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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Bhatti's post to be offered to his family: Zardari
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday said the position fell vacant after the assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti would be offered to one his family members, Geo News reported. He said this while addressing the Sindh Assembly members belonging to ... Read More
Raja Riaz new opposition leader
LAHORE: PPP leader Raja Riaz has become opposition leader in Punjab Assembly whereas Chaudhry Zaheer resigned from the same seat, Geo News reported. Read More
Pakistan minister predicted his assassination
Islamabad: Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, gunned down by militants today for calling for changes in Pakistan's blasphemy law, had often spoken about threats to his life from the Taliban and extremist ... Read More
Coach says Pakistan fielders don't match rivals
COLOMBO: Coach Waqar Younis has urged his players to sharpen their fielding skills as Pakistan prepares to take on Canada in Group A at the World Cup on ... Read More
Minorities Minister assassinated; TTP claims responsibility
ISLAMABAD: Shahbaz Bhatti, Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs and head of All Pakistan Minorities Alliance, was shot dead by armed assailants in ... Read More
Pakistan trio calls for more scrutiny of Warne's tie tip
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt wants a formal ICC inquiry into Shane Warne's prediction that the India-England World Cup match would end in a tie ... Read More
Pakistan, China start joint venture of constructing Missile Boats
Pakistan and China have embarked on a joint venture for the construction of two missile craft boats in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, says a press release received here Wednesday from China.... Read More
Pakistan, China start joint venture of constructing Missile Boats
Pakistan and China have embarked on a joint venture for the construction of two missile craft boats in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, says a press release received here Wednesday from China.... Read More
Pakistan plans to impose 15 pct flood surcharge on tax
| Pakistan will impose a flood surcharge of 15 percent on income tax in order to tackle the country's widening ... Read More |
200 more Pakistanis return from Libya
The second contingent consisting of 200 Pakistanis arrived at the Allama Iqbal International Airport here on Tuesday from Libya through the Turkish Airline. As many as 374 Pakistanis by two Turkish aircraft have reached home via Istanbul so far. ... Read More
Lawyers ask govt to recover Balochistan judges
RAWALPINDI: Lawyers all over the country would come on roads if the government failed to trace the two judges kidnapped in Balochistan within two days, said High Court Bar Association, Rawalpindi Bench, President Shaukat Aziz Saddiqui, ... Read More
President strongly condemns murder of Minorities Minister
President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday condemned the murder of Minister for Minorities Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti in strongest terms and vowed that such acts would not deter the government from eliminating extremism and terrorism. Read More
SC orders removal of DG FIA in three days
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, while expressing dissatisfaction over the report of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on mismanagement and alleged corruption in Haj affairs, here on Tuesday ordered the ... Read More
Lahore HC admits petition to make media reports part of Davis immunity case
The Lahore High Court (LHC) has admitted for formal hearing a petition to make media reports regarding double murder-accused CIA contractor Raymond Read More
Shoaib Akhtar: Pakistan must forget about Asif and Amir
Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has urged his team and his country's supporters to forget about banned bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir as they go in search of what would be second World Cup win. ... Read More
Firdous hits back at MQM over attack on PPP govt
She reacted to the MQM's top man in Pakistan, Dr Farooq Sattar's speech here at a function where he had unleashed an attack on the PPP-led government and ... Read More
Pakistan's Supreme Court orders FIA heads removal
ISLAMABAD: A six-member bench of Pakistan's Supreme Court, headed by Chief Justice Iftkhar Chaudhry, ordered the government to sack Wasim Ahmad Siddiqui as director general of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) within ... Read More
Low funding for education resented
Punjab University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran has said that Pakistan will have to become a superpower of knowledge for its survival. Addressing the fourth symposium on รฌEngineering Sciencesรฎ at PU Institute of Chemical ... Read More
Pakistan lose 2-1 to Palestine
Pakistan lost 2-1 to Palestine in their first match of the historic four-match series at the Punjab Stadium in Lahore on Tuesday. In front of around 5000 spectators, Pakistan started brightly but their front-runners ... Read More
No way forward but to have engagement with Pakistan: Clinton
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asserted that there is no better alternative than having civil and military engagements with Pakistan. "There''s nothing easy about this. And striking the right balance is a constant ...Read More
Pakistan could be top of UK foreign aid list
But Pakistan's government will have to introduce real reforms in order to secure the funding, officials say. They say authorities should push for the extra ... Read More
Indian cricket lovers turn to Pakistan to watch their hero
Indian cricket lovers in Punjab deprived of watching their country's progress in the World Cup have turned to an unlikely source - bitter rivals Pakistan. ... Read More
Plea to include Munter in Davis case
By Our Correspondent Through an application, the Lahore High Court has been requested to implead the US Ambassador in Pakistan, Cameron P. Munter, as necessary party on behalf of the USA to a pending petition on the question of immunity to ... Read More
Pakistan and India back at negotiating table
Talks between Pakistan and India will resume in New Delhi on March 21 st , the Pakistani Foreign Ministry says. The two countries' deputy foreign ministers will focus on anti-terrorism measures and drug trafficking. Talks between Pakistan and India ... Read More
Opposition, govt parties walk out of NA
Ispahani defended the increase citing the increase in international oil prices as justification for the increase in Pakistan. The angry protest was topped by a token walkout and only the MQM gave a deadline of three days to the government to revise its ... Read More
Pakistan's opposition leader threatens anti-govt march
Former Pakistani Prime Minister and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif Monday threatened anti- government march, accusing the government of its failure to check corruption and solve the peoples' problems. ... Read More
Coach Younis says Pakistan fielders far behind from SA, Australia and England
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Coach Waqar Younis is urging his players to sharpen their fielding skills as Pakistan prepares to take on Canada in Group A at the World Cup on Thursday. Younis says fielders from South Africa, Australia and ... Read More
Pakistan cricketers submit appeals to court of arbitration for sport
AP The court of arbitration for sport has received appeals from Mohammad Amir, left, Salman Butt, right, and Mohammad Asif against their bans from cricket. Photograph: Matt Dunham/AP The three Pakistan cricketers banned by the International Cricket ... Read More
CAS confirms appeals by banned Pakistan trio
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Church leaders condemn murder of Pakistan minister
The two most senior figures in the Church of England have strongly condemned the murder of a Pakistan minister. The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams and the Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu said the murder of Shahbaz ... Read More
Pakistani PM orders probe into minister's murder
ISLAMABAD, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani strongly condemned the murder of Minister for Minorities Affairs, Shahbaz Bhatti, on Wednesday and ordered through investigation to bring those responsible to justice. ... Read More
Pakistan minorities minister killed in Islamabad
A Pakistani federal minister for minority affairs was assassinated Wednesday morning by Pakistan Taliban members in the country's capital Islamabad. Shahbaz Bhatti, the federal minister in charge of minority affairs in ... Read More
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