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by Staff Writers Brussels (AFP) May 14, 2008 NATO urged Pakistan Wednesday to improve security on its border with Afghanistan following a rise in cross-border attacks by Taliban fighters and Al-Qaeda militants. "The number of attacks is up significantly from the same period last year," the...
By Rauf Klasra ISLAMABAD: PPP Co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari, after his nominee is inducted as the Punjab governor, would soon have his sweet revenge when he enters the same room in the Punjab Governor House from where he was arrested in 1996 and was incarcerated for years. Zardari unfolded his...
By Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: The credibility of the Election Commission took a battering on Thursday when the nomination papers of the PML-N leaders, Mian Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif, were accepted by the returning officers. However, a new crisis could develop if the returning officers’...
Bureau report PESHAWAR: Sacked employees of the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) will be reinstated soon, as the PPP believes in providing equal employment opportunities to the people. This was stated by Pakistan People’s Party central leader Naheed Khan while talking to a delegation of...
NEW DELH: Suggesting that the Jaipur serial blasts could be an attempt to "sabotage" improvement of Indo-Pak ties, senior Pakistan People's Party leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim said the two countries should not allow the peace process to be affected by such incidents. The PPP Vice Chairman, who was...
NEW DELHI: Pitching for involvement of Kashmiris in resolution of the issue related to the state, senior Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim said their views have to be considered but the modalities for it could be worked out. "The Kashmir issue is old and should be resolved....
New Delhi News.Net Thursday 15th May, 2008 (IANS) India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has conveyed its concerns about cross-border terrorism to visiting Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Maqdoom Amin Faheem, a party spokesman said here. 'Cross-border terrorism is the biggest...
Muskogee, Okla., has a fresh face in charge -- a very fresh face. John Tyler Hammons captured 70 percent of the vote this week to become the town's new mayor. (Remember Benazir Bhutto's 19-year-old son, who inherited the reins of her political party?) It's the Ramble. Oklahoma freshman named...
Is Kevin Myers attempting to steal the controversial thunder of the intrepid Ian O'Doherty? Talk about lighting the blue touch paper and retreating to safety. I personally write from the safety of Andalucia. His article, 'Sorry, but women leaders just don't cut the mustard' (Irish Independent,...
The head of Pakistan's main ruling party said Wednesday he was not contemplating a split with the key partner in the country's troubled coalition government. Asif Ali Zardari, leader of the Pakistan People's Party, said he would continue working with the party of ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif...
