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Clampdown on media challenged
ISLAMABAD, June 5: A new ordinance imposing sweeping curbs on the electronic media was challenged in the Supreme Court here on Tuesday and the petition requested the court to declare it against the fundamental rights guaranteed in the Constitution....
Protesters booked in capital
ISLAMABAD: Scores of journalists, civil society representatives, lawyers and politicians, who staged a torch-bearing protest against new curbs on the media here on Monday, were booked by police on multiple charges,...
Govt plans subsidy package, other populist measures
ISLAMABAD, June 5: With coming elections in mind, the government plans to announce a number of populist measures in the next year budget through subsidies in the form of expansion of...
Karachi bloodbath, gag on media to haunt NA session
ISLAMABAD, June 5: An unpunished bloodshed in Karachi and the government’s latest crackdown against the electronic media and opposition activists will haunt the National Assembly’s last budget session beginning on Wednesday....
Damages suit against Pemra chief planned
ISLAMABAD, June 5: Damages suit of Rs200 million each will be filed against the federal information secretary and the managing director of the Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) for violating service...
Lawyer says people to resist new martial law
ISLAMABAD, June 5: A counsel of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry on Tuesday disagreed with a petitioner who had expressed fears of imposition of another martial law if the present turmoil surrounding the suspension of the chief justice was prolonged....
Pakistan to continue fencing: Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, June 5: President General Pervez Musharraf told the visiting German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung on Tuesday that Pakistan would continue to fence its borders with Afghanistan to restrict cross border movement of Taliban and other criminals....
Attock Group plea in PSO case dismissed
KARACHI, June 5: Justice Mrs Qaiser Iqbal of the Sindh High Court dismissed an Attock Group application against its exclusion from bidding for the Pakistan State Oil (PSO) on Tuesday....
LHC moved against commanders
LAHORE, June 5: The Pakistan Lawyers Forum on Tuesday filed a constitutional petition in the Lahore High Court seeking directives to restrain corps commanders from getting involved in political activities....
US lawmakers call for unfettered democracy
WASHINGTON, June 5: Three senior US lawmakers have urged the Bush administration to use its influence to stop “state-sponsored” and “often violent” suppression of opposition protests in Pakistan....
Govt to file petition against lawyers
ISLAMABAD, June 5: The government will file a petition in the Supreme Court in a couple of days against lawyers for violating the apex court’s orders and for allegedly giving derogatory...
Govt official gunned down
PESHAWAR, June 5: Senior government official Syed Mehdi Hussain was shot dead here on Tuesday morning. Police suspected it to be a sectarian attack....
US wishes ‘happy ending’ to judicial crisis
WASHINGTON, June 5: The US hopes that the current judicial crisis in Pakistan will be decided without further violence and it will be a decision “everyone respects”, says US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher....
Gwadar boats sink; cyclone nears Oman
Quetta, June 5: Scores of fishing boats sank or were damaged as gusty winds caused big waves at Gwadar harbour on Tuesday....
Cyclone moves away from Sindh coast
KARACHI, June 5: The tropical cyclone Gonu on Tuesday moved away from the Sindh coast and headed towards the coast of Oman....
Blast disrupts gas supply to purification plant
QUETTA, June 5: A gas pipeline in the Pirkoh gas filed in Dera Bugti district was blown up early on Tuesday morning, causing suspension of supply to the Pirkoh gas purification plant....
School attacked
PESHAWAR, June 5: A bomb was hurled into a private school in the Hayatabad locality on Tuesday. No loss of life or property was reported....
KABUL, June 5: Pakistan on Tuesday rejected the idea of third party mediation to resolve its differences with Afghanistan....
Quetta, June 5: Scores of fishing boats sank or were damaged as gusty winds caused big waves at Gwadar harbour on Tuesday....
