Adroit Envoy States Case for Pakistan (New York Times)
Husain Haqqani, Pakistan?s ambassador to the United States and a lucid interpreter of his country?s bewildering politics, has become an influential figure in Washington.
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Pakistan mobilising for displaced (BBC News)
Authorities in Pakistan say they are mobilising to receive as many as half a million people displaced by fighting in the Swat Valley.
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Karzai demands of US to halt air strikes
WASHINGTON: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday called on the United States to halt air strikes in his country, following attacks this week that A
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Sindh govt. reviews law and order situation
KARACHI: The coalition parties, included in Sindh cabinet, have held an important meeting at Chief Minister (CM) house to review the overall law and order situation here in metropolis on Friday.Rashid Rabbani and Saeed Ghani represented PPP, Waseem Aftab and Hammad Siddiqi from MQM while Ameen Khatak and Rana Gul Aftab of ANP attended the meeting.According to sources, the meeting pondered over the establishment of peace committees in all five districts and Union Councils (UCs) of Karachi.The meeting also discussed the probable strategy needs to be devised for the maintenance of peace in Karachi besides formulating the measures to thwart sudden untoward situation.
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Pakistan without AGP, but no one knows
ISLAMABAD: The absence of a duly sworn-in acting auditor general of Pakistan (AGP) has created a constitutional lacuna as the incumbent AGP, Tanvir Al
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Another PPC section added to Haji Pervez case
LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif on Friday disposed of a case after the police informed the court that Section 419 of t
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Oil prices bounce back above $58
LONDON: World oil prices rallied Friday, briefly breaching $58 per barrel again, buoyed by better-than-expected jobs data in key energy consumer the U
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”Fatigue India’’s biggest challenge at World T20”
MUMBAI: Gary Kirsten, the India coach, says mental fatigue will be his team’’s biggest challenge during the World Twenty20 in England next month.b
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Pakistan News
Oil prices breach 58 dollars
NEW YORK: Oil prices breached 58 dollars per barrel Friday as better-than-expected jobs data in key energy consumer the United States signaled a possible easing of a severe economic slump. New York’’s main futures contract, light sweet crude for delivery in June, rose 1.92 dollars from Thursday’’s closing price to end at 58.63 dollars a barrel, capping a more than 10 percent rise over the week. It hit an intraday high of 58.69 dollars on Friday, a level unseen since mid-November. Brent North Sea crude for June delivery climbed 1.67 dollars to close at 58.14 dollars a barrel, after touching 58.30 dollars. Amid the rally, some worried the jumping prices could dampen the very prospects of recovery. “Energy bears are stunned. They say it is impossible and there is no reason for it,” said Phil Flynn of Alaron Trading. “Energy seems to be defying gravity. “The bears and the rest of the world are waking up to the fact that something has changed in the energy complex,” he said. Flynn said oil demand was still tepid and the rising prices might dampen demand. This week, oil has also won support from rising stock markets amid increasing signs of economic recovery in the recession-hit United States, traders said. Crude oil was boosted Friday after official data showed that US labor market losses eased in April with 539,000 jobs axed, while the unemployment rate hit 8.9 percent, suggesting the economy may be stabilizing.
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Eight parties form alliance against Talibanisation
LAHORE: Eight parties of the Barelvi school of thought have formed an alliance under the banner of Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) to wage a joint struggl
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