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Musharraf relic of the past: Asif
ISLAMABAD, May 22: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Thursday launched a tirade against President Pervez Musharraf with party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari declaring him a stumbling block in the way of...
SBP’s move to curb inflation: Interest rate increased by 1.5pc
KARACHI, May 22: The State Bank has increased the benchmark interest rate by 1.5 per cent to 12 per cent in an attempt to curtail the rising inflation which has caused huge deficits and high unemployment....
Next 9/11 to come from Fata: US general
WASHINGTON, May 22: A top American general on Thursday endorsed a US intelligence assessment that the next 9/11-type attack on the US soil would come from Al Qaeda bases in Pakistan’s...
Iftikhar regrets judges’ help to dictators
KARACHI, May 22: Deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has praised the deposed judges of high courts for rejecting an offer of fresh appointment....
Deal depends on enforcement of Sharia: Taliban
PESHAWAR, May 22: Taliban militants in Swat said on Thursday that the success of the peace deal reached with the government on Wednesday depended on the enforcement of Islamic laws in the region....
Ministers plan UN visit to seek Benazir murder probe
ISLAMABAD, May 22: The government said on Thursday it would send a delegation to the UN headquarters to formally request Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for forming an international commission to probe into...
Fata talks different this time: US expert
NEW YORK, May 22: A former US State Department specialist on South Asia observed on Thursday that the current negotiations in the tribal areas of Pakistan might be quite different from...
Advani recalls ‘special bond’ with BB
NEW DELHI, May 22: Leader of India’s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party L.K. Advani has said he shared a special bonding with the slain former premier, Benazir Bhutto....
Journalist shot dead
KHAR, May 22: Unidentified assailants shot dead a correspondent of a private TV channel in Bajaur on Thursday....
Accused denies hand in 7/7 attacks
LONDON, May 22: Waheed Ali, who has confessed to having been trained in Pakistan and Afghanistan to fight British troops, has denied any involvement in the July 7, 2005, bomb attacks in London....
UN to monitor deal with militants
KABUL, May 22: The UN peacekeeping chief said on Thursday the world body would “watch closely” a peace deal between Pakistani government and militants in Swat....
China seeks 3.3m tents
BEIJING, May 22: China issued an international appeal on Thursday for 3.3 million tents and temporary shelters for those left homeless by last week’s earthquake....
Ocean sharks swim towards extinction: study
BERLIN, May 22: Overfishing partly caused by booming demand for shark fin soup, a delicacy in some Asian countries, is threatening the existence of 11 kinds of ocean sharks, an international study showed on Thursday....
Bird flu in Bangladesh
DHAKA, May 22: The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has diagnosed a 16-month-old Bangladeshi baby as being stricken by H5N1, the virus that causes avian influenza....
Bomb kills Afghan soldier; three guards found dead
KANDAHAR: A bomb attached to a bicycle killed an Afghan soldier in the troubled southern city of Kandahar on Thursday, while police found the bodies of three guards shot dead by the Taliban....
Rice warns of more US sanctions on Iran
PALO ALTO: The United States will “aggressively” impose more sanctions on Iran as long as it refuses to give up sensitive nuclear work and uses the world’s financial system for “terrorism,” US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday....
Balochistan lawyers to join long march
QUETTA, May 22: Lawyers boycotted courts on Thursday in response to a call given by a national conference of lawyers to press for reinstatement of the deposed judges....
Edhi slams burning of robbers
HYDERABAD, May 22: Social activist Abdul Sattar Edhi has condemned the burning of dacoits and said that people should fight those who are producing dacoits....
KARACHI, May 22: The State Bank has increased the benchmark interest rate by 1.5 per cent to 12 per cent in an attempt to curtail the rising inflation which has caused huge deficits and high unemployment....
HYDERABAD, May 22: Social activist Abdul Sattar Edhi has condemned the burning of dacoits and said that people should fight those who are producing dacoits....
