Call to ban practice by judges? kin
LAHORE
Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) vice-president Munawar Iqbal Gondal has demanded that relatives of judges, especially sons and
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3,000 closed schools made functional: Pir Mazhar
JAMSHORO: Sindh Minister for Education Pir Mazhar-ul-Haq Sunday said that out of 7,000 closed schools 3,000 have been made functional while 6,000 teachers are being hired for the rest of the schools.
Talking to media during his visit to Sindh University Jamshoro where pre-entry test was underway, the Minister said 1,700 schools are still being used as ?Autaqs? by Waderas.
He said 7,700 schools were closed across the province when he took over the charge of his present post. He said 3,000 schools have been functional after appointment of teachers.
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Court issues warrants for minister?s arrest again
RAWALPINDI: Civil Judge Rai Afzal Kharal on Saturday issued warrants for Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf?s arrest and directe
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Naheed asks President Zardari to differentiate friend from foe
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan People?s Party (PPP) leader Naheed Khan said that the President Asif Ali Zardari should differentiate friend from foe, and that the PPP workers reject the way party is being run.
Senator Safdar Abbasi says that a rift has been created between the leaders and workers of the party.
Naheed Khan and Safdar Abbasi expressed these views while talking to media here on Sunday.
Senator Abbasi said National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) is not the first law of its kind to have come before us. He said the present situation would have been avoided had the government ratified Article-270 AAA.
Abbasi said the President and the party is facing allegations because of NRO?s presentation in the Parliament without prior thought.
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Rabbani?s panel in no haste despite Zardari?s rush
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Zardari may be in a hurry to repeal the 17th Amendment, the parliamentary committee of Raza Rabbani is not.
No urgenc
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Islamabad police foil suicide attack
ISLAMABAD: Police killed an alleged terrorists at a police check post in Sector F-11, foiling a suicide attack attempt here on Sunday, IG police Islamabad said.
Police has claimed to have recovered a suicide jacket which was on the body of the attacker.
According to IG Islamabad, the suicide attacker dismounted from a double cabin vehicle with tinted glasses and chanted ?Allahu Akbar? near a police check post in Sector F-11. The police personnel present there sprung to action killed him with fire on his head, he said.
However, he said, the three helpers of the bomber managed to escape from the scene while the bomb disposal squad has successfully defused the explosives found in the suicide jacket.
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Much goes to Gilani?s credit
There is much hue and cry about a number of issues like NRO, Charter of Democracy, parliamentary reforms and what not. And many political personalitie
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FBR to amend ?risky taxpayer? system
KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue?s Member Domestic Operations (South) Mohammad Ramazan Bhatti, in the face of strong criticism from the business comm
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Pakistan bomb kills anti-Taliban mayor, 11 others (AP via Yahoo! News)
A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday in a market in northwest Pakistan crowded with shoppers ahead of a Muslim holiday, killing 12 people, including a mayor who once supported but had turned against the Taliban, officials said.
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People are talking about ?
? the surprising shift in the stance of a political party that has all along supported the ruling coalition and how it is asking for the resignation o
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