ISLAMABAD: Acting President National Party (NP) Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo has threatened the federal government for quitting his party’s alliance with the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) on non-recovery of the missing persons. Bizenjo briefly met with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the sidelines of 6th annual meeting of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) on Tuesday and discussed with him the pressing issue of missing persons recently taken by the Supreme Court. The NP leader, sources said, expressed his helplessness in the recovery of missing persons, saying that his party has acquired the government in Balochistan but not powers. He was of the view that it would be hard for him to continue being part of the ruling coalition d...
December 11, 2013 at 1:02 am | News Desk
ISLAMABAD: The Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad has announced to form a new opposition, ‘real opposition group’, in the National Assembly of Pakistan. Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad created a three-member group in the NA; claiming it the real opposition group in the Pakistan’s house. Speaking to media outside the Parliament House, the seasoned politician said two independent MNAs – Jamshed Dasti and Zain Ilahi – have joined the group besides Sheikh Rasheed himself who will be head of the group. The Rasheed’s new group strongly opposed the appointed of Syed Khurshid Shah as chairman Public Accounts Committee (PAC). He said four other lawmakers would also join hands with him. “Formation of...
December 11, 2013 at 1:02 am | News Desk
BINTARO: A commuter train collided with a fuel tanker in the Indonesian capital Jakarta Monday, killing at least five people and injuring 80 others as a women-only carriage derailed and burst into flames. Both the carriage and tanker flipped on their sides following the crash at a level crossing and caught fire, sending thick plumes of smoke into the air as passengers jumped off the train and fled. “The first and last carriages on this train were for women only, so it was the first carriage that collided with the truck,” Sukendar Mulya, a spokesman for state-owned train company Kereta Api Indonesia, told AFP. The truck accelerated and drove onto the tracks just as the gate was coming down to halt traffic and let the train pass...
December 10, 2013 at 1:02 am | News Desk
ISLAMABAD: Representative of UN Office on Drugs and Crime in Pakistan Cesar Guedes has revealed that approximately $40 billion siphoned off via corruption practices in the developing countries. This was stated by Representative of UN Office on Drugs and Crime in Pakistan Cesar Guedes during an interview in Islamabad, coinciding with International Anti-Corruption Day being observed the world over today. Guedes urged that the national governments must increase their efforts to eliminate the corrupt practices. He said an anti-corruption treaty called UN Convention against Corruption came into force in 2005. He said 171 members of the UN have already become state parties to this convention and Pakistan also became a member in 2005. He said th...
December 10, 2013 at 1:02 am | News Desk
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar seemed firm over the governmental decision regarding removal of National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) chief, Tariq Malik, as made explaination before parliamentarians on Monday. In a bid to ward off the pressure the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) government has been facing over the sacking of Nadra chairman, IM Chaudhry Nisar wrote an explanatory letter to parliamentarians and defended the move. Chaudhry Nisar Ali, in his letter, said that it is inappropriate to attach the removal of Nadra chairman Tariq Malik with the matter of thumb impression verification, a task Nadar was assigned to examine authenticity of polled votes following reports of rigging i...
December 10, 2013 at 1:02 am | News Desk
Afrah Jamal The PM reportedly smiled during joint exercises held in the aftermath of an American strike that took out TTP mastermind Hakimullah Mehsud. It was triggered by one little demo, where a drone was downed - by us, in real time - with some 35mm Oerlikon guns. A year ago Pakistan had put its pet drone technology on display in the International Defense Exhibition & Seminar (IDEAS). The interest in drone tech surfaces from time to time. It is usually preceded by a laundry list of demands that yoyo between two distinct themes - American drones (shoot ‘em), and NATO supply routes (shut ‘em). Those who bore witness to Pak armed forces fearsome capability and (drone) targeting skills in “Azm-e-Nau 4”, naturally wonder whe...
December 9, 2013 at 4:32 pm | News Desk
Washington: US carrier Amazon with a remarkable offer, as carrier is offering LG’s flagship device LG G2 with Amazon’s 50 GB Cloud driver storage foe $0.01. The flagship smartphone from LG is highly popular due to its unique rare home and volume key concept. During the holiday season, retailers usually roll out their best deals and now Amazon is getting into the holiday spirit by offering the Verizon LG G2 for a penny and 50GB of Amazon Cloud Drive storage for free for one year. This is a nice savings over the $99.99 Verizon is currently charging for the same smartphone minus the cloud storage online and in its retail stores. The company also created exclusive software that makes using the LG G2 a breeze. You can easily switch ...
December 9, 2013 at 1:41 am | News Desk
Washington: Search engine giant Google after the success of its Nexus brand now eyeing to introduce first Android TV with Nexus Logo. According to new report, company is planning to get some attention form TV market with its Nexus Brand. Google already launched Nexus Tablets, smartphones etc. The report also claims that the TV is schedule to be released earlier in next year. Apple has been in the set-top box market for a few years, but the company still describes Apple TV as a hobby. Apple’s hobby has let it hold a majority of market share on streaming set-top boxes, followed by Roku. Google has been trying for years to make it in the connected TV world and has launched a few different versions of Google TV, which is basically runnin...
December 9, 2013 at 1:22 am | News Desk
ISLAMABAD: An unidentified man found dead from a specific servant quarter linked with the Parliament Lodges of Islamabad, the federal capital of Pakistan. A dead body has been recovered by the security officials from the servant residential quarter of a the Parliament Lodges, police sources said. According to initial reports, he was driver of a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan. However, the dead body has been shifted to the Poly Clinic Hospital of Islamabad. Hospital sources told TheNewsTribe representative that the deceased person aged between 45 to 50 years but the reason of his death is due to be known. The sources added that the death reason would be unveiled after postmortem of the body. Police officials have reached the l...
December 9, 2013 at 1:01 am | News Desk
KARACHI: Law enforcement agency on Sunday have arrested alleged two members of an international dacoits’ gang including one police head constable during a raid in Karachi, the metropolis of Pakistan. Police officials have claimed to arrests two members of foreign linked dacoits’ gang from Liaquatabad Super Market area of Karachi. Superintendent of Police (SP) Liaquatabad, while talking in a press conference, claimed that an official of Sindh Police Reserve Forces, Arshad Iqbal, was also amongst the arrested persons. He detailed the robbery procedures of the gang, said that the gang members fled to a foreign country after completion of their criminal tasks. The SP added that the gang comprises of four members as two has been ar...
December 9, 2013 at 1:01 am | News Desk
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