Javed Aziz Khan
PESHAWAR: Those elected in the May 11 general elections will meet the fate of their predecessors in the next elections if they failed to implement the court decisions, warned Chief Justice Peshawar High Court (PHC) Dost Muhammad Khan.
He was ...
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Shaheen Sehbai
DUBAI: The Nawaz-Kayani meeting will go a long way to ensure a smooth functioning of the democratic system, with complete focus on the domestic and regional security situation, a top military official said on Saturday night.
Speaking on ...
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M Waqar Bhatti
Karachi: Senior Sindh Vice President of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Zahra Shahid Hussain was killed outside her residence by two motorcyclists here in DHA in the limits of Gizri police station on Saturday.
The murder took place on the eve ...
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Muhammad Anis
ISLAMABAD: The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) has finally conveyed its demands to the PML-N to join the federal government in Islamabad asking for the chairmanship of the Kashmir Committee and two key ministries in the cabinet.
Sources in the ...
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Ahmad Hasan
ISLAMABAD: Nobody could have even imagined that the incarcerated former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf would be so powerful. The proof of that is found in certain strange events which tell that however hard his opponents may try, ...
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Ansar Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: After army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani’s meeting with Nawaz Sharif on Saturday, ISI chief Lt. Gen. Zaheerul Islam also aspires to meet the political leader and invite him to visit the ISI’s headquarters for a detailed ...
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Obaid Abrar Khan
ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) here on Saturday extended the judicial remand of former President General (retd) Pervez Musharraf for 14 days in the judges’ detention case.
As the ATC Judge Syed Kausar Abbas Zaidi was told that because ...
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KARACHI: All is set for re-polling in the 43 polling stations in Karachi’s National Assembly constituency NA-250 today (Sunday) as a security plan has been devised for re-polling.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the army has ...
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Delawar Jan
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan nominated the party’s provincial chapter president Asad Qaiser for the office of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly speaker on Saturday.
The party has already picked Pervez Khattak, central ...
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our correspondent
NOWSHERA: Chief Minister-designate Pervez Khattak saidon Saturday he would present the profiles of all the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Members Provincial Assembly to Imran Khan who would decide on assigning them the portfolios in the Khyber ...
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KABUL: The Afghan parliament on Saturday cut short a debate on a bill to protect women from violence after complaints from some traditionalist MPs that it was against Islamic teaching.
The Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW) law, which ...
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our correspondent
LAHORE: Shirazi brothers, who hail from a known political family of Thatta, Sindh, on Saturday announced joining the PML-N after a meeting with PML-N Punjab President Shahbaz Sharif. Those who joined the Nawaz League include MNA Ayaz Shah Shirazi ...
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KABUL: Motorcycle-riding gunmen assassinated a police chief in front of his house after he led an anti-Taliban campaign in western Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday.
Police Chief Abdul Ghani was leaving his driveway in his car outside ...
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Asim Yasin
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) Vice President Mir Baz Khetran on Saturday urged the Supreme Judicial Commission (SJC) to take notice of inability of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hold free, fair and ...
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our correspondent
LAHORE: British High Commissioner in Pakistan Adam Thomson on Saturday called on Pakistan Muslim League-N President Nawaz Sharif and congratulated him over his party’s victory in the recent general elections.
Online adds: According to media ...
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ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Arif Nizami on Saturday said stability of democracy and democratic institutions would be vital for economic stability and peace in the country. He said that the coming ...
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BEIJING: Pakistan is set to become the fifth Asian country to use China’s domestic satellite navigation system which was launched as a rival to the US global positioning system, a report said on Saturday.
The Beidou, or Compass, system started ...
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News Desk
TURBAT: A complete shutter down strike was observed against alleged irregularities in the polling at constituencies Kech PB-50 and Kech-cum-Gwadar NA-272.
Responding to the call of the National Party here on Saturday, all the shops, markets and ...
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our correspondent
LONDON: The MQM chief Altaf Hussain on Saturday condemned the brutal murder of the PTI leader Ms Zahra Shahid Hussain in the Defence area of Karachi.
In a statement, Altaf termed the incident as very gruesome and horrible, saying that it was ...
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our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has strongly condemned the brutal murder of PTI leader Zahra Shahid Hussain outside her house in DHA Karachi.
In a statement issued here, Imran said that he held Altaf Hussain directly ...
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our correspondent
PESHAWAR: Noted lawyer Barrister Baacha died here on Saturday and was laid to rest in the evening at his ancestral Sheikh Babar Baba Ziarat cemetery in Daag Ismail Khan village in Nowshera district.
Barrister Baacha became seriously ill a few ...
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RAWALPINDI: Three dead bodies of Shaheed soldiers were recovered from Gayari sector of Siachen on Saturday bringing the total number of bodies recovered so far to 128.
According to an ISPR Spokesman here, on April 7, 2012, 140 soldiers and ...
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