LAHORE: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani called on President Asif Ali Zardari here at the Governor?s House Monday.
The two leaders discussed the political situation, the pace of progress on various development schemes and the prevailing law and order situation in the country.
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FAISALABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari Monday the government is working on projects which will resolve problems of water, electricity and unemployment in the next three years.
Addressing a public meeting here, the President said: ?We will provide ?Roti, Kapra aur Makan? (food, shelter and shelter) to every Pakistani.?
He said the government will make available electricity and petrol at cheaper rates to the people and such crops will be cultivated which meet the country?s requirements to a greater extent. ?The government will overcome the water and shortages before the end of its term and there will be employment for all,? he added.
At the outset of the public meeting, President Asif Ali Zardari had a fateha offered for Ms Benazir Bhutto and the personnel of armed forces who sacrificed their lives defending the country.
He said Faisalabad will be the first in line to get electricity and employment.
?People?s Party always gets elevated to power after its leadership renders sacrifices but the conspiring group is sorrowful as to how a person with popular support made it to Aiwan-e-Sadr.?
The President said he had sworn after ?Shuhda?s blood? to serve the people.
Extremism was rooted out from Swat with the force of people and now extremists will be eliminated from Waziristan and other places, he said.
President Zardari said he is not afraid of death and fear ?but actually it is vice versa.?
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KARACHI: The local equities market witnessed a decline of 28 points as the benchmark KSE-100 Index slipped below 99,00 level to 9,895.
The share market began with positive numbers but kept moving both sides of the fence throughout the session.
The trade volume was recorded at 170 million points.
Lette Pakistan left all others behind in terms of volume, gaining 62 paisas to close at Rs9.59.
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CHITTAGONG: Shakib Al Hasan and Shahadat Hossain shared eight wickets to spark India?s collapse in the first Test against Bangladesh here on Sunday.b
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LAHORE, Pakistan, Jan. 18 (UPI) — Pakistani security forces said Indian troops fired on their positions near Lahore as border tensions between the two nuclear-armed foes simmer.
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LAHORE: Amir Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl-ur-Rehman Monday said that conspiracies are being hatched for turning Pakistan into a secular state and resolved that JUI will put up a strong fight inside and outside the Parliament against such schemes.
Addressing a Lahore division?s workers convention here at Darul Uloom Usmania Rasool Park, Achra, he said lawlessness is spread in the country with the aim of making Pakistan a failed state and gaining access to its nuclear programme.
?The so-called war against terror has plunged the entire world into a hell-like darkness,? he observed, urging Pakistan to distance itself from the international alliance for this war.
He said the policies of Pervez Musharraf have placed Pakistan on a volcano of explosives.
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SARGODHA, Pakistan — Five Americans arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of terrorism told a court Monday that they had been tortured by police — charges that could add to political sensitivities surrounding the case. The men made the allegations during a hearing before a special anti-terrorism court in the eastern town of…
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MIANWALI: Mianwali police have arrested 7 accused for their alleged involvement in serious acts of terrorism.
The arrested are also said to have been involved in suicide attack in Khosa Market, Dera Ghazi Khan and the attack on former prime minister Shaukat Aziz in Attock.
DIG Sargodha Mian Javed Islam told a press conference that Sajjad alias Shahzad, Imran, Sher Zaman, Amanullah, Muhammad Amjad, Mehboob and Irfan were arrested from Kactcha Gujrat area of Mianwali along with 409 kilograms of explosive material, 16 kgs of detonator chips, suicide jackets, Kalashnikov and other weapons.
He said four of their accomplices identified as Abu Ubaida alias Hasaan, Nadir Abdullah, Ziaullah and Niaz alias Qari Usman alias Khalid are still at large. Raids are being undertaken for their arrest, he added.
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