Pakistan's ambassador to the U.S. returned home Sunday after being
summoned to answer questions about his alleged role in a secret memo
scandal that could cost him his job and threatens to engulf the
country's president.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Pakistan bans 'obscene' words on cell phone texts
Texters in Pakistan better start watching their language.
Pak aims to restrain military expenditures
MOROCCO: Pakistan expressed hopes to decrease its expensive military
expenditure in the next fiscal year to below the 16 percent it took of
the budget in the current 2011-2012 fiscal year, the army’s spokesman
said on Saturday.
Hashmi urges resignation from President, PM over memo issue
MULTAN: Senior Vice President of PML (N) Makhdoom Javed Hashmi has
said that performance of Pak Army and ISI could be criticized but the
matter of memo is as seditious as to talk about disintegrate the
country.
Pak enjoys strong ties with IMF: Hafeez
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Dr. Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has said that Pakistan enjoys strong relations with IMF.
145 graduating students passed out MCS
RAWALPINDI: A total of 145 graduating students in Military College of
Signals (MCS) received their degrees in the disciplines of Telecom and
Software Engineering.
Petition filed for declaring Mullen, Ijaz ’persona non grata’
LAHORE: A petition has been filed in Supreme Court Lahore Registry
for declaring former US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen and Pakistani
origin US businessman Masoor Ijaz as ’persona no grata’ and to form a
commission to probe into Ijaz Mansoor’s memo.
Nawaz again demands judicial commission over secret memo
MANDRA: Pakistan Muslim League (N) chief Nawaz Sharif Saturday warned
the government to conduct transparent inquiry into secret memorandum
scandal or his party would take this case to the apex court.
127 shops gutted in Imperial Market blaze
RAWALPINDI: Fire has destroyed 127 shops of the mperial Market in
Rawalpindi’s Raja Bazar while total loss caused by fire eruption is
estimated at Rs 50 million.
Evidences of plot of BB’s assassination are available, Rehman Malik
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday that
evidences regarding plot to assassinate Benazir Bhutto are available,
while former President Pervez Musharraf was involved in the killing.
Stage set for PML-N public meeting in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD: Preparations are in full swing to hold a larger public
meeting than Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaf (PTI) by PML-N here today.
IMF expresses dissatisfaction over Govt. performance
ISLAMABAD: International Monterey Fund (IMF) has expressed its
dissatisfaction over government’s performance in energy sector, saying
that efforts should be sped up for restructuring infrastructure in the
power sector.
People not to accept any unconstitutional step: PM Gilani
PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has said that
although government has good relationship with establishment but any
unconstitutional measure would not be tolerated.
No pressure to resign: Mamon
Karachi: After resigning from his portfolio, Sharjeel Mamon Saturday
clarified that he did not resign over pressure of anybody instead left
his post voluntary.
Special security arrangements employed at SC Building
ISLAMABAD: Special security arrangements would be employed at Supreme Court Building with effect from tomorrow (Monday).
Special security arrangements employed at SC Building
ISLAMABAD: Special security arrangements would be employed at Supreme Court Building with effect from tomorrow (Monday).
SC issues rooster for hearing cases Nov 21-25
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) has issued roster for hearing the cases for the period November 21-25.
A
larger 17-member SC bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP)
Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will take up for hearing NRO review petition
on November 21. The hearing of NRO review petition with the inclusion of
4 new judges in SC bench is going to be held again after April.
Blowing memo issue out of proportion to do no service: Shujaat
BAHAWALPUR: PML-Q president Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has said
President Asif Ali Zardari is not a child and he has written no letter
to former US admiral Mike Mullen.
Durani denies his links to secret memo
Islamabad: Amid a raging political storm in Pakistan, former
ambassador Mehmood Durani Saturday denied his role in secret memorandum
calling his name related to memo ‘nonsense’.
USAID to impart training to linemen of DISCOS
ISLAMABAD: The USAID Power Distribution Program has finalized the
plan to launch a safety training program for the linemen of nine (9)
DISCOs all over Pakistan.
PIA management dispels allegations of corruption
LAHORE: PIA management has dispelled all allegations of corruption
and mismanagement as the major stakeholders of the Corporation – the
shareholders and members of the Board of Directors are fully aware of
the airline’s financial and operational situation.
5 terrorists arrested
CHAKWAL: Five terrorists were nabbed by Neela police Chakwal and good
quantity of automatic weapons, rocket launchers, Hand Grenades, Machine
Guns and 4000 bullets were recovered from them.
FIA directed to provide copies of supplementary challan
RAWALPINDI: Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) Rawalpindi has directed FIA to
provide copies of supplementary challan and requisite documents to
counsels of accused persons arrested in Benazir Bhutto assassination
case.
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