RAWALPINDI: Federal Minister for Law and Justice Babar Awan Saturday said all the constitutional institutions are functioning within their specified limits, ruling out existence of any differences among them.

Talking to Pakistan People?s Party workers here on the occasion of the visit to the spot of assassination of Ms Benazir Bhutto, Babar Awan said the people have given a mandate to the party for a five-year term and that the government will complete its tenure.

He said the special meeting of the Cabinet will be held on Janaury 30 which proves that the government is taking practical steps towards making the people of Balochistan owner of their resources.

The Law and Justice Minister also said that the announcement of NFC Award was made after striking a consensus among all the stakeholders after a long duration of 19 years.

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Islamabad

Residents of rural belt of the federal capital are in trouble because of insufficient health facilities and the prevalent poor condit

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At least five people were killed on Saturday when missiles from an unmanned US aircraft hit a suspected militant compound in Pakistan’s northwest tribal belt, security officials said.

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A pilotless U.S. drone aircraft attacked a suspected militant target in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing three people, intelligence officials said.

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Officials say an explosion has wounded 19 people in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi. The cause was unclear.

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LONDON: Formula One ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone has predicted a ?jaw-dropping season? as ?comeback kid? Michael Schumacher takes on McLaren?s dream-t

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KARACHI: At least 19 people have been wounded in a car blast at Khilafat Chowk in Paposh Nagar Karachi.

SSP Javed Baloch confirmed that it was a car blast, which went off when a Muharram procession was passing through Paposh Nagar.

The injured have been shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for emergency care.

Police and rangers reached the blast site where rescue services have kick started.

MS Abbasi Shaheed Hospital said that 19 injured, including rangers personnel, women and children, have been brought to the facility.

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LAHORE

JAMAAT-E-ISLAMI Shoora resolved that freedom from US ?slavery? was the foremost need of the country that could be achieved by reaffirmin

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The second anniversary of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto?s tragic assassination coincides with the observance of Ashura, the annual reminder to the M

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Mian Nawaz Sharif says that the government should have demanded resignations from the NRO beneficiaries in advance.

Speaking to newsmen after chairing the party?s meeting here on Saturday, he said the democracy is facing a threat from undemocratic steps. ?I am doing my job and the government should also play its role, he said, adding that democracy doesn?t mean granting amnesty to corruption.?

He said those, who had got their loans written off, were still living in palaces and had become more affluent than before.

Welcoming the Supreme Court?s decision on NRO, the former premier said that the verdict should be implemented in letter and spirit. Sharif said that the government had not fulfilled the pledges it had made about 17th Amendment and Charter of Democracy (CoD).

?Any party alone can not resolve the challenges facing the nation. The whole nation, the parliament and politicians will have to work jointly to steering the country out of crises,? said Nawaz.

Earlier, addressing the party?s meeting, he said it would have been better if the government had struck down the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) itself. Someone else had to do this job too like the judges? restoration, he noted.

The PML-N chief said that those, who plundered the national exchequer and then ran away from the country, would face the consequences soon.

?We will now extend our cooperation to PPP on the basis of principles,? he said.

The former premier said the martyrdom of Benazir Bhutto is the darkest chapter of the country?s history.

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