GILGIT: On Wednesday, police claimed to have found the body of one of the attackers involved in the armed attack on cleric Maulana Qazi Nisar Ahmad. According to authorities, the injured militant’s accomplices abandoned his body on the side of the road near Sultanabad before fleeing the scene. The body was then taken into custody […]
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Federal Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry has refuted media reports claiming that Azad Jammu and Kashmir Prime Minister Anwarul Haq has been removed from office due to his alleged lackluster response to the recent unrest in the region. Speaking to reporters in the federal capital, Chaudhry said there was no truth in
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President Asif Ali Zardari met Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq to discuss the political situation, as tensions continue to simmer between the Pakistan People’s Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz. The PPP and PML-N leaders in Punjab have been engaged in a
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ISLAMABAD: President of the Senate of Pakistan, Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, has arrived in Bridgetown, Barbados to participate in the 68th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference. At the opening ceremony, President Gilani was warmly welcomed by representatives of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) and senior government officials. Gilani expressed gratitude for the warm hospitality extended by the
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Adviser to the Prime Minister on Political Affairs, Rana Sanaullah, urged the PML-N and the PPP to put aside their differences and "move forward" of the Sindh-Punjab dispute. Speaking to a private news channel, the senior PML-N leader said: "Today’s political leaders should sit down at the table and solve their political problems, and in
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KARACHI: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership has entrusted the new Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi with the crucial responsibility of restoring peace in the province, party sources told this correspondent. According to PTI insiders, the leadership decided to change the provincial top spot mainly due to the deteriorating law and order situation in KP. They
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ISLAMABAD: DPM/FM Ishaq Dar on Wednesday appreciated Jordan’s role in receiving detainees released from the Sumud Global Flotilla and facilitating their return home. He also thanked Jordan for its assistance in enabling the return to Amman of former senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, who is expected to reach Pakistan on Thursday. The DPM/FM spoke with his
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Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) calmed the mood in court on Wednesday with a witty remark, saying: “If judges cannot vote, then let’s just close the courts!” The exchange occurred when an attorney asked the court not to set the next hearing of a case for Oct. 16, citing the
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ISLAMABAD: A sub-committee meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday considered audit objections related to the Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB). The session was chaired by Moeen Amir Pirzada. Speaking on the occasion, Senator Saleem Mandviwalla said the PSEB was “not working well”. PSEB officials said there was a need to appoint technical
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LAHORE: The Punjab Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) reported on Wednesday that the overall water flow in the province’s rivers remained normal, with only two places on the Sutlej River experiencing low to medium level flooding. According to the daily PDMA river situation report, River Ravi was flowing normally through all key points. In Jassar,
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