Islamabad: Let me first of all welcome all of you for joining us at late hours in the day, in Ramadan for a press conference. I would like to welcome, our brother, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Mr. Javed Lodin and Special Representative of United States Ambassador Marc Grossman for being in Islamabad. We have just concluded, a short while ago, a very important and productive meeting of the trilateral core group, that is, the US, Afghanistan and Pakistan. [...]

Islamabad: Dr. Fehmida Mirza, Speaker and Faisal Karim Kundi, Deputy Speaker, National Assembly of Pakistan have condoled the sad demise of mother of Sardar Muhammad Yaqub, former Deputy Speaker, National Assembly. In their separate condolence messages to Sardar Muhammad Yaqub, the Speaker and Deputy Speaker expressed their heartfelt grief and sorrow over the passing away of his mother. They prayed to Almighty Allah to rest the departed soul in eternal peace and grant courage and fortitude to him and other [...]

Islamabad: The Prime Minister of Pakistan; Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani inaugurated Universal Service Fund’s (USF) project aimed at providing basic telecom services in Bahawalpur division’s unserved areas. The ceremony was held at Bahawalpur circuit house on Thursday. He also inaugurated the Pakistan Software Export Board’s (PSEB) web portal (it.org.pk ) launching ceremony and distributed merit certificates and medals among graduates of PSEB’s internship programme for Bahawalpur and Multan division. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said that USF’s project [...]

Islamabad: On special directives of Dr. Asim Hussain, Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources, SSGC has successfully launched an aggressive campaign to recover outstanding dues from the defaulters and miscreants involved in gas thefts. As part of a forceful recovery campaign being implemented in its franchise areas of Sindh and Balochistan, SSGC teams carried out disconnections in May and June 2011 for non-payment of gas bills and gas thefts and in process recovered Rs. 252 million from the domestic [...]

Islamabad: The number of Britons arrested overseas has fallen by over 10%, but despite this positive trend Foreign Office staff still handled 5,700 arrest cases last year. Though down by 20% overall, Drug arrests continue to be a significant problem for some countries, particularly parts of South America and the Caribbean where a high proportion of total arrests are drug related. Foreign Office Minister David Lidington said: “We work hard to warn British nationals about the consequences of breaking the [...]

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