PM’s ex-media adviser sentenced to three years
RAWALPINDI (INP): An Accountability Court on Thursday handed over three-year term to former media coordinator of the Prime Minister, Khurram Rassol, in Rs630 million bank fraud case. A special Judge of the AC sentenced him after he failed to appear before it continuously. Early in the day, a Banking Court in Lahore, granted Khurram Rasool, an interim protective bail, ordering FIA not to arrest h
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F.P. Report PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Culture and Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said that the great Pashto poet Khushal Khan Khattak through his writings united Pakhtuns and created a sense in them for fighting for their rights. He said K...
KARACHI (NNI): The Sindh High Court (SHC) Thursday took a suo moto notice of three lawyers’ murder in Karachi on Wednesday, summoning police and Ranger chiefs in the court.Three lawyers were shot dead and a fourth wounded on Wednesday in apparently a sectarian attack ...
KABUL (Agencies): The U.N.’s new representative to war-torn Afghanistan said Wednesday that he was encouraged by widespread discussion about prospects for making peace with the Taliban. Jan Kubis, the new special representative of the U.N. Secretary-General, said tha...
F.P. Report LAHORE: PML-N leader and Member National Assembly Muhammad Pervez Malik has demanded of the government to immediately release funds for Thar Coal Project which is the most important project for the national economy.In a press statement issued here Thursda...
BRUSSELS (Agencies): Greece was clinging on Tuesday to hope of a last-minute bond swap deal to avoid a messy default after euro zone officials sent talks back to square one by rejecting a final offer from the country's private bondholders.Athens is desperate for a deal ...
ABU DHABI (Agencies): Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann each took three wickets as England took charge of the second Test against Pakistan on day one in Abu Dhabi.Broad (3-47) bowled both Younus Khan and Azhar Ali after lunch to leave the hosts struggling on 103-4.A sta...
One knows not if to laugh or to weep, so coarse and outrageous is the hypocrisy, hyperbole and conceit of the Sharifs. Over these days, they squeak like a bird that the rulers have failed, as if they are no part of the ruling tribe, whereas they are very much of it, h...
At last Arfa Karim failed to resist against her ailment and flew away, leaving the whole nation grieved! The 16-year-old Arfa became the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional at the age of nine amazingly. The cute child unfortunately perished at the wee...
F.P. Report MALAKAND: President PML-N Malakand Chapter Haji Muhammad Eisal Khan while addressing workers Convention held here at Sakhakot area of Malakand on Thursday has asked the PML-N workers to mobilize the masses for heavy mandate of Nawaz Shareef. He said tha...
ISLAMABAD (INP): Newly appointed Ambassador of French to Pakistan, Mr. Philippe Thieband, called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at the Prime Minister’s House Tuesday and exchanged views on bilateral relations with the commitment that the multifaceted co-oper...
Paul Begala Reactions to Newt Gingrich’s stunning and impressive victory in the South Carolina primary form a symphony. First, of course, we hear the cheers of South Carolina Republicans who have chosen their champion. From Ronald Reagan in 1980 through John McCain ...
JAKARTA (Agencies): Seven people were killed and 51 injured as heavy rains lashed Indonesia, bringing down trees and powerlines and damaging hundreds of homes, an official said Thursday. "Seven people died, 51 wounded and 1,012 houses were damaged in 23 districts and ci...
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