ISLAMABAD: The almost royal treatment given by the Saudi government to former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf during his visit to Riyadh has thrown his opponents into total confusion.
Reports that King Abdullah sent a special plane to bring the retied general from London to Riyadh have surprised a number of politicians many of whom had [...]
It is highly cherishable and valuable and honor for the Pakistanis that they share many bonds with their Saudi brethern and there is a strong and unbreakable nexus between Saudis and Pakistanis.
It also goes without saying that Saudi Arabia has always helped Pakistan and the hearts of Pakistanis beat together with the [...]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani will take up the tirade of criticism launched by Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) leaders especially Party Information Secretary Ahsan Iqbal against President Asif Ali Zardari with Sharif brothers after his return from Libya.
Information Secretary PML-N Ahsan Iqbal has been accusing President Asif Ali Zardari of running a cell [...]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan rejected accusations its army illegally modified American-made missiles to increase its land-strike capability, denying Sunday that it reconfigured anti-ship weapons in a way that could target India.
The denial was in response to a news report that the Obama administration made a diplomatic protest to Pakistan’s prime minister over the alleged alterations to the [...]
LAHORE: The PML-N says that General Pervez Ashraf Kayani was not involved in the imposition of emergency rule, and that former President General Pervez Musharraf was solely responsible for the November 3 action.PML-N spokesman Siddiq-ul Farooq said that Musharraf imposed emergency rule with the help of a few police officials, and did not take General [...]
ISLAMABAD: A contestant on a Pakistani reality TV show drowned while performing a challenge for the program, a spokeswoman for the show’s sponsor said Sunday.Pakistani contestant Saad Khan, 32, was swimming across a lake while wearing a 15-pound backpack when he called out for help and then disappeared underwater, according to Fareshte Aslam, information officer [...]
WASHINGTON: Former US vice-president Dick Cheney said on Sunday that instead of probing CIA’s interrogation techniques, the Obama administration should use the agency to find what A. Q. Khan was up to.
Mr Cheney – an outspoken critic of the Obama administration, particularly on national security issues – took the administration head on in his pre-taped [...]
The rental power plants are, at best, a quick and dirty fix. A quicker and cleaner one might have been if last winter the turbine blades in the government’s own generation plants had been replaced with modern, aerodynamic designs.
That action alone would have added a few percentage points in efficiency to plants like Guddu, [...]
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari’s media adviser Farahnaz Ispahani refuted opposition’s claims on Sunday that Pakistan People’s Party was running a media campaign against a party, and termed the allegation ‘unfortunate’ and ‘false’.
Commenting on a statement of PML-N Information Secretary Ahsan Iqbal that a special media cell working in the Presidency and within the ruling [...]
