Rabbani to take up judges? appointment on Monday
ISLAMABAD: The multi-party parliamentary committee on constitutional reforms, led by Senator Raza Rabbani, will take up on Monday vital issues of appo
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Zardari rejects Ramday?s reappointment
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday formally rejected the proposal to appoint Justice (retd) Khailur Rehman Ramday as an ad hoc judge of t
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Car bomb attack kills four in Pakistan (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A suicide bomber killed at least four people including two children on Saturday while militants destroyed a NATO tanker in a region of Pakistan known for harbouring Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
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?Comfortable? switch to ODI mode delights Ponting
BRISBANE: Australia captain Ricky Ponting said on Friday that he was pleased with the enviable ease his team has switched from Test cricket to the one
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Qayyum?s lawyers looking at role of Nawaz era AG
ISLAMABAD: Justice (retd) Malik Mohammad Qayyum?s lawyers are filing their response to the points concerning his role as attorney-general in the withd
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PPP, MQM resolve to sort out issues by consultation
KARACHI: PPP-MQM Core Committee comprising members of Pakistan People?s Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement Saturday reiterated to resolve the issues, including the matter of local bodies election, mutually.
The Core Committee reviewed the prevailing political situation and working relationship at a meeting held at Sindh Chief Minister House here.
PPP leaders, Pir Mazhar-ul-Haq, Agha Siraj Durrani, Rashid Rabbani, Najmi Aalam, Saeed Ghani and MQM leaders Raza Haroon, Waseem Aftab, Dr. Sagheer Ahmed and Khalid Bin Wilayat were present in the meeting.
The leaders of both the parties talked about working relationship while MQM pointed out the matter of vacant positions is various departments of Sindh.
It was later decided, during the meeting, that appointment letters will be issued for vacant positions on merit basis.
Talking to Geo News, Provincial Minister Agha Siraj Durrani said progress has been made with Awami National Party and Muslim League- Functional on the matter of local bodies election.
He further said government officers will be appointed as administrators after endorsing a bill from the Sindh Assembly.
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Govt returns Justice Saqib?s appointment summary to CJP
ISLAMABAD: The government has returned the summary regarding appointment of Justice Saqib Nisar in the Supreme Court of Pakistan to the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Law has said that Chief Justice of Lahore High Court Khwaja Sharif, being a senior judge, has a right for appointment in the Supreme Court.
It further said that the President and Prime Minister have been consulted in this regard.
The office of the Chief Justice of Pakistan has been informed about the review carried out on the summary regarding Justice Saqib Nisar?s appointment, the Ministry said. In the light of Aljehad Trust case, the senior most judge can be inducted in the Supreme Court, it added.
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?Environmental situation in Sindh?s coastal areas shocking?
BADIN: It was my cherished dream to serve the downtrodden and struggle for the development and prosperity of the country, MPA and PPP district presid
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29 killed in clashes, suicide attack in Pakistan (Boston Herald)
PARACHINAR, Pakistan - Militants ambushed Pakistani security forces at checkpoints in two regions close to the…
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Zardari?s assets in Sindh
ISLAMABAD: Within 48 hours of issuing its initial order to freeze the Islamabad property of President in line with the Supreme Court judgment on NRO,
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