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Military top brass backs Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, June 1: Amid growing opposition to his policies, especially his move to suspend Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary, President Gen Pervez Musharraf received full support from the army at a conference of corps commanders here on Friday....
Forum needed to review SJC rulings: Ramday
ISLAMABAD, June 1: Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, heading a 13-member larger bench of the Supreme Court hearing identical petitions challenging the filing of a reference against the chief justice, on Friday...
SHC issues notices to Altaf, Arbab
KARACHI, June 1: The Sindh High Court on Friday issued notices to MQM chief Altaf Hussain, Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Rahim, Home Affairs Adviser Waseem Akhtar and seven others in two contempt applications, and set July 3 for hearing....
NAB case in PIA plane lease scam
KARACHI, June 1: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) filed on Friday a reference against Cyrus Minwala, general sales manager of the Cathay Pacific, and two other people, including a former director...
Macroeconomic targets revised
ISLAMABAD, June 1: The government has revised some of the major macroeconomic targets for the current financial year mainly because of poor performance in key sectors of the national economy in the first 10 months of the year, official documents suggest....
Rs72bn revenue collected in oil and gas sector
ISLAMABAD, June 1: The government collected a revenue of more than Rs72 billion in the oil and gas sector in nine months of the current fiscal year, which is much higher than the target of Rs48 billion for the whole year....
Iran hopes to finalise IPI deal by 30th
TEHRAN, June 1: Iran, India and Pakistan have narrowed their differences over a planned $7 billion natural gas pipeline in talks in Tehran this week, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying on Friday....
Kashmir blasts, gunbattles claim 11 lives
SRINAGAR, June 1: Three policemen and eight suspected Kashmiri militants were killed in explosions and gunbattles across Indian-occupied Kashmir, police said on Friday, as violence rose with the onset of summer in the region....
Extremism has no place in Islam: Kaaba Imam
ISLAMABAD, June 1: Imam-i-Kaaba Al Sheikh Abdur Rehman Al Sudais on Friday called upon Muslims to shun sectarianism and extremism because these traits had no place in Islam....
Man hurt in hospital explosion
LANDI KOTAL (Khyber Agency), June 1: An employee of the Agency Headquarters Hospital was slightly injured when an explosive device placed in front of the office of the hospital’s medical superintendent went off on Friday....
Bomb injures banker in Bannu
ISLAMABAD, June 1: A bomb injured a bank manager in Bannu on Friday, police said. Mohammed Rafiq, a local police official, said that the manager of the Agriculture Bank of Pakistan,...
Rocket damages FC fort gate
QUETTA, June 1: A rocket, fired by some unknown people from mountains in the Naushki town, landed near the gate of the Frontier Corps Fort on Friday, causing some damage to it, police sources said....
Relatives of missing Indian soldiers visit Pakistan
NEW DELHI, June 1: A number of relatives of Indian soldiers alleged to have been taken as POWs by Pakistan in the 1971 war, began a tour of Pakistan on Friday...
US considering long-term stay in Iraq: Gates
HONOLULU, June 1: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday the United States was looking to a long-term military presence in Iraq under a mutually agreed arrangement similar to the one it has long had with South Korea....
Thousands gather to hear speech by Dadullah’s brother
KILLI NALAI, June 1: More than 10,000 Taliban supporters rallied in a village in Balochistan near the Afghan border on Friday to hear a tape by the brother of slain Tali-ban commander Mullah Dadullah....
Lanka move irks India
COLOMBO, June 1: India has resented Sri Lanka’s move to turn to Pakistan and China for its military requirements to fight the war against Tamil Tigers....
Pope stresses religious freedom
VATICAN CITY, June 1: Pope Benedict XVI stressed the importance of protecting religious freedom on Friday as he greeted Pakistan''s new ambassador to the Vatican. “A robust democratic society depends on...
Protest rally in Turbat
QUETTA, June 1: Hundreds of people affected by the Mirani dam project staged a demonstration in Turbat town on Friday against delay in payment of compensation....
PIA raises domestic fares by 10pc
ISLAMABAD, June 1: Pakistan International Airlines on Friday increased fares on domestic routes by 10 per cent. A PIA official told Dawn that the fare increase would be applicable from June...
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SRINAGAR, June 1: Three policemen and eight suspected Kashmiri militants were killed in explosions and gunbattles across Indian-occupied Kashmir, police said on Friday, as violence rose with the onset of summer in the region....
VATICAN CITY, June 1: Pope Benedict XVI stressed the importance of protecting religious freedom on Friday as he greeted Pakistan''s new ambassador to the Vatican. “A robust democratic society depends on...
