|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| September 17, 2007 | Monday | Ramazan 04, 1428 |
Welcome to DAWN, Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper
Updated round-the-clock, with a major update before 10:00 PST (05:00 GMT)
|
|
| ||
|
|
||
|
APDM vows to block re-election: Legislators to quit assemblies
ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) on Sunday condemned efforts to re-elect Gen Pervez Musharraf as president and declared that it would block the move by all means at its disposal.... 
|
|
Resignations not to affect presidential poll: Aziz
LAHORE, Sept 16: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz sees no political impact on the presidential election if all members of the opposition alliance APDM resign from assemblies....
|
 Please Visit our Sponsor (Ads open in separate window)
|
||
|
Poll rule changes can’t be challenged: Afgan
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Sher Afgan has claimed that amendments made to the rules for presidential elections by the Chief Election Commissioner are not open to judicial scrutiny....
|
|
Benazir hits out at Musharraf’s allies; threatens tough action
ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: Exiled former prime minister Benazir Bhutto on Sunday accused allies of President Gen Pervez Musharraf of pushing Pakistan towards a dangerous crisis by refusing to share power and restore democracy....
|
|
|
||
|
Altaf calls for round-table conference of all parties
KARACHI, Sept 16: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has asked the government to convene a roundtable conference of all political, religious, ethnic and linguistic parties and groups to discuss ways of meeting the challenges confronting the country....
|
|
Nawaz calls on king, meets Fazl
JEDDAH, Sept 16: Since landing here on September 10 after his deportation from Islamabad, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has been striving over the past week to get over an apparent ban on his political activities....
|
|
|
||
|
Jirga claims progress in talks for soldiers’ release
WANA, Sept 16: Tribal negotiators have claimed a breakthrough in talks with militants for release of nearly 300 soldiers in return for withdrawal of troops from some of the Mehsud areas of South Waziristan....
|
|
Iran warns India against pipeline deal delay
TEHRAN, Sept 16: Iran on Sunday expressed impatience with India over the finalising of a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline deal, warning that it could go ahead with the project with Pakistan alone if India procrastinated....
|
|
|
||
|
CJ ready for ‘ultimate sacrifice’, says son
LONDON, Sept 16: In what appears to be a rare interview published in Sunday Telegraph, Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry’s elder son Arslan, 28, has said that his father has resolved to...
|
|
No room for populism in new govt: adviser
NEW DELHI, Sept 16: Any new government in Pakistan following fresh elections must continue the current economic policies if the 7 per cent plus growth is to be maintained or even...
|
|
|
||
|
Senior PML leader quits party post
ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: Senior vice-president of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Lt-Gen (retd) Majeed Malik on Sunday quit his party post, citing what he called his inability to do much for the party....
|
|
10 killed in wagon-truck collision
QUETTA, Sept 16: At least 10 people were killed and 16 others injured when a passenger van collided head-on with a truck near Kalat on Sunday....
|
| ||
|
Saboteurs blow up pylon
QUETTA, Sept 16: Some saboteurs blew up a pylon in Mastung district as a consequence of which the power supply to many areas was suspended on Sunday....
|
|
Cell company switch room blown up
KHAR, Sept 16: Some people blew up the main switch room of a private cellular company in the Lar Khalozo region of Mamond tehsil here on Saturday night....
|
|
|
||
|
Four militants killed
MIRAMSHAH, Sept 16: Four militants were killed and four paramilitary soldiers were injured in a clash near here on Saturday night....
|
|
Pakistanis pay most in South Asia to access Internet
COLOMBO, Sept 16: Home to some 1.5 billion people, South Asia is paying a high price to access the Internet as service providers have been slow to deliver cheaper broadband connections, analysts say....
|
|
|
||
|
Iran arrests 38 Pakistanis
DALBANDIN, Sept 16: Iran’s border security forces on Sunday arrested 38 Pakistanis on the Pakistan-Iran border and handed them over to the Taftan police, police sources said....
|
|
Plane crash at Thai resort kills 88
PHUKET (Thailand), Sept 16: A Thai passenger plane crashed and burst into flames as it landed in driving rain on the resort island of Phuket, killing 88 people, including foreigners, officials said....
|
|
South Africa beat England
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 16: South Africa beat England by 19 runs in the Twenty20 World Cup Group E match in Cape Town on Sunday....
|
|
First team of local women scales peak
HUNZA, Sept 16: A 15-member expedition team comprising local women scaled the Kuksil peak-II in Gojal, upper Hunza, on the Pakistan-China border, said a press release issued here on Sunday....
|
|
||
 | ||
Founder: Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Editor: Abbas Nasir
The DAWN Group of Newspapers
Haroon House, Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road, Karachi 74200, Pakistan.
Phone:+92 (21) 111-444-777 Fax: +92 (21) 569-3995
webmaster@dawn.com
Contributions
For Marketing: mktg@dawn.com
Make sure to reload these pages so you're viewing the current version.
Privacy Policy
© DAWN Group of Newspapers, 2007
|