Pakistan PM gives go-ahead to raise power tariff

Asia News Network - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday gave a go-ahead to raise power tariff during a high-level meeting on energy crisis in Islamabad. The tariff for electricity is likely to be increased from July 1. Moreover, the meeting also decided to immediately start communications with neighbouring states, including India, for energy import. A plan aimed at resolving the circular debt issue ...

Pakistan says Kerry visit delayed because of Syria

Fox News - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

This file photo shows US Secretary of State John Kerry during an event in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2013. Kerry has been forced to delay a visit to Pakistan because of the worsening crisis in Syria, Pakistani officials said on ...

Concerns over online Quran teaching as ex-Pakistan militants instruct pupils

The Guardian - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Teaching to read the Qur'an text online is booming, with many firms setting up as online instructors, prompting fears about radicalisation. Photograph: Rahmat ...

Pakistan-Azerbaijan Youth Association chair visits Ireli

News.Az - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Editor in chief of The Diplomatic Insight & Media Diplomacy magazine, Chairman of the Pakistan-Azerbaijan Youth Association Muhammad Asif Noor has visited Ireli Youth Centre. The guest first familiarized with the centre and its projects, talked to the youth and then met with Ireli Public Union's Chairman Rauf Mardiyev and Secretary General Narmin Mammadova. The meeting discussed ...

Farooq Abdullah objects to IPL management companys faux pas on Kashmir says will complain to BCCI

India Today - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Senior Union Minister Farooq Abdullah on Monday strongly objected to a prominent sports management company unilaterally altering the map of Jammu and Kashmir in an IPL-6 TV production manual.Abdullah, who is also president of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association, said he would ask the BCCI president to have the map corrected immediately, so that such things don't recur. "It's ...

Pakistans Punjab government allocates mlns of rupees for JuD centre

Times of India - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

Jamaat-ud-Dawah , considered a front for the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba. Besides a grant-in-aid of over Rs 61 million for the JuD centre known as 'Markaz-e-Taiba', the provincial government has allocated Rs 350 million for setting up a 'Knowledge Park' at the centre and other development initiatives. Details of the allocations were presented in budget documents tabled in the ...

Petrol and diesel prices rise again in Pakistan

Asia News Network - Tuesday 18th June, 2013

For the second time in a week after the federal budget, the prices of petroleum products went up by up to 2.70 Pakistani rupees (US$0.027) per litre on Monday with immediate effect because of imposition of 19 percent general sales tax on 95 percent retailers, instead of the standard rate of 17 percent. The ex-depot price of petrol rose by 1.72 rupees ($0.017) per litre to 102.35 rupees ($1.04), ...

Kerry reassures US support to Pakistans new govt

Global Times - Monday 17th June, 2013

US Secretary of State John Kerry has reassured that the US government "remained steadfast in supporting the new democratic government in Pakistan" in a phone call to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.Kerry provided an update on the recent developments and expressed appreciation for Pakistan's positive role in advancing peace and stability in ...

US convenience stores exploited immigrants from PH Pakistan

Inquirer - Monday 17th June, 2013

Graphics depicting the locations of 7-Eleven stores involved in a federal indictment are shown after a news conference at the US Attorney’s office, Monday, June 17, 2013, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. United States Attorney Loretta E. Lynch has announced the indictment of nine individuals involved in a multi-state scheme to conceal the systematic employment of illegal immigrants and ...

Pakistans New Government Faces Country Awash With Conflict

NPR - Monday 17th June, 2013

Most of the death and mayhem that occurs every day in Pakistan goes unreported in the West. You have to be here, to get a sense of exactly how turbulent and unstable this country is. Nawaz Sharif has just assumed power on a promise to restore calm and ...

Secretary-General Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Pakistan against Women Educators Students Calling Government to Apprehend Perpetrators

United Nations - Monday 17th June, 2013

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attacks today in Quetta and Ziarat, Pakistan, in which at least 20 civilians were reportedly killed and many more ...

Jammu and Kashmir unveils its first women commando squad

NDTV - Monday 17th June, 2013

Udhampur: As Neelofer prepares to leave the police training academy in Udhampur in south Kashmir, there is a look of pride and patriotism on her face. And justifiably so. In her early 20s, she is part of the first batch of women crack commandos of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, trained to participate in counter-insurgency operations in the state."We were told that women can't do ...

Ending Terrorism a Challenge for PTI in Pakistan Province

Middle East Times - Monday 17th June, 2013

The new PTI-led government in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province faces a challenge in carrying out PTI's promise to end terrorism and restore law and ...

Dont carry out attacks inside Pakistan as it is not jihad Hafiz Saeed says

Times of India - Monday 17th June, 2013

Hafiz Saeed has given a 'fatwa' that militant activities within Pakistan cannot be considered a part of 'jihad' and asked terrorists to desist from carrying out attacks in the country. "Militant activities in Pakistan do not fall in the category of jihad. I appeal to all jihadi organizations not to carry out attacks inside Pakistan as it is not jihad (holy war). America ...