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US toughens stance on govt’s talks with militants
WASHINGTON, May 15: The United States is refusing to comment on the missile attack on Damadola but has toughened its stance on a proposed agreement with the militants, saying that any...
Six soldiers released
TANK, May 15: Militants released six soldiers on Thursday, bringing to 18 the number of soldiers released by them under a prisoner swap agreement between militant leader Baitullah Mehsud and the government....
Justice Memon is new CJ of SHC
ISLAMABAD, May 15: President Pervez Musharraf has elevated Justice Azizullah M. Memon to the post of Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court (SHC), replacing Chief Justice Muhammad Afzal Soomro who...
Proceeding against Asif in Rockwood case ends
KARACHI, May 15: The last proceeding in a foreign court against Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has been terminated, the Sindh High Court was informed on Thursday....
Shaukat Tareen convener of economic advisory council
ISLAMABAD, May 15: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has constituted an economic advisory council for formulation and implementation of policies and a reforms agenda to steer the country out of the current crisis....
‘Damadola attack not to derail peace process’
KHAR, May 15: There was no evidence that any high-ranking foreign militant was killed in a missile attack on a house in Damadola on Wednesday, sources said on Thursday....
Brown pledges help for new government
LONDON, May 15: Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said that Britain would do what it could to help Pakistan “as we want a stable government in Islamabad”....
Eminent critic Kashfi dead
KARACHI, May 15: Eminent critic, research scholar and former chairman of Karachi University’s Urdu department Prof Dr Syed Abul Khair Kashfi died on Thursday afternoon. He was 76....
PM grieved over China quake loss
ISLAMABAD, May 15: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday visited the Chinese embassy and expressed grief over the loss of lives caused by a massive earthquake....
Google image ‘reveals N-missile site’
WASHINGTON, May 15: Commercial satellite imagery has revealed an extensive nuclear missile site in central China with nearly 60 launch-pads for medium-range missiles capable of striking Russia or India, a researcher said on Thursday ....
Vietnam seizes drugs shipped from Pakistan
HANOI, May 15: Vietnamese officials have seized marijuana worth $90 million in the country’s biggest drugs haul, police said on Thursday....
Group claims carrying out Jaipur bombings
JAIPUR, May 15: A previously unknown Muslim militant group claimed on Thursday to have carried out deadly bombings in Jaipur by planting bicycles packed with explosives on the city’s crowded streets, police said....
Nirmala ashes to be immersed near Sukkur
KARACHI, May 15: The ashes of Indian peace activist Nirmala Deshpande will be immersed in the Indus River near Sukkur on Saturday....
Talks with IAEA positive: Iran
TEHRAN, May 15: Iran said on Thursday the latest round of talks with UN inspectors to resolve remaining issues over its disputed nuclear work were “positive and constructive”, a news agency reported....
US Muslims’ concern over new report on ‘terrorism’
SAN FRANCISCO: Organisations of American Muslims have expressed concern over a new government report on “homegrown terrorism” which claims that the threat posed by “violent Islamist extremists” now comes increasingly from within the US....
Five get life term in suicide attack case
QUETTA, May 15: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday jailed five accused for life for their involvement in a suicide attack on an Ashura procession....
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Editor: Abbas Nasir
LAHORE, May 15: The hair-raising political mystery unfolding in the country took another twist on Thursday when the Pakistan Muslim League-N reacted angrily to the nomination of controversial Salman Taseer as the new governor of all important Punjab....
KHAR, May 15: There was no evidence that any high-ranking foreign militant was killed in a missile attack on a house in Damadola on Wednesday, sources said on Thursday....
KARACHI, May 15: Eminent critic, research scholar and former chairman of Karachi University’s Urdu department Prof Dr Syed Abul Khair Kashfi died on Thursday afternoon. He was 76....
