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NA elects first woman speaker by two-thirds majority
ISLAMABAD, March 19: The new National Assembly on Wednesday elected its first woman speaker and her deputy with more than two-thirds majority, giving the future ruling coalition full control of the...
Bilawal to announce name of new PM
ISLAMABAD, March 19: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has called his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who is chairman of the party, from the UK to announce the name of candidate for the post of prime minister....
Fahim wants coalition to name PM candidate
ISLAMABAD, March 19: PPP Parliamentarians president Makhdoom Amin Fahim has called upon the leadership of the parties in the new ruling coalition to jointly name a candidate for the post of...
No mention of Musharraf in attack on dictatorship
ISLAMABAD, March 19: Leaders of the parties which plan to form a coalition government at the centre on Wednesday vowed to remove all “vestiges of dictatorship” from the country by restoring the parliament’s sovereignty and making the judiciary independent....
Asif vows to reverse ‘oppressive policies’
NEW YORK, March 19: The co-chairperson of the Pakistan People’s Party, Asif Ali Zardari, said on Wednesday that his party and its allies would try to reverse the “current regime’s suppression of civil society and free speech”....
Key ministries may go to PPP
LAHORE, March 19: After deciding in principle the number of ministries the PPP, PML-N, the Awami National Party and JUI-F will get in the cabinet, the coalition partners have started discussing the allocation of portfolios....
Sarabjit’s execution put off for a month
ISLAMABAD, March 19: President Pervez Musharraf has deferred the execution of condemned Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh for 30 days following fresh Indian diplomatic moves to get a reprieve for him....
Pakistani prisoner freed by India
LAHORE, March 19: The Indian Border Security Force released a Pakistani prisoner at Wagah on Wednesday....
24 hurt in Srinagar blast
SRINAGAR, March 19: At least two dozen people were wounded on Wednesday when suspected militants set off a powerful bomb in the heart of occupied Kashmir’s main city, police said....
Hijackers not returned by Pakistan, says India
NEW DELHI, March 19: India on Wednesday accused Pakistan of refusing to hand over hijackers involved in the 1999 seizure of a passenger plane that was commandeered and flown to Afghanistan....
PC plans to raise $2 billion next fiscal year
ISLAMABAD, March 19: The Privatisation Commission has prepared a plan to raise $2 billion and to complete eight major transactions during the next financial year....
US contract for supply of F-16s’ warfare systems
WASHINGTON, March 19: The Pentagon has awarded a $78.2 million contract to a private manufacturer to supply Pakistan with electronic warfare systems for F-16 fighter jets....
Pelosi to meet Singh for talks on N-accord
WASHINGTON, March 19: US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi will meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on Thursday and discuss the India-US nuclear deal amid concerns over its fate under a Democratic administration....
Bush warns against pullout on Iraq war anniversary
WASHINGTON, March 19: US President George W. Bush marked the fifth anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq on Wednesday with a speech defending the war and warning that a withdrawal would hand victory to terrorists....
Muzaffargarh’s Moazzam Jatoi is PPP’s new rising star
ISLAMABAD, March 19: Moazzam Ali Jatoi, one of the youngest legislators of the Pakistan People’s Party, is being tipped for an important portfolio in the future set-up....
Former AJK minister shot dead
MUZAFFARABAD, March 19: A former minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir was shot dead in the southern town of Mirpur on Wednesday and police suspect it to be a case of target killing....
Sherpao favours 58-2(b) abolition
ISLAMABAD, March 19: Pakistan People’s Party-S chief Aftab Ahmad Khan Sherpao said on Wednesday his party would support the abolition of Article 58-2 (b) of the Constitution....
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ISLAMABAD, March 19: The new National Assembly on Wednesday elected its first woman speaker and her deputy with more than two-thirds majority, giving the future ruling coalition full control of the...
ISLAMABAD, March 19: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has called his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, who is chairman of the party, from the UK to announce the name of candidate for the post of prime minister....
LAHORE, March 19: The Indian Border Security Force released a Pakistani prisoner at Wagah on Wednesday....
