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News for Saturday, 3 Mar 2012

Shahzain calls on Nawaz to discuss Balochistan issue

The leader of Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), Shahzain Bugti met Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif in Raiwand on Friday. According to a handout, both leaders discussed the current situation...

Reduce dependence on Pakistan, think-tank asks Obama

Claiming that the US and Pakistan have opposing goals for Afghanistan, an American expert on South Asia has asked President Barack Obama to look beyond Islamabad and towards other like-minded...

Hafeez Shaikh, Asim Hussain made ministers again

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday advised the president to approve the de-notification of the appointment of Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh as adviser to the PM with the status...

EC secy resigns owing to differences with CEC over Waheeda Shah episode

Election Commission Secretary Ishtiaq Ahmad Khan resigned from his office on Friday owing to differences with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (r) Hamid Ali Mirza over the Waheeda Shah episode. Sources...

3rd March, 2012

Baloch CM’s drunken sons beat up cops

Two drunken sons of Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani and their friends thrashed policemen in the Khyaban-e-Shaheen area of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Karachi. Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Ghulam...

Trial unlikely for US troops in Afghan Quran burning

Five US soldiers took part in last week’s apparently accidental burning of copies of the holy Quran in Afghanistan, but they are unlikely to face public trial, the Washington Post...

Waheeda has shamed the nation: CJP

While hearing a petition on the manhandling of female election staff by a Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MPA-elect from Sindh, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry observed on Friday that her...

Think again, US warns Pakistan

The United States has asked Pakistan to “think twice” on its plans to go ahead with the construction of a gas pipeline from Iran, cautioning Islamabad that Tehran is an...

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