BATTLE LINES DRAWN: •PML-N protesters take to streets : •Govt desists from using force
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: Pakistan’s politics took a dramatic, but not so unexpected, turn on Wednesday when a Supreme Court verdict to declare Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif ineligible to contest elections or...
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President imposes governor’s rule on PM’s advice
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: President Asif Ali Zardari imposed governor’s rule in Punjab for two months on Wednesday and made Governor Salman Taseer head of the provincial set-up....
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Belligerent Nawaz lashes out at Zardari
LAHORE, Feb 25: Accusing President Asif Ali Zardari of offering relief to Sharif brothers in their eligibility cases “in exchange for supporting extension in service of Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar”,...
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Zardari, Gilani decide to woo PML-Q
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: After imposing governor’s rule in Punjab, President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani jointly held a meeting of Pakistan People’s Party stalwarts in the Presidency...
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SC makes public office out of bounds for Sharif brothers
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: The Supreme Court on Wednesday disqualified Sharif brothers from holding any public office and contesting election....
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Nationwide protests today
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-N announced on Wednesday its plan for countrywide protest against the Supreme Court’s decision of disqualifying its leaders Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif and imposition of governor’s rule in Punjab....
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Punjab in a federation
A: “Today I have everything… government, power (?), backing of the global masters (??). You…What do you have?”...
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US detects double billing by Pakistan Navy
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: A recent report by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) accuses Pakistan Navy of submitting “duplicative charges” for transport facilities provided in aid of war against terror....
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No deal in Bajaur: official
PESHAWAR, Feb 25: The government denied on Wednesday having reached a peace agreement with militants in Bajaur and said that security forces would continue their operation in the restive agency....
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35 Pakistanis, two Indians indicted in Mumbai case
NEW DELHI, Feb 25: Police in Mumbai filed charges on Wednesday in what they said was a watertight case against dozens of alleged plotters in the terror attack on India’s financial...
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India urged to respond quickly to Pakistan’s queries
ISLAMABAD, Feb 25: Pakistan urged India on Wednesday to quickly respond to its queries so that the Mumbai attack accused could be interrogated during their physical remand....
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New strategy will be forged to deal with terrorists: Obama
WASHINGTON, Feb 25: US President Barack Obama has warned that he will not allow terrorists sitting half a world away to plot attacks against the American people....
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Only 5pc Afghan Taliban are hard-core militants: Holbrooke
WASHINGTON, Feb 25: Only five per cent of the Taliban militants in Afghanistan are hard-core, others can be persuaded to abandon violence, says Richard Holbrooke, the US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan....
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Lord Nazir jailed for dangerous driving
LONDON, Feb 25: Labour life peer Lord Nazir Ahmed of Rotherham was jailed for 12 weeks by the Sheffield Crown Court on Wednesday for sending text messages while driving on a motorway which is classed as dangerous driving in Britain....
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Mutiny by Bangladesh Rifles
DHAKA, Feb 25: Bangladesh border guards launched an armed mutiny on Wednesday, taking officers hostage and sparking a fierce gunbattle in the capital that left at least five people dead and 42 wounded....
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Nine die as Turkish jet crashes in Holland
AMSTERDAM, Feb 25: A Turkish Airlines plane with 135 people aboard slammed into a muddy field while attempting to land at Amsterdam’s main airport on Wednesday....
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