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President summons NA session on 17th
ISLAMABAD, March 11: President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday summoned the National Assembly session on Monday, March 17, allowing more time for political squabbles to fester among his political foes about the shape of the new government....
Fahim sends notice to PML-N leader
ISLAMABAD, March 11: PPP’s senior vice-chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim sent a legal notice on Tuesday to PML-N’s MNA-elect Khwaja Mohammad Asif demanding a “complete retraction and withdrawal” of a “defamatory statement” about his alleged contacts with President Pervez Musharraf....
Attack ‘aimed at preventing terrorists’ interrogation’
ISLAMABAD, March 11: The Tuesday’s suicide attack on the Federal Investigation Agency’s regional headquarters in Lahore appears to have been aimed at preventing the interrogation of some people involved in the recent terrorist activities....
11 die in traffic accident
MINGORA, March 11: Eleven people were killed and two were wounded when a vehicle carrying them plunged into river Swat near Kalam on Tuesday evening, police said....
US declines to spell out stance on judiciary
WASHINGTON, March 11: The United States favours an independent judiciary in Pakistan but does not want to tell Pakistanis how to interpret their own Constitution, says the US State Department....
Suicide attacks in 71 days this year
UNTIL now 2007 was considered to be the bloodiest year since Pakistan joined the war against the Al Qaeda, Taliban and other militant groups. During the year, a series of suicide...
US commander of ME forces quits
WASHINGTON, March 11: The commander of US forces in the Middle East, Admiral William Fallon, has tendered resignation amid reports he differed with President George Bush over Iran, US officials said on Tuesday....
Rights report slams action against judges
WASHINGTON, March 11: The official US report on human rights violations during 2007, released on Tuesday, deals extensively with the judicial dispute in Pakistan, noting that judges of the country’s superior...
OIC seeks new role to combat ‘Islamophobia’
DAKAR, March 11: Facing “Islamophobia” in the West, the world’s biggest Muslim body is seeking to re-brand itself this week as a forum for settling conflicts peacefully and for redistributing wealth to the world’s poorest states....
Get on with PM election
THE democratic norms demand that the country’s new Prime Minister must be elected forthwith and no later than Wednesday, the 19th of March 2008. That will be in accordance with the original scheme for the purpose in the Constitution of 1973....
Fog causes worst accident in UAE: 3 die
ABU DHABI, March 11: Three people were killed and 277 injured in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday when dozens of cars and buses collided in thick fog in what could be the country’s biggest traffic accident, police said....
Arms and ammunition seized
CHAMAN, March 11: Troops at the Chaman border seized arms and ammunition from a car which had crossed over from Afghanistan on Tuesday....
Gaza rocket hits Israel
JERUSALEM, March 11: A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit southern Israel on Tuesday just hours after Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visited the area and cautioned residents not to expect a lull in Palestinian attacks to last....
Turkish court deals blow to scarf supporters
ANKARA, March 11: A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled that the head of a top education watchdog had overstepped his brief by ordering universities to allow students to wear the Islamic...
Hearing in Sherpao’s acquittal plea adjourned
RAWALPINDI, March 11: An accountability court here on Tuesday adjourned the hearing in the acquittal plea of former interior minister Aftab Ahmed Sherpao till March 14 after the prosecution sought time to consult the National Accountability Bureau (NAB)....
One killed, 8 injured in accidents
ATTOCK, March 11: A tractor driver was killed and 11 other people were injured in separate traffic accidents in the district, police said on Tuesday....
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LAHORE, March 11: At least 26 people, five of them children, were killed and 175 others wounded when suicide bombers struck the provincial headquarters of the Federal Investigation Agency on...
ABU DHABI, March 11: Three people were killed and 277 injured in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday when dozens of cars and buses collided in thick fog in what could be the country’s biggest traffic accident, police said....
