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Pakistan may head UN IAEA’s main body VIENNA: Pakistan is expected to become the next head of the UN nuclear watchdog's governing body despite being outside a global anti-nuclear arms pact and home to a nuclear smuggler who supplied Iran and North Korea, diplomats say. ... |
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Pakistan calls for ways to action UN anti-terror strategy UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has underscored the need for developing an effective mechanism to implement the provisions of the UN global strategy against terrorism to enhance international peace and security.
"We have realised that the strategy in itself will be of little value unless it is transformed into action by an effective implementation mechanism," Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon said of the four-year-old initiative to combat terrorism. ... |
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India likely to import Iran gas independently DUBAI: India is likely to resume negotiations for independently importing natural gas from Iran via a sea pipeline, according to a media report.
"India has expressed willingness to restart negotiations through an international firm, to independently import natural gas from Iran via a sea pipeline," Iran Daily quoted Deputy Oil Minister and Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Javad Owji as saying. ... |
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Khi CCPO appointed as DG FIA KARACHI: The Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Karachi, Waseem Ahmed has been appointed Director General Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). A notification in this regard has been issued.
Waseem Ahmed took charge as CCPO Karachi in June 2008. According to the sources, in view of increasing target killing incidents in Karachi Waseem Ahmed has been removed and appointed as DG FIA. On the other hand, Director General FIA Zafarullah Khan has been appointed as Chairman National Counterterrorism Authority. According to media reports, the names of Wajid Durrani, Mushtaq Shah, Zafar Farooqui, Fayyaz Leghari and Captain Falak Khursheed are under consideration for Karachi's new CCPO. -APP ... |
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It’s time govt cut spending, Sharif says MUZAFFARGARH: PML-N Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif on Thursday again made it clear that it is high time that government must reduce expenditures for the sake of flood affectees urging the promises made must be now brought to practice.
While talking to a private TV channel on Thursday, Mian Nawaz Sharif vowed to provide relief and rehabilitate the people affected by catastrophic flood in the country. ... |
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Abducted UK-based Pak newsman freed ISLAMABAD: A British-Pakistani journalist abducted by suspected Islamist militants in Pakistan's ethnic Pashtun tribal areas in March, has been freed, the British High Commission said on Thursday.
Asad Qureshi was abducted in March along with two former Pakistani intelligence officers when they were visiting the lawless region bordering Afghanistan while working on a documentary on militants for a British television channel. ... |
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Carmakers’ sales jump 1.3pc in Aug Ghulam Raza Rajani
KARACHI: Sales of automobile grew 1.3 per cent to 11,076 units in the month of August 2010 as compared to 10,942 units sold a month ago. According to the latest data released by Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association (PAMA), however, during this month aggregate production of car, LCV, and pickup vans dropped 28.9 per cent to 10,240 units over 14,410 units in the precious month of July. ... |
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NML profit takes a big 130pc leap Aamir Abidi
KARACHI: Profit after tax of Nishat Mills Limited (NML), the country's leading textile mill, took a significant jump of 130 per cent to Rs2.91 billion in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. Last year, its net profit stood at Rs1.26 billion. ... |
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39 officers promoted to BS-22 ISLAMABAD: The government on Thursday approved the promotion of 39 officers of different groups in BS-22 on the recommendations of high powered selection board.
The decision was taken in a meeting of high powered selection board held here Thursday under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, which recommended 39 officers of different groups for promotion in BS-22. ... |
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Roadside blast leaves 10 dead in Parachinar PARACHINAR: A roadside bomb killed 10 people and wounded four in a Pakistani tribal region on the Afghan border on Thursday, a government official said, as militants linked to al Qaeda launch a new wave of attacks. The explosion happened in Palaseen village, about 65 km (40 miles) northeast of the Kurram region's main town, Parachinar. ... |
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