ForeignHollande under fire over call to strip citizenship from terror convicts
President Francois Hollande’s call for convicted terrorists to lose their French citizenship if they have a second nationality has triggered uproar among those who see him adopting right-wing ideas that recall dark<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/30/hollande-under-fire-over-call-to-strip-citizenship-from-terror-convicts/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Dec 30, 2015
ForeignIndia test-fires long range surface-to-air missile developed with Israel
India successfully test-fired on Wednesday a new long range surface-to-air missile capable of countering aerial threats at extended ranges, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushes to enhance the country’s military capabilities. India,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/30/india-test-fires-long-range-surface-to-air-missile-developed-with-israel/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Dec 30, 2015
BusinessGlobal growth will be disappointing in 2016 says IMF chief Christine Lagarde
Global economic growth will be “disappointing” next year, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a guest article for German newspaper Handelsblatt published on Wednesday. “In many countries the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/30/global-growth-will-be-disappointing-in-2016-says-imf-chief-christine-lagarde/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Dec 30, 2015
LAHORENA-122 case being delayed willingly: Tareen
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Dec 30, 2015
ForeignSaudi Arabia, Turkey to set up ‘strategic cooperation council’
Saudi Arabia and Turkey have agreed on the need to set up a “strategic cooperation council” to strengthen military, economic and investment cooperation between the two countries, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/30/saudi-arabia-turkey-to-set-up-strategic-cooperation-council/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Dec 30, 2015
NATIONALHotline contact between Pakistan, Afghanistan established: ISPR
Pakistan and Afghanistan have established a hotline between their respective military commanders and made first contact Wednesday, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. Director General ISPR Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/30/hotline-contact-between-pakistan-afghanistan-established-ispr/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Dec 30, 2015
BusinessPakistan, WFP ink accord for US$ 422.78m grant of various projects
Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar witnessed on Wednesday the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the government of Pakistan and World Food Programme for US$ 422.78 million grant for<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/30/pakistan-wfp-ink-accord-for-us-422-78m-grant-of-various-projects/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Dec 30, 2015
Arts / EntertainmentNASA Gets $55 Million Funding to Send Humans to Mars
The Obama administration wants NASA to speed up work on sending humans on deep space exploration missions, including Mars, and has instructed the US space agency to spend at least $55 million<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/30/nasa-gets-55-million-funding-to-send-humans-to-mars/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Dec 30, 2015
LAHOREPunjab far ahead of other provinces in progress: NA body
National Assembly Standing Committee on Inter-Provincial Coordination Chairman Abdul Qahar Khan Wadan Wednesday said the Punjab was a model for the whole country and it was far ahead in development as compared<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/30/punjab-far-ahead-of-other-provinces-in-progress-na-body/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Dec 30, 2015
NATIONALArmy chief presides over 49th convocation of CPSP
The 49th Convocation Ceremony of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP), was held on Monday at the Jinnah Convention Centre, Islamabad, with Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ra
Dec 29, 2015
ForeignFormer top Chinese official commits suicide after landslide disaster
A former senior official in China who was in charge of an agency responsible for regulating a waste heap that collapsed last week with the loss of more than 70 people has<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/29/former-top-chinese-official-commits-suicide-after-landslide-disaster/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Dec 29, 2015
BusinessNEPRA reduces power tariff by Rs 2.06 per unit
The National Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has approved reduction in power tariff by Rs 2.06 per unit for the month of November. The NEPRA took up for hearing an application filed by<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/12/29/nepra-reduces-power-tariff-by-rs-2-06-per-unit/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Dec 29, 2015