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Zardari given briefing on JF-17 Thunder project

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari was given a briefing on JF-17 Thunder project in a meeting held at Presidency on Wednesday. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Federal Defence Minister Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar, Finance Advisor Shaukat Tareen, Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed and senior officials of ministries were present in [...]

January 14, 2009 Defence 0 Comments

Technical education vital for industrial development

ISLAMABAD, Jan 14 (APP): Federal Minister for Textile Industry Rana Farooq Saeed Khan has said that government gives more importance to technical education in textile industry and necessary measures are being taken for its development.
Federal Minister expressed these views in a meeting with high officials of the Textile Ministry here on Wednesday.
He said that textile [...]

January 14, 2009 Business 0 Comments

Clinton says Obama supports Pakistan economic aid expansion, confident of positive ties

WASHINGTON: Assuring lawmakers of President‑elect Barack Obama’s support for a Congressional measure on three‑fold expansion in economic assistance for Pakistan, U.S. Secretary of State‑designate Hillary Clinton has vowed pursuing a ‘positive’ relationship with Islamabad towards addressing the ‘tough and complicated’ problem of violent extremism afflicting the region.
“Yes, the President‑elect does support the legislation that you [...]

January 14, 2009 Business, Politics, World 0 Comments

Chinese Ambassador calls on Minister for Defence Production

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China have reiterated their desire to further boost bilateral cooperation in the areas of trade, economy and particularly defence. This was discussed at a meeting between Minister for Defence Production Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi and Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Luo Zhao Hui, who called on him in the Ministry of Defence Production [...]

January 14, 2009 Defence 0 Comments

Pakistan cricket finances hammered by canceled tours: official

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan cricket is on the verge of bankruptcy and needs concrete efforts to restore its coffers after Australia and India cancelled their tours, a top official said on Tuesday.
India last month refused to send its team to Pakistan amid heightened tensions following the November attacks on its financial hub Mumbai, which New Delhi has [...]

January 14, 2009 Business, Sports 0 Comments

Pakistan dismisses Indian data as ‘not evidence’

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Pakistan’s prime minister has dismissed the significance of a dossier handed over by India about the Mumbai attacks, saying it was just information and “not evidence.”
Yousuf Raza Gilani’s remarks will likely anger New Delhi, which says the dossier provides evidence that Pakistani militants staged the November slaughter of 164 people.
Pakistan has detained some [...]

January 14, 2009 Defence, Politics, World 0 Comments

Pakistan torn over how to handle Taliban: experts

ISLAMABAD: After years allowing Taliban militants to operate in the rugged tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, Pakistan is now torn over how to respond to US calls for decisive action against extremists.
Islamabad is under intense pressure from Washington, other western nations and Kabul to eliminate Taliban and Al-Qaeda havens in the tribal belt, from where fighters [...]

January 14, 2009 Defence, World 0 Comments

Sale of tickets for Pak-Sri Lanka Ist ODI to start on Thursday

KARACHI, Jan 13 (APP):‑ The tickets for opening One‑day International played at National Stadium on January 21 between Pakistan and Sri Lanka would be put on sale from Thursday, KCCA announced on Tuesday.
“We have secured the tax exemption from the provincial and PCB put the sale of ticket through branches of Bank Alfalah,” Secretary KCCA [...]

January 14, 2009 Sports 0 Comments

Pak-Ukraine trade ties discussed

ISLAMABAD: Ambassador of Ukraine to Pakistan, Igor Pasco called on the Federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim here on Tuesday and discussed ways and means to further strengthen the trade ties between the two countries. The Federal Minister for Commerce said, Ukraine is a big market for semi-finished goods and asked for strengthened trade [...]

January 14, 2009 Business 0 Comments

India has not provided evidence on Mumbai attacks, just info: Gilani

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday giving a policy statement in the National Assembly said that India has not given any evidence on Mumbai attacks but just information. “All that has been received from India is some information. I say information because these are not evidence.”
He said the information, received on January [...]

January 14, 2009 World 0 Comments

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