Pakistani billionaire lawmaker fears for his life
May 8th, 2012 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 8 (IANS) A Pakistani parliamentarian, who has declared assets worth a staggering Rs.32 billion, now fears that this disclosure "may even endanger" his life, a media report said ... Read more...
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Action sought against Pakistan army officers for $1.4 bn fraud
June 11th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 11 (IANS) The public accounts committee (PAC) of Pakistan's national assembly Saturday expressed annoyance over non-implementation of its directives seeking action against army officers for their having embezzled ... Read more...
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Pakistan PM doesn’t own a car, saves half his annual salary
April 21st, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf raza Gilani is a man of frugal means - if one goes by his declared assets. He doesn't own a car ... Read more...
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‘Poor’ Pak politicians are ’stinking rich’ in reality!
April 21st, 2011 - 12:32 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, April 21(ANI): The assets returns filed by members of the Pakistan Parliament's Lower House in the Election Commission of Pakistan have some unbelievably absurd details.A majority of them have not ... Read more...
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Islamabad police to work on beat system as crime rises
April 2nd, 2011 - 4:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 2 (IANS) Concerned at the rising crime graph in the capital city, Islamabad police authorities have decided to introduce a beat system for their constabulary to ensure effective ... Read more...
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Malik for Pak NA committee to probe US citizen’s firing in Lahore
January 29th, 2011 - 12:08 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 29(ANI): Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has proposed constituting a National Assembly committee to probe the incident, in which a US official shot dead two Pakistani men in a busy ... Read more...
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US blacklists Pak charity foundation as “alias” of banned terrorist group LeT
November 25th, 2010 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 25 (ANI): The United States has added Pakistan's Falah-e-Insaniyat Foundation, a charity group closely associated with banned terrorist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, to its official list of blacklisted terror organisations."On November ... Read more...
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US brands three LeT leaders as global terrorists
November 25th, 2010 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Nov 25 (IANS) The United States has designated three top leaders of the Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), blamed for the Mumbai terrorist attacks, as global terrorists and ... Read more...
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Terror attack at CIA office in Pak foiled
November 16th, 2010 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 16 (ANI): A terror attack plot at the CIA office in Pakistan was foiled after a man carrying a bag laden with explosives and addressed to a deputy superintendent ... Read more...
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It happens only in Pak: Islamabad IGP cares two hoots about Rehman Malik’s diktats
November 2nd, 2010 - 6:35 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 2(ANI): Increasing tension between the Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Islamabad Inspector General of Police (IGP) Syed Kaleem Imam has resulted in the transfer of the latter.According to the ... Read more...
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Medical student held for mowing down four labourers (Lead)
July 27th, 2010 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) A 25-year-old medical student who allegedly mowed down four men in south Delhi early Monday was arrested from Delhi airport while trying to leave the country, police ... Read more...
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Medical student arrested for mowing down four in Delhi
July 27th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) A 25-year-old medical student who allegedly mowed down four workers under his Honda City car in south Delhi early Monday was arrested from Delhi airport while trying ... Read more...
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Here’s how booze flows freely in Pak
July 1st, 2010 - 6:22 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 1(ANI): Pakistan police seizing a trailer loaded with 1300 bottles of hard liquor and 26,284 bottles of wine in Islamabad has revealed how liquor smuggling is an easy job in ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha revokes suspension of four SP members (Lead)
March 15th, 2010 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha Monday revoked the suspension of four Samajwadi Party (SP) members, amongst the seven MPs against whom action was taken for their unruly behaviour before ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha revokes suspension of four SP MPs
March 15th, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha Monday revoked the suspension of four Samajwadi Party (SP) members, amongst the seven MPs against whom action was taken for their unruly behaviour before ... Read more...
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Govt. assures of decision on seven suspended MPs by Thursday evening
March 11th, 2010 - 6:37 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 11(ANI): Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister P. K. Bansal on Thursday said a decision on the seven Rajya Sabha MPs, who were suspended after they created a ruckus during the ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha adjourned twice over MPs’ suspensions
March 11th, 2010 - 1:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned twice Thursday following persistent demands from opposition MPs for revoking the suspension of seven members who had been physically evicted from ... Read more...
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Suspended MPs should regret their actions: Bansal
March 10th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal Wednesday indicated that the government could bring a motion to revoke suspension of seven Rajya Sabha members if they expressed ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha adjourned for day over women’s bill trouble (Second Lead)
March 10th, 2010 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day Wednesday after Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sharad Yadav and Lalu Prasad staged noisy protests demanding that the seven MPs ... Read more...
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SP, RJD walk out of Rajya Sabha over MPs’ suspension
March 10th, 2010 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Members of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) walked out of the Rajya Sabha Wednesday demanding that the suspension of seven MPs ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha adjourned twice as protests continue (Lead)
March 10th, 2010 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned twice Wednesday after Mulayam Singh Yadav, Sharad Yadav and Lalu Prasad staged noisy protests demanding that the seven MPs suspended in ... Read more...
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Lok Sabha adjourned as Yadav trio protest women’s bill
March 10th, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned Wednesday after Samajwadi Party's Mulayam Singh Yadav, Janata Dal-United's Sharad Yadav and Rashtriya Janata Dal's Lalu Prasad staged noisy protests against ... Read more...
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Suspended MPs physically evicted from Rajya Sabha
March 9th, 2010 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Seven opposition members of the Rajya Sabha, suspended for their unruly behaviour, were physically evicted from the house Tuesday after they continued to squat on the ... Read more...
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Suspended MPs squat inside house, Rajya Sabha adjourned again (Second Lead)
March 9th, 2010 - 3:56 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha was adjourned again when the seven MPs who had been suspended earlier Tuesday for unruly behaviour continued to squat on the floor and effusively ... Read more...
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BJP, CPI-M welcome suspension of MPs
March 9th, 2010 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India -Marxist (CPI-M) welcomed Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari's decision to suspend seven MPs disrupting the ... Read more...
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Women’s Reservation Bill: Unruly Rajya Sabha MPs suspended for rest of session
March 9th, 2010 - 3:08 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 9 (ANI): Seven Rajya Sabha MPs, who had created a ruckus on Monday during the tabling of the Women's Reservation Bill, were suspended for the rest of Parliament ... Read more...
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Seven Rajya Sabha MPs suspended for unruly behaviour (Lead)
March 9th, 2010 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Furious at the continuous disruptions over the women's reservation bill, Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari Tuesday suspended seven opposition MPs for the remaining part of the session ... Read more...
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Five killed in blast at Islamabad’s UN office (Fourth Lead)
October 5th, 2009 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 5 (IANS) Five people, including a foreigner, were killed when a suicide bomber detonated himself inside the lobby of the UN World Food Programme office in an upscale locality ... Read more...
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Blast in Islamabad’s UN office kills three (Third Lead)
October 5th, 2009 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Oct 5 (IANS) Three people, including a foreigner, were killed Monday in a suicide bomb blast at the UN World Food Programme office in an upscale locality of this Pakistan ... Read more...
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Mastermind behind attack on Pak minister held
September 15th, 2009 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Sep. 15 (ANI): The suspected mastermind of the attack on Pakistan's Religious Affairs Minister Hamid Saeed Kazmi has been arrested, police say.The attack which took place earlier this month injured ... Read more...
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Pak religious parties demand Sharia in NWFP
April 10th, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr.10 (ANI): With the Pakistan Government giving its nod to the Taliban demand for Sharia courts in the Malakand region of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), various religious parties ... Read more...
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Protesting teachers baton-charged by police in Lucknow
February 12th, 2009 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Feb 12 (IANS) Thousands of teachers and employees of non-aided schools across Uttar Pradesh who reached the state capital Thursday to launch protests demanding higher salaries were baton-charged by the police.
As ... Read more...
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Pak under certain compulsions not to hit US drones: Rabbani
January 27th, 2009 - 12:23 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jan 27 (ANI): The Leader of the House in the Senate, Raza Rabbani, has said that Pakistan has certain limitations and compulsions that were preventing it from hitting down US ... Read more...
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Samajwadi Party names 17 more Lok Sabha candidates
January 10th, 2009 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party Saturday announced the names of 17 more candidates to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh while underlining it was "not violating ... Read more...
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Lucknow schoolgirls object to skimpy dance costumes
October 21st, 2008 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Oct 21 (IANS) Girl students at a school here have objected to "skimpy costumes" given to them for a belly dance that is to be performed at the school's annual day ... Read more...
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