Lahore, Nov 20 (IANS) The Lahore High Court has sought a detailed reply from the government on an application alleging that US security agency Black Water was indulging in illegal activities ...

Kabul, Nov.20 (ANI): At least 13 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack in the western Afghan city of Farah on Friday. Reports said that a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed ...

Budapest, Nov 19 (DPA) A NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan would lead to a strengthening of al-Qaeda and cause instability to spread through the region, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday ...

Islamabad, Nov 18 (IANS) The Pakistan government Wednesday announced a 15-day special package ahead of Eid under which a total subsidy of Rs.300-400 million would be given on more than 400 ...

Washington, Nov 18 (IANS) Pakistan is estimated to have more nuclear warheads than India and the sub-continental neighbours, along with China, are increasing their arsenals and deploying weapons at more sites, two ...

Islamabad, Nov 18 (IANS) A Pakistani parliamentary panel has recommended that a constitutional provisional that requires candidates contesting elections to have at least a college degree be amended. This can be done by ...

Islamabad, Nov 17 (IANS) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will pay an official visit to Afghanistan Thursday to attend the oath taking ceremony in Kabul by President Hamid Karzai for his second ...

Islamabad/New Delhi, Nov 17 (IANS) Pakistan Tuesday said India had not responded positively on a proposed three-nation gas pipeline from Iran, contradicting New Delhi's position that it was keen on the project ...

Peshawar, Nov 17 (IANS) Unidentified militants blew up a girls school in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber tribal region Tuesday, the third such attack in the area bordering Afghanistan this month. There were ...

Kabul, Nov 16 (IANS/AKI) Afghanistan's national cricket team will compete in this year's Asian Cricket Council Twenty20 Cup in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Hong Kong, Kuwait, Nepal, Oman, Qatar, Singapore and ...

Karachi, Nov 16 (ANI): Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif has said that he wants to help the team win in New Zealand and prove the bad times are behind after his career ...

Canberra, Nov 12 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Australia have agreed on measures to strengthen bilateral relations, WAM news agency reported Thursday. Saeed Mohammed Al Shamsi, UAE Ambassador to Australia ...

Tehran, Nov 12 (RIA Novosti) Russia has to fulfill its contract on the supply of S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Iran, Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said. "We have a contract with ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 11 (IANS) The Gulf region's civil aviation sector is poised to attract more than $45 billion in investments in the next five years, according to a report by Kuwait ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 11 (WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) based communication services provider Etisalat has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Manchester City for a three-year sponsorship, WAM news agency ...

Dubai, Nov 10 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has registered a record surge in consumer confidence in the third quarter of 2009, WAM news agency reported Tuesday. At 102 points, the ...

London, Nov 9 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host World Green Tourism Congress next year, WAM news agency reported Monday. The event will be organised in Abu Dhabi Dec 6-8, and ...

Dhabi, Nov 9 (IANS) United Arab Emirates (UAE) Foreign Trade Minister Lubna Al Qasimi is heading a 70-member delegation to Malaysia to boost economic cooperation between the two countries, WAM news agency ...

New Delhi, Nov 9 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Indian subsidiary of Microsoft(NASDAQ:MSFT) is getting a good early and healthy response to Windows 7, which is its recently launched operating system, its chairman ...

Islamabad, Nov 9 (ANI): Disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has backed Iran's right to develop nuclear energy and said a propaganda campaign had been launched against that country's atomic ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 8 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has introduced measures to deal with money laundering in the insurance sector, WAM news agency reported Sunday. Fatima Mohammed Ishaq Al Awadhi, deputy ...

Dubai, Nov 8 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is hosting the First Exporters Forum here Nov 9, WAM news agency reported Sunday. The forum brings together heads of Dubai government ...

Islamabad, Nov 8 (IANS) Law enforcement agencies in Pakistan arrested nearly 200 people Sunday in a search operation carried out in the capital and near the city of Rawalpindi, Online news agency ...

Islamabad, Nov 8 (IANS) Pakistan Sunday reiterated that its strategic assets were "completely safe" and secure and that US officials had expressed their confidence about this. Foreign Office Spokesman Abdul Basit ...

Islamabad, Nov 8 (IANS) In an effort to reach out to the Pakistani community abroad, the government has decided to establish an Overseas Pakistanis Forum under the chairmanship of Minister for Overseasn ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 6 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France have pledged to enhance cooperation in the trade sector, which grew by 25 percent to more than $4 billion in ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 5 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has imported cast iron rods worth $6.77 billion in 2008, a 237 percent increase over last year and 14 times more than ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 5 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host world triathlon competition here in March next year, WAM news agency reported Thursday. Some 1,000 triathletes, including the world's top 40, ...

Abu Dhabi, Nov 5 (IANS) The UN has lauded the efforts of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for improving the conditions of its migrant workers engaged in various sectors, WAM news agency ...

New York, Nov 5 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has urged the UN to implement the recommendations of the Goldstone report that investigated alleged crimes committed by Israel during its brief ...