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Musharraf falls back on Leaguers for survival
ISLAMABAD, May 3: The president has advised Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Chaudhry Pervez Elahi to start working for the reunification of all Muslim League factions, the PML-N excluded, in order to...
PBC refuses to accept ‘PCO judges’
ISLAMABAD, May 3: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has expressed surprise over the extension of 30-day deadline for the reinstatement of deposed judges to 42 days and refused to recognise as...
Legal team off to a positive start: Naek
ISLAMABAD, May 3: The legal committee tasked to prepare a framework for the reinstatement of deposed judges began its deliberations in ‘a positive direction’ here on Saturday, Law Minister Farooq Naek said after its first formal meeting....
Taliban blame govt for deadlock
KHAR, May 3: The Taliban have blamed the government’s “inflexibility” for the lack of progress in negotiations....
Kabul supports Islamabad’s plans for talks with Taliban
KABUL, May 3: Afghanistan backs Islamabad’s plan to hold talks with the Pakistani Taliban, the government said on Saturday, but urged its neighbour not to allow the militants space to regroup and launch raids across the border....
Explosions rock Quetta
QUETTA, May 3: The provincial capital was rocked on Saturday when three bombs exploded at two different places....
Envoy’s family ask kidnappers to spare him
ISLAMABAD, May 3: The family of Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan appealed on Saturday to his kidnappers to free him and expressed frustration at the government’s failure to secure his release three months after he vanished on a border highway....
PM says packages for southern Punjab soon
MULTAN, May 3: During his first visit to his hometown after becoming prime minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani addressed a public meeting here on Saturday and promised reinstatement of deposed judges, restoration...
ADB pledges food relief, opposes rice cartel
MADRID, May 3: The Asian Development Bank on Saturday promised financial help for countries fighting the food price crisis, warned the prices could keep rising and attacked plans for a rice cartel....
‘Rule of law’award for judges, lawyers
WASHINGTON, May 3: The American Bar Association, the largest group of lawyers in the United States, will honour Pakistani lawyers and judges for upholding the rule of law in Pakistan....
Tribal chief tells US he had strong links with Omar
NEW YORK, May 3: An Afghan tribal chief facing heroin smuggling charges in New York tried to improve his lot by giving investigators information about the whereabouts of the supreme leader of the Taliban, the government said in court papers....
BD garment workers to get cheap rice
DHAKA, May 3: Bangladesh garment manufacturers on Saturday said they would distribute subsidised rice to thousands of lowest-paid workers to help them cope with skyrocketing food prices....
Labour loses mayor polls in London
LONDON, May 3: An eccentric ex-journalist from the opposition Conservatives ousted the Labour mayor of London on Saturday, capping an election rout for British Premier Gordon Brown who faces an uphill battle to revive his government’s fortunes....
Pakistan, Bahrain to enhance defence ties
ISLAMABAD, May 3: Pakis-tan and Bahrain on Saturday agreed to develop and intensify broad-based cooperation in the areas of defence, trade and economy....
Centre to help Sindh for peace in Karachi
ISLAMABAD, May 3: The government has prepared a strategy to support the Sindh government in maintaining peace in Karachi and other parts of the province, according to the adviser to the Prime Minister on interior, Rehman Malik....
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