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Swearing-in today to mark belated birth of cabinet
ISLAMABAD, March 30: Two dozen ministers are due to take oath from President Pervez Musharraf on Monday to mark a belated birth of new Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani’s cabinet....
President’s attitude to determine future relations, says Asif
LAHORE, March 30: Pakistan People’s Party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said here on Sunday that the ruling coalition’s relationship with President Pervez Musharraf would be determined by the latter’s attitude towards parliament....
Ministers must adhere to 100-day plan: Gilani
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Sunday that every member of his cabinet would be required to closely adhere to the 100-day programme announced by him in the National Assembly to provide immediate relief to the common man....
Musharraf says he’ll cooperate with new govt
KARACHI, March 30: President Pervez Musharraf said on Sunday he would like to extend cooperation to the government at the centre and in the provinces with a single objective in mind...
Local Taliban ask govt to sever ties with US
KHAR, March 30: Local Taliban militants have asked the new government to end relations with the US and enforce Sharia in tribal areas and have warned tribal elders against meeting US officials....
JUI-F not consulted on plan: Fazl
ISLAMABAD, March 30: Chief of his own faction of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Maulana Fazlur Rahman has said that he is not aware of a committee formed by Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza...
CIA says Al Qaeda training ‘western’ terrorists
NEW YORK, March 30: Al Qaeda is training western-looking operatives in tribal areas of Pakistan, making it easier for them to get past security at US airports, according to CIA Director Michael Hayden....
US officials’ Islamabad visit termed coincidence
WASHINGTON, March 30: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has sought to dispel a perception that the United States sent top State Department officials to Pakistan last week to persuade the...
Iftikhar due in Quetta today
QUETTA, March 30: Deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, is arriving here on Monday on a three-day visit, the first to his hometown in over a year....
PPP finalises list of NWFP ministers
PESHAWAR, March 30: The Pakistan People’s Party, a partner in the NWFP coalition government, has finalised the names of its nine ministers....
ISI-backed outfits still a problem, says India
NEW DELHI, March 30: Pakistan-based terror camps continue to worry India’s security establishment, which feels that ISI-sponsored outfits like Jaish-i-Mohammed, Lashkar-i-Taiba and Al-Badr are responsible for carrying out attacks in different...
Olympic flame given to China
ATHENS, March 30: Greece handed over the Olympic torch to the organisers of the Beijing Games on Sunday in a tightly-guarded Athens ceremony, after police arrested some anti-Chinese protesters....
Sadr fighters called back
BAGHDAD, March 30: Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said on Sunday that he was pulling his fighters off the streets nationwide and called on the government to stop raids against his followers and free them from prison....
Arab summit warns Israel of reviewing peace offer
DAMASCUS, March 30: A two-day Arab summit, subdued in the absence of leaders critical of Syria, told Israel on Sunday that Arab countries would review an Arab peace offer unless the Jewish state changes its behaviour....
3 Dutch soldiers injured in blast
AMSTERDAM, March 30: Three Dutch soldiers from Nato-led forces in Afghanistan were hospitalised on Sunday after their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device near the town of Tarin Kowt, the Defence Ministry said....
Poll result delay sparks tension in Zimbabwe
HARARE, March 30: Zimbabwe’s main opposition party claimed an early lead on Sunday in elections, including in some of President Robert Mugabe’s rural strongholds....
Catholicism overtaken by Islam: Vatican
VATICAN CITY, March 30: Islam has overtaken Roman Catholicism as the biggest single religious denomination in the world, the Vatican said on Sunday....
Judge to wrap up Diana inquest today
LONDON, March 30: After almost six months and more than 250 witnesses, the judge presiding over the inquest into Princess Diana’s death wraps up the case on Monday with his summary to the jury....
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Editor: Abbas Nasir
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Sunday that every member of his cabinet would be required to closely adhere to the 100-day programme announced by him in the National Assembly to provide immediate relief to the common man....
ATHENS, March 30: Greece handed over the Olympic torch to the organisers of the Beijing Games on Sunday in a tightly-guarded Athens ceremony, after police arrested some anti-Chinese protesters....
HARARE, March 30: Zimbabwe’s main opposition party claimed an early lead on Sunday in elections, including in some of President Robert Mugabe’s rural strongholds....
