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