Musharraf set to win fresh term today
LAHORE, April 29: Gen Pervez Musharraf is set to hold, and win, a referendum on Tuesday amid renewed call by the ARD-APC president and the PPP leadership that the voters should...
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ARD asks people to boycott referendum: ‘Govt policies to destabilize country’
KARACHI, April 29: The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy on Monday rejected Gen Pervez Musharraf’s referendum as a farce and alleged that the country would be destabilized as the regime’s policies...
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Voters’ age-limit reduced to 18: Election in October: President
ISLAMABAD, April 29: President Gen Pervez Musharraf declared here on Monday that the elections to the national and provincial assemblies as well as the Senate will be held in October this...
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‘Border tension hits fiscal recovery’
ISLAMABAD, April 29: The deployment of troops on the border have impacted the government’s efforts to achieve further fiscal consolidation, conceded the minister for finance....
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Referendum won’t affect pledge to democracy: India will control riots, hopes FO
ISLAMABAD, April 29: The Foreign Office on Monday asserted that holding of referendum on Gen Pervez Musharraf’s term as president was Pakistan’s “internal matter” which did not alter in any way...
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Police officials led Hindu attackers: HRW report on Muslims’ massacre in Gujarat
NEW YORK, April 29: Indian Gujarat state officials were directly involved in the killing of hundreds of Muslims since Feb 27 and are now engineering a massive cover-up of the state’s...
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FO concerned at Russian role in Indian missile test
ISLAMABAD, April 29: Pakistan on Monday expressed “serious concern” at Moscow’s cooperation with New Delhi in the development of Indian missile, Brahmos....
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Musharraf’s speech disappoints Muttahida
KARACHI, April 29: The workers of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement expressed dismay on Monday over the speech of President General Pervez Musharraf in his public rally here and declared they would...
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Nine killed as Israelis invade Al Khalil
AL KHALIL, April 29: Israeli forces thrust into the West Bank city of Al Khalil on Monday, killing nine people, ahead of talks on a US plan to end Israel’s month-long...
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EC chief rules out bogus voting
ISLAMABAD, April 29: The Chief Election Commissioner has announced that all arrangements for a fair and transparent referendum have been completed....
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PPP men arrested
LAHORE, April 29: The Lahore police in a late night operation on Monday arrested over a dozen workers of People’s Party, including Dr Ziaullah Bangash, a former MNA....
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Yasin Wattoo killed in accident
LAHORE, April 29: Veteran politician and former federal minister Mian Yasin Khan Wattoo died in an accident on Multan Road in Mangamandi on Monday....
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