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Coalition firm on judges issue: Resolution in current NA session
ISLAMABAD, April 15: Parties in the ruling coalition have reached an understanding on reinstating the deposed judges through a parliamentary resolution within the timeframe given in the Bhurban Declaration....
New free trade accord with China soon: Musharraf
URUMQI, April 15: President Pervez Musharraf said on Tuesday that Pakistan and China were close to signing another Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on trade and services that would further boost their economic and commercial ties....
Olympic torch arrives in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, April 15: The Olympic torch, symbol of the 2008 Games in Beijing, arrived in Islamabad just after Tuesday midnight amid heavy security on the first stop in its Asian leg of a world tour....
Two FC men among four killed in Balochistan
QUETTA, April 15: Two security personnel were gunned down in Quetta and two other people were killed in landmine explosions near Dera Bugti on Tuesday....
Graduation law discriminatory, says AG
ISLAMABAD, April 15: The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to constitute a larger bench to hear a petition challenging the condition of graduation for legislators imposed by President Pervez Musharraf as the chief executive before the 2002 elections....
PBA formally penalised for acting beyond mandate
ISLAMABAD, April 15: The Pakistan Banking Association (PBA) was formally penalised on Tuesday for acting beyond its mandate by playing a ‘lead role’ in forming a seven-bank cartel while the seven...
India agrees to release 150 Pakistanis
ISLAMABAD, April 15: India has agreed to release 150 Pakistanis languishing in its jails after completion of their sentence....
Pakistan may double wheat import this year
SINGAPORE, April 15: Pakistan could double its wheat imports this year and may slap a tax on rice exports to rein in inflation, a senior trader said on Tuesday, adding to global anxiety over record food prices and thinning supplies....
Demolition of Jalozai camp begins
NOWSHERA, April 15: Work on demolishing the Jalozai refugee camp began on Tuesday amid protests by Afghan refugees....
UN action sought against blasphemy
ISLAMABAD, April 15: The National Assembly on Tuesday unanimously condemned the printing of sacrilegious cartoons and release of an anti-Islam film by a Dutch parliamentarian....
American of Pakistani origin on trial
SEATTLE, April 15: The man accused of shooting at the Seattle Jewish Federation two years ago, killing one woman and wounding five, was not insane but had a deliberate plan to...
Media baron back in power
ROME, April 15: Silvio Berlusconi has won his third Italian election with a bigger than expected swing to the centre right, but the media magnate said it would not be easy to solve deep economic problems....
Putin secures grip on power with party leadership
MOSCOW, April 15: President Vladimir Putin accepted the leadership of the dominant United Russia party on Tuesday, securing his grip on power after he leaves the Kremlin and becomes prime minister next month....
18 children die in Uganda fire
BUDO (Uganda), April 15: Eighteen children and an adult burned to death when an overnight fire engulfed their dormitory near the Ugandan capital, police said on Tuesday....
Anti-Quran film slammed at UN rights council
GENEVA, April 15: Muslim countries led by Iran and Pakistan called on the Netherlands on Tuesday to combat rising Islamophobia and discrimination against immigrants in Dutch society....
Aborigines used for medical tests, inquiry told
SYDNEY, April 15: Some Aboriginal children taken from their parents under past government policies were used as guinea pigs in medical experiments, an Australian Senate inquiry was told on Tuesday....
UN body urges India to ratify anti-torture treaty
GENEVA, April 15: India must take rapid action to ratify the UN Convention against Torture more than a decade after pledging to do so, the top UN human rights body said on Tuesday....
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ROME, April 15: Silvio Berlusconi has won his third Italian election with a bigger than expected swing to the centre right, but the media magnate said it would not be easy to solve deep economic problems....
