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Friday, December 18, 2009
By our correspondent
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif on Thursday disposed of a habeas corpus petition against detention and possible extradition to the US of five US nationals arrested from Sargodha on charges of planning to fight against the US forces in Afghanistan.
The chief justice, however, directed the authorities concerned not to extradite the detenues without the court permission. The petitioner, Khalid Khawaja, the president of the Defence of Human Rights, and his counsel, Tariq Asad, did not appear in the court.
An additional advocate general informed the court that the case was not habeas corpus, since all the five accused were on physical remand and being interrogated by police. He said he could not provide any assurance to the court that the accused would not be extradited to the US. The chief justice directed the authorities not to hand over the accused to the US without the court’s permission.
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Kabul not to allow proxy wars on its soil: Karzai
By Asim Yasin
ISLAMABAD: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has assured Pakistan that Afghanistan will not allow its territory to be used against Pakistan and other countries.
“If there is any information about any country more |
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Control over natural resources Provinces-Centre row settled
By our correspondent
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SC orders closure of all police torture cells
By Sohail Khan
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Reforms package to be tabled during current NA session
By our correspondent
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No compromise over judicial matters: CJ
By Jamal Khurshid
KARACHI: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said on Thursday the country could not run without the rule of law and the Constitution.
“All matters shall be decided in accordance with the Constitutio more |
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Zardari, Gilani discuss 18th Amendment package
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: As the government intends to present the 18th Amendment package to repeal the dictatorial amendments from the Constitution during the ongoing session of parliament, President Asif Ali Zardari and Pri more |
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Nisar threatens to boycott unscheduled NA session
By Muhammad Anis
ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday strongly criticised the government for summoning an unscheduled session of the National Assembly, threatening boy more |
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Four die in botched suicide attack on FC convoy in Peshawar
By Javed Aziz Khan
PESHAWAR: Four persons were killed and 21 others sustained injuries in an explosion, suspected to be a failed suicide attack on a convoy of the Frontier Corps (FC) in Bajri Bazaar near the Bara Qadeem police ch more |
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US House rejects Afghan pullout
WASHINGTON: The House of Representatives has roundly defeated a resolution demanding President Barack Obama withdraw all the US forces from Afghanistan, in a key election-year test for his war strategy.
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Gilani summons crucial meeting on circular debt today
By Khalid Mustafa
ISLAMABAD: Taking cognisance of the fast deteriorating energy outlook because of the crucial issue of debt, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has convened on Friday an important meeting of top men of the M more |
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PML-Q female MNA demands plots for MPs
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has said that he would allow allotment of plots to parliamentarians if a consensus is reached among members of both the houses on this issue.
He was react more |
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Pak-Afghan joint declaration
By our correspondent
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan on Thursday reaffirmed to build enduring ties by consolidating neighbourly relations and respect each other’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.
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LG polls PHC admits identical petitions
By Ghulam Dastageer
PESHAWAR: A division bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC) Thursday admitted for a full hearing two identical petitions of Local Council Association (LCA), NWFP, and put the attorney general of Pakistan, NWFP more |
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Afghan soldiers unlikely to get training in Pakistan
By Mariana Baabar
ISLAMABAD: The General Headquarters in Rawalpindi maintained a stony silence as their aspirations to have Afghan soldiers trained by the Pakistan Army appeared to have been politely turned down by President Ham more |
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SC hears NAB version on Swiss cases today
By Ansar Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: Despite the lapse of almost three months, the government has yet to fully honour the SC’s judgment on the NRO — the issue that will be taken up by the apex court here on Friday.
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Donors agree to let Pakistan jack up power tariff subsidy
By Mehtab Haider
ISLAMABAD: Multilateral creditors, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), have agreed in principle to let Islamabad jack up power tariff subsi more |
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Maulvi Faqir says he is alive
By Mushtaq Yusufzai
PESHAWAR: Proving the government’s claim wrong, Taliban leader in Bajaur tribal region and deputy head of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Maulvi Faqir Mohammad finally surfaced and approached the med more |
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Mixed HR record in Pakistan: US
WASHINGTON: The United States reported on Thursday that the US-backed governments in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq had mixed results in protecting human rights in 2009.
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PHF fires coaches, selectors
By Khalid Hussain
KARACHI: In a face-saving measure, the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) on Thursday sacked the national team management and dissolved the selection c more |
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