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New finance minister to be appointed today: Asif
KARACHI, May 12: PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari said on Monday night that the government has decided to appoint a new finance minister today in place of Ishaq Dar following a decision by the PML-N to quit the federal cabinet....
Thousands die as massive quake strikes China
CHONGQING (China), May 12: China’s most devastating earthquake in three decades killed nearly 9,000 people in western Sichuan province on Monday, toppled buildings across a wide area, trapped hundreds of students...
Several new taxes in budget, says Dar
ISLAMABAD, May 12: The government was planning to levy new taxes, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said shortly before his party decided to quit the federal cabinet on Monday....
Judges will be reinstated, Senate assured
ISLAMABAD, May 12: Even as it missed a second deadline and suffered the withdrawal of a major partner, the PPP-led government renewed its pledge in the Senate on Monday to restore...
Balochistan to join talks on IPI gas pipeline
QUETTA, May 12: The Balochistan cabinet was informed on Monday that Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani had assured the province that it would be represented in every meeting of the IPI gas project as one of the stakeholders....
Rehman wants law and order maintained ‘at all costs’
ISLAMABAD, May 12: In view of an imminent resumption of the lawyers’ movement for reinstatement of the deposed judges following Pakistan Muslim League-N’s decision to pull out of the federal cabinet,...
Coalition leadership has failed: PML-Q leader
ISLAMABAD, May 12: PML-Q secretary general Mushahid Hussain Sayed has termed the PML-N’s decision to quit the federal cabinet after 42 days in power a failure of the leadership of the...
New plan of action on 17th: Aitzaz
ISLAMABAD, May 12: Supreme Court Bar Association president Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan has said reinstatement of the deposed judges did not need 30 days or 12 days, but only an executive order...
Pakistan back in C’wealth: Call for independent judiciary
LONDON, May 12: Pakistan regained its full membership of the Commonwealth on Monday after a six-month suspension caused by the imposition of President Musharraf’s second martial law in the name of emergency rule in November last year....
People fleeing Darra town
DARRA ADAMKHEL, May 12: A large number of families started leaving Darra town as clashes between security forces and militants continued for the second day on Monday....
Militant’s killing sparks strike in Kashmir
JAMMU, May 12: A suspected militant was killed in occupied Kashmir on Monday, officials said, sparking a strike by parties across the political spectrum....
SC warns media against defaming judiciary
ISLAMABAD, May 12: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) and the information secretary to produce footage and news clippings of everything relating to judiciary...
ISI operates secret centre for interrogation, says UK paper
LONDON, May 12: A secret interrogation centre in Pakistan where British terrorism suspects are alleged to have been tortured after UK authorities had them arrested has been found by the Guardian....
Afghan turmoil makes waves in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD, May 12: An international seminar on “Afghanistan: Unabated Turmoil” held here by the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS) on Monday produced the turbulence that the title suggested....
Exodus from Afghan town for fear of Nato attack
KABUL, May 12: Up to 6,000 people have fled their homes in a southern Afghanistan district fearing Nato strikes amid a large-scale operation against Taliban militants, an official said on Monday....
Prices high despite record global rice output
MILAN, May 12: World rice output is expected to hit a record high this year, but growing demand and export curbs should keep prices high, at least in the short term, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Monday....
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ISLAMABAD, May 12: The Pakistan Muslim League-N has decided to pull out of the federal cabinet because of delay in the reinstatement of deposed judges, but said it will “support the government on an issue-to-issue basis”....
CHONGQING (China), May 12: China’s most devastating earthquake in three decades killed nearly 9,000 people in western Sichuan province on Monday, toppled buildings across a wide area, trapped hundreds of students...
