GILGIT, Nov 12 (APP): Polling is in full swing for the Legislative Assembly elections of Gilgit-Baltistan. Total number of registered voters for the GB Legislative Assembly is 7,17,286. Over 250 candidates are taking part in the election on 23 seats out of 24. Polling has been postponed in GB-19 due to the death of MQM [...]
PESHAWAR (November 11 2009): NWFP Minister for Population Welfare Saleem Khan has said the federal government has approved the Tajikistan Road Project in principle to establish road link between Pakistan and Central Asian states via Chitral as this is the shortest and most feasible route in this regard. Addressing a public gathering in his native village [.. […]
Microfinance Focus, Nov. 11, 2009: ‘First Microinsurance Agency (FMiA)’ in Karachi has offered several hundred clients basic outpatient care, along with information on health insurance. This is the part of a new programme designed to make poor people aware of microinsurance services and their benefits. The health clinics programme, which is expected to co […]
CHITRAL: The N.W.F.P Governor, Owais Ahmed Ghani arrived at Chitral in the morning. At the Chitral Airport, he was received by elected representatives, elders of the area and the district administration. Meanwhile talking to media men the Governor said that Chitral has great potential for economic development especially in the fields of Tourism and [...]
KARACHI – The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and the Aga Khan University (AKU) signed a memorandum of understanding today to advance their common goal to promote equitable human advancement and social justice in the less privileged parts of the world. The agreement was signed at the Capitol Building in Sacramento by Haile T. Debas, [... […]
As President Obama reviews his strategy in Afghanistan, the question of how much leverage the U.S. really has over President Hamid Karzai is at the center of the discussion.
The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, who once served as the top U.S. military commander there, expressed reservations about deploying additional troops, senior officials said.
Peter W. Galbraith, an influential former U.S. ambassador, could earn millions as a result of his closeness to the Kurds and his financial ties with a Norwegian oil company.
امریکی صدر نے کہا ہے کہ فوری طور پر افغانستان مزید فوج نہیں بھیجیں گے اور افغانستان سے نکلنے کی واضح حکمتِ عملی کے بغیر مزید امریکیوں کی زندگیوں کو خطرے میں نہیں ڈالا جائے گا۔