Jamali not forced to quit: President - Decision made by PML in national interest
ISLAMABAD, June 30: President Pervez Musharraf has said that former prime minister Mir Zafarullah Jamali was not pressured to resign and it was the internal decision of the Pakistan Muslim League that he should go."I never got involved in the party (PML) affairs. I did not ask Mr Jamali to step down and he resigned after holding detailed consultations with party leadership," the president said while talking to a group of reporters here on Wednesday.
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Shujaat wins vote of confidence: 'New era begins, tomorrow will be better'
 ISLAMABAD, June 30: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain won a vote of confidence in the National Assembly on Wednesday hours after being sworn in for a short , interim period that he said he would use to give a comprehensive policy to solve people's problems and implement President Pervez Musharraf's policies.
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Shujaat chairs cabinet meeting
ISLAMABAD, June 30: Prime Minister Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain chaired the first meeting of the newly sworn-in federal cabinet on Wednesday evening. The prime minister thanked his cabinet colleagues for the trust and confidence they reposed in him....
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27-member cabinet takes oath
ISLAMABAD, June 30: Pakistan Muslim League President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain was sworn in as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan by President Pervez Musharraf here on Wednesday....
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Rashid accuses MMA of double standards: Developing national consensus
ISLAMABAD, June 30: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed accused the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Wednesday for practising 'double standards' by not keeping the promises the alliance had made....
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SC wants Asif's case decided in three weeks
ISLAMABAD, June 30: The Supreme Court on Wednesday set a three- week deadline for the Rawalpindi Bench of the Lahore High Court to decide an appeal of jailed PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari in the Pakistan Steel Mills corruption reference....
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NA appeals for hostage's release
ISLAMABAD, June 30: The National Assembly on Wednesday unanimously appealed to the Iraqi authorities, ulema and influential persons to play their role in seeking the safe release of Pakistani national Amjad Hafeez made hostage by militants in Iraq....
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Tribesmen allow army posts in Shakai
WANA, June 30: Four tribes have allowed the army troops to set up permanent posts in Shakai, in the South Waziristan tribal region. The agreement was reached between the four tribes and administrator Asmatullah Khan Gandapur on Wednesday at a jirga in Wana...
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Jihadi outfit suspected in Karachi rocket attack
KARACHI, June 30: Police said on Wednesday they suspected involvement of a jihadi organization in a rocket attack on a marriage lawn in the city on Monday....
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POL prices unchanged
KARACHI, May 30: The prices of motor gasoline, HOBC, kerosene oil and light diesel remained unchanged for the second fortnight, according to an announcement...
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Congressmen act to stop immigrant's deportation
WASHINGTON, June 30: Twenty members of the US Congress have sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security to save a Pakistani immigrant from a certain deportation....
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US airports told to monitor Pakistanis
WASHINGTON, June 30: The US Department of Homeland Security has alerted six major airports in the United States to carefully monitor all travellers of Pakistani origin, including US citizens....
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Six officers among 14 Pakistanis killed
ISLAMABAD, June 30: Fourteen Pakistani peacekeepers were killed when their helicopter crashed in Sierra Leone on Tuesday during a UN peacekeeping operation....
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Jamal Abro passes away
KARACHI, June 30: Veteran Sindhi short story writer Jamal Abro died here on Wednesday night. He was 80. He made rich contributions to the Sindhi short story....
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Flexibility needed on Kashmir, says envoy
NEW DELHI, June 30: Pakistan's ambassador to India said on Wednesday that both countries needed to show "flexibility" to find a solution to the Kashmir dispute....
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India not to reduce troops: minister - LoC fencing almost complete
SRINAGAR, June 30: Fencing along the 742-kilometre Line of Control (LoC) is almost complete but India's troop strength in the Himalayan state will not be reduced, India's defence minister said on Wednesday....
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Saddam taken to court, faces death sentence
BAGHDAD, June 30: Saddam Hussein appeared before an Iraqi judge on Wednesday as Iraq's newly sovereign government took the first step towards bringing him to justice - and a possible death penalty - for 35 years of killing and torture....
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Night curfew clamped on Najaf
NAJAF, June 30: Iraqi police imposed a curfew in the holy city of Najaf from Wednesday after a patrol clashed with fighters loyal to religious leader Moqtada al-Sadr....
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Guantanamo inmates may be moved to US
WASHINGTON, June 30: US officials may move hundreds of prisoners from a base in Cuba to facilities within the United States after Supreme Court's rulings that granted military detainees access to US courts, the Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday....
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Top Saudi Al Qaeda leader killed
RIYADH, June 30: Saudi police killed a top spiritual guide for the Saudi wing of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda network during a shootout in Riyadh on Wednesday, security sources said....
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