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    LG Minister (Agha Siraj Durrani) is our boss: Kamal

    City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal conceded that Sindh Local Government (LG) Minister Agha Siraj Durrani “is our boss and his orders will be obeyed and we would work collectively for the development of Karachi”.


    NWFP government, local Taliban agree on “peace truce”

    PESHAWAR: NWFP government and local Taliban have agreed to a peace agreement under which “Shariah” laws will be promulgated in Sawat and Malakand districts and security forces will be withdrawn, while the Taliban have agreed to acknowledge the writ of the government.

Breaking News “Musharraf to resign if Nov 3 Acts Indemnified”

May 20th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Pakistan, Top News

According to Geo report that President Pervez Musharraf has offered to resign in return for indemnity by parliament for his unconstitutional steps taken on November 3, 2007, sources told the Geo on Tuesday. It came up during his recent discussion between the him and Zardair on constitutional package that Pakistan People’s Party has prepared.

According to sources of Geo News report that “It came through when the Aiwan-i-Sadr realised that the PPP would restore all the judges and clip the presidential powers,” A powerless Presidency with the pre-November 3 judges back in the saddle was not an acceptable option for Musharraf.



Indo-Pakistan Foreign Secretaries meet today

May 20th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Pakistan

Islamabad, May 20 : Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and his Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir will meet here today ahead of talks between Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday.



Tension brewing between Asif Ali Zardari, Shahbaz Sharif over jailed scribe

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

Islamabad, May: Tension is reportedly brewing up between PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N chief Shahbaz Sharif over a senior journalist Rehmat Shah Afridi, who has been behind the bars for nine years. While Zardari wants him to be freed, Shahbaz seems not prepared to relent.



Constitutional package for “reinstatement of deposed judges” ready : Naek

May 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Pakistan, Top News

ISLAMABAD : The constitutional package for reinstatement of deposed judges of superior judiciary has been finalised and would be presented in next session of the National Assembly, Minister for Law and Justice Farooq H Naek said on Monday.



Kamal asked not to interfere in Sindh govt affairs

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

City Nazim Mustafa Kamal is no longer the Chairman of the Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) and there is no way he can declare the orders of the Sindh government illegal, Sindh Local Government (LG) Minister Aga Siraj Durrani told The News.



PPP package on restoration of judges likely within a fortnight

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

Islamabad , May 19 (ANI): If PPP sources are to be believed, the party is contemplating restoring the deposed judges within the next fortnight through a parliamentary resolution, but only if it is sure of getting through its preferred constitutional package in the Parliament.



Court rules that young Biharis are Bangladesh citizens

May 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, India

DHAKA : Bangladeshs High Court ruled on Sunday that the children of Urdu-speaking Bihari Muslims awaiting repatriation to Pakistan for over 37 years would be granted Bangladeshi citizenship.



Aitzaz Ahsan decided not to contest in by-election

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

LAHORE: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Aitzaz Ahsan on Sunday announced that he would not contest the by-elections for the NA-55 seat.