Islamabad diary
At about five in the evening, a few bald patches in D Chowk still visible, I said that Imran Khan’s rally was not the overpowering thing it should have been. Barely an hour later I was eating my words. Stepping down from the TV perch from where we were pontificating, and...
Q: Media reports said that China has cancelled President Xi Jinping's visit to Pakistan out of security concerns. Can you confirm that?
A: China and Pakistan are friendly neighbors enjoying all-weather friendship and comprehensive cooperation. We have maintained close high-level exchanges. Both...
The Lahore police on Thursday, utilising its ‘discretionary powers’ filed First Information Report (FIR) in such a way that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif have been spared from either joining the investigation or being immediately arrested, The Express...
Are we headed towards possible bloody clash between rallies?
Is it a good decision by N to instigate sectarian violence and possibly mobilize it's militant wings?
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وہ دیکھ چکا کہ اس ملک میں قاتل قانون کی تلوار لے کر قتل کرتا ہے یہاں ظلم عدالت سے شروع ہوتا ہے یہاں ایک عام کلرک سے لیکر ملک کے سربراہ تک سب کے سب بکے ہوئے ہیں کوئی ایک بھی ادارہ نہیں جہاں آپ اپنا حق ایک عام شہری کی حیثیت سے مانگ سکو۔ یہ جیالوں کو عملی زندگی میں قدم رکھ کر ہی معلوم ہو گا۔ آپ...
PRO-RUSSIAN rebels have shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets in eastern Ukraine just days after the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Ukrainian military spokesman said.
“Two Sukhoi Ukrainian fighter jets have been shot down. The fate of the pilots is not known,” spokesman Oleksiy...
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Q leader and former deputy prime minister, Chaudhry Pervez Elahi Saturday feared that far from setting the history right, the Pakistan Muslim League-N might end up soiling it even more.
In a statement here, Pervez Elahi said his party has taken a principled stand...
ISLAMABAD: As provinces are finding it difficult to achieve the revenue collection target set in 2010, the National Finance Commission (NFC) has warned that it would be impossible to achieve the 15pc tax-to-GDP ratio in the terminal year of the award (2014-15), if the provinces continue with the...
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The latest critic of the U.S. Air Forces ambitious and pricey plan for an all-stealth fighter fleet is one of the flying branchs top stealth pilots.
Writing in the Air Force Research Institutes Air & Space Power Journal, Lt. Col. Christopher Niemi, a former F-22 test pilot who later...
Insurgents have attacked Nato's heavily fortified Camp Bastion base in southern Afghanistan.
At least two US marines died when militants breached the perimeter of the sprawling base in Helmand province.
The Taliban told the BBC that they carried out the attack in revenge for a film mocking...
"The Australian Defence Force is pleased to be bringing the Defence Force Air Show program to RAAF Base Pearce on 19 and 20 May 2012 .
There will be static, flying and ground displays of Defence capability from Air Force, Army and Navy.
The theme of the Defence Force Air Show is Air Force...
Iran has successfully test-fired a medium-range surface-to-air missile during military exercises in the Gulf, the official Irna news agency reports.
Iranian naval commander, Mahmoud Mousavi, was quoted as saying the missile was equipped with the "latest technology" and "intelligent systems"...
He is Captain Kaleem. MashAllah, a true symbol of courage, honor, dignity and love for Pak Sarzameen. He is desperate to get artificial legs so that he could go back to the front line to fight the enemies of Pak Sarzameen.
He was wounded in tribal areas, fighting against the TTP terrorists...
PML-N Punjab Naeb President Inamullah Khan Niazi resigned from party membership.
He announced his resignation at a news conference at Lahore Press Club and said that he took the step after maltreatment by party leadership.
He warned that if PML-N leadership did not change attitude towards...
China gets approval for Afghanistan oil exploration bid
China has gained potential access to millions of barrels of oil after it won approval for oil exploration and extraction in Afghanistan.
The country's cabinet approved a deal to allow China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) to...
Picture of China's first refitted warship 'emerges'
A commercial US satellite company says it has managed to take a picture of China's first aircraft carrier during its sea trials in the Yellow Sea.
If confirmed, it would be the first known photo of the former Soviet vessel recently...