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Amnesty to militants offered on surrender
QUETTA, May 10: President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday asked militants to surrender their weapons and join the development process. Addressing a public meeting in Sui, he said the government would not...
Gunmen attack Malik’s house
KARACHI, May 10: The house of Munir A. Malik, president of the Supreme Court Bar Association and a member of the panel of lawyers defending Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry in...
20km of fencing completed
ISLAMABAD, May 10: Pakistan has fenced a part of its 2,500km-long and porous border with Afghanistan to prevent incursions by militants, the army said on Thursday, despite opposition from Kabul....
Concern in NA as threat of violence looms
ISLAMABAD, May 10: The government came under pressure in the National Assembly on Thursday over what it admitted was a grave law and order problem in Karachi, with the opposition accusing...
Import of Indian cotton allowed
ISLAMABAD, May 10: Pakistan on Thursday allowed import of cotton through land route initially from India and later from Uzbekistan to meet a shortage of around three million bales the local textile industry faces this year....
No change in CJ’s Karachi plan
ISLAMABAD, May 10: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry will leave for Karachi by a Saturday morning flight to address the Sindh High Court Bar (SHCB). Justice (retd) Tariq Mehmood, the counsel...
Route of incoming rallies can’t be changed: MQM
KARACHI, May 10: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Thursday announced the timings and venue of its rally in Karachi on Saturday. However, the party dispelled an impression that its rally...
Reception camps in Karachi removed
KARACHI: Police removed late on Thursday reception camps set up by the opposition parties in connection with the rally of the Chief Justice of Pakistan in parts of the city....
Opposition accuses government of creating chaos
ISLAMABAD, May 10: The opposition in the Senate on Thursday criticised the government for what it termed a deliberate attempt to create a clash-like situation in Karachi by allowing the MQM...
Explosions damage seven music shops
MARDAN, May 10: Two explosions in a market in the Par Hoti area here on Thursday morning damaged seven music and video shops. Seven other shops were also damaged....
Blair to stand down on June 27
LONDON, May 10: After almost nine months of ambiguity, Prime Minister Tony Blair, who had led the Labour Party to three smashing victories since 1997, announced on Thursday he would stand...
Impounding of Punjab vehicles
LAHORE, May 10: Commuters faced problems as traffic police in collaboration with the Regional Transport Authority started impounding vehicles across Punjab to meet the ruling party plan of taking some 500,000 people to Islamabad for the May 12 rally....
Petitioner told to pursue case in special court
ISLAMABAD, May 10: The Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, on Thursday advised a woman petitioner, allegedly involved in a 2003 assassination attack on President Gen Pervez Musharraf, to pursue the case in the special court....
Multan crash was avoidable: report
ISLAMABAD, May 10: The crash of a Pakistan International Airlines aircraft in Multan last year was avoidable, but the crew failed to follow standard procedures, says a report prepared by the manufacturers, Fokker....
FO rejects foreign role
ISLAMABAD, May 10: Pakistan on Thursday made it amply clear that only its security forces were responsible for any military action against Al Qaeda and other militants who may have taken refuge in the tribal areas....
Seven die in Karak flood
PESHAWAR, May 10: Seven people were killed and 25 others were injured when a flash flood hit a village in Karak district on Thursday, police said....
Clarification by Senate
ISLAMABAD, May 10: Commenting on a report in Dawn’s Thursday issue, a spokesman of the Senate Secretariat said that the Senate Chairman had come to Islamabad from Lahore according to his...
Education termed key to defeating extremists
WASHINGTON, May 10: Experts have urged US lawmakers to ensure that American assistance to Pakistan is used for education and development if they want to defeat extremists in that country....
Beheaded
RIYADH, May 10: A Pakistani man was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia on Thursday after being convicted of drug trafficking. The interior ministry said that Mohammed Sadiq was executed...
Sibi rocked by blast
QUETTA, May 10: One person was injured and a house destroyed in a bomb explosion and rocket attacks in different parts of Balochistan on Thursday. Police sources said two powerful explosions occurred at brief interval in Sibi....
$1.6m Swiss aid for rebuilding
ISLAMABAD, May 10: Switzerland will provide $1.6 million to support private rural housing reconstruction programme of Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) in the earthquake affected areas of NWFP....
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Editor: Abbas Nasir
QUETTA, May 10: President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday asked militants to surrender their weapons and join the development process. Addressing a public meeting in Sui, he said the government would not...
KARACHI, May 10: The house of Munir A. Malik, president of the Supreme Court Bar Association and a member of the panel of lawyers defending Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry in...
