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Govt now seeks full court: Petitions on CJ issue
ISLAMABAD, May 2: In a surprising development, the government on Wednesday requested the Supreme Court to expand the five-member bench hearing identical petitions, including that of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, into a full court....
Peace accord signed in Parachinar
PARACHINAR, May 2: Rival groups in the Kurram Agency signed a peace agreement here on Wednesday, pledging to end hostilities, officials and tribal elders announced....
Authority of SJC to restrain CJ questioned
ISLAMABAD, May 2: The counsel defending Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry in a reference before the Supreme Judicial Council on Wednesday questioned the council’s authority to restrain the chief justice or...
Faulty system poses risk even to VVIP flights, NA told
ISLAMABAD, May 2: The ministry of defence shocked the National Assembly on Wednesday with information that all was not well with the country’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) whose antiquated air traffic control system, it said, could imperil even VVIP flights....
Democrats’ bid to override veto fails; Bush seeks compromise
WASHINGTON, May 2: Republicans in the US House of Representatives thwarted a Democratic move on Wednesday to override President Bush’s veto of a congressional bill that sets a timetable for withdrawing American troops from Iraq....
President, PM discuss security situation
ISLAMABAD May 2: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday called on President Gen Pervez Musharraf and they are reported to have discussed the political, security and economic situation....
Power project in doldrums
ISLAMABAD, May 2: The $1.5 billion Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project in Azad Kashmir is in the doldrums following the inability of the government and Wapda to award contract for its construction, which...
Deal to hit struggle against dictatorship: Sharif
LAHORE, May 2: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has said he still prays PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto does not strike a deal with Gen Pervez Musharraf because such a step will...
Indian army holds big war games in Thar desert
NEW DELHI, May 2: Indian army’s ongoing manoeuvres along the border with Pakistan, said to be one of the largest held at any time, has shown that the armed forces are prepared for any eventuality, India’s army chief General J.J....
‘US seeks to curb entry of Pakistani-Britons’
NEW YORK, May 2: US officials have opened up talks with the British government on how to curb the access of British citizens of Pakistani origin to the United States, said...
US, India close to finalising nuclear deal: Menon
WASHINGTON, May 2: Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon said on Wednesday that the US and India have made "considerable progress” in resolving differences over the civilian nuclear deal reached last year....
4 Pakistanis executed in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, May 2: Saudi Arabia on Wednesday executed four Pakistanis convicted of murder and rape, the Saudi interior ministry announced....
Day curfew in D.I. Khan lifted
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, May 2: The district administration has announced to lift curfew during the day in the Dera Ismail Khan city from Thursday, officials said on Wednesday....
Altaf blames Lal Masjid for Charsadda suicide blast
KARACHI, May 2: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has blamed “religious extremists” of Lal Masjid, Jamia Hafsa and Jamia Fareedia for the suicide attack in Charsadda, saying they had threatened to carry out suicide attacks across the country....
Karzai lashes out at allies over civilian killings
KABUL, May 2: President Hamid Karzai warned on Wednesday that Afghan patience was wearing thin over the killing of civilians by Western forces hunting Taliban fighters, saying further deaths would lead to bad consequences....
Explosion suspends gas supply
QUETTA, May 2: A portion of a gas pipeline in Kharotabad suburbs of the city was damaged by an explosion and gas supply was suspended to the adjoining areas....
Headless body of Afghan ‘spy’ found
MIRAMSHAH, May 2: The headless body of an Afghan “spy” was found in the Gorwek area, about 70 km west of here on Wednesday, officials and witnesses said....
Afghan claim
ISLAMABAD, May 2: A Pakistani official rejected on Wednesday an Afghan army general’s claim that some Pakistanis were killed along with Taliban in an anti-militant operation in southern Afghanistan....
ISLAMABAD, May 2: In a surprising development, the government on Wednesday requested the Supreme Court to expand the five-member bench hearing identical petitions, including that of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, into a full court....
