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Formula envisages 40-strong cabinet
ISLAMABAD, March 18: The partners in the coming coalition government — the PPP, PML-N, ANP and JUI-F — on Tuesday worked out a formula for power-sharing but left the crucial details,...
Full-court agenda lays speculations to rest
ISLAMABAD, March 18: A meeting of all judges of the Supreme Court on Tuesday took decisions only relating to the welfare of retired judges and disposal of pending cases, allaying fears...
One-to-one contest for NA speaker
ISLAMABAD, March 18: The nomination papers of Dr Fehmida Mirza and Faisal Karim Kundi of the Pakistan People’s Party and Sardar Israr Tareen and Khushbakht Shujaat of the opposition led by...
Asif may spring a surprise: New premier
ISLAMABAD, March 18: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Zardari is reported to have selected the party’s candidate for the post of prime minister but he will make it public after the announcement of the election schedule....
Delays could put N-deal in limbo, US warns India
WASHINGTON, March 18: The United States has warned India that further delay in finalising a major nuclear deal with Washington could throw the proposed agreement into limbo....
Clemency plea for Indian not to be entertained
ISLAMABAD, March 18: The government has decided not to entertain a fresh clemency appeal from the Indian government for an Indian convict, Sarabjit Singh, who is to be executed on April 1....
Pepco to give 100MW more to KESC
ISLAMABAD, March 18: The federal government announced on Tuesday that electricity supply to Karachi would be increased from 200MW to 300MW till the end of this month to help the city overcome an acute electricity shortage....
US, Russia fail to end missile defence dispute
MOSCOW, March 18: The United States and Russia failed in talks here on Tuesday to bridge gaps over US missile defence plans and the fate of the main strategic arms treaty, but vowed to make a clean break with past tensions....
102 deportees escape from Karachi airport
KARACHI, March 18: As many as 102 of the 114 illegal jobseekers deported from Abu Dhabi gave the slip to FIA personnel on Tuesday at the Quaid-i-Azam International Airport....
Anti-terror war and future of NWFP coalition
PESHAWAR, March 18: Coalition governments have never been a good experience — at least in the North-West Frontier Province, which has a history of short-lived arrangements....
Guantanamo prisoner’s sketch censored
GUANTANAMO BAY, March 18: The United States has censored a gruesome drawing by a Guantanamo Bay detainee depicting him as a skeleton and being force-fed at the military prison, the man’s...
Pakistani held for murders in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, March 18: Police said they arrested a Pakistani man on Tuesday in connection with the murders of four Hong Kong sex workers....
Indian army officers face rape case in Congo
NEW DELHI, March 18: Three Indian Army officers deputed to the United Nations peacekeeping force in Congo have been accused of rape, The Indian Express said on Tuesday....
Military suicide rate high in Russia
MOSCOW, March 18: The Russian army loses more soldiers to suicide than any other major armed force in the world, the Gazeta newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing an internal defence ministry document....
Landmine kills man in Sui
QUETTA, March 18: A man was killed and two others were injured when their vehicle hit a landmine in Sui area of Dera Bugti district on Tuesday....
S. Arabia, Vatican in talks over churches
LONDON, March 18: The Vatican and the Saudi Kingdom are holding secret talks on lifting the age-old ban on building churches in Saudi Arabia, the Guardian reported on Tuesday....
US envoy calls on SCBA chief
ISLAMABAD, March 18: US Ambassador Anne W. Patterson on Tuesday called on Supreme Court Bar Association president Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan at the latter’s residence to reiterate the US position on judicial...
Protests in Tibet condemned
ISLAMABAD, March 18: Pakistan on Tuesday denounced protests in Tibet and said the country was firmly opposed to any attempt to undermine China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity....
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ISLAMABAD, March 18: The nomination papers of Dr Fehmida Mirza and Faisal Karim Kundi of the Pakistan People’s Party and Sardar Israr Tareen and Khushbakht Shujaat of the opposition led by...
