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Never-seen images of Mars sent by Nasa robot
WASHINGTON, May 26: A Nasa probe sent back never-seen pictures of Mars’ north pole on Monday after a near perfect landing in the most ambitious mission to date to find life-sustaining minerals on the Red Planet....
Benazir-like tragedies can happen again, warns US
BAGRAM AIR BASE (Afghanistan), May 26: Pakistan should strike back at ‘terrorism’ or it will see more attacks like the one that killed former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, US Homeland Security head Michael Chertoff said on Monday....
Budget-makers for tough steps to stem inflation
ISLAMABAD, May 26: Budget-makers have recommended tight monetary measures and fiscal stringency to contain the inflation rate at eight per cent during the next financial year, it is learnt....
Budget session called amid gathering storms
ISLAMABAD: A fledgling government on Monday called the National Assembly to meet for its first budget session on June 2 as new political and economic storms appeared gathering on the horizon....
Plot against Sharifs’ candidature alleged
LAHORE, May 26: The PML-N has come out with a tape that it claims contains conversation between PML-Q leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and an unidentified man about a plan involving PCO...
Kalabagh shelved for good: minister
LAHORE, May 26: The Kalabagh dam project has been shelved for good and the government is diverting allocations made for the plan to other projects in the water sector....
Taliban allow girls to attend schools
GHALANAI, May 26: Local Taliban have agreed to allow female education and protect government employees in Safi area of Mohmand Agency....
Seven killed in D.I. Khan
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, May 26: Seven people were killed and five others injured in what appeared to be incidents of sectarian violence here on Monday....
Judges can’t be restored by executive order: Fazl
ISLAMABAD, May 26: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has said that if the unconstitutional action of Nov 3, 2007, can be undone through an executive order then a demand...
Pakistan needs 159 years to catch up with industrialised world
WASHINGTON, May 26: Pakistan needs 159 years to catch up with industrialised nations, says a report by the Commission on Growth and Development, an independent body based at the World Bank headquarters in Washington....
PM asks Erra to expedite work
ISLAMABAD, May 26: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has asked the Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) to expedite work on rehabilitation and reconstruction of quake-affected areas....
MQM chief calls for reconciliation
KARACHI, May 26: Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain has asked all political and religious parties and lawyers’ bodies to pursue the policy of reconciliation because the economic crises confronting the nation require understanding and tolerance among all parties....
Nation wants me in parliament: Nawaz
LAHORE, May 26: PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Monday accused President Pervez Musharraf of using PCO judges for his vested interests and said that he had been cleared to contest the...
UK urges joint efforts against extremists
ISLAMABAD, May 26: British Defence Secretary Des Browne has said that Pakistan and Afghanistan need to make determined joint efforts to tackle the problem of violent extremism in areas along their borders....
Congressional delegation meets Zardari
ISLAMABAD, May 26: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that Pakistan will be a stronger and more stable democracy after the present government resolves all constitutional and legal issues through democratic consensus....
Victims want ban on use of cluster bombs
DUBLIN, May 26: Worldwide victims of cluster bombs appealed on Monday to treaty negotiators from 110 countries to ban the weapons system at negotiations expected to conclude in Dublin this week....
BD tops peace index
ISLAMABAD, May 26: Bangladesh has ranked first among the nations in South Asia in the grading of peaceful states in 2008, said a study of the Global Peace Index....
WASHINGTON, May 26: A Nasa probe sent back never-seen pictures of Mars’ north pole on Monday after a near perfect landing in the most ambitious mission to date to find life-sustaining minerals on the Red Planet....
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, May 26: Seven people were killed and five others injured in what appeared to be incidents of sectarian violence here on Monday....
