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    Pakistan National Assembly pays rich tributes to Benazir

    ISLAMABAD : National Assembly on Saturday paid rich tributes to slain Pakistan Peoples Party leader Benazir Bhutto on her 55th birth anniversary as Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani announced that the government would recommend to the President to commute death penalties into life in prison and reduce the jail term of prisoners by 90 days.


    Lawyers movement to continue with full force till restoration: Aitzaz

    ISLAMABAD : Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan said on Saturday that the lawyers movement would continue with full force till the restoration of the deposed judges.

MQM observes sixteenth anniversary of 92 martyrs

Jun 20th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Sindh

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Thursday observed sixteenth anniversary of the martyrs of June 19, 1992 in the four provinces, besides Azad Jammu and Kashmir.



NWFP Assembly passes protest resolution against US attack

Jun 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Pakistan

PESHAWAR: NWFP Assembly has passed unanimous protest resolution against US air strike in Mohmand Agency and has demanded to Afghanistan and Pakistan to resolve all disputed issues through dialogue.



Six killed in Karachi violence, one woman amid

Jun 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Sindh

KARACHI: Six people were killed including one woman and eight others were injured at different incidents of firing and violence in Karachi here on Thursday.



Zardari and Nawaz agree to keep alliance intact

Jun 18th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Pakistan

LAHORE : Negotiations between the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on the issues of judges and a motion to impeach President Pervez Musharraf have stalled though both parties have signalled to keep the alliance between the two intact.



Senate approves 76 budget recommendations

Jun 18th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Pakistan

ISLAMABAD : The Senate of Pakistan on Wednesday unanimously approved 76 recommendations for onward incorporation in the budget for the fiscal year 2008-09.



Hearing adjourned on cancellation of Azizs bail petition

Jun 18th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday has adjourned the hearing of Molana Abdul Aziz’s, cancellation of bail petition, filed by the government of Pakistan.



Kanupp resumes power supply to KESC

Jun 18th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Sindh

KARACHI : The Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (Kanupp) resumed 70 MW power supply to KESC at 1031 hours on Wednesday. Kanupp was shutdown on May 19, 2008 due to loss of KESC grid.



Rs 389.89 billion Punjab budget proposes new taxes

Jun 17th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Business, Focused

LAHORE : The Punjab government, while making proposals for introduction of new taxes, presented Rs 389.89 billion development budget for 2008-09 in the Provincial Assembly on Monday. Opposition groups in the Assembly boycotted the proceedings. The budget session was chaired by Muhammad Iqbal.