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LONDON: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif said the agreement between his party and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is now left nothing more than a piece of a paper.
Addressing party workers here, he said if the Charter of Democracy had been put in force, the assassins of Akbar Bugti would have been behind bars.
The PML-N chief said his party is fully geared up to cooperate with the government, urging the government to fulfil all its promises. |
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Jahangir Karamat says Pakistan can meet challenges with world support
WASHINGTON, July 2 (APP): Seeing a veritable opportunity in Pakistan’s current insurgency crisis in the northwestern areas, former chief of the army staff and ambassador to the United States Jahangir Karamat on Wednesday sounded confident about the country overcoming security and economic challenges with the help of international support. Speaking at |
Pakistanis turn on Taliban, but resent US: poll
WASHINGTON: Public opinion in Pakistan has turned sharply against the Taliban and other extremists but Pakistanis still do not trust the US and President Barack Obama, a poll showed on Wednesday. The WorldPublicOpinion.org poll, conducted last month, found that most Pakistanis see the Taliban and Al Qaeda as a critical threat to the country. Those Pakistanis who view extremists and local Taliban as a |
US unable to win IDPs hearts and minds
LAHORE: Islamist charities so far lead the United States in the competition for the allegiance of the Pakistanis displaced by the military operations against the Taliban in Swat and FATA.
The New York Times said although the United States was the largest contributor to a United Nations relief effort, Pakistani authorities |
Plan to bury Michael Jackson at Neverland fizzles
LOS ANGELES: A plan to bury Michael Jackson at his sprawling Neverland ranch fizzled Wednesday, leaving details about this funeral undecided as another mystery was solved:
His newly unveiled will says his mother should raise his children, or failing her, Diana Ross.
The changing funeral circumstances thwarted many Jackson fans who had |
POL hike triggers fresh price spiral
KARACHI, July 2: The increase in transportation charges following Rs6.94 per litre hike in diesel prices made an impact on some commodities like sugar, wheat and flour on Wednesday, according to retailers. |
Good-for-nothing ministries at the cost of public money
by Ansar Abbasi
ISLAMABAD: Almost half of the federal ministries have hardly any work to do but they were created and still maintained as independent entities at the cost of taxpayers’ money merely because it suits both the political masters and their subservient but crafty civilian bureaucracy. |
Indian court rules homosexuality legal
NEW DELHI, July 2: A top Indian court issued a landmark ruling Thursday decriminalising gay sex between consenting adults, overturning colonial-era legislation that outlawed homosexuality.
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Cabinet reshuffle soon: PM
Promises right man for the right job; at least six ministers to be axed; operation to end sooner than expected
By Asim Yasin
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said the military operation against militants would end much before the people expected, and the federal cabinet would be reshuffled in a way that right job is assigned to the right man.
“During a meeting today, the Army chief informed me that the operation |
Military operation to end soon: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said the ongoing operation against militants will be completed soon.
Addressing the cabinet meeting here at PM secretariat, the Prime Minister said the morale of the armed forces is high and they have the support of the entire nation.
During meeting he asked the ministers and federal secretaries to review the new budget of their respective departments and ensure that the |
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