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Ten killed in Orakzai air strikes
KOHAT: Ten people, three women and four children among them, were killed when military planes bombed a house in Feroze Khel area in lower Orakzai Agency on Friday.Officials said the house of tribal elder Zikria Khan was razed to the ground and fou....
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Distortions in constitution to be removed soon: Gilani
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Friday that distortions introduced in the Constitution by former military dictators would soon be done away with. “The nation will soon hear good news about undoing of amendments made by the pas....
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The PML-N chief severely criticised the PPP for its policy of not accepting wholeheartedly the SC decision and unfulfilled promises made by Mr Zardari in the past. Cick here for more movies

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Nawaz cuts short London visit, returns to Lahore
LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif has returned home after cutting short his London visit in the wake of rising political temperature caused by harsh statements of some leaders of his party and the Pakistan People’s Party against ....
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Malik tells New Delhi to respect Pakistani courts
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has warned New Delhi to respect Pakistani courts as Islamabad will not take dictation from any country including India. Speaking at the Islamabad Press Club, Malik said Hafiz Saeed’s issue is in th....
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NAB moves to withdraw references against Zardari
RAWALPINDI: The National Accountability Bureau asked accountability courts on Tuesday not to revive ‘corruption references’ against President Asif Ali Zardari because he ‘enjoys immunity’ under the Constitution. The application, filed by one of....
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We know resistance will come from all vested interests, but we will see it off, the chief justice observed

WB doesn’t accept Kashmir as part of India

UNITED NATIONS: The World Bank has refused to accept occupied Kashmir as an integral part of India and has insisted on a disclaimer from the Jammu and Kashmir government that funding for a project will not be seen as recognition of India’s territo.... Click here for more news

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Governor to hold by-polls if Punjab govt fails to: CJ
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Election Commission and the government of Punjab against a Lahore High Court verdict, delaying by-elections in four Punjab constituencies. A three-member bench of the apex court,....
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At its last review meeting, the IMF had expressed reservations over legal protection enjoyed by sectors receiving subsidies and said that the six per cent tariff increase in October this year was in effect only 4.6 per cent because of subsidies

Gilani, Shahbaz pledge to strengthen democratic system

LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has assured Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif that all parties will be taken into confidence over the new accountability law. The two leaders also agreed to continue efforts to strengthen the de.... Click here for news

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Power tariff to go up by 13.5 per cent next month
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to withdraw electricity subsidies being given to lifeline consumers and the agriculture sector. A notification to this effect would be issued on Tuesday, sources told Dawn. The withdrawal of su....
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Prime Minister Gilani called on President Zardari at President House

Ear for an ear, nose for a nose
LAHORE: An ATC on Monday ordered that nose and ears of two convicts be chopped off as they had done the same to a woman who had refused to marry one of them. Sher Mohammad and Amanat Ali had cut ears and nose of Fazeelat Bibi after her fa....
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Ministries try to twist out of AJK dam row

ISLAMABAD: The federal government was shocked on Monday over the unfolding of a diplomatic fiasco arising out of a controversy between the Azad Kashmir government and state-owned companies of the South Korea over the $800 million hydropower projec.... Click here for more news

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Sharif brothers clarify news item
LAHORE: A spokesman of PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has contradicted the news report appeared in ‘The News’ giving impression as if there are outstanding bank liabilities against Sharif brothers. Clarif....
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Major parties shun call for mid-term polls

Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Montazeri dies
TEHRAN: Top Iranian dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri has died, his office said on Sunday, stirring calls for opponents of the hardline Islamic regime to gather on the streets of Tehran. Montazeri, 87, a fierce critic ....
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No court can convict a person twice in the same case, says DAG

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Attorney General Muhammad Hussain Azad on Sunday said no court could convict a person twice in the same case nor it could issue order to any international court to reopen the cases whose fate were already decided. Talking.... Click here for more news

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Avatar scores big at box-offices across America LOS ANGELES: Long-awaited science-fiction adventure ‘Avatar’ dominated the weekend box-office, with projected sales of 73 million dollars – accounting for more than half of North American movie ticket sales, according to industry estimates Sunday..... Full Story No request sent to Swiss government ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has not sent any formal request to the Swiss government to reopen money laundering cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. According to sources, the bureau is awaiting government’s inst.... Full Story Taliban destroy Afghan post near border LADDAH: Taliban destroyed a border base camp of the Afghan National Army near Angoor Adda in South Waziristan on Sunday. & Sources said the Taliban planted explosives all over the base and blew it up, destroying bunkers and instal.... Full Story Avatar scores big at box-offices across America Major parties shun call for mid-term polls ISLAMABAD: Although the PPP appears to have adopted a posture of confrontation in the wake of Supreme Court’s verdict against the NRO, a demand by Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf chairman Imran Khan for mid-term elections has not gained any support from Click here for more news....

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Govt under pressure over NRO ministers
ISLAMABAD: With both the Pakistan People’s Party and its government in a quandary over the Supreme Court’s verdict against the National Reconciliation Ordinance, cracks that have been visible in the party for months are poised to widen. A ....
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Malik gets contempt of court notice
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has summoned Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Dec 24 to satisfy it that he has not committed contempt by meddling into judicial affairs. A bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Cha....
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Visa delay to affect aid efforts, US cautions Pak

WASHINGTON: The US State Department said on Thursday that if Pakistan continued to deny visas to hundreds of US officials and contractors, Washington’s efforts to help stabilise the violence-ridden country could be affected. At a briefing,.... Click here for news

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Supreme Court declares NRO null and void
ISLAMABAD: In what has been billed as a verdict that may change the course of country’s political history, the Supreme Court on Wednesday declared the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) as never to have existed and against the C....
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Malik, other bigwigs face difficult situation
ISLAMABAD: As a result of the Supreme Court judgment scrapping the National Reconciliation Ordinance, Interior Minister Rehman Malik and a number of other bigwigs are likely to lose their posts because they had been convicted by accountability cou....
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Swiss case back in public glare

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court verdict on NRO will bring the 11-year-old SGS corruption reference against President Asif Zardari and late Benazir Bhutto to public glare once again, legal circles say. In the reference, Ms Bhutto, Asif Zardari... Click here for news.

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Dr Khans letter: govt in a quandary
ISLAMABAD: Dr Abdul Qadir Khan’s alleged four-page letter to a British journalist, encapsulating details about nuclear proliferation and his ‘partners-in-crime’, has become a great source of trouble for the government that wants him investigated t....
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Cabinet reshuffle
ISLAMABAD: In the second phase of cabinet reshuffle ahead of its meeting today (Wednesday), Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday sprang another surprise by changing the portfolios of three federal ministers. Manzoor Wattoo, Minister f....
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23 militants killed in Kurram

PARACHINAR: Security forces killed 23 more militants and injured five others while five were arrested in the Muswozai area in Kurram Agency on Tuesday, official sources said. The sources said the militants were killed during a military ope....