Monthly Archives: December 2015

New Year’s gift: PM launches healthcare program for underprivileged

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday launched the National Health Programme, a government initiative to provide healthcare and medical treatment to…

International

Obama spied on Netanyahu during Iran deal negotiations, says paper

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama ordered his agencies to spy on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while he was negotiating a nuclear…

National

Rs3m cheque given to family of guard killed in Mardan blast

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

MARDAN: The Chairman of the National Database and Registration Authority, Usman Yousaf Mubeen, handed over a cheque of Rs3 million as compensation…

International

Iraq threatens to use military option against Turkey if forced

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

BAGHDAD: Iraq's foreign minister said on Wednesday it could resort to military means if forced to defend itself from what it says…

Europe

Turks, Belgians report foiling plans for holiday attacks

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

ANKARA With less than 48 hours left in 2015, Turkey on Wednesday became the latest country to announce the foiling of a…

National

20 men, women, children from Lahore join Daesh, go to Syria

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

ISLAMABAD: On the morning of September 12, the female principal of a Lahore-based Islamic center left home along with her four children…

Business

Global growth will be disappointing in 2016

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

BERLIN: Global economic growth will be "disappointing" next year, the head of the International Monetary Fund said in a guest article for…

National

Zehri calls for ending propaganda over CPEC’s Western route

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

ZHOB: Balochistan Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri said on Wednesday that the negative propaganda on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor’s western route issue should…

Sports

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in 3rd ODI

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

NELSON, New Zealand: Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by eight wickets in the third one-day international in Nelson on Thursday. They reached…

Entertainment

Blur frontman Albarn, ‘Wire’ actor Elba top UK honours list

Dec 31, 2015 0 IPP News Reports

LONDON: Blur frontman Damon Albarn and heart-throb actor Idris Elba were rewarded for their services to music and drama in Britain’s New…

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Cabinet allows delimitation on basis of provisional census data

ISLAMABAD: In a tacit endorsement of the findings of recently-held census, the federal cabinet on Wednesday decided to go ahead with delimitation of constituencies before the next general elections on the basis of provisional data of the exercise. Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi also sought suggestions from the cabinet members regarding proposed increase in the […]

US had planned Abbottabad-style raid to rescue American-Canadian family: NYT report

The United States (US) had allegedly readied a team of Navy SEALs to launch a raid in Pakistan ─ much like the 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad ─ after a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) drone picked up footage of American hostage Caitlan Coleman and her children moving in a militant camp, […]

Pakistan, US agree to build on improvement in ties

ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: Pakistan and the United States agreed on Wednesday to keep up the momentum of improvement in bilateral relations through high-level engagements and stronger counterterrorism cooperation. “The two leaders agreed to maintain high-level engagements to strengthen cooperation in areas of mutual interest,” the Prime Minister Office said in a statement after US Vice President Mike Pence’s telephonic […]

25 Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan’s Maritime Security Agency

Pakistan has arrested at least 25 Indian fishermen for allegedly fishing illegally in its waters, officials said on Wednesday. The Maritime Security Agency (MSA) made the arrests during the last four days, impounding four wooden boats, a security official told on condition of anonymity because he is not authorised to speak to the media. He added […]

US firm offers ‘coal to chemicals’ technology

KARACHI: An American company on Tuesday offered a new technology for production of various chemicals from the emissions of coal-fired plants in Sindh. In this regard, a delegation led by Chairman Low Emissions Resources Corp (LERC) Fernando Alvarez and Chairman Gorntazy Group Munir Akram met with Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and briefed […]

Monthly Archives: December 2015

New Year’s gift: PM launches healthcare program for underprivileged

Obama spied on Netanyahu during Iran deal negotiations, says paper

Rs3m cheque given to family of guard killed in Mardan blast

Iraq threatens to use military option against Turkey if forced

Turks, Belgians report foiling plans for holiday attacks

20 men, women, children from Lahore join Daesh, go to Syria

Global growth will be disappointing in 2016

Zehri calls for ending propaganda over CPEC’s Western route

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in 3rd ODI

Blur frontman Albarn, ‘Wire’ actor Elba top UK honours list

Cabinet allows delimitation on basis of provisional census data

US had planned Abbottabad-style raid to rescue American-Canadian family: NYT report

Pakistan, US agree to build on improvement in ties

25 Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan’s Maritime Security Agency

US firm offers ‘coal to chemicals’ technology

PAF plane crashes near Bhakkar

Israel military says it strikes Gaza militants

Cabinet approves ‘fair trial’ bill

Pakistan, India urged to focus energies on hitting poverty, illiteracy

Clinton seeks to boost democracy in Asia’s newest country