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    EU holds Pak polls sub-standard

    ISLAMABAD: Although the February 2008 general elections in Pakistan were competitive and the results were accepted but there were enduring problems with the framework and conditions for election in the country, European Union Election Observation Mission (EU-IOM) said in its report issued on Wednesday.


    Congo plane crashes at end of runway with about 80 aboard

    GOMA, Congo (AP) : U.N. peacekeepers and rescue workers searched for bodies Wednesday in the smoldering rubble after a jetliner rammed into a bustling market area and burst into flames, killing at least 38 people and wounding more than 100.

President Pervez Musharraf and PM Yousuf Raza Gilani join celebration of Olympic torch realy

Apr 17th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Pakistan, Top News

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani together held aloft the Beijing Olympic Torch yesterday to flag off the local leg of the relay.



Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz, Hamza get nomination papers for by-election

Apr 16th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Pakistan, Top News

ISLAMABAD: PML-N Chief Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shahbaz got nomination papers to participate in the coming bye-elections, here on Wednesday.



Assassin has been hired to kill me: Dr. Arbab Rahim

Apr 16th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Sindh

KARACHI: Former chief minister Sindh and leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Q, Dr. Arbab Ghulam Rahim Wednesday alleged that an assassin has been hired to take his life.



PPP decides to change the Sindh Governor

Apr 15th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Sindh, Top News

Karachi. The leadership of Pakistan Peoples Party has decided in principle to change the present Governor of Sindh. Three names, including that of a prominent PPP member, are being considered to replace Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ebad Khan, sources said.



Bilawal Bhutto more influential than Bush

Apr 14th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Pakistan

ONLINE: The Pakistan People’s Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari may figure on TIME magazine’s 2008 list of the top 100 influential people.



Bush seeks direct access to Pak nukes

Apr 14th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, World

WASHINGTON: In a move to seek control on Pakistan’s nuclear assets, the US has mooted that an American official be permanently posted at its embassy in Islamabad and be given direct access to Pakistan’s National Command Authority Secretariat, which controls the country’s nuclear assets. The move is aimed to build pressure on Pakistan’s newly elected […]



Parliament calls for UN probe into Benazir’s murder

Apr 14th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Pakistan, Top News

ISLAMABAD: Parliament on Monday called on the government to ask for a United Nation probe into the martyrdom of Benazir Bhutto.



By-elections to be held on June 3: Chief EC of Pakistan

Apr 14th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Focused, Pakistan, Top News

ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner of Pakistan Justice Qazi Farooq (Retd) has announced that by-elections would be held on June 3. Polling will take place for 28 seats in National, Provincial Assemblies and the Senate.