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Zardari, Nawaz agree to form coalition
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: Three parties that emerged as the main winners of Monday’s election said after their talks on Thursday they had agreed to form a coalition to govern at the...
US sending conflicting signals on new set-up in Pakistan
WASHINGTON, Feb 21: The United States on Thursday was sending conflicting signals on its position on the current political situation in Pakistan, with the White House saying that it’s up to...
KSE index keeps surging in post-election euphoria
KARACHI, Feb 21: The Karachi Stock Exchange index of 100 shares crossed over the magical figure of 15,000 points for a brief moment on Thursday, prompting traders and brokers to clap and dance in glee all over the bourse....
21 of a family killed
JHANG, Feb 21: Twenty-one members of a family were killed and four others were injured in a bus accident near the Aliabad police post on the Jhang-Bhakkar road, some nine kilometres from here, on Thursday....
Iftikhar asks new NA not to endorse Nov 3 actions
KARACHI / LAHORE, Feb 21: Deposed chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has warned the newly-elected National Assembly against endorsement of the Nov 3, 2007, proclamation of emergency and the Provisional Constitution Order promulgated under it.The...
PML-N rules out change in stance on judiciary
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: The Pakistan Muslim League-N has decided to stand by its demand for reinstatement of deposed judges during talks with other parties on government formation and not to form...
PPP hopes to tide over crisis
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), which has been out of government for over 10 years, will have to face the twin monster of food inflation and energy crisis....
PML-Q acts to stall defection
LAHORE, Feb 21: Worried over reports that a good number of newly elected PML-Q legislators in Punjab are in touch with the PML-N leadership, the high command of the former ruling...
Budget-making exercise begins
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: The Finance Ministry has started the budget-making exercise for the next financial year (2008-09). It asked the provincial governments, the federal ministries and the autonomous bodies to submit...
Three traffic personnel gunned down
QUETTA, Feb 21: Three traffic police personnel were shot dead by some people in the suburbs of the city on Thursday morning....
Action urged against mills selling poor quality flour
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: The Federal Food Committee (FFC) has asked the Balochistan government to punish the mills which supplied flour ‘unfit’ for human consumption during the recent crisis....
Nawaz vows to reinstate judges
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Thursday gave a new impetus to the lawyers’ movement by announcing at a protest rally in the Judges’ Colony that deposed judges would soon return to their courts....
3 weekly buses for Delhi from March 17
NEW DELHI, Feb 21: India and Pakistan took important steps on Thursday to increase the capacity on popular bus routes between the two countries....
Foetus retrieved from baby’s abdomen
PESHAWAR, Feb 21: Doctors retrieved a male foetus from the abdomen of a two-month-old boy at the Khyber Teaching Hospital on Thursday....
US shoots down satellite, sparks ‘weapons in outer space’ row
WASHINGTON, Feb 21: The US Navy on Thursday brought down a malfunctioning satellite, an event that caused an international controversy as both Russia and China claimed that the Pentagon used the...
Serb protesters break into US embassy
BELGRADE, Feb 21: Scores of protesters broke into the US embassy here on Thursday and set some rooms on fire in protest against Kosovo’s independence....
High-speed trains to link holy cities with Jeddah
RIYADH, Feb 21: Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz has approved a project to run high-speed trains to link the holy cities of Makkah and Madina with Jeddah, the port of...
Voting in S. Waziristan on 25th
SOUTH WAZIRISTAN, Feb 21: The Election Commission announced on Thursday that voting in polling stations No 60 and 62 of NA-41 in South Waziristan will be held on February 25....
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ISLAMABAD, Feb 21: Three parties that emerged as the main winners of Monday’s election said after their talks on Thursday they had agreed to form a coalition to govern at the...
QUETTA, Feb 21: Three traffic police personnel were shot dead by some people in the suburbs of the city on Thursday morning....
WASHINGTON, Feb 21: The US Navy on Thursday brought down a malfunctioning satellite, an event that caused an international controversy as both Russia and China claimed that the Pentagon used the...
