Tuesday, September 07, 2010 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has ordered taking back the privileges sanctioned to Prosecutor General of National Accountability Bureau (NAB),BNA reported Tuesday. The PM Gilani directed Law Secretary to implement the judicial verdict and withdraw all privileges of the Nab from Irfan Qadir. The apex court ordered the sacking of the Prosecutor General in Haris Steel case on the plea by Bank of Punjab’s counsel. ... Read More

Tuesday, September 07, 2010 ISLAMABAD: Irfan Qadir, the Prosecutor General of National Accountability Bureau (NAB), who Supreme Court (SC) decreed to be forthwith dismissed from his office, came to his office today and started working,BNA reported Tuesday. Irfan arrived at Nab Headquarters at 9am as usual and kept working at the Nab office of Prosecutor General. The same was confirmed by his office staff. The apex court ordered the sacking of the ... Read More

Tuesday, September 07, 2010 ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry said the law was not annulled on the concept of basic structure; however the laws were declared null and void on being in conflict with the Constitution and basic rights,BNA reported Tuesday. He said the Supreme Court (SC) is displaying forbearance over uncultured disparagement of its rulings from some circles, adding it was not his job to ... Read More

Tuesday, September 07, 2010 ISLAMABAD: Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said the President House would implement the verdict of higher judiciary regarding the dismissal of Prosecutor General of National Accountability Bureau (NAB),BNA reported Tuesday. Farhatullah Babar said the higher judiciary’s verdict is quite clear, adding the notification for the dismissal of the Prosecutor General is just a formal procedure. Responding a question, the spokesman said the summary regarding the appointment of new Prosecutor ... Read More

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's electronic media watchdog has sought the people's cooperation to blackout Indian television channels on domestic cable networks, conceding that some of them had resurfaced after recently being taken off the airwaves. Acting on an order of the Supreme Court, the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority recently barred cable operators from relaying Indian channels that do not have landing rights for the country. Among the channels taken off ... Read More

Tuesday, 07 Sep, 2010 An internally displaced child stands as family members cook on the side of a road in Sukkur. NOWSHERA: The world must help Pakistan rebuild homes and livelihoods destroyed by devastating floods to secure hearts and minds in the militant-hit nation, the UNDP's regional head told AFP. Global cash pledges have been slow coming to bolster rescue and relief efforts ongoing in ... Read More

LAHORE: All 28 people detained as suspects in connection with the lynching of two young brothers in the Pakistani city of Sialkot have been arrested following the detention of three policemen, including the head of a police station who had tried to evade the authorities. Police presented police station chief Rana Ilyas, who was absconding since the incident occurred on August 15, and two constables before an anti-terrorism court ... Read More

Tuesday, 07 Sep, 2010 The TTP frequently claims responsibility for attacks on Pakistani security forces but generally denies those that target civilians. MIRAMSHAH: The Taliban said Tuesday they would continue to target Pakistani security forces with suicide attacks as they claimed responsibility for the latest blast that killed 19, its spokesman said. “We are targeting Pakistani security forces because the government has allowed America to launch ... Read More

Tuesday, 07 Sep, 2010 KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday called upon investment finance companies and development finance institutions (DFIs) to devise a plan for raising money through stock exchanges for building infrastructure projects in the country on build, operate, own and transfer (BOOT) basis or on the basis of build, operate and own (BOO). The president tasked the DFIs whose heads were called ... Read More

Tuesday, 07 Sep, 2010 An economist by profession who has been associated with a number of non-governmental organisations, Mr Kardar was inducted by Gen Musharraf as Punjab finance minister soon after the Nawaz Sharif government was toppled in a military coup in 1999. ISLAMABAD: Shahid H. Kardar, a former finance minister of Punjab during early years of Gen Musharraf’s rule, has emerged as ... Read More

Islamabad: Terrorism and the worst floods in recent history pose a "grave danger" and an "existential threat" to Pakistan, the country's top civil and military leadership said in messages on the occasion of "Defence Day". President Asif Ali Zardari, who is the supreme commander of Pakistan's armed forces, said the country "is confronted with an existential threat from fanatics, zealots and extremists on the one hand and from the material ... Read More

Monday, September 06, 2010 ISLAMABAD: The September 6 Spirit continues to rejuvenate and transform the men in uniform of the Armed Forces of Pakistan, as well as, the entire Pakistani nation. On this day, we pledge once again that we will leave no stone unturned in keeping up alive our lofty tradition of fortitude and courage, cause and commitment while defending our precious Homeland, says Chief of Army Staff General ... Read More