Pakistan

    Extension in judges restoration can be considered: Nawaz

    ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said on Monday if they are convinced on delaying of deposed judges reinstatement then extension in their restoration can also be considered.
    Talking to journalist about Article 58-2B he said that there is no logic of dissolving the assembly.
    PML-N leaders will meet Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman […]


    Zardari, Shahbaz meet to finalise judges restoration

    ISLAMABAD: Coalition leaders will hold crucial talks in Dubai on Monday to finalise a draft on the restoration of judges deposed by President Pervez Musharraf, party officials said.
    Shahbaz Sharif will meet with Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party spokesman Siddiqul Farooq told AFP.
    Zardari has already summoned law minister Farooq Naek to hammer out details […]

Train service between Quetta, other parts of the country suspended

Apr 28th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

QUETTA: Unknown miscreants blew up a railways track between Sariab and Spezand suspending train service between Quetta and other parts of the country, Railways officials told APP on Monday.
According to reports, the explosives were strapped with the railways track near Spezand area which damaged some two feet piece of the track after explosion.
The railways […]



Gilani, Ahmedinejad discuss bilateral, regional, energy issues

Apr 28th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday vowed to further strengthen their bilateral, regional and economic relations besides co-operation in energy.
Ahmedinejad who is on a brief official stop-over in Islamabad, while on his way to Sri Lanka, earlier held talks with President Pervez Musharraf at the Aiwan-e-Sadr.
Prime Minister Gilani […]



IHC grants bail to Maulana Abdul Aziz

Apr 28th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) here on Monday accepted bail application of Maulana Abdul Aziz and Maulana Abdul Qayyum in four criminal cases.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Aslam and Justice Raja Saeed Akram Khan heard the bail plea of former administrator of Lal Mosque.
Counsel for the appellant, Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, argued that […]



Pakistan coalition government holds crucial meet in Dubai (Second Lead)

Apr 28th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

By Aroonim Bhuyan and Muhammad Najeeb Dubai/Islamabad, April 28 (IANS) With just two days to go before expiry of their 30-day deadline to decide on the restoration of sacked judges, the top leadership of Pakistan’s coalition government held a crucial meeting in Dubai to discuss the issue as well as the future of President […]



PM to host dinner for hounoured guest Ahmadinejad(Roundup)

Apr 28th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives here Tuesday on a five-hour working visit for talks, including on the tri-nation gas pipeline project. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will host a “private dinner” for the visiting Iranian president, an honour that he reserves only for “special friends”. Since he moved to 7, Race […]



President Ahmadinejad arrives in Colombo on two-day visit

Apr 28th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

By P. Karunakharan Colombo, April 28 (IANS) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Colombo Monday evening on a two-day state visit during which he is expected to inaugurate two projects, including a Tehran-funded hydropower project. The Iranian President was scheduled to arrive in Colombo from Pakistan at 5.30 p.m. but his flight was delayed […]



Sarabjit hanging put off by three weeks: Pak TV

Apr 28th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

Islamabad, April 28 (IANS) The execution of Indian national on death row, Sarabjit Singh, has been postponed by three weeks - just two days before his sentence was to be carried out, according to a Pakistani private news channel. Dawn News TV channel said there has been a “procedural postponement” of Sarabjit’s hanging, which was […]



PM to host private dinner for Ahmadinejad

Apr 28th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Pakistan

New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will host a private dinner Tuesday for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a gesture that seeks to underline warming ties between India and Iran. “The prime minister will host a private dinner at his 7 Race Course residence for the Iranian president after the talks,” official sources told […]