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The Palestinian authority has said it will not enter indirect talks with Israel if more homes are built on occupied land as planned.

PTV News: 10 hours ago
Speaking after Arab League's emergency meeting in Cairo league's Secretary General Amr Moussa said that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told him he would not hold indirect talks with Israel after its announcement that it would build more settler ... ...read article

President Asif Ali Zardari has directed the Sindh government to devise a proper plan on jail reforms in the light of the report of parliamentary committee.

PTV News: 10 hours ago
Chairing a meeting on jail reforms at the Aiwan-E-Sadr in Islamabad, President Zardari also directed that the plan should ensure better facilities like food, accommodation and health care for the inmates. The President directed the Sindh government ... ...read article

Pakistan and Afghanistan have reaffirmed to build enduring ties by consolidating neighbourly relations and respect each other's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.

PTV News: 10 hours ago
The reaffirmation came as Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Afghan President Hamid Karzai held a one-on-one meeting in Islamabad, which was followed by the delegation-level talks. A joint declaration issued at the end of President Karzai's ... ...read article

President Asif Ali Zardari has termed terrorism a common challenge to Pakistan and Afghanistan and called for joint efforts and enhanced cooperation to fight this menace.

PTV News: 18 hours ago
The President said this while speaking at a banquet he hosted in honor of his afghan counterpart in Islamabad. He said these are strange and difficult times for the world and the whole region is thinking and looking forward to what is going to happen ... ...read article

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has criticised western troops as an obstacle to peace in Afghanistan as seven people including two NATO soldiers killed in fresh incidents of violence .

PTV News: 1 day ago
Paying his first visit to Afghanistan since he and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai were re-elected last year, president Ahmadinejad took issue with the policies of arch-foe Washington. The Iranian president said Tehran's policy is full support ... ...read article

Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, British Foreign Secretary's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan called on President Asif Ali Zardari in Islamabad.

PTV News: 1 day ago
Matters relating to the bilateral relations between the two countries, access to Pakistani products in EU markets, regional issues, Pakistan's fight against militancy and the forthcoming Pak-EU summit were discussed in the meeting. The president said ... ...read article

The Federal Cabinet has approved the restructuring of major public sector enterprises with a view to bringing about financial discipline, revival and good governance.

PTV News: 1 day ago
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, while chairing the cabinet meeting in Islamabad, declared that it was imperative to devise ways and means to stop this ill management and lack of commitment which was resulting in massive losses of public funds. ... ...read article

US Vice-President Joe Biden has condemned Israel's approval of 1,600 new homes for ultra-orthodox Jews in east Jerusalem.

PTV News: 1 day ago
Mr. Biden, in Israel as part of us attempts to kick-start the peace process, said it was "the kind of step that undermines the trust we need". He said the Israelis and Palestinians needed to build an atmosphere to support negotiations, not complicate ... ...read article

At least five people including a woman have been killed while several others sustained injuries in a bomb blast and firing at NGO's building.

PTV News: 1 day ago
According to the details, the bomb exploded inside the building of Vision World NGO killing a woman among five people. ...read article

President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed the hope that with the finalization of constitutional reforms package by the end of current month, the 1973 constitution would be restored to its original shape.

PTV News: 1 day ago
Addressing the award distribution ceremony of all Pakistan newspapers society at the Aiwan-E-Sadr, the president said it was basically for Mian Raza Rabbani led constitutional reforms committee of the parliament as to when it submits its report but ... ...read article

US Vice President Joe Biden held meetings with Israeli leaders, throwing his weight behind a renewal of Middle East peace talks more than a year after negotiations shuddered to a halt.

PTV News: 2 days ago
Going in to a meeting with president Shimon Peres, Biden said we can begin to allay that layer of mistrust that has built up in the last several years. Biden expressed hope, in talks with Peres, that peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians ... ...read article

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that within a period of two years, important economic targets have been achieved and the economy is back on the path of stability and progress.

PTV News: 2 days ago
Chairing the economic coordination committee meeting in Islamabad, the Prime Minister said this turn around is a result of prudent economic decision making by the government. the prime minister said that he introduced the system of obtaining ... ...read article

President Asif Ali Zarari has signed into law another landmark bill to protect the rights of women and provide them a safe working environment.

PTV News: 2 days ago
The signing ceremony was held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr in Islamabad this evening. The new law will prohibit the Harrassment, abuse and intimidation of women at their workplace. It requires all organizations to adopt an internal code of conduct and a ... ...read article

Palestinians and Israelis held their first indirect talks in more than a year in a tentative boost to the Middle East peace process, frozen since the Jewish state's devastating war on Gaza.

PTV News: 2 days ago
Talking to reporters in Washington US state department spokesman Philip Crowley confirmed that the talks had started under the mediation of US Middle East envoy George Mitchell. The talks mark the first time the Palestinians and Israelis have come ... ...read article

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira said the Norway government was investing in different sectors in Pakistan.

PTV News: 2 days ago
Speaking at luncheon he hosted for Norwegian ambassador, he said the Norwegian government respected all religions and its people had complete freedom to celebrate their religious ceremonies, adding that government of Norway was also providing funds ... ...read article

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