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Pakistanis among 56 killed in Nato sweep
KABUL, May 1: A Nato-led offensive in a restive southern Afghanistan district killed up to 56 militants, including some Pakistani nationals, on its first day, an Afghan commander said on Tuesday....
Team to visit Kabul for talks with Karzai: Sherpao
MANSEHRA, May 1: Federal Interior Minister Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said on Tuesday that a high-level Pakistani delegation would leave for Afghanistan on May 3 to discuss with President Hamid Karzai...
Govt attorney in missing persons’ case resigns
ISLAMABAD, May 1: Deputy Attorney General Chaudhry Afrasiab Khan, who represented the government in the Supreme Court in the missing persons’ case, resigned on Tuesday, on the eve of the Supreme...
Wapda doubles duration of loadshedding
LAHORE, May 1: With mercury rising to the mid-40s and the country’s power deficit widening to 1,500MW, the Water and Power Development Authority has doubled the duration for loadshedding throughout the country....
EU committee endorses Kashmir report
LONDON, May 1: Baroness Emma Nicholson’s draft report on Kashmir became an official document after the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Union endorsed the amendments by 60 votes to 1 in Brussels....
PM optimistic about achieving MDGs
ISLAMABAD, May 1: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday expressed optimism about Pakistan’s capability to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially the ones related to the health sector....
Pakistan one of 10 worst countries for press freedom
NEW YORK, May 1: The top 10 worst countries for press freedom are Ethiopia, Gambia, Russia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cuba, Pakistan, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Morocco and Thailand, a US-based media watchdog said on Tuesday....
Protests planned outside apex court today
ISLAMABAD, May 1: The stage is set for another day of protests by lawyers and different political and civil society organisations outside the Supreme Court building here on Wednesday when Chief...
Differences on IPI project narrowed down
NEW DELHI, May 1: Progress has been made in narrowing down differences between Pakistan and India over charges to be paid by India to Islamabad for allowing Iranian gas to be...
7/7 survivors call for independent probe
LONDON, May 1: Survivors of the London suicide bombings in 2005 led new calls on Tuesday for an independent inquiry into the blasts after freshly disclosed details showed intelligence agents knew the men were plotting an attack....
Turkish court annuls presidential vote
ANKARA, May 1: Turkey''s highest court on Tuesday annulled a parliamentary vote that elected the Islamic ruling party''s candidate as president, following a challenge by the secular opposition....
Labourer sets himself on fire
ISLAMABAD, May 1: A labourer set himself ablaze on May Day in protest against alleged bad treatment by his employers and poor living conditions, police said on Tuesday....
Al Qaeda leader in Iraq ‘killed’
BAGHDAD, May 1: Iraqi forces were investigating reports that leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, had been killed in a clash between feuding armed factions, officials said on Tuesday....
SC orders strict check on outsiders
ISLAMABAD, May 1: The Supreme Court has directed the local administration to allow into the Supreme Court premises only people holding appropriate cards issued to attend the hearing of the reference...
Pakistani beheaded in S. Arabia
RIYADH, May 1: Saudi authorities here on Tuesday beheaded two convicts: a Pakistani man convicted of drug smuggling, and a local man who fatally shot a countryman following an argument, the Interior Ministry said....
Mukhtaran in NY for film festival
NEW YORK, May 1: Mukhtaran Mai, Pakistan''s most recognised icon of women''s struggle against tyranny of the system, arrived in New York to participate in the Tribeca Film Festival from May...
MMA plans protests outside SC
ISLAMABAD, May 1: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal has announced that it will hold a demonstration outside the Supreme Court building to express solidarity with Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry who will appear before the Supreme Judicial Council on Wednesday....
ISLAMABAD, May 1: A labourer set himself ablaze on May Day in protest against alleged bad treatment by his employers and poor living conditions, police said on Tuesday....
BAGHDAD, May 1: Iraqi forces were investigating reports that leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, had been killed in a clash between feuding armed factions, officials said on Tuesday....
