With the inauguration of Metro Bus Service, Pakistan has joined the metro transport club of 147 countries. The 27-kilometer, two-lane, 10-metre-wide road has been prepared with a speed capacity of 60km/h. However, the speed limit… Read More »Lahore Metro Bus Service: Salient Features
Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan Saudi Arabia has been playing a vital role in the socio-economic prosperity of Muslim World since its inception. Time and again, the leadership of Saudi Arabia stressed the need to achieve… Read More »Saudi Arabia: A Dynamic Country
The Fulbright Programme in Pakistan has started accepting applications for 2014.
The US government’s flagship scholarship programme awards full scholarships to deserving Pakistani students who wish to complete their Masters or PhD, in a field of their choice, in universities across the United States. These scholarships cover tuition fee, textbooks, airfare, a stipend and health insurance.Read More »ISLAMABAD: Fulbright scholarships open for 2014
LAHORE: President Asif Ali Zardari will inaugurate Bilawal House in Lahore on Saturday (February 9). During his three-day trip to the city, President Zardari would also meet PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif in Raiwind to condole the death of his brother Abbas Sharif. According to a private TV channel, Read More »Bilawal House in Bahria Town Lahore
The Lahore Development Authority has warned that the practice of using names of different government, semi-government and other departments by developers of some private housing schemes in their advertisements was illegal and an effort to dodge innocent people.
Read More »LAHORE: Use of government departments name by housing schemes is illegal
Total external debt recorded at $66.2bn till Q1 FY13
ISLAMABAD: The total external debt has been recorded at $63.8 billion and after including foreign exchange liabilities of $2.4 billion the total external debt and liabilities have been estimated at $66.2 billion till first quarter of fiscal year 2012-13.
This was revealed in the Debt Policy Statement 2012-13 released here on Monday.
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ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI – In an explosive revelation, Colonel (r) Ashfaq Hussain has accused former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf of aggression against India in 1999, saying the former army chief had himself crossed the Line of Control (LoC).
Hussain, in his book Witness to Blunder, said the Kargil mission was masterminded by Major General Javed Hassan, General Mehmood and General Aziz. “They made Musharraf agree to the plans which later led to a limited conflict between India and Pakistan,” he wrote. Hussain claimed Musharraf had himself crossed the LoC and spent a night on the Indian-controlled side. “On March 28, 1999 General Pervez Musharraf crossed 11 kms beyond the LoC on a helicopter and was escorted by Colonel Amjad Shabbir at a location named Zakriya Mustakar.” He wrote Pakistan began its operation in Kargil on December 18, 1998 when Captain Nadeem, Captain Ali and Hawaldaar Lalak Jaan crossed the LoC to carry out a recce.Read More »Musharraf himself crossed LoC during Kargil mission
PROFESSOR ALI SUKHANVER In this world of conspiracies, spreading of depression has proved one of the very successful strategies used as the war tactics and its repercussions are more fatal and lethal than those of… Read More »ALL AGAINST TERRORISM
Rawalpindi Development Authority (RDA) has declared 27 housing societies including the Airport Housing Society (extension) and the Lawyers Cooperative Housing Society, as illegal and has issued notices to them. The RDA, while recommending to the… Read More »Rawalpindi Development Authority declares 27 housing societies illegal
Mehmood Ul Hassan Khan The leadership and government of the United Arab Emirates are taking all possible measures to tackle the looming danger of water scarcity. Water security has become mantra of every government around… Read More »UAE and International Water Summit 2013