ISLAMABAD: Necessary items and services during the month of August went costlier by 6.45 percent as compared to the same period previous year.According to official figures, daily use items prices in August as compared to the same period previous year rose by 9.23 percent, while their wholesale rates by 8 percent.Tomato August price as compared [...]
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ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission has accepted the nomination papers of three main contestants President Pervez Musharraf, PPP Candidate Makhdoom Amin Fahim and Lawyers Community candidate (Retd) Justice Wajahee-ud-Din Ahmed for the Presidential Election. During the secrutiny of nomination papers held at Election Commission Secretariat in Islamabad today, the Chief Election Commissioner (Retd) Justice Qazi Muhammad [...]
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ISLAMABAD: Dozens of people were injured as police baton changed and fired tear gas shell with protesters and arrested scores of opposition activists as they tried to march to the Supreme Court and the Election Commission office against President Pervez Musharraf`s re-election bid. The protesters were injured several of them [...]
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ISLAMABAD: A police officer has reported to be allegedly involved in the Saturday’s attack on Minister of State for Information Tariq Azeem. Informed sources revealed that the said police officer signaled to the security personnel for teaching him a lesson as soon as he saw the minister in an imbalance. On which the security [...]
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ISLAMABAD: Scores of journalists and cameramen were also beaten up while they were covering the protests outside the Election Commission of Pakistan on the occasion of scrutiny of the nomination papers of the presidential candidates. Policemen used baton charge, teargas and pelted stones at newsmen causing injuries to at-least 20 journalists while some of [...]
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RAWALPINDI: Leaders of All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) have formally announced here on Saturday to resign from the National and provincial assemblies and in this regard 84 Members National Assembly and 152 members of the provincial assemblies have submitted their resignations with their concerned party chiefs. In a joint press conference here at [...]
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ISLAMABAD: Police seriously thrashed newsmen covering scrutiny of the nomination papers of the presidential candidates in front of the Election Commission of Pakistan. Policemen used baton charge, teargas and pelted stones at newsmen causing injuries to several of them while some of them were fainted in the police action. Popularity: 16% [?]
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ISLAMABAD: The United States termed the Supreme Court ruling allowing President Pervez Musharraf to contest in uniform as an internal matter of Pakistan. “This is the internal matter of the country for politicians and courts to decide,” US Assistant Secretary of South Asian and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher said when asked about Musharraf being [...]
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LONDON: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif would make another attempt to return to Pakistan from exile around October 18, even if he risks expulsion again, said Shahbaz Sharif in an interview with a foreign TV channel. Shahbaz Sharif, President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) told the English-language service of an Arabic TV channel on [...]
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MIRAN SHAH: An American espionage plane crashed in North Waziristan in the night between Friday and Saturday. The pilot-less aircraft crashed at Lund Muhamamd Khan village, some 15 km from here, sources here said. However, it is not clear whether the plane was brought down by the militants or it crashed due to some technical [...]
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ISLAMABAD: Mr Ri Young Haiwan, the Ambassador of South Korea in Islamabad , called on the Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, in Kashmir House. Both sides reviewed the progress on implementation of hydel power generation projects being undertaken with the assistance of South Korean at Kathai and Leepa in Muzaffarabad. Popularity: [...]
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LONDON: NATO commander has warned that the Taliban could recapture territory in southern Afghanistan won by British troops in fighting this summer. General Dan McNeill said the British soldiers had made “significant progress” in Helmand province but were facing difficulties securing gains and it was “likely” some of the ground would have to be [...]
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NEW DELHI: India plans to procure six nuclear power reactors from France. An Indo-French nuclear business meet will begin in Mumbai, business capital of India, from October 15, in the backdrop of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) planning to buy six nuclear power reactors from France. The meeting is organised by the [...]
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ISLAMABAD: Taliban have published a shadow Afghan constitution outlining an alternative hardline government to that of President Hamid Karzai. The 23-page document envisages a country where women would remain veiled and uneducated, “un-Islamic thought” would be banned and human rights would be ignored if “contrary with the teachings of Islam”. The Constitution of the Islamic [...]
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz postponed the Iftar-dinner in honour of journalists and media persons after the journalists community unanimously decided to boycott the reception in protest of police brutalities against media on the occasion of scrutiny of the nomination papers of the presidential candidates. Spokesperson of the Prime Minister has said that the [...]
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ISLAMABAD: Former law minister Iqbal Haider condemned arrest and thrashing of the opposition by the government in order to stop them from reaching to the Election Commission. Talking to a private TV channel, he said that the government was so scared that it has resorted to third degree illegal tactics. Commenting on the Supreme Court’s [...]
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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Saturday said the historic verdict by Supreme Court regarding re-election of President Pervez Musharraf for second term has proven the supremacy of constitution as well as the independence of judiciary. The judgement would also help strengthen democracy in the Country. He said this while addressing the proposers and seconders before [...]
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NEW DELHI: Infiltration and violence levels in occupied Jammu and Kashmir has been brought down to “minimum levels”, Army Chief General J J Singh said, hinting at the possibility of reduction of troops. “Situation is fast coming to normal and grounds have been created for a final settlement of these issues,” he said adding, if [...]
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SRINAGAR: Despite objections from Pakistan, the joint training and validation exercise of Indian and British elite soldiers got underway in Ladakh. The joint training and exercises will conclude on October 10. A defence spokesman, Col A K Mathur said the joint training and validation exercise is being conducted on Ladakh ranges at an altitude between [...]
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SRINAGAR: The chairman of the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, has called upon the US and Britain to send their observers to occupied Kashmir to review the current situation. Addressing a large congregation at the Jamia Masjid here, the Mirwaiz said that the Kashmir issue cannot be solved by force or [...]
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