PPP, PML-N in sight of magical number ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: As nearly complete results of Monday’s general election gave the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) a combined majority in the National Assembly, the...		‘Musharraf to work smoothly with new govt’ LAHORE, Feb 19: President Pervez Musharraf’s spokesman has said the new government will work smoothly no matter which party or parties formed it....
Zardari favours coalition govt ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has said it intends to form coalition governments at the centre and in four provinces with other former opposition parties....		Judiciary key issue: Nawaz LAHORE, Feb 19: PML-N leader Mian Nawaz Sharif and PPP co-chairman Asif Zardari are likely to meet in Islamabad on Thursday to discuss the government formation....
US says it will continue to work with Musharraf WASHINGTON, Feb 19: The United States said on Tuesday that it will continue to work with President Pervez Musharraf and will also cooperate with whoever forms the new government....		PPP wins enough seats to form Sindh govt: MQM position almost unchanged KARACHI, Feb 19: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has won enough seats in the Sindh Assembly to form a provincial government on its own, but it may opt for a coalition...
PML-N single largest party in Punjab LAHORE, Feb 19: In what has been described here as the ‘battle for Punjab’ the Pakistan Muslim League-N has emerged as the single largest party in the Punjab assembly by securing...		Balochistan: saving grace for PML-Q QUETTA, Feb 19: Despite having been virtually routed in three provinces, the Pakistan Muslim League-Q has emerged as the largest single party in the Balochistan assembly, bagging 17 of 51 seats....
ANP, PPP dominate in NWFP Assembly PESHAWAR, Feb 19: The Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) have emerged as the two major political parties in the NWFP....		13 NA general seats won by women ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: Women candidates have clinched 13 general seats of the National Assembly as against 12 in the previous NA....
PPP’s coalition with PML-N — if wishes were horses THE humiliating defeat of the so-called King’s Party at the ballot, and the better-than-expected performance by PML-N, are factors that are correctly being interpreted to a large extent as indicative of the anti-Musharraf mood, mainly in the Punjab....		MQM ready for talks with all parties, says Altaf KARACHI, Feb 19: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement will decide its future course of action whether to join a coalition or sit in opposition ‘within 48 hours’, after consultation from members of the party....
FO protests over Danish cartoon ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: Pakistan summoned the Danish Charge d’Affaires to the Foreign Office on Tuesday and protested against the re-printing of blasphemous cartoon....		Polls praised by Japan TOKYO, Feb 19: Japan on Tuesday hailed Feb 18 polls as a step towards “stable democracy”....
‘President must resign in view of poll trend’ ISLAMABAD, Feb 19: Demanding President Pervez Musharraf’s resignation, Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Tuesday said the elections were a “referendum” against the president....		UN chief welcomes poll outcome UNITED NATIONS, Feb 19: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday welcomed the results of the parliamentary elections in Pakistan saying he is “encouraged by the commitment of all concerned to respect the democratic process”....
Stolen Zurich artworks found ZURICH, Feb 19: Swiss police have found two of the four oil paintings by 19th Century masters, which were stolen from a Zurich museum this month in one of Europe’s biggest Art thefts, they said on Tuesday....		Man burnt alive in Thailand YALA (Thailand), Feb 19: A 46-year-old Buddhist man was shot and then set ablaze as he tried to escape an attack by suspected Islamic separatists on Tuesday in Thailand’s Muslim-majority south, police said....