Everything you need to know about Awan: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Awan: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) Firdous Ashiq Awan, a former Pakistani minister, Saturday withdrew from the electoral fray, a media report said.
Sydney, Apr. 18 (ANI): A woman in Australia has been charged for racially abusing two passengers in a train that led to outrage among others.
Karachi, April 12 (ANI): At least 216 women were burnt alive in Pakistan last year, the founder of the Madadgaar National Helpline, Zia Ahmed Awan, has claimed.
Islamabad, Feb 22 (ANI): Lawyers for Pakistan's Human Rights and Legal Aid (LHRLA) have released a report on violence against women, stating that as many as 1,109 women failed to safeguard their lives and became murder victims during 2012.
Islamabad, Dec 29 (IANS) Pakistan Saturday decided to reopen video-sharing website YouTube, which was blocked in September following the release of a movie termed blasphemous to Islam, an official said.
Islamabad, Dec 27 (IANS) A private steel mill owner has been sentenced to one year jail for electricity theft, said a media report.
Islamabad, Nov 16 (IANS) Pakistan which had banned popular video?sharing website YouTube following the release of a film that allegedly insulted Islam, will lift the ban next month, an official said.
Islamabad, Nov. 16 (ANI): Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) chairman Farooq Awan has said that video sharing website Youtube may be unblocked in Pakistan within 20 days.
Rawalpindi, Nov. 4 (ANI): The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has requested the anti-terrorism court to conduct proceedings in the Mumbai attacks case on a day-to-day basis.
Islamabad, Oct 3 (IANS) This could well be a new record. The top post at Islamabad's Capital Development Authority (CDA) saw three changes within 24 hours.
London, Sep 30 (IANS) An illegal immigrant has turned an embarrassment for the Pakistan high commission in Britain after running away from his flat before British officials could reach him.
London, Sept. 30 (ANI): An illegal Pakistani immigrant, who was granted a passport by his country's envoy to Britain, has disappeared ahead of a Border Agency raid.
Islamabad, Sep 30 (IANS) The Pakistan Supreme Court has issued notices to several legislators, including Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik, directing them to appear before the court in the dual nationality case.
Islamabad, Sep 20 (IANS) Pakistani parliamentarians holding dual nationality were disqualified by the Supreme Court Thursday.
Karachi, Sept. 13 (ANI): The inquiry committee formed to probe the garment factory fire in Karachi has termed the incident as "deliberate criminal negligence".
Karachi, Sept. 6 (ANI): More than 136 children who went missing from Pakistan in the first six months of 2012, still remain untraced. Authorities have managed to locate only five children so far, a report released by the Madadgaar National Helpline has said.
Islamabad, July 31 (ANI): Two Pakistani journalists were beaten up by Islamabad police for having soft drinks during the daytime in the month of Ramzan.
Islamabad, July 21 (IANS) At least 26 people, including six children and a polio eradication worker with the World Health Organisation (WHO), were killed in separate attacks launched by militants across Pakistan.
Islamabad, June 3 (IANS) A German organisation will help set up an academy for prosecutors with international trainers in Pakistan's Punjab province.
Islamabad, May 1 (IANS) A nine-member bench of the Pakistani Supreme Court will hear Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's appeal in the case in which he has been convicted for contempt of court.
Islamabad, April 26 (IANS) In fresh trouble for Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, the Supreme Court Thursday convicted him for contempt of court for refusing to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, prompting the opposition to demand his ouster.
Islamabad, April 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was Thursday convicted for contempt of court and awarded a symbolic sentence of about 30 seconds by the Supreme Court, prompting shrill calls from the opposition for his ouster.
Islamabad, Apr 26 (ANI): Experts in Pakistan said Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani stands instantly disqualified both as a MNA and as Prime Minister, for "ridiculing the judiciary by flouting its judgments and making a mockery in public meetings", which falls under an independent Article 63(1)(g), and disqualifies any member of Parliament who commits this crime.
Pakistan's Supreme Court Thursday morning convicted Pak Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani for contempt of court for refusing to reopen cases of money laundering against President Zardari and sentenced him to a symbolic "till the rising of the court", sparing him a jail term.................
Islamabad, Apr 26 (ANI): Pakistan Federal Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan on Thursday, said Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani would file an appeal against the verdict of the Supreme Court (SC) in the contempt of court case.
Islamabad, Apr 26 (ANI): The Pakistan Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday found Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani guilty of contempt of court for refusing to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, but gave him only a symbolic sentence which lasted for 30 seconds.
Islamabad, April 26 (IANS) A petition would be filed in the Supreme Court for a review of its verdict against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, whom the apex court convicted Thursday for contempt of court, said a minister.
Islamabad, April 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who was convicted Thursday for contempt of court, described the ruling as inappropriate.
Islamabad, Apr 17(ANI): The Pakistan Supreme Court has advised suspects in the Benazir Bhutto murder case, including Interior Minister Rehman Malik, to step down from public office to enable an independent probe into the issue.
Islamabad, March 25 (IANS) Pakistani opposition parties have vowed to block every move by the government to restore NATO supplies to Afghanistan.
Islamabad, Mar 15(ANI): Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said the immunity of the president is constitutional and can only be withdrawn by the nation's parliament.
Islamabad, Mar 11 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said there could be a reshuffling in the Federal Cabinet after the Senate elections.
Islamabad, Mar 11 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said there could be a reshuffling in the Federal Cabinet after the Senate elections.
Islamabad, Mar 8 (ANI): The Pakistan Supreme Court has ordered that former Law Minister Babar Awan will be indicted on contempt of court charges on March 20.
Islamabad, Mar 8 (ANI): The Pakistan Supreme Court has ordered that former Law Minister Babar Awan will be indicted on contempt of court charges on March 20.
Islamabad, Mar 7 (ANI): Pakistan Cabinet and Defence Secretary Nargis Sethi is poised to testify before the Supreme Court today (Wednesday) when its seven-member bench resumes the hearing of a contempt of court case against Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.
Islamabad, Mar 6 (ANI): Punjab Police have opposed the registration of a second FIR in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case.
Islamabad, Mar 6 (ANI): Punjab Police have opposed the registration of a second FIR in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case.
Islamabad, Feb 28 (ANI): The Pakistan Supreme Court has adjourned the hearing of the contempt of court case against Prime Minister Gilani till March 07, summoning Nargis Sethi as witness in the case.
Islamabad, Feb 21 (ANI): Former Pakistan Law Minister Babar Awan's lawyer has urged the Supreme Court to overlook his client's media jibe as parents spare an act of an errant child.
Islamabad, Feb 21 (ANI): Former Pakistan Law Minister Babar Awan's lawyer has urged the Supreme Court to overlook his client's media jibe as parents spare an act of an errant child.
Islamabad, Feb 21 (ANI): Former Pakistan Law Minister Babar Awan's lawyer has urged the Supreme Court to overlook his client's media jibe as parents spare an act of an errant child.
Islamabad, Feb 18 (ANI): Pakistan Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that NATO supply lines had not yet been restored and that only shipments of books for Afghan children had been released on the request of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Islamabad, Feb 18 (ANI): Pakistan Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said that NATO supply lines had not yet been restored and that only shipments of books for Afghan children had been released on the request of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Islamabad, Feb 1(ANI): The Pakistan Supreme Court has called for an independent probe into former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's murder, which it termed as being serious in nature.
Islamabad, Feb 1(ANI): Officials of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) incurred a 9.4 million rupee expenditure in undertaking 49 official overseas visits from March 2008 to February 2011.
Islamabad, Feb 1(ANI): Officials of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) incurred a 9.4 million rupee expenditure in undertaking 49 official overseas visits from March 2008 to February 2011.
Islamabad, Feb 1(ANI): The Pakistan Supreme Court has called for an independent probe into former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's murder, which it termed as being serious in nature.
London, Jan 28 (ANI): A Pakistani family of five reportedly broke "every rule in the book" to exploit Britain's lax immigration controls and defraud taxpayers out of thousands.
London, Jan 28 (ANI): A Pakistani family of five reportedly broke "every rule in the book" to exploit Britain's lax immigration controls and defraud taxpayers out of thousands.
London, Jan 21(ANI): A senior Al Qaeda commander killed last week had been living for four years in Manchester and was plotting to launch attacks on the West.
Washington, Jan 20 (ANI): A senior operations organiser of the al Qaeda was among those killed in one of two US drone strikes launched against targets inside Pakistan last week, a US official has said.
Washington, Jan 20 (ANI): A senior operations organiser of the al Qaeda was among those killed in one of two US drone strikes launched against targets inside Pakistan last week, a US official has said.
Islamabad, Jan 17 (ANI): Pakistan's Supreme Court has temporarily suspended the legal licence of former minister Babar Awan for not submitting a reply in a contempt case against him.
Islamabad, Jan 17 (ANI): Pakistan's Supreme Court has temporarily suspended the legal licence of former minister Babar Awan for not submitting a reply in a contempt case against him.
Islamabad, Jan 7(ANI): A Pakistan People's Party member, Afzal Nadeem Chan has accused Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and the Military Intelligence (MI) of meddling in Balochistan's affairs.
Lahore, Dec 18(ANI): Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Senator Dr Babar Awan has demanded commissions to probe Siachen, Kargil and East Pakistan issues.
Islamabad, Dec 8(ANI): Pakistan People's Party (PPP) member and former law minister Babar Awan has said rumours circulating against the country's government do not need any discussion or response.
Islamabad, Dec 3 (ANI): The Pakistan parliamentary committee on national security has endorsed the cabinet's decision to boycott a crucial conference in Bonn, Germany on the future of Afghanistan in protest against the death of Pakistani soldiers in a NATO aerial attack.
Islamabad, Nov 26 (ANI): Senior Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leaders and a number of ministers have decided not to reopen cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, after meeting the latter last night.
Islamabad, Nov 25 (ANI): Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was never interested in the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) otherwise she would not have supported the lawyers' movement.
Islamabad, Nov 25 (ANI): Pakistan Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has sternly said that her country will not entertain or take any sort of dictation over its gas import from Iran.
Islamabad, Nov 21(ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) member Omer Cheema has offered Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Rana Sanaullah to buy Imran Khan's house at 1.2 billion rupees, which is just one percent of the value claimed by the PML leader.
Islamabad, Nov 15(ANI): Pakistan Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has said former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had written his political obituary by resigning as member of the National Assembly(MNA) and quitting the Pakistan People's Party (PPP).
Islamabad, Oct 29(ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Information Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan and Senator Babar Awan have warned the Sharif brothers to refrain from character assassination of the President Asif Ali Zardari, and said that he would quit only after the completion of his five-year term.
Islamabad, Oct 20(ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif should be obliged to the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leadership for making possible his return from exile, Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan has said.
Islamabad, Oct 2(ANI): Pakistan has dismissed the allegations levelled by Afghanistan, that Afghan High Peace Council leader Burhanuddin Rabbani's assassination was planned in Quetta, as false and 'baseless'.
Islamabad, Sept 22(ANI): The Pakistan Cabinet has given a green signal for starting negotiations with India for signing a customs cooperation agreement for facilitating trade.
Karachi, Sept 21(ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt has won a crucial round of politics against two former captains, Shahid Afridi and Javed Miandad.
Lahore, Sept 20(ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has announced the formation of a 'coordination and strategy cell' to help control infectious diseases and vectors.
Islamabad, Sept 19(ANI): The United Nations and Pakistan Government have appealed for 357 million dollars in foreign aid to help over seven million people affected by floods in Sindh province.ver 342 people have been killed and 633 injured in Sindh floods.
Islamabad, Sep 5(ANI): Pakistan Information Minister Firdaus Ashiq Awan has said both China and Pakistan are working in close collaboration to ensure peace in the region, and that both countries had devised a mechanism for intelligence- sharing to target terrorism and extremism.
Urumqi, Sept 2(ANI): China's news media and its Central Asian counterparts, including Pakistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, have vowed to fulfil the role of news and media in promoting peace and development in the region.
Islamabad, August 31(ANI): The Pakistan Government will not constitute any judicial commission to probe the allegations levelled by former Sindh minister Zulfiqar Mirza against the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan has said.
Islamabad, August 25(ANI): The Pakistan Government has said that army intervention to restore peace in Karachi would weaken the democratic dispensation in the country, and that those calling for it had their own ulterior motives.
Islamabad, July 30 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the country's artists were an asset and the government was seeking their views to help devise a policy to project Pakistan's soft image to the world and fight extremism and terrorism.
Lahore, July 27 (ANI): The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has threatened to take 'direct action' against the Pakistan People's Party-led federal government for violating superior courts' verdicts.
Islamabad, July 9(ANI): Pakistan has warned that its cooperation in the US-led war on Al-Qaeda is at risk due to top US military official Admiral Mike Mullen's statement, in which he had accused the Pakistan Government of having "sanctioned" the murder of journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad.
Lahore, July 2(ANI): In yet another blatant U-turn by the Pakistan Government, Information Minister Firdous Aashiq Awan has contradicted Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar's statements that Pakistan had asked the United States to vacate the Shamsi air base.
Lahore, July 2(ANI): In yet another blatant U-turn by the Pakistan Government, Information Minister Firdous Aashiq Awan has contradicted Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar's statements that Pakistan had asked the United States to vacate the Shamsi air base.
Islamabad, June 24(ANI): Former Pakistan Law Minister Babar Awan has asked the Sharif brothers, the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and Punjab province's Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, to tell why they fled the country twice, saying the state is like a mother, and every sincere son cannot leave his mother alone in a critical situation.
Lahore, June 19(ANI): In another security lapse in less than a month, two criminal gangs attacked each other with sharp-edged weapons in a Pakistan courtroom, besides trying to assault a judge and hold him hostage.
Islamabad, June 14(ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) has threatened to take legal action if the notification for the nomination for Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri as Leader of Opposition in the Senate is not suspended.
Islamabad, June 4 (ANI): An independent commission has been constituted to probe the gruesome murder of the Pakistani journalist Saleem Shehzad, Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan has said.
Islamabad, May 30 (ANI): Pakistan People's Party (PPP) member Babar Awan has said the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) should show political maturity as the country is passing through difficult times.
Islamabad, May 28(ANI): Pakistan has "clearly communicated" to the United States that their bilateral relations would suffer if the US did not end its deadly drone campaign inside the country.
Dubai, May 13(ANI): Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, who is currently in self-exile from Pakistan, has announced he will return home by March 23 next year, and said that he would contest the next general elections from all four provinces of the country.
Islamabad, May 5(ANI): Bombarded with questions about Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's lengthy presence in Abbottabad, Pakistan has hit back at the United States, reminding it of the 'making' of the world's most wanted terrorist.
Islamabad, April 22(ANI): The Pakistan Government has failed to provide information to the National Assembly on the number of visas issued to Americans over the last three years by the Pakistan Embassy in Washington.
Islamabad, April 20(ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik, who is also the Pakistan Hockey Federation's patron, is keen to resume the hockey series between India and Pakistan.
Lahore, Apr 18(ANI): Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leaders have supported former Law Minister Babar Awan's decision to resign from his post in order to plead the retrial case of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Islamabad, April 13(ANI): Pakistan's Law Minister Babar Awan has presented his resignation to the Supreme Court in order to plead the retrial case of former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
Lahore, April 12(ANI): The Lahore High Court has granted a week's time to the Pakistan Interior Ministry to submit its reply on the mysterious disappearance of the legal heirs of the January 27 Raymond Davis shootout victims.
Islamabad, Apr. 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has presented a sum of Rs.one million each to each member of Pakistan's World Cup squad that managed to reach the semi-final of event inspite of not playing regular international fixtures since March 2009.
Islamabad, April 7(ANI): The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has directed the police to release a suspect allegedly involved in the assassination of former Minorities Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti.
Islamabad, April 6(ANI): The Pakistan Government will formally write to Britain for former military ruler Pervez Musharraf's extradition in connection with the Benazir Bhutto assassination case only if the court directed so, Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan has said.
Islamabad, Apr 4(ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that the reopening of the Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto case was aimed at rectifying a historical wrong.
Islamabad, April 2(ANI): The reopening of the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto case will strengthen Pakistan's judiciary, Law Minister Babar Awan has said.
Islamabad, April 2(ANI): The elder brother of Faheem Shamshad, one of the two Pakistani men shot dead by CIA contractor Raymond Davis on January 27, has dismissed speculations that his family was forced to accept 'blood money' and forgive Davis, thus paving way for the release of the US national.
Islamabad, April 1(ANI): The Pakistan Government has termed the Mohali meeting between Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and his Indian counterpart Dr Manmohan Singh as a new opening for both countries to settle their outstanding disputes through dialogue.
