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Blair says feared fight with Britain’s media barons
May 28th
LONDEN: British leaders are forced to court powerful press barons such as Rupert Murdoch or risk savage media attacks which render them unable to govern effectively, former Prime Minister Tony Blair told an inquiry on Monday.
Israel sees Iranian hand in Syria killings
May 28th
TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday voiced “revulsion” over the bloodshed in Syria, while accusing Iran and its Lebanese militia ally Hezbollah of being accomplices. He was “revolted was by the incessant massacres conducted by Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces against ..
India seeks stronger Myanmar ties as PM visits
May 27th
SITTWE: In northwest Myanmar, where the Kaladan River flows out into the Bay of Bengal, the two giant arms of a half-built wharf enfold the estuarine mud with steel and concrete. Their embrace is fraternal – Myanmar’s giant neighbour India is funding the new port in Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State – but also strategic.
‘Freed’ Lebanese Shiites not in Turkey as thought
May 26th
ANKARA: A group of Lebanese Shiite pilgrims kidnapped in Syria and said by Lebanese authorities to have reached Turkey are not in the country after all, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Saturday. “These people are not on Turkish territory.
5 surprises in Egypt’s presidential election
May 26th
CAIRO: Egyptians went to the polls earlier this week to elect a new president after longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak was ousted last year.
Qaim, Malik give briefing to president over Karachi unrest
May 25th
Beoordelingsrapport Karachi: President Asif Zardari has summoned Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah for briefing over law and order situation of the city, SAMAA reported on Friday. President’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar said that the president took notice of the killings during Awami Tehrik’s rally in Chicago
Hakim Zardari’s 1st death anniversary observed
May 25th
Staff Report NAWABSHAH: The first death anniversary of famous politician Hakim Ali Zardari observed here on Friday. He was father of President Asif Ali Zardari
Treatment of Dr Afridi ‘unjust, unwarranted:’ Clinton
May 25th
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday denounced as “unjust and unwarranted” the treatment of a Pakistani doctor who was jailed for 33 years for helping in the hunt for Osama bin Laden. A tribal court in Khyber Agency on Wednesday convicted Shakeel Afridi of treason after he agreed to collect DNA for US intelligence to verify the presence of the most-wanted Al-Qaeda leader
Muhajir province supporters are cowards: Shazia Marri
May 24th
Beoordelingsrapport Karachi: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and Sindh Information Minister Shazia Marri said on Thursday that the people talking about the Muhajir province and those who writes slogan for the province on walls are cowards.
Sindh ministers express concerns on Karachi rally attack
May 23rd
Beoordelingsrapport Karachi: PPP Sindh ministers held a consultative meeting at Chief Minister House in Karachi to review the city’s law and order situation on Wednesday. Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah presided over the meeting.
Federal Cabinet forms committee on Balochistan issue
May 23rd
Beoordelingsrapport Islamabad: The Federal Cabinet on Wednesday set up two committees to look into security matters of Balochistan and Sindh. It has also approved amendments in Benevolent Fund and Group Insurance Act 1973. Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani presided over the meeting
PM Gilani gives briefing to Hafeez Sheikh
May 23rd
Beoordelingsrapport Islamabad: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani gave a briefing to Federal Minister for Finance Abdul Hafeez Sheikh on next year’s development program, SAMAA reports on Wednesday. In the meeting the PM advised the minister to give as much relief to the people as it is possible in the next budget. Hafeez said that the tax payers may take the sigh of relief but the tax evaders cannot escape for the long time.
Israel wary of expected Iran nuclear deal
May 22nd
JERUSALEM: Israel expressed deep suspicion on Tuesday about an expected deal between the U.N.
PM Gilani set to file appeal in SC against contempt case verdict
May 22nd
Beoordelingsrapport Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has completed all arrangements to file an appeal in the Supreme Court against its verdict on contempt case, SAMAA reported on Tuesday. Volgens bronne, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan will file appeal, on Thursday, in the Supreme Court on behalf of PM Gilani
Punjab decides to regulate private education institutes
May 22nd
Beoordelingsrapport Lahore: The Government of Punjab announced Tuesday it would regulate the private education institutions operating in the province. It said the private schools would not be allowed to impose discretionary fees.


















































