PPP feels the heat as turmoil over SC ruling mounts: Verdict has harmed democracy: Gilani
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: The PPP-led coalition government seemed facing the worst political crisis of its 11-month life as nationwide protests on Thursday denounced a Supreme Court ruling that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani acknowledged had hurt a nascent democracy....
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Shahbaz is still chief minister, says Nawaz: Bureaucracy asked not to follow Taseer’s orders
SHEIKHUPURA, Feb 26: Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif has again rejected Supreme Court’s decision disqualify him and his brother Shahbaz Sharif and said Shahbaz Sharif continues to be the constitutional chief minister....
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PPP decides to form govt in Punjab
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: The Pakistan People’s Party decided on Thursday to try to form its own government in Punjab, keeping all ‘options open’, including an alliance with the Pakistan Muslim League-Q....
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PML-N workers hold protests across Punjab
LAHORE, Feb 26: Protesting against the disqualification of the Sharif brothers, workers of the Pakistan Muslim League-N took out processions across Punjab on Thursday while businessmen observed partial to complete strike in different cities and towns....
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PML-Q — from political pariah to kingmaker
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: The Sharifs’ disqualification and their falling out with the PPP has been a gift for the Q-League which was being likened to a political pariah after last year’s...
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Pakistan under pressure at US talks
WASHINGTON, Feb 26: The US-Pakistan-Afghanistan talks are not over yet but Pakistan already seems to have lost much ground....
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Punjab PA speaker holds session on stairs
LAHORE, Feb 26: About 130 provincial legislators held a session on Thursday on the stairs of the Punjab assembly building because the gates had been locked, and passed a resolution asking...
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India rejects resumption of composite dialogue
NEW DELHI, Feb 26: The foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan, who hadn’t seen each other after the Mumbai attacks, met in Colombo on Thursday and while Islamabad said the talks...
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EC declares Shahbaz’s seat vacant
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: The Election Commission has de-notified the election of Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif as a member of the Punjab Assembly from PP-48, Bhakkar II, and declared the seat vacant....
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Fazl offers to mediate
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has offered to mediate between Pakistan People’s Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-N to resolve the crisis triggered by disqualification of the Sharif...
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Pakistani suspects handed over to US, admits UK
LONDON, Feb 26: After a year of allegations and repeated ministerial assurances to the contrary, the government has admitted that British troops in Iraq handed over terror suspects believed to be...
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US rights report speaks of mixed South Asia record
WASHINGTON, Feb 26: The United States has reported widespread human rights violations across South Asia but also noted glimmers of hope thanks to political transitions in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal....
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Bangladesh Rifles rebels end mutiny: 130 army officers missing
DHAKA, Feb 26: A mutiny by thousands of Bangladesh border guards ended in their surrender on Thursday, after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warned they were on a suicidal path that could only end in bloodshed....
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Afghanistan vows to help eradicate terrorism
WASHINGTON, Feb 26: Minutes before joining the final round of trilateral talks in Washington on Thursday, Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta declared that his government was willing to work together with its allies to eradicate terrorism from the Afghan-Pakistan region....
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US will boost supplies for Afghan force, says general
WASHINGTON, Feb 26: The United States will be able to ramp up supplies for thousands of extra troops being sent to Afghanistan even though convoys have come under attack in Pakistan, according to a top US general....
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Palestinians agree to form unity govt
CAIRO, Feb 26: Rival Palestinian groups agreed on Thursday to set up a unity government by the end of March after reconciliation talks aimed at ending long-running factional feuding, Palestinian officials said....
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NEW DELHI, Feb 26: India has begun building its own aircraft carrier, according to its navy.
The navy said on Thursday the keel-laying ceremony for the vessel would be held on Saturday, but production of components for the 260-metre ship had already begun....
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Scientists find oldest words in English
LONDON, Feb 26: The oldest words in the English language include “I” and “who”, while words like “dirty” could die out relatively quickly, British researchers said on Thursday....
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ADB ready to raise annual aid to $3bn
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: The Asian Development Bank will provide $500million to Pakistan ahead of the next budget and has expressed willingness to double its annual assistance to $3billion as requested by the country....
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Food security
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26: Developing Muslim countries sought ways on Thursday to help their farmers boost production and prevent the global economic downturn from choking the steady supply of affordable food....
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