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News for Saturday, 5 Feb 2011

Government looking at ‘other options’ to bridge fiscal deficit

ISLAMABAD - Following a refusal by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to revive the suspended $11.3 billion standby arrangement until economic reforms are implemented, the government has started looking at...

Davis has diplomatic passport, not visa: Malik

ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Friday that Raymond Davis, a US national accused of killing two Pakistani youths in Lahore a few days ago, had a diplomatic...

Nawaz, Shahbaz take up Centre’s response

LAHORE - The Sharifs met at Raiwind on Friday to take up their concerns over the non-responsive attitude of the federal government in reply to a letter the Punjab government...

Gilani gets the right to wield his axe on cabinet

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP)'s Central Executive Committee (CEC) on Friday finally gave Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani a go-ahead to dissolve his cabinet when he considered it...

Zardari, Gilani discuss cabinet with political leaders

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE - In a significant political move, President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani telephoned heads of all major political parties, including PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif, and...

Spot-fixing scandal – UK indicts Salman, Asif and Amir

LONDON - British prosecutors charged former Pakistani cricket captain Salman Butt and opening bowlers Muhammad Asif and Mohammad Amir on Friday with taking bribes to fix incidents in the fourth...

FIA issues arrest orders for Moonis

LAHORE - The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday included the name of Moonis Elahi, son of former Punjab chief minister Pervaiz Elahi, in the watch list and alerted immigration...

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