaitullah Mehsud is dead
By Ismail Khan
Saturday, 08 Aug, 2009 | 05:00 AM PST |
PESHAWAR: Pakistans most dreaded Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a US Predator strike, a senior security official confirmed.
This is one hundred per cent...
The self-styled ‘Mother of Parliaments’ has been brought into such disrepute that it is doubtful that it will escape sweeping changes. —AFP/File photo As the corrosive drip-drip-drip of parliamentary sleaze continues in its third week, one can feel the political and...
The mystery of crop circles By Irfan Husain
Wednesday, 05 Aug, 2009 | 07:59 AM PST Locals have been known to inform enthusiasts about the appearance of a crop circle to attract tourists, and some farmers charge entrance fees to permit outsiders on to their fields to photograph fresh...
WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund on Friday said it had approved an additional 3.2 billion dollar loan to Pakistan to help the country weather the global economic crisis.
The IMF said the extra funds for the loan program to Pakistan would ‘help the country address increased...
OVER the last few days, the Pakistani media has been full of reports about the mob violence that took seven innocent Christian lives in Gojra.
Given the revulsion all decent people have felt, the government has been forced to move: provincial and federal ministers have visited the area...
PESHAWAR: Born in 1972, Baitullah Mehsud had to suffer an early childhood dislocation when he moved, along with his father, from his Nargosha village to Landi Dhok in Bannu, close to the South Waziristan tribal region.
His father served as a Pesh-Imam (prayer leader) in a mosque in Landi...
Security forces continue to battle militants in the NWFP. — Photo by Reuters Pakistan
‘India being blamed to justify military action’ ISLAMABAD: Fifteen militants were arrested from different areas of Swat, three of whom have surrendered before the security forces, the...
sir i don't know when our politcs know tje true face of India . she loudly speek upon mumbai attock wich blame happen upon to pak which is teribal.
But True is true that the vectory is alwas for the muslim