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New Punjab governor sworn in
LAHORE: Salmaan Taseer was sworn in as the 27th Governor of the Punjab in a ceremony boycotted by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) here on Friday. The Lahore High Court Chief Justice, Syed Zahid Hussain.....more |
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Pakistan protests US strike in Bajaur
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army lodged a formal protest on Friday to “allied forces” in Afghanistan over a suspected US missile strike this week that killed 14 people in Bajaur Agency.
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Troop pullout from South Waziristan begins
WANA: The withdrawal of the security forces has started from areas of Spain Kai, Ghazai and Kot Kai in South Waziristan.
Confirming the reports of the pullout of the security forces on Friday, the politi.....more |
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Minus Nawaz formula can earn PPP 2/3rd majority
ISLAMABAD: Thinking of new political alignments, power circles in Islamabad are engaged in fresh calculations to provide two-thirds majority for the government by cobbling together a PPP and PML-Q alliance.
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PM, Zardari visit ISI headquarters
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani along with PPP Co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari on Friday visited the ISI headquarters where they were briefed on the internal and external security issues.
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Judges’ return likely before budget: Naek
ISLAMABAD: Law Minister Farooq H Naek on Friday said parliament would decide the issue of the judges before the next budget.
Talking to newsmen here, the minister said a joint session of parliament would.....more |
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Senior officers reshuffled
ISLAMABAD: The PPP government has announced the promotion and transfers of several senior officers at the federal level while notifications of retirement of three officers have also been issued.
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Altaf asks political leaders to avoid confrontation
LONDON: Muttahida Qaumi Movement Quaid Altaf Hussain has said it is time that all leaders take very seriously the extremely delicate situation of the country. Altaf said the ground realities are showing that o.....more |
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More prisoners swapped in South Waziristan
PESHAWAR/TANK: Undeterred by the Damadola attack in Bajaur, the government and Baitullah Mahsud-led militants continued the peace process by swapping prisoners while the Pakistan army troops started withdrawal .....more |
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Bajaur attack draws widespread condemnation
PESHAWAR: Different political parties, civil society activists and student organizations Friday staged protest demonstrations in the provincial metropolis and elsewhere in the Frontier province to condemn the m.....more |
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DG APP sacked
ISLAMABAD: Can a federal minister revoke the orders of a prime minister? Well, if former director general APP Rai Riaz Hussain is to be believed, this is exactly what has happened.
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Budget 08-09 to see 20pc rise in number of taxpayers
ISLAMABAD: Federal budget 2008-09 will envisage 20 per cent increase in the number of taxpayers and an increase in the tax-to-GDP ratio will also be witnessed, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Abdullah Y.....more |
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CM Secretariat enhances ties with PML-Q forward bloc
LAHORE: The Chief Minister Secretariat has enhanced ties with the PML-Q forward bloc parliamentarians who are seen visiting it frequently these days.
The administration at the Secretariat has started fo.....more |
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US-Pak ties should move to long-term partnership: Haqqani
WASHINGTON: The US-Pakistan relations have been about security but now it needs to become a strategic partnership, incoming ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani emphasised in an interview with The Was.....more |
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Spurious drugs, quackery won’t be tolerated, warns Sherry
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Health Sherry Rehman said on Friday the government would not let counterfeit drug manufacturers and quackery to play with the health and lives of the innocent people.
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Local Taliban pledge to stick to peace process
PESHAWAR: The local Taliban on Friday vowed to carry on with the peace process with the government as Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar condemned the air strikes by the US pla.....more |
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Saudi Arabia slightly increases oil output as Bush visits
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced a modest increase in oil output on Friday after an appeal from visiting President George W Bush but the news did little to douse oil prices that hit a new record earlier in the da.....more |
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Price-hike to push many below poverty line, warns WB
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has warned that the rising food and POL prices could result into falling millions of people below the poverty line in developing countries, including Pakistan, and there is urgent need.....more |
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‘US to give aid for judicial reforms’
ISLAMABAD: The United States would provide financial assistance for implementation of the judicial reforms being conceived by Pakistan's ministry of law and justice, US ambassador to Pakistan Anne W Patterson s.....more |
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Minimum deterrence vital for regional peace: Gilani
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said the government was committed to maintaining a minimum credible deterrence through conventional and strategic capabilities as Pakistan had a major.....more |
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Geo TV case not on SC cause list for next week
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has not included the Geo Television case in the final cause list commencing from next week, adjourning it for date in the office.
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Talib killed in encounter with kidnappers
KALAYA: A Talib was killed and another suffered serious injuries when they clashed with alleged kidnappers in Ghundaki area of Orakzai Agency on Friday. Sources said local Taliban challenged the alleged anti-s.....more |
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Indian police see BD hand in Jaipur blasts
JAIPUR: Police probing bombings in western India said on Friday new evidence pointed increasingly towards the Indian Islamists backed by a Bangladeshi militant group as being behind the blasts.
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Afghan soldier among six killed
KANDAHAR: An Afghan soldier was killed and two Nato troops injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up near a military patrol in southern Afghanistan on Friday, officials said.
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PML-Q legal experts ready to help coalition: Mushahid
ISLAMABAD: PML-Q Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Syed on Friday offered cooperation of his party's legal experts to the ruling coalition for the restoration of the deposed judges. "We pray and hope that the.....more |
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PBC to announce long march date today
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) would announce on Saturday the date for holding the long march on the federal capital. The council would formally invite PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif to join the march.....more |
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Militants behead soldier to avenge US strike
KHAR: The body of a soldier, kidnapped from the area a week ago, was found near Pusht Bazaar in Bajaur Agency on Friday. He was identified as Aftab Gul of Bajaur Scouts. Elders of Salarzai tribe formed a Jirga,.....more |
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Prayer leader shot dead in Swat
MINGORA: Masked assailants on Friday killed the prayer leader (Imam) of a local mosque in Dhero area of Kabal sub-division in the restive Swat valley on Friday. Sources said Maulana Qayyum Zaman was preparing f.....more |
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