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Sindh CM runs home ministry: Wassan
Apr 29th
Staff Report KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Manzoor Wassan has said on Sunday that Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah is running the home ministry. His strategy will be successful to end continuous unrest in Lyari, he said.
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Loading ...Economy tops agenda as French election hits home straight
Apr 29th
PARIS: France’s presidential election headed into its final week Sunday with the spluttering economy topping the agenda and Nicolas Sarkozy and his rival battling to woo millions of far-right voters. Socialist Francois Hollande is tipped to win the run-off next Sunday as voters punish the right-wing incumbent for his failure to slash stubbornly high unemployment in the eurozone’s second biggest economy. Opinion polls say Hollande is on course to become the first Socialist president of France since Francois Mitterrand was re-elected in 1988
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Top Indian politician jailed for four years in bribe case
Apr 29th
NEW DELHI: A former top leader of India’s main opposition Hindu nationalist party was jailed for four years on Saturday for accepting a bribe in a fake arms deal that was a media sting operation. Bangaru Laxman, former president of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was secretly videotaped accepting the bribe from journalists pretending to be arms dealers 11 years ago. The sting footage was aired on television channels nationwide, creating a political storm for the then BJP government, headed by prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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Malaysian police fire tear gas, clash with protesters
Apr 28th
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 (Reuters) – Malaysian police fired tear gas and water cannon in clashes with thousands of protesters demanding electoral reforms on Saturday, raising the risk of a political backlash that could delay national polls which had been expected within months.
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Gilani is still Prime Minister: Punjab governor Khosa
Apr 28th
Staff Report LAHORE: Punjab Governor Sardar Muhammed Latif Khosa Saturday said Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani is still an incumbent premier. Talking to media after having a meeting with the PM Gilani, Punjab governor Khosa said the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) can pull down the Punjab government in a minute;
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Illegal arms case: Shahzain Bhugti surrenders to police in Quetta
Apr 28th
Staff Report QUETTA: Provincial president of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP) Shahzain Bugti surrendered to police in Quetta in illegal arms possession case, SAMAA reports. Bugti, however, insists the charges are ‘concocted’. Speaking to newsmen outside his residence in Balochistan capital, Bugti, the grandson of slain Nawab Akbar Bugti, said “there is not truth in the case.
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Norway survivors of Breivik massacre share pain
Apr 27th
OSLO: A Norwegian civil servant who had to have his leg amputated after a bomb planted by far right fanatic Anders Behring Breivik tore through his body spoke on Friday of the moment his life changed forever. “Suddenly something hits me, a very strong pressure wave that lifts me up and throws me far away,” Tore Raasok, a 56-year-old transport ministry worker, told judges trying Breivik for the murder last summer of 77 people in cold blood
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...PPP activists stage protest against Supreme Court’s verdict in Islamabad
Apr 26th
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: A large number of enraged and furious activists of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) staged protest in Islamabad today against Supreme Court’s verdict on contempt case against PM Gilani, SAMAA reported on Thursday. The protesters torched tyres on Shahra-e-Dastoor in Islamabad; they continued protest for some time while chanting loud slogans. Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Women Wing Islamabad arranged the protest and its President, Nargis Faiz, lead the protest rally
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Dutch "burqa ban" may go after government falls
Apr 26th
AMSTERDAM: With the collapse of the Dutch centre-right government, the Netherlands may now drop some of its most eye-popping proposals aimed at Muslims and other immigrants and could soften its strong anti-immigration rhetoric. A ban on Muslim face veils, such as the Arabic-style niqabs that leave the eyes uncovered and Afghan-style burqas that cover the face with a cloth grid, is less likely to go ahead after the government collapsed at the weekend. The minority Liberal-Christian Democrat coalition’s alliance with Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV) fell apart when they could not reach agreement on crucial budget cuts
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Zardari to chair crunch meeting with coalition partners
Apr 26th
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Co-chairman of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and President Asif Ali Zardari has called an emergency meeting in the backdrop of landmark verdict delivered today (Thursday) by the Supreme Court (SC) in contempt case against Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani. The emergency meeting with the coalition partners will give thought to the situation in the wake of the PM Gilani’s conviction on contempt charge.
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Romney turns campaign toward money, reconciliation
Apr 25th
WASHINGTON: The Republican presidential nomination all but in hand, Mitt Romney is refocusing his efforts on challenging President Barack Obama, raising cash for the battle ahead and reconciling with onetime primary rival Rick Santorum. “Tonight is the start of a new campaign,” the former Massachusetts governor said Tuesday night as he celebrated a sweep of five primaries. He blasted Obama as a man whose time in office has been marked by “false promises and weak leadership” in a time of economic struggle
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EU suspends most Myanmar sanctions, not arms ban
Apr 23rd
LUXEMBOURG: The European Union agreed on Monday to suspend most of its sanctions against Myanmar for a year despite a dispute over a parliamentary oath between Myanmar’s ruling, army-backed party and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Bangladesh clashes over missing opposition leader
Apr 23rd
DHAKA: One demonstrator was killed and more than 20 police injured in Bangladesh on Monday as officers fought to control a crowd of 10,000 people protesting over the disappearance of opposition leader Ilias Ali.
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China offers praise, friendship for North Korea
Apr 23rd
BEIJING: China’s top diplomat has praised the leadership of North Korea and vowed closer ties despite an international outcry over the isolated state’s recent missile launch. Dai Bingguo, who is China’s most senior official on foreign policy, made the comments Sunday in a meeting in Beijing with Kim Yong-Il, a visiting top official with North Korea’s ruling Korean Workers’ Party. The meeting follows the April 13 launch of what Pyongyang says was a communications satellite, but which the United States has called a disguised ballistic missile test.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...General elections: PPP to woo influential Punjab families
Apr 22nd
Staff Report LAHORE: The ruling Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) has stepped up efforts to win support of influential political families from Punjab before the next parliamentary elections. According to reports, President Asif Ali Zardari has formed a three-member team of politicians to contact Punjab’s influential families for bringing them into his PPP. A very tough contest is likely to be witnessed in Punjab in the next general elections
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Japan to waive $3.7bn of Myanmar’s debt
Apr 21st
TOKYO: Tokyo will waive about 300 billion yen ($3.7 billion) of Myanmar’s debt and resume suspended assistance to the country, the Japanese government said Saturday. “Myanmar’s reforms are progressing with certainty,” said Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda at a joint press conference in Tokyo after meeting Myanmar President Thein Sein for talks. “At a time when Myanmar’s democratisation is reaching a key stage, Japan is declaring to further support its efforts to reform and to continue bolstering assistance,” he said.
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