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Whodunnit: red faces over poll delay
ISLAMABAD, May 5: The Election Commission on Monday sent shockwaves across the political divide by postponing for two months the by-elections, slated for June 18, in view of a “deteriorating law and order situation”....
Malik asked NWFP to accept poll delay: minister
PESHAWAR, May 5: It was not the law and order situation in the NWFP but a request from the Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior, Mr Rehman Malik, to Chief...
Naek says decision disappointing
ISLAMABAD, May 5: Law Minister Farooq Naek has described constitutional expert Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim’s decision to disassociate himself from a legal committee on judges’ reinstatement as “disappointing” because the committee needed...
Ebrahim quits committee on judges
KARACHI, May 5: Former Supreme Court judge Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim has dissociated himself from a committee constituted by the Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-N ‘for reinstatement of the deposed...
Flour, power shortages fray tempers in Senate
ISLAMABAD, May 5: The agony of Pakistan’s worst flour and power shortages frayed tempers in the Senate on Monday when one ruling coalition member threatened his North West Frontier Province could...
Man dejected by high prices sets himself on fire
SWABI, May 5: A 37-year-old man doused himself in kerosene oil and set himself on fire in Topi bazaar on Monday in protest against skyrocketing prices and unemployment....
Jirga help sought to restore Fata peace
ISLAMABAD, May 5: The government on Monday sought tribal elders’ help for its efforts to restore peace in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas....
Troops attacked in South Waziristan
WANA, May 5: The fragile ceasefire between the army and Baitullah Mehsud apparently collapsed on Monday after security forces came under attack in South Waziristan. One soldier was injured....
Rs1.2trn revenue target in new budget
ISLAMABAD, May 5: The Ministry of Finance has given a revenue collection target of Rs1.2 trillion to the Federal Bureau of Revenue (FBR) for the fiscal year 2008-09 and asked it...
Brawl in Pindi bar over Aitzaz’s poll decision
RAWALPINDI, May 5: Lawyers attending a bar meeting here on Monday scuffled with each other when one of their colleagues expressed resentment over Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan’s decision to contest the coming by-election on PPP’s ticket....
$214m ADB tranche for houses in quake areas
ISLAMABAD, May 5: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday released $214 million to help Pakistan expedite disbursement of housing compensation to earthquake-affected families under the Earthquake Displaced People Livelihood Restoration Programme....
7m SIMs to be blocked by month-end
LAHORE, May 5: Over seven million cellphone SIMs are likely to be blocked by the end of this month for lack of ownership verification....
Pakistan blamed for woes of troops in Afghanistan
LONDON, May 5: As the new government in Islamabad grapples with the on-again and off-again peace talks with the tribal militant leadership, foreign troops fighting the Taliban inside Afghanistan continue to blame Pakistan for their unending battle ground woes....
Organ sales should be legalised, says expert
SYDNEY, May 5: An Australian kidney specialist sparked a bitter medical ethics row on Monday by calling for organ sales to be legalised to stop patients travelling overseas to buy them on the black market....
One billion Asians at risk of malnutrition, warns ADB
MADRID, May 5: The head of the Asian Development Bank called on Monday for an “immediate response” to soaring food prices which he said threatened a billion Asians with a risk of malnutrition....
US backs talks: Negroponte
WASHINGTON, May 5: US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said on Monday that the United States supported Pakistan’s effort to seek a negotiated settlement to the problem of terrorism in...
Kamal says he is in US to seek investment
WASHINGTON, May 5: Karachi City Nazim Mustafa Kamal said on Monday that he had come to the United States to urge American businessmen to invest in his city....
NAB recovered over Rs3bn
ISLAMABAD, May 5: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has recovered an amount of Rs3.33 billion under plea bargain and voluntarily return deals during 2007, a spokesman for the bureau said here on Monday....
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MADRID, May 5: The head of the Asian Development Bank called on Monday for an “immediate response” to soaring food prices which he said threatened a billion Asians with a risk of malnutrition....
