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PPP, PML-N set up committee on plan for judges’ reinstatement
ISLAMABAD, April 22: The leadership of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) met again on Tuesday and decided to form a committee to finalise proposals about reinstating deposed judges in consultation with lawyers....
Peace accord finalised with Mehsuds
PESHAWAR, April 22: The government is close to an agreement with warring Mehsuds that seeks an end to militant activity, exchange of prisoners and gradual withdrawal of the military to restore peace to the volatile South Waziristan tribal region....
14-member Punjab cabinet takes oath
LAHORE, April 22: The first phase of government formation in Punjab was completed on Tuesday with 14 ministers, eight of the PML-N and six of the PPP, taking oath of office....
EU official wants Al Qaeda kept out of talks
“We support reconciliation, we support it in the manner that it is under the umbrella of rule of the country and the Constitution,” EU Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana said at...
Top varsity official gunned down in Quetta
QUETTA, April 22: The Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Balochistan University, Dr Safdar Kiyani, was gunned down here on Tuesday evening....
Sufi’s release sets off alarm bells in US
WASHINGTON: The United States has conveyed its concern to Pakistan over the release of TNSM leader Sufi Mohammed, the US State Department said on Tuesday and hoped that the country’s new leaders would not talk to terrorists....
Number of ‘food insecure’ people rises to 77m
RAWALPINDI, April 22: Households in Pakistan are devoting a larger proportion of resources to food and cutting back on consumption, with the number of food insecure people increasing from 60 million...
Pakistan to buy only 18 F-16s
Pakistan had earlier agreed to buy 36 of these aircraft at a total cost of $5.1 billion, which included associated weapons, spares and upgrading of an earlier fleet purchased in the 1980s....
Kalabagh controversy hits ruling coalition in NA
ISLAMABAD, April 22: The controversy over Kalabagh dam project suddenly became hot in the National Assembly on Tuesday on provincial lines and even seemed straining the ruling coalition during a debate on the country’s prevailing water and power crisis....
Increased import of wheat proposed
ISLAMABAD, April 22: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet decided on Tuesday to abolish sales tax on packed food items and proposed to import more wheat to tide over the food crisis....
Five FC men injured
QUETTA, April 22: Five security personnel were injured, two of them seriously by landmines in Dera Bugti, Kahan and Sibi districts, on Tuesday....
UK fails to extend jail term of ‘extremist’
LONDON, April 22: The British government has lost a bid to extend the “unduly lenient” jail term given to a London dentist for planning to fight for the Taliban and “kill many” British and US soldiers in Afghanistan....
Turkmenistan seeks UN protection for pipelines
ASHGABAT, April 22: Gas-rich Turkmenistan has asked the United Nations to adopt a new convention guaranteeing pipeline security, state media reported on Tuesday....
Rising prices affecting UN food body’s performance
ISLAMAAD, April 22: The World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations has said that rising food prices are affecting its performance in Pakistan and other countries of Asia....
Five US troops killed in Iraq
BAGHDAD, April 22: The US military on Tuesday announced the deaths of five troops in a series of bombings as a female suicide bomber slaughtered six Iraqis, including five policemen, north of Baghdad....
Rice slams Carter for meeting Hamas leaders
KUWAIT CITY, April 22: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday chided former US president Jimmy Carter for meeting Hamas leaders, saying officials had told him such talks would not help the peace process....
UN official ends nuclear talks with Iran
TEHRAN, April 22: A top UN nuclear official on Tuesday held a second day of closed-door talks in Tehran seeking answers from Iran over claims it has studied how to design nuclear weapons.Olli...
Hillary vows to ‘obliterate’ Iran if Israel attacked
CONSHOHOCKEN, April 22: Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton threatened to “totally obliterate” Iran if Tehran was ever “reckless” enough to launch a nuclear attack on Israel....
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QUETTA, April 22: The Pro Vice-Chancellor of the Balochistan University, Dr Safdar Kiyani, was gunned down here on Tuesday evening....
