Pentagon Says Pakistan F-16 Sale Should Not Concern India -

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="Pentagon says Pakistan F-16 sale should not concern India" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-17/l_101193_113217_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="Pentagon says Pakistan F-16 sale should not concern India" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">WASHINGTON: The United States Defence Department has said that the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan should not be a cause of concern to India and that the deal takes into account the regional security situation.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> India had expressed its disappointment at the decision by the Obama administration to sell F-16 aircraft to help Pakistan in its counter terrorism operations. Pakistan has expressed its surprise over the Indian reaction to the proposed deal.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Asked at a briefing about India’s reaction to the US decision to sell aircraft to Pakistan, Pentagon Press Secretary Petro Cook said the United States look at relationship with Pakistan and that with India as a separate relationship.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> “This sale always took into account the regional security situation,” Cook told reporters on Tuesday. “We…look at our relationship with Pakistan and our relationship with India as separate relationships.”</div> </div>

Pentagon Says Pakistan F-16 Sale Should Not Concern India -

WASHINGTON: The United States Defence Department has said that the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan should not be a cause of conc...

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LNG Import From Qatar To Begin From March: MD PSO

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="LNG import from Qatar to begin from March: MD PSO" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-16/l_101156_041126_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="LNG import from Qatar to begin from March: MD PSO" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> KARACHI: Managing Director Pakistan State Oil (PSO), Sheikh Inamul Haq Tuesday announced that the import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from Qatar will begin from the first week of March.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> In a media statement, the MD PSO said Pakistan will import 400 mmcf LNG per day from Qatar.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Last week Pakistan and Qatar inked an agreement for supply of around US one billion dollars worth of LNG to Pakistan annually to help the country meet its energy shortfall.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> The agreement on Long Term LNG Sale and Purchase was signed during the visit of Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif’s two-day visit to Qatar.</div> </div>

LNG Import From Qatar To Begin From March: MD PSO

KARACHI: Managing Director Pakistan State Oil (PSO), Sheikh Inamul Haq Tuesday announced that the import of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG...

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British High Commissioner Designate For Pakistan Hosts Journalists In London

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="British High Commissioner designate for Pakistan hosts journalists in London" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-16/l_101160_040957_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="British High Commissioner designate for Pakistan hosts journalists in London" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> LONDON: The United Kingdom’s High Commissioner designate for Pakistan Thomas Drew, who is due to arrive in Islamabad later this week, spoke with Pakistani journalists in London on Tuesday. He said Pakistan is very important for England and will always remain so.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Speaking to journalists at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Drew spoke in Urdu and shared what can be achieved during his 3-year tenure as High Commissioner. He said that his relationship with Pakistan spans over a decade, when he first came to Pakistan as a political councilor at the High Commission.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Expressing his emotions, he said returning to Pakistan has energized him as he looks forward to meeting old friends and most importantly that he will be engaged in work that will be mutually beneficial for both Pakistan and Britain.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Drew said there at nearly 1.5 million Pakistani’s living in the UK. He told journalists that these Pakistanis see England as their home and that he experienced this first hand when he met with the Pakistani community in Bradford, describing the likening the relationship with British-Pakistanis to that of a family.</div> </div>

British High Commissioner Designate For Pakistan Hosts Journalists In London

LONDON: The United Kingdom’s High Commissioner designate for Pakistan Thomas Drew, who is due to arrive in Islamabad later this week, ...

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PM AJK Uttered Humiliating Words: Pervaiz Rashid

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="PM AJK uttered humiliating words: Pervaiz Rashid" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-15/l_101128_025222_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="PM AJK uttered humiliating words: Pervaiz Rashid" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Pervaiz Rashid on Monday said although the Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir uttered humiliating words against the federal ministers, the government took it with fortitude.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Speaking from the floor of National Assembly, Pervaiz Rashid said the AJK Prime Minister also used harsh words during a conversation with him on the telephone.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> “We even accepted the judicial commission formed by the government of Azad Kashmir,” he added.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Amid noisy boos from the opposition benches, the Information Minister regretted that the workers of Pakistan Muslim League-N were being arrested in Azad Kashmir.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> A worker of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) had lost his life following a clash with the activists of Pakistan Muslim League-N in AJK on Saturday.</div> </div>

PM AJK Uttered Humiliating Words: Pervaiz Rashid

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Pervaiz Rashid on Monday said although the Prime Minister of Azad Kashmi...

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Lt Gen Alam Khattak Appointed New KP Governor

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="Lt Gen Alam Khattak appointed new KP governor" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-14/l_101093_020741_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="Lt Gen Alam Khattak appointed new KP governor" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">PESHAWAR: Defence Secretary, Lt Gen (retd) Muhammad Alam Khattak has been appointed as a new Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, days after Mehtab Abbasi resigned from the position.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Sources told Geo News on Sunday that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has given the go ahead to the above decision by signing a summary for the appointment of Lt Gen (retd) Muhammad Alam Khattak as Governor KP.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Khattak had in the past served as Corps Commander Quetta and IG Frontier Corps (FC) for KP and Balochistan.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Lt Gen (retd) M Alam Khattak will step down from the post of Secretary Defence after assuming the charge of Governor KP.</div> </div>

Lt Gen Alam Khattak Appointed New KP Governor

PESHAWAR: Defence Secretary, Lt Gen (retd) Muhammad Alam Khattak has been appointed as a new Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, days afte...

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One Killed, Four Injured In PPP, PML-N Clash In Kotli -

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="One killed, four injured in PPP, PML-N clash in Kotli" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-13/l_101086_115540_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="One killed, four injured in PPP, PML-N clash in Kotli" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> KOTLI: One person was killed and four others injured in a clash between workers of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in Kotli Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK).</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> According to details, PPP workers took out a rally in connection with Bilawal Bhutto Convention and when they reached Nakyal chowk a clash erupted between PML-N and PPP activists. Both the sides freely used clubs and stones.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Police resorted to tear gas and shelling to disperse the clashing workers of both parties.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> The injured were shifted to hospital and more contingents of police were summoned to control the situation.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Meanwhile, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has strongly condemned the attack on party workers.</div> </div>

One Killed, Four Injured In PPP, PML-N Clash In Kotli -

KOTLI: One person was killed and four others injured in a clash between workers of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim L...

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India Summons US Envoy Over Sale Of F-16 To Pakistan -

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="India summons US envoy over sale of F-16 to Pakistan" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-13/l_101085_114906_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="India summons US envoy over sale of F-16 to Pakistan" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> NEW DELHI: India has expressed disappointment with the US decision to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan and summoned the US ambassador to New Delhi on Saturday to convey its ‘displeasure’.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> The US government said on Friday it had approved the sale to Pakistan of up to eight F-16 fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin Corp, radar and other equipment in a deal valued at $699 million.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which oversees foreign arms sales, said it had notified lawmakers about the possible deal.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> The agency said the F-16s would allow Pakistan's Air Force to operate in all-weather environments and at night, while improving its self-defense capability and bolstering its ability to conduct counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> India said it was disappointed with the US decision. "We disagree with their rationale that such arms transfers help to combat terrorism," Vikas Swarup, a spokesman for India's Foreign Ministry, said on Twitter.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> India media reported that Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar summoned US Ambassador Richard Verma to convey India’s “displeasure”</div> </div>

India Summons US Envoy Over Sale Of F-16 To Pakistan -

NEW DELHI: India has expressed disappointment with the US decision to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan and summoned the US ambassado...

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Arrest Warrants Issued For Sindh Education Sec Fazlullah Pechuho

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="Arrest warrants issued for Sindh education sec Fazlullah Pechuho" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-12/l_101064_011215_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="Arrest warrants issued for Sindh education sec Fazlullah Pechuho" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">KARACHI: An anti-corruption court in Karachi issued arrest warrants for Secretary Education & Literacy Sindh, Dr Fazlullah Pechuho Friday for not appearing before the court in a case pertaining to corruption and misuse of authority in his department.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Headmaster Mohammad Mithal had filed a plea against Pechuho at the anti-corruption court. However, failing to appear in person and responding to several written notices, the court issued warrants for the Sindh secretary’s arrest today.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Meanwahile, Dr Fazlullah Pechuho has said that he was not aware any such warrants, adding that he was ready to appear before the court if he was ordered to do so.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> It may be mentioned that the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had initiated crackdown in the Sindh education department upon evidence of huge financial misappropriation.</div> </div>

Arrest Warrants Issued For Sindh Education Sec Fazlullah Pechuho

KARACHI: An anti-corruption court in Karachi issued arrest warrants for Secretary Education & Literacy Sindh, Dr Fazlullah Pechuho...

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TTP Commander Among 34 Suspects Arrested In Kohat

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="TTP commander among 34 suspects arrested in Kohat" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-12/l_101060_105451_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="TTP commander among 34 suspects arrested in Kohat" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> KOHAT: Law enforcement agencies and police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa arrested nearly three dozen suspects on Friday including a Taliban commander and facilitators.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> According to sources, police and agencies launched a joint operation near the Kohat bypass road and the surrounding areas and detained six terrorist facilitators among 33 suspects including Afghan nationals.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Kohat police and intelligence agencies also arrested Dilawar Khan aka Mufti, a commander of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The government of Pakistan had announced a reward (head money) of Rs 1 million for Dilawar Khan.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> According to DPO Kohat, Dilawar was wanted for his involvement in multiple bomb attacks and terror activites.</div> </div>

TTP Commander Among 34 Suspects Arrested In Kohat

KOHAT: Law enforcement agencies and police in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa arrested nearly three dozen suspects on Friday including a Taliban co...

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LNG Tanker Explodes After Collision, At Least 9 Dead, 15 Injured

<img alt="LNG tanker explodes after collision, at least 9 dead, 15 injured" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-10/l_101007_065357_updates.jpg" style="width: 100%;" title="LNG tanker explodes after collision, at least 9 dead, 15 injured" /><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><b>NANKANA SAHIB: A horrific road accident on Wednesday morning claimed at least nine lives and left 15 injured.</b></span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> A tanker carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) exploded after it collided with a parked car on Manawala road; the explosion and resulting fireball engulfed vehicles in the blast radius killing nine people including three students on their way to school while leaving 15 injured. Multiple vehicles were also destroyed as a result of the explosion.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> According to latest updates, 12 injured were shifted in critical condition to the Allied Hospital in Faisalabad.</div>

LNG Tanker Explodes After Collision, At Least 9 Dead, 15 Injured

NANKANA SAHIB: A horrific road accident on Wednesday morning claimed at least nine lives and left 15 injured. A tanker carrying liquef...

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PM Departs For Qatar On 2-day Official Visit

<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <img alt="PM departs for Qatar on 2-day official visit" height="358" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-10/l_101008_070344_updates.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <b>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif left for Qatar Wednesday morning on a 2-day official visit.</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> The prime minister is visiting Qatar on the invitation of Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> The prime minister is accompanied by a high level delegation.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> During the visit, the Prime Minister Sharif will hold meetings with the Emir of Qatar and key members of Qatari cabinet; the prime minister is also going to ink a number of Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs).</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> The two sides will also hold wide ranging delegation level talks.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> MOUs in the offing</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> A number of Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) in the field of health, radio, television, education, research and a long term sale purchase agreement (SPA) of LNG would be concluded by both sides, read a foreign office press.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> The main focus of the Prime Minister’s is to further enhance bilateral relations in various fields including energy, cooperation, trade and investment, defence as well as increasing employment opportunities for the Pakistani workforce in Qatar.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> The Emir of the State of Qatar had paid a landmark visit to Pakistan on 23-24 March 2015.</div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> Qatar hosts more than 115,000 Pakistanis who have been contributing towards the development and prosperity of the country and act as a bridge between the peoples of two brotherly countries.</div> <br />

PM Departs For Qatar On 2-day Official Visit

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif left for Qatar Wednesday morning on a 2-day official visit. The prime minister is visiting Qatar...

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Army Aviation’s Training Jet Crashes In Gujranwala; Two Pilots Martyred

<br /> <div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <img alt="Army aviation’s training jet crashes in Gujranwala; two pilots martyred" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-09/l_100998_012352_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 1265px;" title="Army aviation’s training jet crashes in Gujranwala; two pilots martyred" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">RAWALPINDI: A training jet of Pakistan Army Aviation has crashed here leaving both the instructor and the trainee pilot martyred, military officials said on Tuesday.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> A statement issued by the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that Instructor Pilot Major Azhar and his trainee Captain Ahmed were martyred in the crash.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> “Army aviation training aircraft mushaq crashed near Gujranwala while on routine training flight. Maj Azhar instructor Pilot and capt ahmed trainee pilot embraced shahadat,” said the statement.</div> </div> <span style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: "lato" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">- See more at: http://www.geo.tv/latest/100998-Army-aviations-training-jet-crashes-in-Gujranwala-two-pilots-martyred#sthash.tHQdXJ8V.dpuf</span>

Army Aviation’s Training Jet Crashes In Gujranwala; Two Pilots Martyred

RAWALPINDI: A training jet of Pakistan Army Aviation has crashed here leaving both the instructor and the trainee pilot martyred, mil...

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Kazakhstan’s Gen Zhasuzakov, COAS Discuss Defence Cooperation

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <img alt="Kazakhstan’s Gen Zhasuzakov, COAS discuss defence cooperation" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-09/l_100999_014005_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 1517px;" title="Kazakhstan’s Gen Zhasuzakov, COAS discuss defence cooperation" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">RAWALPINDI: Kazakhstan’s first deputy defence minister and its Chief of General Staff of Armed forces, Colonel General Saken Zhasuzakov called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif at GHQ here on Tuesday.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> According to a statement issued by the Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR), matters of mutual professional interest and defence cooperation were discussed during the meeting.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> The visiting dignitary lauded the achievements of Pakistan Army in fight against terrorism, it added.</div> </div>

Kazakhstan’s Gen Zhasuzakov, COAS Discuss Defence Cooperation

RAWALPINDI: Kazakhstan’s first deputy defence minister and its Chief of General Staff of Armed forces, Colonel General Saken Zhasuzako...

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<br /> <div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <img alt="Kazakhstan’s Gen Zhasuzakov, COAS discuss defence cooperation" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-09/l_100999_014005_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 1517px;" title="Kazakhstan’s Gen Zhasuzakov, COAS discuss defence cooperation" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">RAWALPINDI: Kazakhstan’s first deputy defence minister and its Chief of General Staff of Armed forces, Colonel General Saken Zhasuzakov called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif at GHQ here on Tuesday.</strong></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> According to a statement issued by the Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR), matters of mutual professional interest and defence cooperation were discussed during the meeting.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> The visiting dignitary lauded the achievements of Pakistan Army in fight against terrorism, it added.</div> </div> <br />

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Queen Of Netherlands To Arrive Islamabad On Tuesday

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <img alt="Queen of Netherlands to arrive Islamabad on Tuesday" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-08/l_100955_024012_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 1286.56px;" title="Queen of Netherlands to arrive Islamabad on Tuesday" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> ISLAMABAD: Queen Maxima of the Netherlands will arrive here on Tuesday on a three-day visit, Foreign Office said Monday.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> During her visit, the Queen will meet President Mamonn Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif besides other engagements with a range of stakeholders from the public and private sectors.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> PM Nawaz had met the Queen on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2016.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> Inclusive Finance for Development is one of the key priorities of the Government of Pakistan’s economic development policies, the Foreign Office said.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> Pakistan has taken a number of important measures in recent years including the launch of the National Financial Inclusion Strategy (NFIS) in order to promote the key objectives of financial inclusion.</div> </div> <br />

Queen Of Netherlands To Arrive Islamabad On Tuesday

ISLAMABAD: Queen Maxima of the Netherlands will arrive here on Tuesday on a three-day visit, Foreign Office said Monday. During her ...

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JAC Suggests Punjab CM, Interior Minister As Government Negotiators

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <img alt="JAC suggests Punjab CM, Interior Minister as government negotiators" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-08/l_100952_111250_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 1952.44px;" title="JAC suggests Punjab CM, Interior Minister as government negotiators" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <b>KARACHI: Pakistan International Airline (PIA) Joint Action Committee (JAC) Chairman Captain Suhail Baloch says they are ready for negotiations with the government.</b></div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> Addressing a press conference in Karachi on Monday the JAC chairman asked the prime minister to nominate a negotiator that he trusts and himself nominated Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to represent the government in the negotiations.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> Rally Cancelled</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> The JAC chairman also said that the planned rally to march on Jinnah Terminal now stands cancelled after the safe return of the missing employees.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> Four employees, Hidayatullah, Mansoor, Zameer Chandio and Saifullah went missing during a protest demonstration on the 2nd of February.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 10px;"> The missing employees were dropped off the men at Nagan Chowrangi late on Sunday night.</div> </div> <br />

JAC Suggests Punjab CM, Interior Minister As Government Negotiators

KARACHI: Pakistan International Airline (PIA) Joint Action Committee (JAC) Chairman Captain Suhail Baloch says they are ready for nego...

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PIA Operations Remain Suspended For Fifth Day, Passengers In Limbo

<div class="entry-thumb" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"> <img alt="PIA operations remain suspended for fifth day, passengers in limbo" class="attachment-large wp-post-image" src="http://www.geo.tv/assets/uploads/updates/2016-02-06/l_100914_071052_updates.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle; width: 840px;" title="PIA operations remain suspended for fifth day, passengers in limbo" /></div> <div class="post_content_div entry-content entry-full-content clearfix" itemprop="text" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #606060; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> </div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> KARACHI: A late night meeting between the Privatization Commission Chairman Zubair Umar and the PIA Joint Action Committee ended without a solution on Friday night, with Umar demanding that flight operations be restored first while the JAC wants their demands to be met before anything else.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Meanwhile, Flight operations for the national carrier remains suspended for a fifth day with the greatest loss being borne by paying passengers who have also resorted to protesting at various airports.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Operations remain suspended at all PIA offices including ticketing counters across the country.</div> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 15px;"> Pilots ready to fly</div> </div>

PIA Operations Remain Suspended For Fifth Day, Passengers In Limbo

KARACHI: A late night meeting between the Privatization Commission Chairman Zubair Umar and the PIA Joint Action Committee ended witho...

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