Islamabad: A meeting of the Inquiry Commission on Abbottabad Operation was held in the Cabinet Division on 25th October, 2011 under the Chairmanship of Mr. Justice Javed Iqbal, Former Senior Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the President of the Commission. The meeting was attended by Mr. Abbas …

Islamabad: Ambassador of Egypt, H.E. Mr. Said Muhammad Al-Said Hindam, called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at the PM House today in which he congratulated the Prime Minister on Pakistan’s winning of a non-permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council with comfortable majority. The Prime Minister underscored …

Rawalpindi: Federal Minister for Defence, Ch. Ahmad Mukhtar, has directed the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to speed up the construction process on the newly constructed Benazir Bhutto International Airport (BBIAP) so as to complete it as planned. The Defence Minister gave these directions today while visiting the site of the …

Islamabad: A 10 member de-mining team of officers from Pakistan Army Engineering Corps is currently visiting Sri Lanka on the invitation of the Sri Lankan Army. The de-mining team will be staying in Sri Lanka from 13 October 2011 to 28 October 2011, says a press release received here today …

AsiaNet 46930 سیاٹل، 22 اکتوبر 2011ء/پی آرنیوزوائر-ایشیانیٹ/ رواں سال عالمی یوم پولیو (24 اکتوبر 2011ء) کے موقع پر بل اینڈ میلنڈا گیٹس فاؤنڈیشن اور شراکت داروں کی ایک عالمی برادری پولیو کے خاتمے کے لیے بڑھتی ہوئی وابستگی اور سیاسی رہنماؤں سے زیادہ احتساب، اور دنیا بھر میں حامیوں کو …

AsiaNet 46930 SEATTLE, Oct. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ — On this year’s World Polio Day (October 24, 2011), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and a global community of partners are calling for increased commitment and greater accountability from political leaders to end polio, and for supporters around the world to …

Islamabad: A condolence meeting to offer Fateha for the departed soul of Begum Nusrat Bhutto, who died at Dubai on Sunday, was held at the Permanent Mission of Pakistan, New York on Monday. Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN, Ambassador Abdullah Hussain Haroon was in chair. The meeting was …