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171 MNAs-elect at Asif’s ‘show of strength’ party
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Three major parties — PPP, PML-N and ANP — brought together on Wednesday a total of 171 members-elect at a “show of strength” luncheon meeting to prove their...
Coalition upbeat over judges issue
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Top constitutional expert Fakhruddin G. Ibrahim on Wednesday briefed a high-level meeting of three likely partners in the future coalition government, suggesting modalities to resolve the judicial crisis...
Move to repeal 58(2)b will be opposed, Shujaat tells Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Pakistan Muslim League-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and former Punjab chief minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi met President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday and discussed the post-poll situation....
Former CM Magsi appointed governor
QUETTA, Feb 27: The federal government has appointed former chief minister Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi as the new governor of Balochistan....
Apex court clears NRO
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: The Supreme Court on Wednesday vacated its order of freezing two sections of the National Reconciliation Ordinance 2007, thereby allowing beneficiaries to enjoy the fruit of the ordinance....
President under fire in Senate
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: President Pervez Musharraf and the caretaker government came under more fire on the second day of an opposition-sought debate in the Senate on Wednesday amid voices of hopes...
Obama repeats threat to attack targets inside Pakistan, Hillary calls it unwise
WASHINGTON, Feb 27: Pakistan once again was on the centre of the US presidential debate with Barack Obama repeating his threat to bomb ‘actionable’ terrorist targets inside the country while his main rival Hillary Clinton called it an unwise move....
3 terrorists arrested, explosives seized
JHANG, Feb 27: Shorkot city police has claimed to have arrested three alleged terrorists, planning to kill some politicians in the district....
Ehsan Shah is BNP-A’s candidate CM post
QUETTA, Feb 27: Syed Ehsan Shah of the Balochistan National Party-Awami, who has been selected by the party as its leader in the provincial assembly, is a candidate for the post of chief minister....
Achakzai to lead ANP in Balochistan assembly
QUETTA, Feb 27: Zamarak Khan Achakzai has been nominated as the parliamentary leader of the Awami National Party in the Balochistan assembly....
Raisani vows to stop operation in Balochistan
QUETTA, Feb 27: The designated parliamentary leader of the Pakistan People’s Party in the Balochistan assembly, Nawab Aslam Raisani, said on Wednesday that stopping the military operation in the province and...
Seven Fata MNAs support PPP
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Seven newly-elected MNAs from Fata have pledged to support Pakistan People’s Party....
Police post near Peshawar attacked, set ablaze
PESHAWAR, Feb 27: Over 100 suspected militants attacked a police post in Badhaber area on the outskirts of the provincial capital on Tuesday night, set the two-room building on fire and forced the police personnel out of the post....
India missile test to start arms race: naval chief
KARACHI, Feb 27: India’s successful test-firing of a nuclear-capable, submarine-launched missile will trigger a new arms race in the region, Pakistan’s navy chief said on Wednesday....
Ministry pulled up in Senate over Pakistanis’ deportation
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Senators from both sides of the divide in the Senate on Wednesday criticised the government for concealing the list of Pakistanis deported from various countries and not providing the names of such countries....
Nawaz’s attitude to shorten life of parliament: ex-minister
ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Former federal minister and leader of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Wednesday said chief of PML-N Mian Nawaz Sharif’s confrontational politics would soon derail democratic process....
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ISLAMABAD, Feb 27: Three major parties — PPP, PML-N and ANP — brought together on Wednesday a total of 171 members-elect at a “show of strength” luncheon meeting to prove their...
QUETTA, Feb 27: The federal government has appointed former chief minister Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi as the new governor of Balochistan....
