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Punjab backs Sindh govt, bars Imran from leaving Lahore
LAHORE, May 27: After the government of Sindh barred Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chief Imran Khan from entering the province for one month, its counterpart in Punjab barred the cricketer-turned politician on Sunday...
NA body seeks to expose elements behind KSE crash
ISLAMABAD, May 27: Members of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Finance have told the committee chairman that it will be unwise to close the chapter of the March 2005 stock market crash by referring the issue to the parliament....
Kasuri, Pranab likely to discuss Singh’s visit
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD, May 27: The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan are to hold bilateral discussions, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh''s pending visit to Islamabad, on the sidelines of a two-day Asia-Europe meeting starting in Hamburg on Monday, official sources said....
Van blast kills security guard in Quetta
QUETTA, May 27: A security guard of a private company was killed and another was seriously injured when a powerful bomb planted in a van exploded in the parking lot of...
Zakat programme flawed: ADB
ISLAMABAD, May 27: The Asian Development Bank has found serious flaws in the Zakat distribution programme and termed it politicised and vague with poor implementation procedures and no accountability or monitoring system....
PM’s advice to Benazir, Nawaz
WASHINGTON, May 27: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz urged his two predecessors — Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif — on Sunday to consult their legal advisers before returning to Pakistan to participate in the next elections....
MMA caravan reaches Gujranwala
GUJRANWALA, May 27: The “Tahaffuz-i-Pakistan Caravan” of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, which had started from Rawalpindi, was warmly welcomed by MNA Qazi Hameedullah, MMA’s district president Bilal Qudrat Butt and other leaders on reaching Gujranwala on Sunday night....
47 held for entering Iran illegally
DALBANDIN, May 27: Border security forces of Iran on Sunday arrested 47 Pakistanis for illegally crossing the border and handed them over to the Taftan Levies Force, sources in the levies force said....
Durrani urges SC to take notice of ‘violation’
ISLAMABAD, May 27: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Ali Durrani on Sunday requested the Supreme Court to take notice of what he called violation of its instructions during the...
‘India unlikely to reduce Kashmir troops’
SRINAGAR, May 27: India is unlikely to reduce the number of troops in occupied Kashmir immediately, the state chief minister said on Sunday, citing a recent surge in violence in the Himalayan region....
Accord with Ukraine
ISLAMABAD, May 27: Pakistan and Ukraine on Sunday signed a protocol of intent to cooperate in the oil and gas sector in Kiev....
Direct talks between US, Iran today
BAGHDAD, May 27: American and Iranian officials will hold rare talks in Baghdad on Monday to discuss security in Iraq....
Pakistani warship in Kuwait
KUWAIT CITY, May 27: Pakistan’s Navy warship “Shahjahan” arrived here on Sunday on a goodwill trip. It will remain here for five days....
Pir Pagara calls on Musharraf
KARACHI, May 27: Pir Saheb Pagara, who is also the chief of the PML-F, called on President Pervez Musharraf at the Army House here on Sunday....
Sri Lanka violence claims eight lives
COLOMBO, May 27: At least eight persons were killed on Sunday, military sources said as violence continued in the northeast....
Taliban release three Afghan hostages
KANDAHAR, May 27: Taliban militants have freed three Afghans abducted with two French colleagues nearly two months ago, their aid group and a spokesman for the extremist movement said on Sunday....
Four Pakistanis jailed for life
KUWAIT CITY, May 27: Kuwait’s criminal court has sentenced four Pakistanis to life imprisonment for smuggling more than 36kg heroin into the country....
LAHORE, May 27: After the government of Sindh barred Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chief Imran Khan from entering the province for one month, its counterpart in Punjab barred the cricketer-turned politician on Sunday...
