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PPP for joint session on judges issue
ISLAMABAD, May 14: Taking a new position, the Pakistan People’s Party said on Wednesday the deposed judges would be reinstated through a resolution to be adopted by a joint session of the two houses of parliament....
Judges discussing new oath offer
KARACHI, May 14: The government’s latest move to create dissension in the ranks of the judiciary by offering to ‘re-appoint’ judges of the high courts who were deposed on November 3...
Prisoner swap paves way for new accord
TANK, May 14: The government swapped prisoners with the local Taliban militants on Wednesday as part of efforts to reach an agreement to restore peace in South Waziristan....
12 killed in drone attack on Damadola
KHAR, May 14: At least 12 people were killed in a Hellfire missile strike on Damadola, 20 km northeast of here, on Wednesday evening, local residents and witnesses said....
Jaipur blasts, LoC firing set Indo-Pakistan talks agenda
NEW DELHI, May 14: The fatal bomb blasts in Jaipur and India’s protest to Pakistan over recent incidents of cross-border firing have become key issues for Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee’s scheduled visit to Islamabad next week, news report said on Wednesday....
Agreements with tribal militants worry Nato: ‘Cross-border attacks rising’
BRUSSELS, May 14: Nato announced on Wednesday a sharp increase in insurgent attacks in east Afghanistan and raised concerns that it was partly due to pacts between Pakistan and militants in tribal areas on its side of the border....
Gilani visits GHQ, meets army chief
ISLAMABAD, May 14: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Wednesday the country would maintain a minimum credible deterrence to safeguard its territorial integrity and ensure peace and stability in the region....
PML-Q to remain in opposition: Shujaat
ISLAMABAD, May 14: Pakistan Muslim League-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has brushed aside reports about any move for forming a ‘new Muslim League’ and reiterated his party’s stance to remain in the opposition....
Pakistan leads S. Asia in breast cancer, says Cherie
LONDON, May 14: Pakistan leads South Asia in the incidence of breast cancer and 83 per cent of all such cases are in the third stage, according to Cherie Blair, wife of former British prime minister Tony Blair....
Troops rush to plug cracks in dam near quake-hit town
DUJIANGYAN (China), May 14: Thousands of Chinese troops have rushed to plug “extremely dangerous” cracks in a dam upriver from the earthquake-hit town of Dujiangyan in Sichuan province, state media said....
‘US spy’ killed
MIRAMSHAH, May 14: A man accused of spying for the United States has been killed in Mirali, North Waziristan....
Another polio case confirmed in Sindh
KARACHI, May 14: Another polio case was confirmed in Sindh on Wednesday, raising the number of cases detected this year to eight....
US Congress moves to bring down oil prices
WASHINGTON, May 14: The US Congress has voted overwhelmingly to prevent further rise in oil prices, ordering the government to stop depositing oil in a national reserve....
‘Mob justice’
KARACHI, May 14: Residents of an apartment building attacked and set on fire three alleged robbers here on Wednesday, killing them all, police said....
Man takes to skies with jet-powered ‘wing’
BEX (Switzerland), May 14: Icarus crashed and burned when he flew too close to the sun but a modern-day Swiss adventurer had a happier landing on Wednesday when testing his new jet-powered ‘wing’....
Child among five killed in road accident
QUETTA, May 14: A six-year-old boy and four other people were killed when a passenger wagon collided with a trailer near Khuzdar on Wednesday....
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Editor: Abbas Nasir
BEX (Switzerland), May 14: Icarus crashed and burned when he flew too close to the sun but a modern-day Swiss adventurer had a happier landing on Wednesday when testing his new jet-powered ‘wing’....
