our correspondent
LAHORE: Six newly-elected independent MNAs from Fata met PML-N President Nawaz Sharif at his Raiwind residence on Monday and announced joining the party.
The MNAs expressed their complete faith in the policies of the PML-N. They assured their ...
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Muhammad Anis
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Monday said the nation withstood the threat of terrorism and defied the unfounded dictates of an insignificant and misguided minority by actively participating in the general ...
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Faizan Bangash
LAHORE: President Asif Ali Zardari said on Monday the PPP fell victim to a national (local) and international conspiracy in the recent general elections and its mandate was still being hijacked in Sindh.
Addressing a crowded meeting of his ...
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Khalid Iqbal
RAWALPINDI: The Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) No 1, Rawalpindi, Judge Chaudhry Habib-ur-Rehman, on Monday granted bail to former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf in ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto’s assassination case. The bail was granted ...
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Ansar Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: The incumbent controversial NAB Chairman Admiral (retd) Fasih Bukhari would not be acceptable to the upcoming PML-N government, which would oppose his appointment in the apex court that has already issued a few contempt notices to the ...
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Mehtab Haider
ISLAMABAD: The Nawaz Sharif government will seriously consider importing 1,000MW electricity from India as part of its short to medium term strategy to end loadshedding.
On an immediate basis, different options are under consideration at ...
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ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Admiral (retd) Faseeh Bukhari said on Monday that corruption cannot be eliminated from the country unless the system was reformed.
He said without correcting the system the ...
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ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari promulgated on Monday an ordinance to regulate and implement Surveying and Mapping standards in the country and to enable Survey of Pakistan (SoP) effectively assume its role of National Mapping Organisation. ...
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ISLAMABAD: Pervez Khattak, PTI’s nominated chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) said the provincial government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) would make the province corruption free and peaceful. It will focus on the stability of ...
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ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force, Air Chief Marshal, Tahir Rafique Butt, who is on an official visit to Saudi Arabia, called on Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, who is also ...
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Murtaza Ali Shah
LONDON: The increasingly bitter fight between the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insfaaf (PTI) and the London-based Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain has arrived in London and there is every sign that it might get out of control — a kind of ...
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Shaheen Sehbai
DUBAI: President Asif Ali Zardari, like any typical old-fashioned hypocritical politician, has blamed the international establishment, the local establishment, the terrorists and every body else for the PPP defeat in the polls.
He forgot to ...
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Khalid Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: The government is all set to release Rs22.50 billion today (Tuesday) to increase electricity generation to a reasonable level with a view to reducing the crippling loadshedding to four-five hours only for 10 days.
The Finance Ministry ...
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Waseem Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: The Senate standing committee on National Regulations and Services is meeting tomorrow to finalise the controversial drug pricing mechanism that may result in a massive increase in prices of some medicines in the country.
According to ...
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ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Arif Nizami on Monday said he personally believed the caretaker government should take notice of MQM chief Altaf Hussain’s statement.
Talking to media persons after ...
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khawaja Muhammad Asif challenged the appointments and transfers on key government posts during the caretaker set-up in the Supreme Court on Monday.
The PML-N leader, in his petition filed in ...
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Mushtaq Paracha
NOWSHERA: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister-designate Pervez Khattak along with the elected representatives of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) called on Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Sami (JUI-S) head Maulana Samiul Haq on Monday to seek his party’s ...
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Akhtar Amin
PESHAWAR: Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court (PHC) Dost Muhammad Khan observed on Monday that society is under a severe mental stress and people consume narcotics and toxic drugs to seek relief.
The chief justice made the observation during ...
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Riaz Khan Daudzai
PESHAWAR: People in the plain districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa continued to swelter through another day of scorching heat as most parts of the province were hit by 18 to 20 hours of both scheduled and unannounced power outages on Monday.
The ...
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our correspondent
MARDAN: Three activists of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) sustained injuries in a clash with the police during a protest demonstration here on Monday, police sources said.
The PTI activists staged protest outside the court premises when the ...
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