ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: The Supreme Court will resume hearing on Wednesday on identical challenges against the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) 2007 promulgated by President Pervez Musharraf on the demand of slain PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto to provide amnesty to holders of public office charged in different corruption cases between 1986 and 1999. A five-member bench […]
ISLAMABAD (February 26 2008): Caretaker Federal Minister for Law and Justice Syed Afzal Haider on Monday said that the Provincial Constitution Order (PCO) and emergency is over now in the country. “Emergency and implementation of PCO is over now. Those who are reluctant to accept this truth are misguiding the people,” he said in an […]
QUETTA (February 26 2008): At least three soldiers were killed and four others wounded Monday when a bomb blew up an army vehicle in Lehri area, officials said. The remote-controlled roadside bomb attack happened in Lehri, near Dera Bugti, they said. The bombing was claimed by a militant group identifying itself as the Balochistan Republican […]
QUETTA: Three soldiers were killed and four wounded on Monday when a roadside bomb blew up an army vehicle in Lehri, Dera Bugti, AFP quoted official sources as saying. The Balochistan Republican Army (BRA) claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it had killed eight personnel, including an army officer and several Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers, […]
KARACHI: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) minority wing organized a convention at the Idara Noor-e-Haque Monday to discuss inter-religious harmony and the printing of blasphemous cartoons in Danish newspapers. More than 25 religious representatives took part in the convention, including Muslims, Christians, Hindus and Sikhs, and demanded that the government of Pakistan cut all diplomatic and economic […]
RAWALPINDI, Feb 25: A suicide bomber blew up an army staff car on The Mall here on Monday, killing the army’s surgeon-general, his guard, driver and three pedestrians. Lt-Gen Mushtaq Baig, surgeon-general and director general of the army’s Medical Services, was the most senior army officer killed by the militants so far. It was also […]
ISLAMABAD: The European Union on Monday deeply regretted that not all political detainees, including judges and lawyers, were released and thus prevented from taking part in the electoral process. “The EU renews its call for their immediate release. It also reiterates the need for freedom of the media,” the EU said in a statement through […]
HYDERABAD, Feb 25: Members of Tharparkar PPP, Thar Ittehad, Marooara Welfare Association and Thar Bachayo Action Committee staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Monday to protest against massive rigging in the general elections in Tharparkar district. Speaking on the occasion, Pakistan People’s Party leader Comrade Jam Saqi, Sikiladho Rahimoon, Mumtaz Ali Rahimoon […]
KARACHI, Feb 25: Ten more candidates have approached the Sindh High Court for repolling in their constituencies and stay of notification of final results. PPP’s Mirza Ikhtiar Beg was the first to seek re-balloting in 23 out of 141 polling stations of the NA-250 national constituency which, according to unofficial results, returned MQM’s Khushbakht Shujaat. […]
MINGORA (AFP): Pakistan will not halt a military offensive in northwestern Swat Valley until all militants are cleared from the once-popular tourist site, the region’s army commander said Monday. “There is no time-frame for completion of the operation as there is still 400 hardcore militants hiding in Swat valley,” Major General Nasser Janjua, the regional […]
ISLAMABAD (APP): The Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan (CEC) has issued orders for the re-polling in six polling stations of National Assembly constituency (NA-23 Kohistan) and Provincial Assembly (PF-6 Kohistan-1) on February 28. The polling stations included, Polling Station No 5, Government Primary School, Shankial, PollÂing Station No.32, Government Primary School, Tangvi, Polling Station No […]
LAHORE-Lawyers argue that the PCO would remain in conflict with Article 209 of the Constitution, no matter, if it is approved by the Parliament or even if the newly elected members have taken oath under a Constitution amended by the November 3 steps. In view of senior advocate A.K Dogar, judges who took oath under […]
SHIKARPUR, Feb 24: The candidates for NA-202 Shikarpur-II and PS-12 Shikarpur-IV have received notices to appear before the Election Commission of Pakistan in Islamabad on March 1. PPP candidates for NA-202 Aftab Shaban Mirani and for PS-12 Agha Arsalan Khan have claimed in a complaint to the Election Commission that their rival candidates, Dr Mohammad […]
ISLAMABAD, Feb 24: The Election Commission has disposed of about 100 applications filed by candidates seeking re-election in their constituencies. The decision was taken by the commission in its meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Qazi Mohammad Farooq. There will be no re-polling on Feb 25 in some polling stations […]
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