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PPP out to tame presidency, empower parliament
ISLAMABAD, May 24: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Saturday unveiled some major points of the 18th Constitution Amendment Bill aimed at cutting the presidency to size, ensuring the reinstatement of deposed judges and making the parliament sovereign in real terms....
Iftikhar accorded warm welcome in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD, May 24: Deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry was accorded warm welcome on his arrival here in a procession on Saturday at about 11pm, some five hours behind schedule....
Afghan jihad will continue: Mehsud
KOTKAI (South Waziristan) May 24: Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud on Saturday ruled out the possibility of cooperating with a UN probe into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, saying the world body was not neutral....
Pakistan not creating problems for Afghanistan, says Rice
WASHINGTON, May 24: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said that despite differences over the Fata talks, the United States does not believe that Pakistan wants to exacerbate the situation in the tribal region or create problems for Afghanistan....
SCBA warns against limiting CJ’s tenure
ISLAMABAD, May 24: The Supreme Court Bar Association has cautioned the government against limiting the tenure of the supreme court chief justice to three years, which would effectively eliminate Iftikhar Mohammad...
Policemen killed in explosion
PESHAWAR, May 24: Two policemen were killed and two others suffered injuries in an explosion on Saturday....
Defeat of militancy still years away: US
WASHINGTON, May 24: The Pentagon has warned that Pakistan needs several years to defeat “Al Qaeda-linked terrorists operating in its tribal region along the Afghan border”....
Kabul urges Islamabad to help stop attacks
KABUL, May 24: Pakistan must not allow its soil to be used for launching attacks in Afghanistan, the government said on Saturday after a Pakistani militant vowed to continue ‘jihad’ while pursuing peace talks with Islamabad....
Protests mark Patil’s visit to Kashmir
SRINAGAR, May 24: Police fired tear-gas shells at stone-throwing protesters here on Saturday while shops stayed shut after Kashmiri leaders called a strike in protest against a visit by the Indian president....
‘Effects of global warming worse than thought’
KOBE, May 24: Global warming is damaging the earth more quickly than previously forecast and rising oil prices threaten to speed the growth in greenhouse gas emissions, scientists and activists told environment ministers from industrialised nations on Saturday....
Divers survive 20 hours in shark-infested waters
SYDNEY, May 24: Two divers survived more than 20 hours in shark-infested waters in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef area before being found, rescuers said on Saturday....
‘Spy’ killed
MIRAMSHAH, May 24: The body of an Afghan national was found in the Spinwam town of North Waziristan tribal region on Saturday....
Faryal elected unopposed
LARKANA, May 24: Ms Faryal Talpur, sister of PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari, was unofficially elected MNA unopposed from NA-207 (Larkana-IV) after all candidates withdrew their candidatures from the contest on Saturday....
Rehmat Shah Afridi freed on parole
LAHORE, May 24: The Punjab government on Saturday released Rehmat Shah Afridi, editor-in-chief of an English daily, on parole after nine years of detention....
Ex-servicemen call for trying Musharraf for treason
RAWALPINDI, May 24: Members of the Ex-Servicemen Society here on Saturday said that President Pervez Musharraf should be tried under Article 6 of the Constitution after being impeached for taking unconstitutional steps....
Afghan guard killed in border clash
LANDI KOTAL, May 24: An Afghan border guard was killed and three Afghan civilians were injured when Pakistani and Afghan troops exchanged fire at Torkham on Saturday....
FAISALABAD, May 24: Deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry was accorded warm welcome on his arrival here in a procession on Saturday at about 11pm, some five hours behind schedule....
KOTKAI (South Waziristan) May 24: Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud on Saturday ruled out the possibility of cooperating with a UN probe into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, saying the world body was not neutral....
PESHAWAR, May 24: Two policemen were killed and two others suffered injuries in an explosion on Saturday....
