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Islamabad: Pakistan celebrates its 64th year of independence: Pakistan celebrates its 64th year of independence today. Pakistan was formed 63 years ago in the Holy Month of Ramzan.
Pakistan was popular for its woes and miseries, acute power outages, wanton terror attacks, extreme lawlessness, a shattered economy, unemployment, lack of health facilities and education, poverty, [...]
Islamabad, July 29(ANI): The Pakistan government has formed two separate investigation teams to determine the actual cause of Wednesday’s plane crash near Islamabad, in which all 152 passengers onboard were feared to have been killed.
The tragedy took place at about 10 a.m. when a domestic passenger plane crashed behind the mountains of Margalla Hills.
Pakistan’s Civil [...]
Peshawar, July 29(ANI): A fresh spell of monsoon rains has wreaked havoc across Pakistan, as at least 52 people have been killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in rain-related incidents.
Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) spokesman Adnan Khan confirmed the deaths of eight people across the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
He said [...]
Islamabad, July 29(ANI): The speculation that a Pakistani domestic airliner entered a no-fly zone in Islamabad before crashing on Wednesday morning, and the failure of the authorities concerned to react for intercepting the plane has raised question marks over the country’s air defence system.
When asked to comment as to why the authorities did not intercept [...]
Islamabad, July 28(ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that his country’s authorities have a blueprint of the enemy’s intentions, which culminate in Pakistan’s destabilisation.
Malik said that someone is encouraging the hostile elements active in Balochistan, Mohmand Agency, Swat and other troubled areas of the country.
“I had raised these issues with Indian Home Minister [...]
Islamabad, July 28(ANI): Pakistan and the United States have agreed to resolve their visa issues, and have cleared pending applications of diplomats from both countries.
According to the Pakistan Foreign Office, about 35 visa applications of Pakistani diplomats had been cleared by the US embassy, and in response Pakistan’s embassy in Washington has cleared the visas [...]
Islamabad, July 28(ANI): Former Pakistan Occupied Kashmir Prime Minister Raja Farooq Haider has said that he will challenge the process of his successor’s election after his resignation.
Haider had resigned on Monday to avoid a no-confidence vote in the Legislative Assembly.
He alleged that POK President Raja Zulqarnain had acted “unconstitutionally” in calling a session of the [...]
Islamabad, July 28(ANI): A Pakistani domestic passenger plane carrying 152 people on board, including six crew members, crashed into the Margala Hills near Islamabad on Wednesday.
Four bodies have been recovered from the site.
Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority said that the Airblue plane, which took off at 7.50 a.m. from Karachi to Islamabad, crashed minutes before landing.
According [...]
Islamabad, Jul 27 (ANI): Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan has no aggressive designs against any state, but was determined to defend its territorial integrity and sovereignty.
“We, therefore, need to maintain conventional forces adequately supplemented by credible deterrence,” Gilani said on Monday.
He said Pakistan would continue to develop its military potential that [...]
Islamabad, Jul 27 (ANI): Pakistani senators have expressed their concern over the deteriorating law and order in the country, particularly in Balochistan, and urged the government to take appropriate steps for curbing violence across the country.
At the onset of the session of Pakistan’s Upper House, Leader of the Opposition Senator Wasim Sajjad and Senator Raza [...]
