TEHRAN/ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces have captured several members of the Jundallah terrorist group and handed them over to Iranian authorities

Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday called for taking Pak- China bilateral trade and commercial ties to new heights as the two countries were and friends but also natural partners in the economic growth of the region

NEW YORK: Former Chief Minister Punjab and leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q), Chaudhary Pervaiz Elahi has emphasized that both Pakistan and the United States are facing same problems and should work together to achieve their objectives

KARACHI: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has made it clear that Pakistan does not harbor any hegemonistic designs in the region and we do not want to engage in arms race with any country but all needs of country’s armed forces would be fulfilled regardless of economic hardship

ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has approved the Chashma Hydropower project despite strong opposition of Sindh, while formal license to the company would be issued within few days

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that he had settled the differences between the stakeholders of NUML issue however few elements wanted to create law and order situation by sending the hired outsides therefore he has directed to close the University for one week

ISLAMABAD: Advisor to the Prime Minister on Information Technology, Lateef Khosa said that the government has no hurry regarding appointment of judges in the Supreme Court

Islamabad: Dr. Fehmida Mirza, Speaker National Assembly has said that Pakistan would avert all threats posing to disrupt peace and stability of its brotherly country Iran

Rawalpindi: Security forces in their operation against terrorist elements have apprehended seven terrorists while 15 compounds have been cleared and cache of arms and ammunition have been recovered

KARACHI: Sindh Local Bodies Minister, Agha Siraj Durrani has informed that all matters related to LB Elections have been settled with Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM)

KARACHI: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has directed Pakistani consulate in United States of America to do more for release of Pakistani neuroscientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqui

PESHAWAR/LONDON: The leadership p Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Awami National Party (ANP) have agreed to launch concrete effort for establishment of peace in Karachi

ISLAMABAD: Secretary General Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) Mushahid Hussain Syed has made it clear that India is involved in sponsoring terrorism and extremism in Pakistan via Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Standing committee for IT has expressed reservations over the performance of NTC (National Telecommunications Corporation

QUETTA: Unknown miscreants have blown up a gas pipeline with explosives located on western bypass here in Quetta on night between Sunday and Monday

TEHRAN: Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi on Monday launched production lines of unmanned aircraft, or drones

AKORA KHATTAK: Veteran politician and famous Pashto poet Mohammad Ajmal Khattak was laid to rest in his native graveyard in Akora Khattak on Monday

QUETTA: National Party (NP) President Senator Dr Abdul Malik Baloch claimed on Monday that the government is facing serious threats from the military establishment that "can overthrow it any time

Karachi: The second F-22 P Frigate PNS SHAMSHEER constructed at Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai, China was inducted in PN Fleet Monday in an impressive ceremony held at Pakistan Navy Dockyard. Prime Minister of Pakistan Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani graced the occasion as Chief Guest

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior while rejecting the statement of Federal Interior Ministry over existence of blackwater in Pakistan has asked authorities concerned to inform it about those foreigners who are wandering in the country by brandishing heavy and automatic

ISLAMABAD: The team of IMF (International Monetary Fund) has refused to come to Pakistan due to law and order situation here

ISLAMABAD: Parliamentarians belonging to various political parties paid on Monday rich tributes to veteran politician Ajmal Khattak, saying the political vacuum left by his sad demise could never be fulfilled and his political and literary services would be remembered forever

MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan has foiled Indian aggression and its attempt to isolate Pakistan in the world after Mumbai attacks through its affective foreign policy

RAWALPINDI: Quaid Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid has said that Punjab Government was responsible for attack on him as he had requested the Punjab Government for provision of security