LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday rejected a petition by nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan challenging restrictions on his movements, a government lawyer said. “The court maintained the original order (on restrictions on Khan’s movement),” said Attorney General Anwar Masoor. Khan had filed a petition challenging the government’s stand that the restrictions had [...]
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Railways and senior leader of ANP Ghulam Ahmad Bilour called on the Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani here at the PM residence on Monday morning. Both the Prime Minister and ANP leader discussed the Constitutional Reforms Package as well as important national political issues. PM Gilani and Ghulam Ahmad Bilour [...]
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said the institutions could not be strengthened as the democracy was not allowed to fare well in the country, Thursday. He said this on the completion of two years of government in Pakistan National Council of Arts, where he inaugurated an exhibition. He stressed he is working for [...]
KABUL: The new UN mission chief in Afghanistan said Tuesday that he backs the Afghan government’s peace talks with a major Taliban-linked militant group. “The talks are helpful and should be supported,” said Staffan de Mistura, who added that he is confident that Afghan President Hamid Karzai was working to reform the election process so [...]
PESHAWAR: Chamber of Commerce & Industries (CCI) NWFP has rejected the implementation of Value Added Tax (VAT) and urged that stakeholders in all big cities should be consulted in this connection. President of CCI NWFP Riaz Arshad addressing a news conference here said business community is already passing through a critical phase and implementation of [...]
