Islamabad, Pakistan News

President Barack Obama talks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington.

The Islamabad High Court on Thursday issued notices to Secretaries of Establishment Division, Ministry of Capital Administration and Development and Ministry of Law and Justice in a petition challenging an Act enacted and notified to establish Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University Islamabad.

ISLAMABAD: The upcoming government should consult major chambers of commerce for policymaking as business community could give better suggestions on any problem being faced by the country.

ISLAMABAD: Masood Siddiqui has assumed the charge of Managing Director/CEO of Oil and Gas Development Company Limited ere on Thursday.

People selling chilly items especially faluda are seen at various places, including educational institutions and offering temporal delight to heat-stricken public.

The 60-year-old politician was ordered to remain immobile in bed after he fractured vertebrae and a rib in a dramatic tumble from a hoist lifting him to a stage just days before the May 11 general election.

A journalist takes part in a demonstration in front of the Parliament building in Islamabad to protest a spate of killings of journalists, Jan.

A car bomb targeting a police vehicle killed 11 policemen and one civilian Thursday in an area of southwest Pakistan wracked by a separatist insurgency and Islamic militancy, police said.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang praised the Sino-Pakistan relationship to the hilt on Thursday, urging the "all-weather friends" to boost cooperation in business, trade, energy and infrastructure and build a long-vaunted economic corridor.

Chinese Prime Minister, Li Keqiang on Thursday reiterated his government's stance to support Pakistan in all sectors and extend further cooperation, especially in strategic, energy, science & technology and agriculture domains.

China's premier Li Keqiang in Pakistan By Syed Fazl-e-Haider KARACHI - Pakistan and China on Wednesday agreed to jointly work on an economic corridor for enhanced connectivity, with the two countries signing a series of agreements related to energy, technology and space during the first visit to Pakistan by China's premier Li Keqiang since he took ... (more)

ISLAMABAD: Suspending all appointments, transfers/postings and shuffling of senior officials by the caretaker government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stopped it from any further action regarding new appointments, transfers and postings during its remaining tenure.

With an 'amiable' government in place, Saudi Arabia is expected to extend a bailout package of about US$15 billion to Pakistan's highly indebted energy sector by supplying crude and furnace oil on deferred payment to enable it to resolve the chronic circular debt issue.

Citizens demand ban on protest rallies RAWALPINDI: Protest demonstrations on Murree road and other important highways have turned the citizens into neurotics.

Lahore: Mobilink Foundation and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization have signed an agreement to enhance the award winning 'SMS Based Literacy' programme.

The new lab will enable the children living at the SOS Children's Village to improve their English language skills.

Talking to media here on Wednesday, Olson said holding dialogue with Taliban is prerogative of Pakistani government.

A Pakistani Muslim demonstrator throws a tear gas shell back towards riot police during their attempt to reach the US embassy during a protest against an anti-Islam film in Islamabad.

ISLAMABAD : Water inflow in all major rivers has risen due to shooting up mercury level in the country and on Tuesday it was recorded as 255,250 cusecs against the outflow of 240168 cusecs.

Islamabad: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is visiting Pakistan from today, will be conferred Nishan-e-Pakistan, the country's highest honour.