ISLAMABAD: A full court of the Supreme Court has been formed to hear petitions against the 18th amendment of the Constitution.
The full court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will begin hearing the petitions against the 18th amendment from May 24.
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KARACHI: The trade activities at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) Wednesday remained lackluster as the Index inched up by 13 points to finish the day at 10,222 points.
The share prices see sawed throughout the today?s session and the Index at one stage was seen floating at its intra day low at 10,079 points.
The trade volume was recorded at 130 million shares with TRG Pakistan topping the list of actives at Rs5.36, up by paisas 99.
On the other hand, KSE-30 Index eased two points to peg at 10,296.
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NOWSHERA: A close aide to the Swat Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah was arrested by law-enforcement agencies and the security forces in a joint action
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ISLAMABAD: Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan Wednesday said the government ?will have to write a letter to the Swiss authorities and I am sure they will not take any action against Asif Ali Zardari because he is Pakistan?s President who enjoys immunity under the Constitution.?
Talking to media men outside Supreme Court, he said had the government written to Swiss authorities, the SC would have been satisfied and added that the Swiss authorities would not have taken it up for initiating the trial.
To a question, Aitzaz Ahsan said if the incumbent government fails to get to the BB?s assassins, the PPP workers would ?hold the present rulers by their collars? in the next elections.
He said those responsible for May 12 (2007) incidents and those affected by these incidents are both allies of the present government. Those who suffered have been pressing for a thorough investigation into the May 12 incidents.
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ISLAMABAD: Minister for Trade Makhdoom Amin Fahim Wednesday said Rehman Malik neither belongs to Hyderabad nor is he sensitive to the sentiments of the people of the city.
Talking to Geo News, Amin Fahim pointed out that the former chief minister of Sindh Arbab Ghulam Rahim created the new districts out of Hyderabad under a political agenda, therefore, it is not acceptable.
He said the Interior Minister Rehman Malik called on MQM Chief Altaf Hussain as a policy matter. ?Altaf Bhai should also understand the sentiments of the people of Hyderabad,? he said.
Amin Fahim said he did not want to give his remarks on creation of more districts out of Karachi, calling for resolution of Hyderabad issue first.
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Islamabad
For its debut presentation on its new premises, Kuch Khaas ? the centre for arts, culture and dialogue ? featured a theatre group cal
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LAHORE: The ongoing electricity loadshedding duration has dropped significantly with power shortfall coming down to 900MW only.
The overall shortfall, which normally lingers around 4000 to 5000 for most of the simmer season, is down to 900MW only due to rise in power production, courtesy IPPs and hydel projects.
The gap between demand and supply has narrowed because of the increase in hydel and IPPs electricity production.
According to Pepco, current power generation is 13280MW against the total demand of 14200 MW. This relief has also been transferred to the consumers.
Meanwhile, Karachi is also regularly getting 600 MW of agreed amount of electricity.
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NOWSHERA: A close aide to the Swat Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah was arrested by law-enforcement agencies and the security forces in a joint action
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ISLAMABAD: Federal cabinet will approve the new hajj policy today (Wednesday). Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will chair the meeting. The meeting will also review next budget preparations, economic situation of the country and formation of artificial lake in Hunza and rescue activities.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi will brief the cabinet about talks held with Indian Foreign Minister.
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Karachi
The Karachi Bar Association (KBA) has issued a call to strike and boycott court proceedings on May 12 (Wednesday), the day when Chief
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