Pakistan

    PPP, PML-N separated, not divorced: Mushahid

    ISLAMABAD : PML-Q Secretary General Mushahid Hussain Sayed on Wednesday termed the break up between two main coalition partners as separation and not divorce.
    “Since the ruling coalition is based on doctrine of necessity and not principles, we think that this coalition would remain intact. The PML-N wants its government to stay in Punjab and it […]


    Deposed HC judges reject Pak Presidency offer to reinstate them sans seniority

    Islamabad, May 14 : The deposed provincial high court judges have reportedly rejected a Presidency offer to reinstate them as judges at the cost of their seniority as compared to their colleagues who preferred to work with President Pervez Musharraf under the PCO (Provincial Constitutional Order) promulgated on November 3, 2007.

Militants kill US spy in tribal area: official

May 14th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

MIRANSHAH : Pro-Taliban militants shot dead a man in North Waziristan after accusing him of spying for US forces across the border in Afghanistan, an official said on Wednesday.
The body of the unidentified bearded man was found lying in an open area outside Naurak village in the restive North Waziristan district, a security official told […]



Sister, brother-in-law of Punjab governor killed

May 14th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

SHEIKHUPUA : Six people were killed and fifty others injured when several cars collided on Sheikhupura interchange at Motorway on Tuesday. According to Motorway Police dozens of vehicles including cars, buses and trucks collided on Motorway due to smoke of fire ignited along roadside killing six people and injuring fifty others.
Those killed in the accident […]



If reinstated, Iftikhar will declare “Musharraf’s re-election illegal”

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

Washington, May 14: Pakistan’s deposed chief justice Iftikhar Choudhry has said that if reinstated he would re-examine the legitimacy of the country’s President Musharraf’s second term beginning November 2007, and would declare it illegal.



Pak slams Jaipur serial blasts

May 14th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

Islamabad, May 14 : Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani last night condemned the seven bomb blasts that occurred in Jaipur, killing nearly 100 and injuring more than 250 people.



Zardari to arrive Tuesday night

May 13th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD : PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari would arrive Islamabad on Tuesday night, after a short visit to the United Kingdom.
The PPP co-chairman, during his stay in London, held series of meetings with PML-N leaders Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif and MQM chief Altaf Hussain and discussed with them different national issues particulary reinstatement of deposed […]



Charges dropped against alleged 20th hijacker: Pentagon

May 13th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

WASHINGTON : The Pentagon has dropped charges against Mohammed al-Qahtani, the alleged ‘20th hijacker’ in the September 11 attacks on the United States, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday.
Susan Crawford, the convening authority for war crimes trials by special military commissions, gave no explanation in dropping the charges against al-Qahtani “without prejudice,” said Commander Jeffrey […]



Pakistan condemns Jaipur terror bombings

May 13th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

By Mohammed Najeeb
Islamabad, May 13 (IANS) Pakistan Tuesday condemned the terror bombings in the Indian city of Jaipur, in which around 60 people were killed and over a 100 injured, and expressed sympathy with the bereaved families.



PML-N will support PPP in restoration of judges: Babar

May 12th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD : Spokesman Pakistan Peoples Party Farhatullah Babar on Monday said that failure of talks between PPP and PMLN was not the beginning of the end of coalition rather it is a pause in the process of restoring the deposed judges and strengthening of parliament.
Talking to media the central PPP leaders said that his partys […]