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Ex-Pak PM Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi passes away

November 21st, 2009 - 12:51 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore, Nov.21 (ANI): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi passed away in London on Friday night after a prolonged illness. Born on August 14, 1931, Jatoi served as the caretaker Prime Minister ...

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No talks with ‘beast’ extremists: Gilani

No talks with ‘beast’ extremists: Gilani

November 17th, 2009 - 4:24 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Nov.17 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has ruled out talks with extremists, saying the South Waziristan operation would be taken to its conclusive end. Speaking in the National Assembly, ...

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Zardari ready to shed grabbed powers, conveys plan to Gilani

Zardari ready to shed grabbed powers, conveys plan to Gilani

November 16th, 2009 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Nov 16 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is committed to shed some constitutional powers well before March 30, the deadline he had set for materialising his plan, well-placed official ...

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Pak Human Rights Commission reports massive fallacies in Gilgit-Baltistan elections

Pak Human Rights Commission reports massive fallacies in Gilgit-Baltistan elections

November 14th, 2009 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore, Nov.14 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) while expressing satisfaction over the peaceful Gilgit-Baltistan elections has pointed out several fallacies during the polls. HRCP's special observation team reported that ...

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Pak Taliban blames ISI, PPP, Blackwater for recent terror attacks

Pak Taliban blames ISI, PPP, Blackwater for recent terror attacks

November 14th, 2009 - 4:24 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Nov.14 (ANI): The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has blamed the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the Awami National Party, the Pakistan People's Party and private US security firm Blackwater for the recent spate ...

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Gilgit-Baltistan polls ‘free’ and ‘fair’: Gilani

Gilgit-Baltistan polls ‘free’ and ‘fair’: Gilani

November 13th, 2009 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Nov.13 (ANI): Rejecting allegations of massive fraud in the Gilgit-Baltistan elections, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has termed the polls as 'free' and 'fair'. Responding to the allegations of poll ...

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India’s involvemnt in Baloch unrest should be discussed with UN: Sharif

India’s involvemnt in Baloch unrest should be discussed with UN: Sharif

November 13th, 2009 - 12:15 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Nov.13 (ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has asked Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to take the issue of India's alleged involvement in fanning insurgency in Balochistan the ...

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PCB under fire for appointing Yousuf as Test skipper

November 12th, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore, Nov.12 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is under fire for appointing Mohammad Yousuf as the captain of the Test team. Former players and officials have criticized the PCB for the sudden ...

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Pak Government ready to execute any court warrant against Musharraf

Pak Government ready to execute any court warrant against Musharraf

November 11th, 2009 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Nov.11 (ANI): The Pakistan Government would execute any court warrant against former President General Pervez Musharraf, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Babar Awan has said. "If a Pakistani court issues any proclamation, warrant ...

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Military offensive no solution for insurgency hit areas: Gilani

Military offensive no solution for insurgency hit areas: Gilani

November 8th, 2009 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Nov.8 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has admitted that military operations in insurgency hit regions such as Swat, Malakand and South Waziristan would not help resolve the real ...

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Women lawmaker humiliated inside Pak parliament, starts crying

Women lawmaker humiliated inside Pak parliament, starts crying

November 6th, 2009 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Nov.6 (ANI): Things can be really tough when you are a woman member of Pakistan's National Assembly, as you could land in an embarrassing situation when other members of the ...

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“Day not far when Kashmir will be free”: Sharif

“Day not far when Kashmir will be free”: Sharif

November 6th, 2009 - 12:32 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Nov.6 (ANI): In an apparent bid to ensure his party's victory in the forthcoming Gilgit-Baltistan elections, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif has deviously played the 'Kashmir' card. Addressing an election ...

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Ex Pak MNA claims US contacted him again to broker talks with Taliban

Ex Pak MNA claims US contacted him again to broker talks with Taliban

November 4th, 2009 - 6:45 pm ICT by ANI -
Peshawar, Nov.4 (ANI): A former Pakistan Member of the National Assembly (MNA), Javed Ibrahim Paracha, who is known for having a good contact with the Taliban leadership, has said that the ...

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Financing terrorism to be an offence in Pakistan

November 4th, 2009 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Nov 4 (IANS) Financing terrorism would become a criminal offence in Pakistan as the Anti-Money Laundering Bill has been approved, a media report said. The National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance Tuesday ...

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NRO a ‘non-issue’, MNA’s should help govt. to address ‘real issues’ : Gilani

NRO a ‘non-issue’, MNA’s should help govt. to address ‘real issues’ : Gilani

November 4th, 2009 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Nov.4 (ANI): Terming the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) as a 'non-issue', Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has urged the members of the National Assembly (MNA) to let the judiciary ...

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Gilani defends not tabling NRO in parliament

Gilani defends not tabling NRO in parliament

November 3rd, 2009 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Nov 3 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Tuesday defended the government's decision not to table the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) in parliament for ratification. Speaking on ...

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PPP government decides against tabling NRO in parliament

PPP government decides against tabling NRO in parliament

November 3rd, 2009 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Nov.3 (ANI): The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) led government has decided against tabling the controversial National Reconciliation Ordianace (NRO), which offers complete immunity to the President and other top leaders ...

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Pak religious parties warn govt not to repeal blasphemy law

November 2nd, 2009 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore, Nov. 2 (ANI): Pakistan's religious parties have warned the government that they will not accept any amendment in the country's existing blasphemy law. Pakistan's blasphemy law forbids-damaging a place of worship or ...

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Supporting dictators in Pak was a mistake, would not be repeated again: Clinton

October 31st, 2009 - 3:51 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Oct.31 (ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is on a three-day visit to Pakistan, has said that Washington had committed a mistake by supporting successive military regimes in the ...

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Malik denies India, Afghanistan’s hand in Peshawar blast

Malik denies India, Afghanistan’s hand in Peshawar blast

October 31st, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Oct.31 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has rebuked North West Frontier Province's (NWFP) Inspector General of Police (IG) Malik Naveed's claims regarding the involvement of foreign hands in the ...

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‘Big Brother’ US requests ‘record’ doubling of its diplomats in Pakistan

October 30th, 2009 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Oct 30(ANI): Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has informed the National Assembly's Sub-Committee on Human Rights that the United States has requested to raise the strength of its diplomats in Pakistan to 749, ...

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Zardari decides to surrender key presidential powers to PM

Zardari decides to surrender key presidential powers to PM

October 28th, 2009 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Oct.28 (ANI): Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has decided to surrender his presidential powers related to the dissolution of assemblies and the appointment of services chiefs to Prime Minister Yousuf ...

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Pakistan mulls armed guards inside parliament

October 28th, 2009 - 5:49 am ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Oct 28 (IANS) The Pakistani government is considering to deploy armed security guards inside parliament for the first time in the wake of emerging threat of terrorism, an official said. The parliament ...

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Nisar Ali Khan termed “a Twenty20 player” for his anti-Zardari stance

Nisar Ali Khan termed “a Twenty20 player” for his anti-Zardari stance

October 27th, 2009 - 9:27 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Oct 27(ANI): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) members have indicated that a trusted aide of party chief Nawaz Sharif, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, was left out of the talks with President ...

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Pak to be declared ‘high-risk country’ if it fails to upgrade money laundering laws

October 24th, 2009 - 5:03 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Oct. 24 (ANI): If Pakistan fails to upgrade its existing anti-money laundering laws before February 2010, it will have to face severe financial penalties from international organisations that includes being declared ...

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Amid terror shadow, Pakistan shuts educational institutions (Second Lead)

Amid terror shadow, Pakistan shuts educational institutions (Second Lead)

October 21st, 2009 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Oct 21 (IANS) All government and private schools, colleges and universities throughout Pakistan have been closed after fears of terror attacks sparked by the twin suicide bombings at a university ...

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Pakistan shuts educational institutions till security improves

Pakistan shuts educational institutions till security improves

October 21st, 2009 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS -
Islamabad, Oct 21 (IANS) All government and private schools, colleges and universities throughout Pakistan have been closed after fears of militant attacks in the wake of twin suicide bombings at a ...

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Pak senator indicates recalling Younis Khan, PCB chief

Pak senator indicates recalling Younis Khan, PCB chief

October 20th, 2009 - 10:22 pm ICT by ANI -
Islamabad, Oct 20 (ANI): Chairman of Pakistan's National Assembly standing committee for sports, Jamshed Dasti, today said that this impression is quite wrong that he did not know cricket as he ...

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Ramiz asks Pak senator to apologise for levelling match-fixing charges

October 19th, 2009 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI -
Lahore, Oct 19 (ANI): Pakistan's former captain Ramiz Raja has asked chairman of the National Assembly's standing committee on sports, Jamshed Dasti, to apologise to the nation for accusing the team of ...

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Younis wants captaincy till 2011 World Cup, more powers to retract resignation

October 16th, 2009 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI -
Karachi, Oct.16 (ANI): Enraged Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan, who resigned from the post earlier this week, has said that he would take back his resignation only after the Pakistan Cricket Board ...

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