KARACHI: The Sindh government has decided to undertake a survey to assess the actual loss of lives and properties due to Karachi violence.
The provincial government is also considering of paying the compensation to the families of dead and injured. Sindh Home department has issued directives to DCO Karachi in this connection.
The DCO will collect the relevant data from the affected areas and submit it to the provincial government. Read Full Story
KARACHI: The Interior Advisor Rehman Malik, Friday met Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah at Chief Minister House.
Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza was also present on the occasion.
The talks focussed on law and order situation in Sindh, specially in Karachi and the steps taken by the provincial government in this regard were reviewed. Read Full Story
More than two thousand Islamists, mainly students, took to the streets of Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Wednesday (December 3) to protest against Indian accusations over the attacks on Mumbai last week, Indian investigators have said the Mumbai attackers had months of commando training in Pakistan by the Lashkar-e-Taiba group, blamed for a 2001 attack on India's parliament. Pakistan has condemned the Mumbai assault, denies any involvement by state agencies and has offered to work with... Read Full Story
Mounting evidence of links between the Mumbai terrorist attacks and a Pakistani militant group is posing the stiffest test so far of Pakistan’s new government, raising questions whether it can ?” or wants to ?” rein in militancy here. President Asif Ali Zardari says his government has no concrete evidence of Pakistani involvement in the attacks, and American officials have not established a direct link to the government. But as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice lands in Pakistan on Thursday... Read Full Story
ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani here Thursday and discuss regional issues, including escalating tension between Pakistan and India following Mumbai terrorist attacks.
Rice, who arrived in Islamabad earlier today on one-day official visit following her trip to New Delhi, was on a mission to defuse tension between two neighboring countries escalated after Mumbai terrorist attack.
US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia... Read Full Story
