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Harsh steps needed to stabilise economy, says Dar
ISLAMABAD, April 9: Accusing the PML-Q and caretaker governments of fudging figures and mismanaging economy, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said that the new government will have to take harsh measures...
Coup-related curbs lifted by US
WASHINGTON, April 9: The United States on Wednesday removed military coup-related restrictions from Pakistan, enabling it to continue to receive the US assistance in the future....
Punjab PA assails ’99 coup, leaders’ exile
LAHORE, April 9: The newly-elected Punjab Assembly called upon the federal government on Wednesday to seek a UN probe into the assassination of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto....
Cabinet move to repeal changes in Pemra Ord
ISLAMABAD, April 9: The federal cabinet approved on Wednesday a draft law repealing amendments made to the Pemra Ordinance on Nov 3 last year and restoring it in its original position....
SHC acquits Zardari in Murtaza murder case
KARACHI, April 9: The Sindh High Court accepted on Wednesday a revision plea of PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and acquitted him in the Mir Murtaza Bhutto murder case....
President, PM condemn rowdyism
ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday strongly condemned the acts of rowdyism in Karachi and Lahore and vowed that on no account subversive elements would be allowed to disturb the peace....
Musharraf leaves for China today
ISLAMABAD, April 9: President Pervez Musharraf will leave for China on Thursday on a six-day state visit to bolster bilateral ties and exchange views on regional and global developments....
Five militants killed in Kashmir: police
SRINAGAR, April 9: Indian security forces have shot dead five members of the main militant group fighting in occupied Kashmir, police said on Wednesday....
Al Qaeda planner linked to UK plots believed dead
WASHINGTON, April 9: Al Qaeda planner Abu Obaidah al Masri — a main suspect in the 2005 London subway and bus bombings and a foiled 2006 plot to blow up passenger...
Shortage of food to persist, says FAO
NEW DELHI, April 9: Food riots which have struck several impoverished countries may spread, with shortages and high prices set to continue for some time, the head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation has said....
Musharraf briefed on situation by Shujaat
ISLAMABAD, April 9: Pakistan Muslim League president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim, the chief of PML-Q’s Sindh chapter, discussed the prevailing political situation with President Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday....
Raisani sworn in as chief minister
QUETTA, April 9: Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Balochistan here on Wednesday....
BLA rejects govt’s offer for talks
QUETTA, April 9: The proscribed Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has rejected the government’s offer for talks, saying it was not ready even to consider it....
Talal Bugti’s warning to coalition govt
QUETTA, April 9: The chief of his own faction of Jamhoori Watan Party, Nawabzada Talal Akbar Bugti, has advised the Balochistan government against inducting those PML-Q elements in the new set-up...
Protest strike in Mianwali
MIANWALI, April 9: A complete strike was observed here on Wednesday in protest against the manhandling of former minister Dr Sher Afgan Niazi....
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KARACHI, April 9: Five people burnt beyond recognition were among seven persons who lost their lives here on Wednesday after a spat between two groups of lawyers at the City Courts turned deadly....
LAHORE, April 9: The newly-elected Punjab Assembly called upon the federal government on Wednesday to seek a UN probe into the assassination of PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto....
QUETTA, April 9: Nawab Mohammad Aslam Raisani was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Balochistan here on Wednesday....
