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Deep fissures in PML over Karachi killings
ISLAMABAD, May 22: Some senior members of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League asked the government on Tuesday to take immediate steps to resolve the judicial crisis, conduct a judicial inquiry into...
Quitting govt among three MQM options
LONDON: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement could make a clean break from the ruling coalition and sit on the opposition benches or it could take the less drastic route of withdrawing its...
Tamizuddin case haunts CJ hearing
ISLAMABAD, May 22: Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, heading a 13-member larger bench hearing identical petitions challenging a reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, on Tuesday prayed that its judgment on...
3 Uzbeks among 4 killed in Waziristan
MIRAMSHAH, May 22: Security forces clashed with militants in Zakerkhel village of North Waziristan on Tuesday, killing three foreigners and one tribesman, officials said....
Italian minister stresses rule of law, fair polls
ISLAMABAD, May 22: In a clear message to the government, the visiting Italian Deputy Prime Minister and foreign minister Mr Massimo D’Alema on Tuesday expressed the hope that the rule of...
Lal Masjid raid ruled out
ISLAMABAD, May 22: Interior Ministry spokesman Brigadier Javed Iqbal Cheema on Tuesday said the government had no intention to conduct any operation against Lal Masjid militants....
S. Lanka win
ABU DHABI, May 22: World Cup finalists Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 115 runs here on Tuesday in their third and final One Day International....
Development budget may be raised by 26pc
ISLAMABAD, May 22: The Annual Plan Coordination Committee (APCC) on Tuesday firmed up a Rs549 billion development budget for next year, which includes Rs35 billion for the rehabilitation of earthquake-hit areas....
G8 invites Kasuri, Spanta for talks
KABUL, May 22: The G8 nations have called the Afghan and Pakistani foreign ministers to talks next week amid concern about deteriorating security in their countries, the German foreign minister said on Tuesday....
Govt told to abide by extradition law: Rashid Rauf’s case
ISLAMABAD, May 22: Justice Abdul Shakoor Paracha of the Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court has directed the interior ministry and the Foreign Office to strictly abide by the extradition...
US ambassador
WASHINGTON, May 22: US President George W. Bush has picked a new US ambassador to Pakistan, the White House said on Tuesday. Mr Bush will nominate Anne Patterson, an assistant secretary...
Singh cites Pakistan policy as a success
NEW DELHI, May 22: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh entered the fourth year of his coalition rule on Tuesday, flaunting a list of achievements at home and abroad, among them the government’s Pakistan policy....
Pakistani among 5 killed in Ankara explosion
ANKARA, May 22: A suspected bomb blast ripped through a commercial district in the Turkish capital Ankara during evening rush-hour on Tuesday, killing five people and injuring at least 60 more....
Nine of a family die of suffocation
LARKANA, May 22: Nine members of a family were overcome by smoke and died when their house was gutted by a fire caused by an electrical short circuit....
4 hurt in India blasts
LUCKNOW, May 22: At least four people were injured in three bomb blasts which went off in rapid succession in the northern Indian city of Gorakhpur on Tuesday, officials said....
Man freed from illegal custody
PESHAWAR, May 22: The supervisor of a religious school, Qari Subhanullah, was released on Monday, allegedly after having been kept in the illegal custody by an intelligence agency for more than four months....
Two killed in Hub blast
Quetta, May 22: Two people were killed and three others injured when a powerful bomb went off in the industrial area of Hub on Tuesday night....
Rally held against Karachi killings
ISLAMABAD, May 22: The Islami Jamiat Talba (IJT) here on Tuesday held a protest rally to condemn the Karachi killings of May 12....
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MIRAMSHAH, May 22: Security forces clashed with militants in Zakerkhel village of North Waziristan on Tuesday, killing three foreigners and one tribesman, officials said....
ISLAMABAD, May 22: In a clear message to the government, the visiting Italian Deputy Prime Minister and foreign minister Mr Massimo D’Alema on Tuesday expressed the hope that the rule of...
ANKARA, May 22: A suspected bomb blast ripped through a commercial district in the Turkish capital Ankara during evening rush-hour on Tuesday, killing five people and injuring at least 60 more....
