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SC won’t bother about consequences: Ramday
ISLAMABAD, May 28: Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, heading a 13-member bench of the Supreme Court hearing identical petitions challenging the presidential reference against Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, said on Monday...
Growth rate better than last year’s 6.6pc, claims Aziz
ISLAMABAD, May 28: A rather low per capita income and manufacturing output marred an otherwise good 7.02 per cent growth rate in national economy — a fraction above the 7 per...
Justice Javed takes oath as ACJ
ISLAMABAD, May 28: Justice Javed Iqbal, who took oath as the acting chief justice of the Supreme Court on Monday, has said nobody can pressurise judges....
Seven blasts rock Quetta; train track damaged
QUETTA, May 28: The main railway line linking Quetta with the rest of the country was disabled as seven bomb explosions shook the Balochistan capital on Monday....
Ijaz warns PML against deal with PPP
ISLAMBAD, May 28: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Ijazul Haq said here on Monday that he would part ways with the Pakistan Muslim League if it entered into a power-sharing deal with the Pakistan People’s Party....
NA body to monitor FBI probe into insider trading
ISLAMABAD, May 28: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Finance will keep an eye on the findings of an FBI team which has reportedly arrived here to probe a possible connection...
SBP asked to cooperate in scam probe
ISLAMABAD, May 28: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Monday said he had directed the State Bank of Pakistan and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan to cooperate with any agency...
HRCP assails ban on Imran
KARACHI, May 28: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on Monday condemned the orders of the Sindh government banning Imran Khan, head of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf, from entering Sindh for one month....
Altaf asks supporters to end protests
KARACHI, May 28: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain on Monday appealed to party workers to stop holding demonstrations against ‘provocative statements’ of a political leader and to remove graffiti against him....
US, Iran end diplomatic freeze
BAGHDAD, May 28: The United States and Iran broke a 27-year diplomatic freeze on Monday with a four-hour meeting about Iraqi security. The American envoy said there was broad policy...
Scandal-tainted Japanese minister commits suicide
TOKYO, May 28: A scandal-tainted minister in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe''s cabinet committed suicide on Monday, compounding problems for the Japanese leader whose support has slumped ahead of a July election....
Car blast in Baghdad market area: 21 dead
BAGHDAD, May 28: A suicide car bomber struck a busy Baghdad commercial district on Monday, killing at least 21 people, setting cars on fire and damaging a nearby shrine, police and hospital officials said....
Former BD home minister arrested
DHAKA, May 28: Bangladesh’s most recent home minister Lutfozzaman Babar was arrested on Monday by police and armed forces as part of the emergency government’s corruption crackdown, officials said....
‘Same-sex’ couple sentenced to 3 years in jail
LAHORE, May 28: The Lahore High Court on Monday sentenced a transgender couple to three years in jail on charges of perjury. Announcing the judgment in a jampacked courtroom, Justice...
Joint efforts for uplift of Muslim world urged
KUALA LUMPUR, May 28: Malaysia, Indonesia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Pakistan challenged Islamic countries on Monday to work together to create a new ‘golden age’ to liberate Muslims from poverty, conflict and extremism....
66 deportees arrive from Turkey
ISLAMABAD, May 28: A batch of 66 Pakistani illegal immigrants deported by the Turkish authorities arrived here on Monday, official sources said. However, several thousands illegal immigrants taken to Turkey by...
Blast in Thailand kills four
HAT YAI (Thailand): An explosion at a busy market in southern Thailand on Monday killed four people and wounded 23, officials said, a day after blasts hit a popular tourist town in the restive region....
TANK/BANNU, May 28: Militants shot dead a senior official of the Frontier Constabulary in Tank city and a suicide car bomber killed two paramilitary soldiers in Boltonabad area, hours after police...
BAGHDAD, May 28: The United States and Iran broke a 27-year diplomatic freeze on Monday with a four-hour meeting about Iraqi security. The American envoy said there was broad policy...
TOKYO, May 28: A scandal-tainted minister in Prime Minister Shinzo Abe''s cabinet committed suicide on Monday, compounding problems for the Japanese leader whose support has slumped ahead of a July election....
