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Fact Box: Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV)

  Cabinet approves setting up of SPV for TAPI gas pipeline The Union Cabinet has given nod to set up the Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for the $9-billion...

February 16, 2013

Pakistan test fires Hatf-IX successfully

Pakistan successfully test fired the nuclear-capable, short range, surface-to-surface Hatf-IX tactical missile with a range of 60 km, designed to defeat all known anti-tactical missile defence systems. The...

February 12, 2013

China understates strategic importance of Gwadar

China has played down the strategic importance of a Chinese company taking control over the management of Pakistan’s Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea, stating that Beijing’s intentions...

February 6, 2013

Pakistan gives Gwadar port to China for operations

Pakistan has handed over the operations responsibility of its strategically located Gwadar port to China’s Overseas Port Holdings. Previously it was with Singapore’s PSA (Port of Singapore Authority)...

February 5, 2013

Pakistan holds “Saffron Bandit” combat exercise

The Pakistani military conducted a combat exercise “Saffron Bandit” involving fighter jets and ground troops. The exercise is being conducted against the backdrop of a elevated tensions with...

January 29, 2013

US Senators introduce Malala Yousufzai Scholarship Act

A bill in the name of Pakistani peace activist MalalaYousafzai has been introduced by two top American Senators. The legislation named ‘Malala Yousufzai Scholarship Act’ is aimed at...

January 28, 2013

Pakistan apex court orders arrest of PM

The supreme court of Pakistan has ordered the arrest of the PM, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, on the charges of corruption. The sudden announcement was made as Islamic scholar...

January 20, 2013

Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri – New face in Pakistan Politics

  Mohammad Tahir ul-Qadri is a Pakistani politician, former law professor and a Sufi scholar.He was the former professor of international constitutional law at the University of the...

January 19, 2013

India and Pakistan army hold flag meeting on LoC in Poonch

The commanders of the armies of Indian and Pakistan held a flag meeting at Chakan da Bagh in Poonch district along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir....

January 17, 2013

France honors Malala with Simone de Beauvoir Prize

France honored Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education, withSimone de Beauvoir Prize for Women’s Freedom. Malala Yousafzai was undergoing...

January 13, 2013

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