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SC reserves judgment in manhandling of CJ case
ISLAMABAD, May 8: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its judgment in the case of roughing up of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry by the hierarchy of the city administration and...
Nato chief sees ties beyond war on terror
ISLAMABAD, May 8: Pakistan and the 26-member North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) on Tuesday agreed to institutionalise a political dialogue and expand military cooperation in a bid to develop a relationship beyond the war on terror....
Full court’s day-to-day hearing from Monday
ISLAMABAD, May 8: A major legal battle is to start in the Supreme Court from Monday when a full court comprising 14 judges will commence hearing on identical petitions, including one...
Govt feigns ignorance on TV blackouts, promises probe
ISLAMABAD, May 8: The government on Tuesday feigned ignorance about who caused the private television blackouts in Karachi and some other towns in Sindh province at the weekend when Chief Justice...
Czech PM arrives
ISLAMABAD, May 8: Czech Republic Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek arrived here on Tuesday on a three-day visit....
Musharraf ‘convinced’ reference valid
ISLAMABAD, May 8: President Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday that he had sent the reference received from Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz against the Chief Justice of Pakistan to the Supreme Judicial Council after being “convinced about its validity”....
‘Khan nuclear network was beyond state control’
WASHINGTON, May 8: There’s no evidence to suggest that Pakistan allowed A.Q. Khan’s network to sell nuclear technology to fund its nuclear programme, the lead author of a dossier on the activities of the network told Dawn on Tuesday....
MMA proposes national consultative conference
ISLAMABAD, May 8: The Supreme Council of Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) on Tuesday rejected the idea of imposition of emergency floated by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and decided to propose the formation...
Big guns involved in insider trading scam
NEW YORK/KARACHI, May 8: While the prime suspect, a Pakistani banker, involved in insider trading has already appeared in the media, certain top bankers in Pakistan are filled with fear about...
India plans another major war games
NEW DELHI, May 8: India is deploying battle tanks and combat troops for the second major war games in a month along Pakistan''s borders, the military said on Tuesday....
Sino-Pakistan group gets Jordan contract
AMMAN, May 8: A consortium of Chinese-Pakistani-Jordanian companies has won a contract to build a railway aimed at relieving congestion in Amman, according to Jordanian Tranport Minister Saud Nusseirat....
Afghan senate urges talks with Taliban
KABUL, May 8: Afghanistan’s government should hold direct talks with the Taliban and other opposition forces, the Afghan senate said in a formal vote on Tuesday....
Blast in Khuzdar
QUETTA, May 8: A powerful blast rocked Khuzdar on Tuesday. Police said that the bomb had been planted under a small roadside cabin on the Khuzdar-Mashky road.....
US move to counter Al Qaeda N-threat
NEW YORK, May 8: Top American intelligence agencies are meeting at the highest level to chart a policy on American approach to nuclear deterrence in an attempt to counter the threat...
8 oil tankers destroyed
LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), May 8: A bomb blast destroyed at least eight oil tankers here on Monday night....
Six held for plotting to kill soldiers in US
NEW YORK, May 8: Six men described by US authorities as Islamic radicals have been arrested on charges of plotting to attack soldiers at the Fort Dix Army base in the...
UK govt to help victims of forced marriage
LONDON, May 8: The UK government has offered the survivors of forced marriage help to start a new life with the launch here on Tuesday of a new support network....
Protest in Sost against corruption
HUNZA, May 8: A large number of people of Hunza held a demonstration in Sost on the Pakistan-China border in protest against what they called financial corruption, mismanagement and ‘occupation’ of...
