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2 judges opt out of contempt case bench
ISLAMABAD, June 3: A reconstituted three-member bench of the Supreme Court will hear a case against alleged derogatory remarks made by some lawyers about rulers, the military and senior judges during...
Provinces’ share in subvention, grants slashed
q ISLAMABAD, June 3: The centre has drastically curtailed the share of provinces in grants and subventions to Rs10.254 billion in the first nine months of the current fiscal year....
PTI gives 90 days to UK for Altaf probe
LONDON, June 3: Imran Khan’s Tehrik-i-Insaf (TI) has given the UK government 90 days to investigate what it called the ‘illegal’ activities orchestrated in Pakistan by MQM’s Altaf Hussain,...
Budget on 9th
ISLAMABAD, June 3: The federal budget for the 2007-08 year will be presented in the National Assembly on June 9 (Saturday), an official statement said on Sunday....
PML-N asks govt how and where $63bn was spent
ISLAMABAD, June 3: The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) has sought details about how and where the hefty amount of $63 billion injected into Pakistan’s economy after the 9/11 has been spent....
Elections likely on Jan 15, says Afgan
ISLAMABAD, June 3: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Sher Afgan Niazi has said that the assemblies will complete their tenure on Nov 15, after which an interim set-up will be put in place....
Somali PM escapes ‘Al Qaeda attack’: Suicide blast in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, June 3: Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi escaped a deadly suicide car-bomb attack on his Mogadishu compound on Sunday that he said was an Al Qaeda operation aimed at destabilising his war-scarred country....
Results of talks encouraging, says Pranab
NEW DELHI, June 3: Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee has described the results of talks with Pakistan as encouraging....
82 die in Lanka fighting
COLOMBO, June 3: Eighty-two combatants were killed as the Tamil Tigers destroyed army bases in northern Sri Lanka on Sunday....
Airport plot suspects not linked to Al Qaeda: FBI
NEW YORK, June 3: Four men from the Caribbean have been charged with plotting to blow up fuel tanks, terminal buildings and the web of fuel lines running beneath Kennedy International Airport....
Gates sees progress in Afghanistan
KABUL, June 3: Despite a rise in insurgent violence this spring, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Sunday he was convinced that American and Nato forces were making steady progress against the Taliban....
Dhaka court jails three leaders for corruption
DHAKA, June 3: A Bangladesh court sent three political leaders, including former ministers, to jail and held another in custody for further interrogation on Sunday on charges of corruption and misuse of power, said court officials....
BD govt chief collapses at function
DHAKA, June 3: Fakhruddin Ahmed, head of Bangladesh’s army-backed interim government, fell sick and collapsed during a state function outside the capital on Sunday, officials said....
Blair to meet Muslim leaders
LONDON, June 3: Prime Minister Tony Blair will meet Muslim leaders from all over the world at a two-day conference on Islam, being hosted by the University of Cambridge from Monday....
Five drown in Dadu canal
DADU, June 3: Five people belonging to two families drowned when a car skidded into canal near the Masoo Sahar village, about 50 kilometres from here, on Sunday....
Seven BNP-M leaders detained
QUETTA, June 3: Police detained seven leaders of Balochistan National Party (Mengal) for several hours on Sunday but the party held a public meeting in Nushki and vowed to continue its struggle for national rights of the Baloch people....
MOGADISHU, June 3: Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi escaped a deadly suicide car-bomb attack on his Mogadishu compound on Sunday that he said was an Al Qaeda operation aimed at destabilising his war-scarred country....
