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PPP legislators against coalition with Muttahida
ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: Newly-elected MPAs of the Pakistan People’s Party in Sindh want the party to form government in the province without the support of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement....
Popular mandate should be respected: Altaf
KARACHI, Feb 24: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain says his party will not like to join any coalition if the mandate given to it was accepted by way of ‘charity’....
PML seeks share in power
ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: The Pakistan Muslim League (Q) appeared on Sunday to be having second thoughts on its earlier announcement that it would sit in the opposition in the National Assembly....
Musharraf planning exit: UK paper
LONDON, Feb 24: Pervez Musharraf is considering stepping down as president of Pakistan rather than waiting to be forced out by his victorious opponents, a report in The Sunday Telegraph said quoting his close aides....
Baitullah ready for talks with new govt
TANK, Feb 24: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud has announced that he is ready for talks with the new government if it stops President Musharraf’s “war on terror” in tribal areas....
Three killed in attack on checkpost
PESHAWAR, Feb 24: Three security men were killed and six others were injured when armed men attacked a checkpost on the outskirts of the city on Saturday night....
40 pilgrims killed in Iraq suicide bombing
HILLA, Feb 24: At least 40 people were killed on Sunday south of Baghdad when a suicide bomber detonated a vest filled with explosives at a rest stop for Shia pilgrims on their way to a religious gathering....
Attacker shot dead
MIRAMSHAH, Feb 24: Paramilitary soldiers shot dead a suspect when he attacked a security check post in Miramshah, North Waziristan tribal region on Sunday, injuring three personnel....
EC disposes of 100 pleas for re-polling
ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: The Election Commission has disposed of about 100 applications filed by candidates seeking re-election in their constituencies....
Raul takes over as Cuba’s president
HAVANA, Feb 24: Cuba marked a historic milestone in its communist revolution on Sunday as Raul Castro took over as president from his brother Fidel, who ruled the island with an iron fist for almost 50 years....
New round of India’s wargames with China
NEW DELHI, Feb 24: In a balancing act to placate a left-right domestic divide, India on Sunday announced a second round of military exercises with China and prepared to host an important visit on Tuesday by US Defence Secretary Robert Gates....
‘Jumbo jet powered by coconut oil’
LONDON, Feb 24: Virgin Atlantic conducted the world’s first flight of a commercial aircraft powered with biofuel on Sunday in an effort to show it can produce less carbon dioxide than normal jet fuels....
5 picnickers drown in Bolan
QUETTA: Feb 24: At least five Hindu picnickers drowned in a deep rivulet, a picnic point in the Bolan district, on Sunday....
Six of a family die in accident
DADU, Feb 24: Six members of a family were killed and ten others were injured when a bus collided with a car near Amri on the Indus Highway on Sunday....
Gas pipeline blown up
QUETTA, Feb 24: A gas pipeline was blown up in the Pirkoh area of Dera Bugti on Sunday....
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Editor: Abbas Nasir
LONDON, Feb 24: Virgin Atlantic conducted the world’s first flight of a commercial aircraft powered with biofuel on Sunday in an effort to show it can produce less carbon dioxide than normal jet fuels....
