LAHORE,Aug 5 (APP):Muhammad Sarwar was sworn in as 35th Governor of Punjab during a solemn ceremony on Monday at Darbar Hall of the Governor’s House.Chief Justice Lahore High Court (LHC) Umar Ata Bandial administered oath to the Punjab Governor Muhammad Sarwar.The oath taking ceremony was attended by Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif,Speaker Punjab Assembly Rana Muhammad Iqbal Khan, Provincial L ...

KARACHI, Aug 1 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said a comprehensive counter-terrorism policy would be devised based on the feedback of provinces on the issue of militancy. Talking to media persons after his visit to the Quaid’s mausoleum, the Prime Minister said he had directed all the four Chief Ministers to workout the issue of terrorism within the domain of their provinces.He said ...

ISLAMABAD, Aug 1 (APP): Pakistan and the United States of America Thursday agreed on resumption of the Strategic Dialogue process, stalled since Oct 2010 to build a comprehensive sustainable partnership.US Secretary of State John Kerry and Prime Minister’s Advisor on Foreign Policy Sartaj Aziz addressing a joint press stake out here at the PM House, made the announcement at the conclusion of talks between t ...

By Tiffany Madison Edward Snowden’s NSA leaks confirmed what critics long suspected: the United States is now a spy-state with federal agencies conducting secret, illegal domestic surveillance on virtually every American. These eerie revelations have many considering how their privacy expectations are subverted by emerging technology. While the reality that low-level intelligence agents have virtually unche ...

By Zaheerul Hassan  Pakistan PM has presided high level military-civil meeting in connection with John Kerry visit who arrived in Islamabad on 31 July 2013. US Sectary of State John Kerry has arrived in Pakistan for two days visit on 31 July, 2013. He is the most senior first US official is visiting the country since Nawaz Sharif was sworn in as Pakistan as new prime minister after May elections. During his ...

  Srinagar, July 30, 2013: (GNS) An amaranth pilgrim, who was injured on July 21 in Awantipora area of South Kashmir, succumbed to his injuries here in Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura Tuesday morning. Official sources told Global News Service that pilgrim, Ravi Kumar (55-yr-old) of Poonch sustained serious head injuries after hit by a stray stone during protests and clashes betwee ...

World Sikh Council - America Region (WSC-AR) P.O. Box 3635, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA Phone: 888-340-1702 Fax: 888-398-1875 E-mail: contact@worldsikhcouncil.org Web: www.worldsikhcouncil.org                                                     July 28, 2013 Contact: Kavneet Singh, Secretary General, WSC-AR, contact@worldsikhcouncil.org, 888-340-1702 The World Sikh Council – America Region (WSC-AR) participat ...

Srinagar, July 27: (GNS) Expressing shock over abduction and sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl by Village Defense Committee (VDC) members of Kishtwar, Hurriyat Conference Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani demanded immediate disarmament and dissolution of VDCs and severe punishment for those VDCs involved in the heinous crime. “The aim of these committees is nothing other than to suppress Muslim community in ...