Selective indemnity proposed in expanded PPP package
ISLAMABAD, June 1: Pakistan people’s Party’s constitution amendment package contains insertion of Article 270AAA to give indemnity to certain actions of President Pervez Musharraf, including ordinances issued between July 12 and...
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Article inserted by Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, June 1: The following is the text of Article 270AAA inserted in the Constitution by President Pervez Musharraf last year....
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New article in PPP amendment bill
ISLAMABAD, June 1: The PPP’s constitution amendment package inserts a new article after Article 270AA in the Constitution....
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Aitzaz blasts Asif, says most graft charges justified
NEW YORK, June 1: Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, President of Supreme Court Bar Association and a leader of Pakistan People’s Party, has severely criticised his party’s co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari for dragging...
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EC declares Sharif brothers qualified to contest polls
ISLAMABAD, June 1: The Election Commission on Sunday declared PML-N leaders Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif qualified to contest the by-elections....
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Timeframe suggested for resolving Kishan-Ganga issue
LAHORE, June 1: Pakistan has formally proposed a timeframe of three months to resolve issues related to the Kishan-Ganga project, according to Indus Commissioner Syed Jammat Ali Shah....
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Redeployment of FC under study in Balochistan
QUETTA, June 1: The Balochistan government is considering to redeploy the Frontier Corps in view of the deteriorating law and order in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan....
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N-data leak allegation against BB rejected
WASHINGTON, June 1: The Pakistan embassy on Sunday took strong exception to a claim — revealed in a book and reported by The Washington Post — that former prime minister Benazir Bhutto personally smuggled nuclear data to North Korea in 1993....
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NA meets today under shadow of crises
ISLAMABAD, June 1: The National Assembly begins its first budget session on Monday under the shadows of economic and political crises....
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Flour price rising again
ISLAMABAD, June 1: The price of wheat flour is again rising and it has jumped to Rs600 per 20kg in the NWFP and tribal areas....
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Smuggling of wheat to continue, says FAO
WASHINGTON, June 1: Wheat production is forecast to decline slightly in Pakistan this year, because of dry conditions in some areas and a reduced use of inputs, but may nevertheless remain...
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Deoband fatwa terms terrorism an enemy: All kinds of ‘unjust violence’ rejected
NEW DELHI, June 1: One of the largest Indian seminaries, which is said to have inspired the Taliban, has issued a fatwa against terrorism at a conference attended by thousands of clerics and students....
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It’s wrong to brand all Muslims as militants: Dalai Lama
NEW DELHI, June 1: The Dalai Lama said on Sunday the international community needed to deal with the root causes of terrorism and it was wrong to brand all Muslims as militants....
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Hezbollah swaps Israelis’ remains for ‘spy’
ROSH HANIKRA (Israel), June 1: A ‘Hezbollah spy’ returned from Israel to a hero’s welcome in Lebanon on Sunday, and Hezbollah turned over the remains of what it said were dead...
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Rajasthan Royals win inaugural IPL
MUMBAI, June 1: Shane Warne’s Rajasthan Royals beat the Chennai Super Kings by three wickets in a thrilling inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) final in Mumbai on Sunday night....
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Travel agents fleecing visa seekers in UK
ISLAMABAD, June 1: Travel agents in Britain are fleecing people seeking Pakistani visa and earning an average of 60,000 to 80,000 pounds a month allegedly in connivance with some officials of the Pakistan High Commission in London, official documents reveal....
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Checkpost in Swat attacked
SWAT, June 1: A soldier was injured when some armed men attacked a security checkpost in Neogolai area of Kabal tehsil on Sunday....
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APDM holds protest against price hike
QUETTA, June 1: Activists of political parities in the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) held a demonstration outside the press club on Sunday in protest against price hike....
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