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Asif insists on constitutional package: Reinstatement of judges
KARACHI, April 28: Asif Ali Zardari said on Monday the reinstatement of judges would be brought about through a constitutional package, but hoped that Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) would not part ways with the coalition government....
Dubai talks on judges inconclusive
LAHORE, April 28: Talks between the Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-N on reinstatement of judges remained inconclusive in Dubai on Monday and both sides agreed to hold another round ‘within 24 hours’....
PPP, MQM strike deal
KARACHI, April 28: After a series of talks, the Pakistan People’s Party and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement finally struck a power-sharing deal and agreed to form a coalition government in Sindh....
Baitullah abandons peace negotiations
KHAR, April 28: Commander Baitullah Mehsud of Pakistani Taliban has stopped peace talks with the government because of the latter’s refusal to withdraw army troops from tribal areas....
Anti-terror cooperation with US to continue, Senate told
ISLAMABAD, April 28: The new government told the Senate on Monday it would continue anti-terrorism cooperation with the United States because “it is in our national interest” but would not compromise...
PM pledges to restore Constitution
ISLAMABAD, April 28: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Monday expressed his government’s strong resolve to restore the 1973 Constitution in order to ensure supremacy of parliament and strengthen all state institutions, including the judiciary....
Adeel, Jhagra elected senators
PESHAWAR, April 28: Awami National Party’s senior vice-president Haji Mohammad Adeel and Pakistan Muslim League-N’s secretary-general Iqbal Zafar Jhagra were elected unopposed to two vacant Senate seats from the NWFP....
Plan to set up EPA for Fata
ISLAMABAD, April 28: The ministry of environment is planning to set up a separate environment protection agency for Fata to initiate a Rs1 billion forest development project in the area....
Sindh’s fourth polio case confirmed
KARACHI, April 28: An 11-year-old girl in Karachi tested positive for polio on Monday, bringing to four the number of cases detected this year in the country — all from Sindh....
Five children burnt to death in Peshawar
PESHAWAR, April 28: Five children were burned to death when a fire engulfed their house in Namak Mandi area on Monday morning....
Al Qaeda’s HQ in tribal areas, claims Europol
LONDON, April 28: A damning report by the European Police Office puts Pakistan in the spotlight, pointing an accusing finger at the tribal areas as the “command and control centre” for Al Qaeda’s “remaining core leadership” planning attacks in the EU....
Kashmiri leader shot dead
SRINAGAR, April 28: Indian soldiers shot dead a senior Kashmiri leader on Monday, dealing a fresh blow to region’s main militant group which has lost nearly a dozen senior members in firefights with occupation forces this year....
Britain hopes talks with Taliban will produce results
LONDON, April 28: British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has lauded the political maturity of the people of Pakistan and said that they have voted for democracy and not Talibanisation, adding that...
UN rejects BBC allegations
UNITED NATIONS, April 28: A United Nations spokesperson on Monday rejected allegations contained in a BBC radio report which accused Indian troops of wrongdoings and mismanagement and revived questions about Pakistani troops’ conduct....
Rail track blown up near Sariab
QUETTA, April 28: The rail link between Quetta and the rest of the country was cut off on Monday evening after the main track was blown up in Sariab area....
Fierce clashes in Sadr City leave 45 dead
BAGHDAD, April 28: Fierce clashes between Shia militiamen and US and Iraqi forces in eastern Baghdad killed at least 45 people over the past 24 hours, the American military said on Monday....
70 killed as trains collide in China
ZIBO (China), April 28: Seventy people were killed and 420 injured early on Monday when a passenger train from Beijing careered off the rails and slammed into another train in eastern China, state media reported....
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ISLAMABAD, April 28: Pakistan and Iran on Monday cleared way for the signing of the $7.5 billion Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline agreement after removing the hitches that had stalled the accord....
ZIBO (China), April 28: Seventy people were killed and 420 injured early on Monday when a passenger train from Beijing careered off the rails and slammed into another train in eastern China, state media reported....
