ICT magazine

ISLAMABAD – Chairing first meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Federal Cabinet after Shaukat Tarin’s resignation, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday gave political colour to the state of economy as against the ground realities.An official statement quoted the ...

KFOR commander Markus Bentler says that the NATO-led mission will not interfere in the political processes in Kosovo. According to a Tanjug news agency report today, the German general pointed out that KFOR was impartial and that, according to UN SC Resolution 1244, its duty was to secure a safe ...

The working group for developing a new law on the financing of political parties will begin working on Monday. “The idea is for the law to be passed before the new elections, and we expect that it will be on the parliamentary agenda by October,” Justice Ministry State Secretary Slobodan ...

A new wave of political violence has erupted in Pakistan's financial capital Karachi, killing at least 37 activists from rival parties in the last five days, police officials said Wednesday. The Awami National Party (ANP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), which have a history of bitter

FM Vuk Jeremić says Stjepan Mesić’s threat against the Bosnian Serb entity, RS, “represents yet another obvious provocation attempt”. “This case should be closed. It is yet another of Mesić's apparent attempts at provocation,” Jeremić said.

More and more regional parties that support the government in parliament are showing opposition to the proposed decentralization plan, a daily writes. After the Sandžak parties of Rasim Ljajić and Sulejman Ugljanin opposed the “inefficient and false” regionalization, the Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians (SVM) and Together for Šumadija parties have ...

Labor Minister Rasim Ljajić believes that the government will agree to make all Sandžak municipalities a part of one statistical region. He stated that this was not a political but technical issue which could the jeopardize survival of ruling coalition.

The parties of Serbia's ruling coalition are hailing the EU decision to unblock the Interim Trade Agreement (ITA). At the same time, some opposition parties are minimizing the importance of the move.

Obama is planning to "shame" the big banks who are not agreeing to modify mortgages.This is a repeat of Bernanke's play book ... scold the giant banks for failing to lend, but then give them a pat on the back and a wink.As Robert Reich points out:Shame...

KARACHI – President Asif Ali Zardari, who is also the co-chairman of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), has said that the Parliament, Opposition and Establishment do not want to see the present democratic system derailed, as it is the right of the elected government ...

Can playing rhythmic backbone in a band that includes the dueling egos of Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon prepare someone to hold public office? So far, the British voting public has not found this to be the case. In 2007 and 2008, ...

Four policemen have been arrested for allegedly blackmailing the Governor of Lazio in the latest political sex scandal to rock Italy. A video reportedly showing Piero Marrazzo in an encounter with a transsexual is at the center of the case.

President Hamid Karzai’s chief political rival on Wednesday agreed to take part in the 7th November runoff election, setting the stage for a high-stakes showdown in the face of Taliban threats and approaching winter snows. Ex-Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah made his comment to reporters one day after Karzai bowed to ...

The political crisis in Afghanistan that has been marred by possible rigging, come to a point of being pressured by the International community with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pushed for a word from the Afghan President Hamid Karzai on further situation on Tuesday. As a UN-backed panel threw ...

A Kosovo and Metohija Political Forum has been established in Gračanica, whose political goal is to unite the Kosovo Serbs. The forum has elected as its chairman Momčilo Trajković, the leader of the now defunct Serb Resistance Movement in Kosovo.

A Kosovo and Metohija Political Forum has been established in Gračanica, whose political goal is to unite the Kosovo Serbs. The forum has elected as its chairman Momčilo Trajković, the leader of the now defunct Serb Resistance Movement in Kosovo.

DSS leader Vojislav Koštunica has announced the creation of a new political block bringing together the national opposition, NGOs and all who care about Serbia. “The Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) cannot cooperate with those who lost the country's southern province and are now calling into question its northern province, ...

Barack Obama faces a major test in the weeks ahead as polls show fading public support for his two priorities - health care reform and the war in Afghanistan. Health care reform remains President Obama's top domestic priority.

Top Democrats and Republicans united on Friday to pay tribute to Senator Edward Kennedy, the powerful liberal from America's pre-eminent political dynasty whose death has been treated like the passing of royalty. Dignitaries from both sides of the political aisle and overseas attended

The prime minister's political career is the latest casualty of the upsurge in violenceLIKE a hormonal teenager, Iraqi politics evolves in spurts. Just take these past weeks. The insurgency has revived, culminating in a series of audacious and bloody attacks in the heart of Baghdad. And that has turned the ...