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The case of the ‘missing’ Qari

ISLAMABAD, March 3: After claiming to have re-arrested one of the country’s most mysterious militants, Qari Saifullah Akhtar, the interior ministry has started to backtrack on its earlier disclosure, with its spokesman now claiming that there existed no record of his arrest. According to international news agencies, the re-arrest of the militant leader from Lahore, […]


ATI, IJT protest blasphemous caricatures

LAHORE: Activists of the Anjuman-e-Talaba Islam (ATI) and the Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT) staged protest demonstrations on Monday to condemn the republication of blasphemous caricatures. The ATIís protest demonstration was held outside the Lahore Press Club in which a large number of students participated to express their resentment over republication of the sacrilegious caricatures. The […]


Police tear gas lawyers

ISLAMABAD (March 04 2008): Police fired tear gas on Monday to disperse hundreds of lawyers who removed barbed wire around the home of deposed top judge and chanted slogans against President Pervez Musharraf. Around 200 people joined a rally at the residence of former judge Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who was sacked by Musharraf under emergency […]


Judges’ detention: Aitzaz to file FIR against Musharraf

LAHORE, March 3: President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Aitzaz Ahsan has said he will file an FIR against President Pervez Musharraf and officials concerned for ‘illegally confining’ deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and eight other Supreme Court judges. Addressing a press conference at his residence on Monday, Mr Ahsan said the […]


EC not informed about independent MNAs’ choice

ISLAMABAD, March 3: No political party has informed the Election Commission (EC) about any elected independent MNA joining them, official sources told Dawn here on Monday. The sources said that informal announcements were made by various independent candidates about joining different political parties after having been elected Members of the National Assembly, but no political […]


Lawyers file application against govt, president: Another showdown near Judges Colony

SLAMABAD, March 3: An application has been submitted to the Secretariat police seeking registration of a criminal case against President Pervez Musharraf, a minister and other government officials for keeping the judges and their family members in detention at their residences. Advocate and legal consultant Athar Minallah, accompanied by around 50 lawyers, reached the Secretariat […]


10 killed in clash after attack on shrine

PESHAWAR/LANDI KOTAL, March 3: In a bizarre development, the armed supporters of a militant organisation based in the Khyber tribal region attacked the Shaikhan village in the outskirts of the provincial capital on Monday, killing 10 people and injuring 15 others. The destruction of a shrine in the village adjoining the Khyber region had sparked […]


Western media ignored ‘rigging’, says Fatima

HONG KONG, March 3: Fatima Bhutto, a niece of the late Benazir Bhutto, on Monday accused western media of irresponsibility in their reporting of Pakistan, saying they had disregarded ‘heavy’ rigging in last month’s polls, including by the Pakistan People’s Party. Ms Fatima, herself a journalist, said she witnessed widespread rigging when she visited polling […]


EC asks independents to join any party

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission Sunday reminded the independent members-elect of the national and provincial assemblies to join any political party by March 04. Secretary Election Commission Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad said here that the independent lawmakers-elect were required to apply to a leader of any political party for his political affiliation and the party leader was […]


Rallies, demos denounce publication of blasphemous caricatures ~

SUKKUR: Different religious parties took out protest rallies and staged protest demonstrations and sit-ins in front of Sukkur Press Club against publication of blasphemous caricatures in a Danish newspaper. The protesters demanded to end diplomatic ties with Denmark and also boycotted import of Danish products in the country. The Aalmi Majlis Tahaffuz Khatam-e-Nabuwat Pakistan, District […]


People urged to boycott Danish products

Thousands of activists and supporters of various religious parties and organisations took out a protest rally on Sunday to condemn the publication of blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) in Danish newspapers. The charged participants of Tahafuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat (protection of the sanctity of Prophet Muhammad) rally, which started from Qauid-e-AzamÂ’s mausoleum and marched […]


NWFP lawyers to continue boycott till 13th

PESHAWAR, Mar 1: The NWFP Bar Council and all bar associations in the province decided on Saturday to continue boycott of superior courts till March 13. Amid complete boycott of all the courts, a meeting of the bar council and other associations of lawyers, chaired by the council vice chairman, Qazi Mohammad Naeem, was held […]


Nadra to set up civil registration system

PESHAWAR, March 1: The National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) would set up civil registration management system to compile computerised data and issue certificates of birth, death, marriage and divorce in the NWFP. According to a press release issued here on Saturday, Nadra officials during a meeting, presided by provincial general manager Mohammad Khalid Khan, decided […]


SHC directs ECP to probe forged degree

KARACHI: Allegations that the academic degrees of an MNA elect from NA-235 Sanghar are fake and forged have to be investigated by the Election Commission of Pakistan, directed the Sindh High Court Friday. The division bench of Justice Azizullah M Memon and Justice Arshad Noor Khan passed these orders during the hearing of a constitutional […]