Syria rejects Arab League call for power change
DAMASCUS(PFP): Syria on Monday rejected an Arab League (AL) plan for President Bashar al-Assad to transfer power to his deputy, calling the initiative a “flagrant interference,” state TV quoted an official More...
Ispahani rejects Sunday Times interview
KARACHI(PFP): Farahnaz Ispahani, wife of embattled Husain Haqqani has rejected the reports attributed to her that she ran away fearing abduction. Farahnaz said she didn’t give interview to anyone adding that More...
Veena Malik goes missing
MUMBAI(PFP): After courting severe backlash for her controversial photo shoot with FHM magazine, starlet Veena Malik has mysteriously gone missing from her Mumbai residence. Apparently, Veena’s business manager More...
Pakistan has role in any talks with Taliban: Karzai
BERLIN(PFP):Afghan President Hamid Karzai has admitted while talking to jounralist here that Pakistan has an important role to play in the Afghan peace process, including in any negotiations with the Taliban, and More...
Parliament to decide on Bonn conference stance: PM
ISLAMABAD(PFP): Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in an interview with state television said that Parliament would decide if Pakistan would be attending the Bonn Conference. Gilani said that a joint session of Parliament More...
Pakistani anger justified: US General
LONDON: US-Pakistani relations are at one of their worst points in memory after the NATO strike that killed 24 Pakistani troops, but can recover, Washington’s top military officer said on Monday. General Martin More...
No more business as usual with US: PM
ISLAMABAD(PFP): Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani warned the United States that there would be ‘no more business as usual’ with Washington after a NATO attack that killed two dozen Pakistani troops. In More...
Government stops NATO supplies
PESHAWAR: The political administration of Khyber Agency has halted supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan after the federation’s order. According to the agency’s political administration, the government ordered More...
Benchmark 100-share Index drops 43 points
KARACHI: Stocks at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) ended lower in thin trade taking a cue from world markets, dealers said. The Karachi Stock Exchange’s (KSE) benchmark 100-share index ended 0.36 percent, or More...
‘Afghan team to Pak in Rabbani probe’
KABUL: Afghanistan is sending an official delegation to Pakistan “soon” to investigate the killing of Kabul’s peace envoy Burhanuddin Rabbani, a presidential spokesman said Monday. Pakistan has More...
