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Musharraf ready to ‘live without 58(2)b’
ISLAMABAD, May 2: President Pervez Musharraf has conveyed to PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, through a messenger, his ascent, in principle, to the removal of president’s powers under Article 58(2)b of the Constitution, DawnNews television channel reported on Friday....
Zardari says legal team to decide judges’ fate
KARACHI, May 2: While PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has set May 12 as a new deadline for reinstatement of the deposed judges through a parliamentary resolution, PPP supremo Asif Ali Zardari...
President kept out of judges issue, says minister
LAHORE, May 2: A federal minister playing a key role on the issue of reinstatement of deposed judges said on Friday that the government had no intention of taking President Pervez...
‘Fata militants pose direct threat to US’
WASHINGTON, May 2: The head of the US armed forces warned on Friday that militants hiding in the tribal areas of Pakistan pose a direct threat to the United States and other Western nations....
Bush drops in during Hadley’s talks with Durrani
WASHINGTON, May 2: US President George W. Bush “dropped-in” during a farewell meeting the departing Pakistani envoy had on Thursday with National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley at the White House....
Akhtar Mengal exonerated in treason case
QUETTA, May 2: The Balochistan High Court on Friday exonerated BNP-Mengal leaders Sardar Akhtar Mengal and Habib Jalib Baloch from treason charges....
Reshuffle in federal bureaucracy
ISLAMABAD, May 2: In a major shake-up in the federal bureaucracy, the government on Friday transferred six federal secretaries and promoted 21 bureaucrats to Grade-22....
Senate opposition divided on price hike blame
ISLAMABAD, May 2: The opposition in the Senate was on Friday divided on apportioning blame for the country’s severest price hike now prevailing, with the main group of President Pervez Musharraf’s...
10 members of a family die in road accident
MIRPURKHAS, May 2: Ten people were killed and 24 others injured when a bus and a pick-up collided on the Mirpurkhas-Tando Allahyar road, near the Khwaja bus stand, on Friday night....
US ambassador meets leader of ‘terrorist’ Maoist party
KATHMANDU, May 2: The United States ambassador to Nepal has met for the first time the Maoist leader, the embassy said on Friday, despite the former rebels still being on a US list of terrorist organisations....
WFP not sure if US aid will help feed the poor
ROME, May 2: The World Food Programme said on Friday it was not yet sure if a proposed $770 million in extra US food aid would help it feed the poor and close a budget gap caused by soaring food prices....
Bomb blast near Yemen mosque: 18 killed
SAN’A, May 2: A motorcycle bomb exploded amid a crowd of worshippers leaving a mosque after Friday prayers in a mountain rebel stronghold in northern Yemen, killing at least 18 people and wounding about 45, government officials said....
Opec-style rice cartel proposed
MANILA, May 2: Asian countries sought on Friday to tame the spiralling rice prices with Thailand proposing an Opec-style cartel for exporters and the Philippines shoring up supplies while aiming to end its status as the world’s largest importer....
Al Jazeera’s Sudanese cameraman back home from Guantanamo
KHARTOUM, May 2: A Sudanese cameraman with the Arab satellite news channel Al Jazeera on Friday accused US authorities of insulting Islamic symbols on his return home after six years in the Guantanamo Bay prison....
Peace activism suffered by Nirmala’s death: Sherry
NEW DELHI, May 2: In her death, as in life, Gandhian peace activist Nirmala Deshpande brought India and Pakistan closer on Friday, the presence of a high-level Pakistani delegation at her funeral becoming a catalyst for the bonding she tirelessly pursued....
Execution of Indian convict delayed
LAHORE, May 2: The government has delayed until further orders the execution of an Indian man on death row over terrorism charges....
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LAHORE, May 2: Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif has announced that the pre-emergency judiciary will be restored on May 12 in accordance with the Murree Declaration....
KHARTOUM, May 2: A Sudanese cameraman with the Arab satellite news channel Al Jazeera on Friday accused US authorities of insulting Islamic symbols on his return home after six years in the Guantanamo Bay prison....
