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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Pakistan's US envoy returns home amid scandal

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.

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.