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FC troops withdrawing from Gwadar, Quetta
QUETTA, May 4: The federal government has decided to withdraw Frontier Corps from Gwadar and Quetta and hand over the responsibility of managing the law and order to police in the two cities....
Committee set up to trace missing people: Awan
QUETTA, May 4: Senator Babar Awan, the Secretary of PPP’s Reconciliatory Committee on Balochistan, has said that the government has set up two committees for tracing the missing people of Balochistan...
Shujaat ignores Musharraf call, refuses to quit
LAHORE / ISLAMABAD, May 4: Instead of quitting the party post as desired by President Pervez Musharraf during a meeting on Saturday, Pakistan Muslim League-Q chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has sought...
‘Working ties with president to be decided by parliament’
MULTAN, May 4: Matters relating to the presidency will be handled constitutionally and the issue of forging a working relationship with the president will be decided by parliament, according to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani....
Troops to stay in tribal areas till situation improves
PESHAWAR, May 4: Corps Commander Lt-Gen Mohammad Masood Aslam said on Sunday that the army would stay in tribal areas as long as the government wants it to be there and...
Govt change to allay fears of extremists taking over nukes
WASHINGTON, May 4: The victory of moderate political parties in the February elections will help convince the West that their fears of an extremist takeover of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are unfounded, Pakistani officials say....
2 militants killed in Dera Bugti
QUETTA, May 4: Two suspected militants have been killed and four others injured in an encounter with security forces in Sangsilla area of Dera Bugti....
Over 350 killed as cyclone devastates Myanmar
YANGON, May 4: A cyclone killed more than 350 people in military-ruled Myanmar, ripping through Yangon and the Irrawaddy delta where it flattened at least two towns, officials and state media said on Sunday....
Six Pakistani children die in Kuwait fire
KUWAIT CITY, May 4: Six Pakistani children, including a six-month-old baby boy, died of suffocation when a fire broke out in their apartment....
Surge in food prices may undo gains of a decade
MADRID, May 4: Soaring food prices may throw millions of people back into poverty in Asia and undo gains of a decade, regional leaders said on Sunday while calling for increased agricultural production to meet rising demand....
Japan urges Karzai to improve Islamabad ties
KABUL, May 4: Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura met President Hamid Karzai during a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Sunday in which he urged better relations with Pakistan....
Iraq softens stance on Iranian role in unrest
BAGHDAD, May 4: Iraq on Sunday appeared to distance itself from US accusations of Iranian meddling in Iraqi affairs, saying it would not be pushed into conflict with its neighbour and wanted its own inquiry into the evidence....
Nirmala’s ashes to be immersed in Indus
NEW DELHI, May 4: Pakistani peace activists said here on Sunday they would carry the ashes of Gandhian icon Nirmala Deshpande to be immersed in the Indus river to underscore her work to bring the two countries together....
Pakistan to get $1bn in ADB loans
MADRID, May 4: The Asian Development Bank has so far given the green light to providing Pakistan with about one billion dollars (648 million euros) in loans this year, a senior bank official said on Sunday in Spain....
First ombudsman passes away
LAHORE, May 4: A former chief justice of the Lahore High Court and the first federal ombudsman of Pakistan, Sardar Muhammad Iqbal, passed away here on Sunday....
Violence flares up in Bolivia
SANTA CRUZ (Bolivia), May 4: Violence erupted at some polling stations in the Bolivian province of Santa Cruz on Sunday as the territory held an autonomy referendum deemed illegal by leftwing President Evo Morales....
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MULTAN, May 4: Matters relating to the presidency will be handled constitutionally and the issue of forging a working relationship with the president will be decided by parliament, according to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani....
YANGON, May 4: A cyclone killed more than 350 people in military-ruled Myanmar, ripping through Yangon and the Irrawaddy delta where it flattened at least two towns, officials and state media said on Sunday....
MADRID, May 4: Soaring food prices may throw millions of people back into poverty in Asia and undo gains of a decade, regional leaders said on Sunday while calling for increased agricultural production to meet rising demand....
