Islamabad—Pakistan has expressed the hope that the United States would understand its concerns in the realm of security and economic development. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, the Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi underlined that Pakistan has delivered too much and it is now time for the United States to start delivering.
Islamabad—The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has reported in its recent report that India has become the world’s second largest arms purchaser during last five years competing with China. The report said that India’s imports of arms went as high as seven per cent of the world’s arms exports.
Karachi—Severe load shedding continued Thursday on alternate hours. Areas of Gulshan-e-Iqbal, PECHS, Gulshan-e-Jamal Garden and Jahangir Road were without power supply since early morning Thursday. The power crisis in the country is increasing which has paralyzed the life.
Islamabad—Islamabad Police on Thursday resorted to baton charge tear shelling and arrests to disperse protestors mainly students who blocked Murree road at Athal Chowk in Bhara Kahu police station jurisdiction. Students had been blocking the roads since Thursday morning and police was forced to resort to baton charge and tear shelling to disperse protestors and clear road for general traffic.
Karachi—A sharp rise in international pulp prices is in the offing due to tight supply-demand balance in Pakistan as well. One of the major dents on pulp supply was caused by the incident of Chilean earthquake, the up tick in international pulp prices is likely to aggravate in the near-term.
Islamabad—The owners of the Clewiston Inn, West Palm Beach, Flordia were surprised to see the ex-President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf when he breaking his mid-journey entered the same Inn with active body guards visited by US President Harry S Truman on a special occasion.
