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Lawyers rough up ex-minister Sher Afgan
LAHORE, April 8: Lawyers beat up the former minister for law and parliamentary affairs, Dr Sher Afgan Niazi, at the Fane Road here on Tuesday, ignoring bar leaders’ warnings that their...
Qaim secures trust vote
KARACHI, April 8: Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Tuesday secured a unanimous vote of confidence from the Sindh Assembly when identical resolutions, moved by 27 members under Article 130 (3) of the Constitution, were put to vote....
Aitzaz says he won’t revise decision
LAHORE, April 8: President of the Supreme Court Bar Association Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan has said the deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry had advised him against quitting the post of the...
NWFP sets up committee for dialogue with Swat militants
PESHAWAR, April 8: The NWFP government launched a fresh peace process for the violence-hit Swat district on Tuesday by constituting a ministerial committee to initiate dialogue with different groups of militants....
Raisani to be sworn in as Balochistan CM today
QUETTA, April 8: Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani of the PPP was elected unopposed chief minister of Balochistan on Tuesday because no other nomination papers had been filed for the post....
Gas leakage at nuclear facility leaves two dead
ISLAMABAD, April 8: A gas leakage at a nuclear facility in Khushab on Tuesday left two workers dead before the situation was brought under control....
Pakistan calls for new consensus on NPT
UNITED NATIONS, April 8: Pakistan has called for a new consensus on disarmament and non-proliferation to respond to new realities and challenges and has declared its opposition to arms race at regional and global levels....
Factory worker lynched for ‘blasphemy’
KARACHI, April 8: A man was beaten to death by his co-workers here on Tuesday for blasphemous remarks allegedly made by him about Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)....
Power plants offered tax relief
ISLAMABAD, April 8: The government has approved a package of tax relief for 11 projects that will generate 2,500 megawatts by December 2009 in order to meet rising energy demand....
‘Black coats’ or ‘Blackshirts’!
IF Monday’s incident inside the Sindh assembly was despicable, the treatment meted out to veteran politician Sher Afgan Niazi by a group of ‘lawyers’ in Lahore yesterday has perhaps put the entire nation to shame....
Iran installs 6,000 new centrifuges at N-plant
TEHRAN, April 8: Iran has begun installing 6,000 new centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant in Natanz, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, a move Western nations criticised as defiance of UN demands Iran halt enrichment....
China deporting refugees ahead of Olympics, says UN
GENEVA, April 8: The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday China had deported 15 refugees this year in a “security sweep” ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games....
Pakistan-born journalist wins Pulitzer Prize
NEW YORK, April 8: Adrees Latif, a Pakistan-born photojournalist, has won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for “Breaking News Photography”, according to media reports....
Pakistani beheaded in S. Arabia
RIYADH, April 8: A Pakistani man was beheaded on Tuesday after he was convicted of murdering a compatriot in Saudi Arabia, the interior ministry said....
Indian, German navies hold joint exercises
NEW DELHI, April 8: The naval vessels of India and Germany held their joint exercises on Tuesday in the Arabian Sea off the Kerala state coast....
Demand for release of Mengal, Dr Sarki
QUETTA, April 8: Activists of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM) and Jeay Sindh Students Federation (JSSF) held a demonstration outside the Balochistan Assembly on Tuesday, demanding release of Dr Safdar Sarki and Sardar Akhtar Mengal....
Defence pact signed with France
ISLAMABAD, April 8: Pakistan and France signed on Tuesday a defence collaboration plan for the year 2008-09 at the Joint Staff Headquarters, Chaklala....
Protest against Dr Niazi’s manhandling
MIANWALI, April 8: The manhandling of former federal minister Dr Sher Afgan Niazi by lawyers in Lahore shocked almost everyone here....
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LAHORE, April 8: Lawyers beat up the former minister for law and parliamentary affairs, Dr Sher Afgan Niazi, at the Fane Road here on Tuesday, ignoring bar leaders’ warnings that their...
QUETTA, April 8: Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani of the PPP was elected unopposed chief minister of Balochistan on Tuesday because no other nomination papers had been filed for the post....
