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Two policemen freed in Lal Masjid swap: GHQ meeting looks for final solution
ISLAMABAD, May 19: Lal Masjid militants on Saturday freed two of the four policemen they had kidnapped overnight after the government ‘facilitated’ the release of five of their colleagues, including a former employee of an intelligence agency, on bail....
FBI team in Pakistan for bank scam probe
NEW YORK, May 19: Several top Pakistani financial officials involved in making money thanks to insider information provided by Hafiz Naseem — a Pakistani working for the Credit Suisse bank who...
Action against Taliban sought
BANNU/LAKKI MARWAT, May 19: After the failure of police to control activities of the local Taliban, 15 tribes in Bannu on Saturday gave the government three days to take action against militants....
MQM leaders discuss May 12 riots
LONDON, May 19: A high-level meeting of MQM leaders was under way at the MQM’s International headquarters late on Saturday with Altaf Hussain in the chair....
Case against govt, MQM
KARACHI, May 19: A case against the Sindh government and leaders of the MQM was registered here on Saturday at a police station in compliance with a court order with regard to May 12 mayhem....
Case to be filed against Altaf: Imran
ISLAMABAD, May 19: Chairman of the Tehrik-i-Insaf Imran Khan has said that a legal team is being constituted to file a case against MQM leader Altaf Hussain in London for killing innocent people....
PIA plane stranded in Delhi
NEW DELHI, May 19: A PIA plane with some 80 Lahore-bound passengers was stranded in New Delhi on Saturday after faulty brakes immobilised theBoeign 737 aircraft, PIA officials said....
5 Muslims died in police firing
NEW DELHI, May 19: It was officially admitted on Saturday that five of the 16 Muslims slain on Friday were killed in police firing. They were staging protests over the blast in Makkah Mosque in Hyderabad on Friday....
5 women among eight officials kidnapped
MIRAMSHAH, May 19: Militants kidnapped eight government employees, including five women, in the Miralai tehsil of the North Waziristan Agency on Friday, officials said....
LHC cancels quotas of 320 Haj operators
LAHORE, May 19: A division bench of the Lahore High Court has cancelled Haj quotas of 320 operators for the Haj 2007, declaring their selection process non-transparent, non-competitive and, therefore, illegal....
Reforms ensured good governance, says Aziz
DEAD SEA (Jordan), May 19: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz claimed here on Saturday that internationally recognised comprehensive reforms undertaken in Pakistan during the past seven years had repositioned and revitalised the...
UK students’ move against ‘hate preachers’
LONDON, May 19: About 25 Pakistani students studying at top UK institutions and a couple of finance and media professionals have said they plan to lobby the UK government to dissuade...
Blasts greet Blair on last visit to Iraq
BAGHDAD, May 19: British Prime Minister Tony Blair made one last visit to Iraq before leaving office next month, promising Iraq’s leaders on Saturday that they can count on British support...
‘US raids left 2,000 Afghans homeless’
KABUL, May 19: Bombing by US forces in western Afghanistan last month wrecked 173 houses and left 2,000 people homeless, the Red Cross said on Saturday, announcing findings of its assessment of the damage....
US shortlists Wolfowitz successors
WASHINGTON, May 19: A former deputy secretary of state and US Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick tops the list of candidates likely to succeed Paul Wolfowitz as the World Bank president....
Altaf not involved in violence: CM
KARACHI, May 19: Commenting on some opposition parties’ attempts to approach the British government for expelling MQM chief Altaf Hussain for his alleged involvement in the Karachi killings, Sindh Chief Minister...
PMAP slams MQM, govt for carnage
QUETTA, May 19: The Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party has rescheduled its national congress and provincial conference in Quetta on May 26 and 27 to express solidarity with the Pakhtun Action Committee...
PPP welcomes NDI’s call for separation of two offices
ISLAMABAD, May 19: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has welcomed the National Democratic Institute (NDI) call urging General Musharraf to separate the offices of President and Army Chief he was holding currently....
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ISLAMABAD, May 19: Lal Masjid militants on Saturday freed two of the four policemen they had kidnapped overnight after the government ‘facilitated’ the release of five of their colleagues, including a former employee of an intelligence agency, on bail....
