ForeignWilliam and Kate in biggest royal wedding for 30 years
Prince William and Kate Middleton marry Friday in Britain’s biggest royal wedding for 30 years, watched by more than a million flag-waving spectators in London and two billion global TV viewers. The<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/04/29/william-and-kate-in-biggest-royal-wedding-for-30-years/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Apr 29, 2011
NATIONALPPP to include Saraiki province in its manifesto: PM
, April 29 (): Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has claimed that nobody has objections to the establishment of Saraiki province, adding there is some progress in the politics of reconciliation.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/04/29/ppp-to-include-saraiki-province-in-its-manifesto-pm/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Apr 29, 2011
NATIONALProvinces will bear expenses of devolved ministries, decides CCI
The fifth meeting of the Council of Common Interests (CCI) on Thursday approved that the financing for current activities devolved to the provinces would be borne by the provinces and the federation<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/04/29/provinces-will-bear-expenses-of-devolved-ministries-decides-cci/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Apr 29, 2011
ForeignDalai Lama congratulates William and Kate
The Dalai Lama on Friday said he had sent a letter of congratulations to Prince William and Kate Middleton ahead of Britain’s biggest royal wedding for 30 years. “I already wrote a<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/04/29/dalai-lama-congratulates-william-and-kate/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Apr 29, 2011
LAHOREThe brighter side of the devastating floods
The floods in 2010 brought many assessments to this country; many lives lost, many houses washed away as approximately one fifth of Pakistan’s total area was underwater and around 20 million Pakistanis<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/04/29/the-brighter-side-of-the-devastating-floods/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Apr 29, 2011
ForeignTajik leader bemused by royal wedding fuss
The global joy at Friday’s British royal wedding did not spread to distant Tajikistan, where the president remarked that the ceremony carried all the hallmarks of a totalitarian regime. Emomali Rakhmon, who<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/04/29/tajik-leader-bemused-by-royal-wedding-fuss/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Apr 29, 2011
NATIONALPakistan successfully test-fires Hatf-8 cruise missile
Pakistan successfully test-fired air-to-air Hatf-VIII cruise missile, Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday. According to ISPR, the missile can strike a target at a distance of 350 kilometers. The missile<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/04/29/pakistan-successfully-test-fires-hatf-8-cruise-missile/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Apr 29, 2011
NATIONALPakistan wants diplomatic solution to drone attacks
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that that the government is trying to evolve a diplomatic solution on drone attacks. He said that tat the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/04/29/pakistan-wants-diplomatic-solution-to-drone-attacks/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Apr 29, 2011
ForeignUS raps China for ‘serious backsliding’ on rights
A US envoy accused China of "serious backsliding" following talks Thursday on human rights that were held as Beijing carries out a severe crackdown on government critics.US Assistant Secretary of St
Apr 28, 2011
NATIONALExpect no subsidy in upcoming fiscal year
The National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance was told on Wednesday that the government was aiming to end all subsidies in the next fiscal year. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MNA Fauzia Wahab,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/04/28/expect-no-subsidy-in-upcoming-fiscal-year/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Apr 28, 2011
SportsFletcher appointed India coach
Former England cricket coach Duncan Fletcher was appointed to the high-pressure post of India coach on Wednesday, less than one month after the country won the World Cup on home soil. India had been o
Apr 28, 2011
ForeignDeath toll passes 160 as storms rip through US
Deadly tornados and flash floods flattened buildings and overturned vehicles overnight as major storms churned through the United States, with the death toll surpassing 160 people.The severe weather
Apr 28, 2011