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Pakistan has blocked the popular video sharing website YouTube in a bid to contain blasphemous material, officials said on Thursday. The blockade came hours after the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) directed Internet service providers to stop access to social network Facebook indefinitely on Wednesday because of an online competition to draw the Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon him) in gross violation of fundamental human rights pertaining to one’s religion. Wahaj-us-Siraj, the CEO of Nayatel, an Internet service provider, said PTA issued an order late on Wednesday seeking an [...]

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Tuesday said the government clearly recognizes the private sector as the engine of growth and is taking necessary policy measures to unleash its full potential. In his opening statement while chairing a meeting of the Council of Businesspersons here at Prime Minister House this afternoon, he said the government takes the business community as a partner in the national development, as both work in their own spheres for the betterment of the common man and for the greater welfare of the society. The Ministry of Finance has been asked to provide immediate [...]

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tuesday vowed full cooperation on US enquiries into a Pakistani-American held over an attempted bombing in New York, throwing the spotlight back onto international terror plots in the country. US officials said Faisal Shahzad, a naturalised US citizen born in Pakistan, was arrested for allegedly driving a car bomb into Times Square that narrowly failed to explode on Saturday night. News reports said Shahzad, 30, lived in Connecticut and returned recently from a five-month trip to Pakistan, including Peshawar, a known transit point for Al-Qaeda and Taliban recruits near the Afghan [...]

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that India restarted talks with Pakistan because of the pressure exerted by United States and European Union. Speaking at the Geo TV program ‘Capital Talk’ on Tuesday he said that there was no comparison on actions of Ajmal Kasab and Times Square Suspect Faisal Shahzad. To a question, he said the government was yet to decide on provision of legal assistance to Ajmal Kasab. The foreign minister said that Pakistan would soon get drone planes from Turkey.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has always desired purposeful dialogue with India to resolve outstanding issue including the core issue of Kashmir, said Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shah Mahmood Qureshi. Briefing National Assembly about the government’s Kashmir Policy on a private member motion on Tuesday, Qureshi said, “we are trying to find out a durable resolution of issues as well as cover the damages done to foreign policy during previous regime.” Reiterating Pakistan’s policy on Kashmir problem, he said, “we want just and peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue in light of the United Nations resolutions [...]

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry has stressed for making the governance compliant to the constitution. Speaking at full court reference for Justice Ejaz Chaudhry on his retirement the Chief Justice said the function of judiciary is to interpret the constitution and ensure its implementation. Justice Chaudhry said the judiciary has been bound to protect the rights of the citizens and to ensure equality among them. President Supreme Court Bar Qazi Anwar said that the impression being created that the hearing of the petition about judicial commission will create conflict between [...]

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) decided to continue case proceedings against the PCO judges for contempt of court, Geo News reported Tuesday. The SC dismissed the intra-court appeals of the judges who took oath on Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) by declaring them non-maintainable. The SC bench headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk delivered the verdict on appeals of the PCO judges. These PCO judges who were issued the notices regarding contempt of court, include former Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar and former Chief Justice of Lahore High Court (LHC) Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry. These judges, instead [...]

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) decided to continue case proceedings against the PCO judges for contempt of court, Geo News reported Tuesday. The SC dismissed the intra-court appeals of the judges who took oath on Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO). The court issued notice to the Attorney General that the contempt case hearing will start from May 10.

ISLAMABAD: The core committee of PPP, met here on Monday, decided not to spare anyone from investigation in assassination case of former premier Benazir Bhutto including federal ministers, Geo news reported. It further resolved to go on taking action even against former president Pervez Musharraf if the evidences were found, leading to hold him guilty of involving in assassination. The meeting was jointly chaired by President and co-chairman of PPP Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani. Also, the meeting reposed confidence on the progress so far made by Fact Finding Committee [...]

ISLAMABAD: The core committee of PPP, met here on Monday, decided not to spare anyone from investigation in assassination case of former premier Benazir Bhutto including former federal ministers, Geo news reported. It further resolved to go on taking action even against former president Pervez Musharraf if the evidences were found, leading to hold him guilty of involving in assassination. The meeting was jointly chaired by President and co-chairman of PPP Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani. Also, the meeting reposed confidence on the progress so far made by Fact Finding [...]