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Religious scholars Thursday issued a ‘fatwa’ or decree, declaring casting vote compulsory for the people, two senior leaders said. Chairman of Pakistani ‘ulema’ Council, Allama Tahir Ashrafi said that the decree was issued after consultations among the religious leaders and at a seminar in Islamabad. He said scholars from all school of thoughts […]
An anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi on Thursday allowed the investigators to question former President Pervez Musharraf in the 2007 assassination case of former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, prosecutors said. The order was issued a day after a high court refused to extend Musharraf’s interim bail in the case. Musharraf had got an interim […]
Death toll from Afghan earthquake has reached 27 while over 150 have been injured, officials and reports said Thursday. Local officials say that mostly people suffered in Laghman, Konar, Nurestan and Nangarhar provinces in eastern Afghanistan. Meanwhile, hundreds of cattle were killed and material losses were also inflicted. The earthquake, which took […]
U.S. Ambassador Richard G. Olson Thursday commended the care taker government for piloting the transition from one civilian government to another. He was talking to Prime Minister Justice (R) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso at Prime Minister House. While talking to the Ambassador, the Prime Minister said that Pakistan and the United States enjoy […]
As Pakistan prepares for national elections next month, the new government’s plans for reviving the fragile economy are for many a higher priority than addressing militant violence. Given the economic track record of the last administration, few are hopeful for change, VoA has reported. Zafar Saeed runs a vocational training center in a low-income […]
The government of Afghanistan should take immediate action to ensure that the country’s female police officers have access to separate, safe, and lockable restroom facilities in police stations, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. Kabul’s police chief issued an order on April 10, for the province’s police stations to provide separate toilets and change rooms […]
A roadside bomb blast and clashes between the police and armed men left at least eight persons dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Thursday, security officials said. A tractor trolley collided with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Parachinar tribal region, a official said. Three other people were injured who were shifted to a […]
Army Chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani held talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US Secretary of State John Kerry in Brussels and discussed Afghan reconciliation process, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The meeting was held in a positive and constructive atmosphere, a Foreign Ministry statement said. “It was emphasized that a peaceful, […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf on Wednesday rejected the recent findings of Gallup-Pakistan regarding popularity of political parties describing it as a `doctored poll.’ PTI spokesperson Dr Shireen Mazari said at a news briefing that the party took the survey as `incredible’ and also calls in question the standing of the institution. “PTI struck out at […]
A 5.7 earthquake on the Richter scale jolted most parts on northwestern and central parts of Pakistan Wednesday afternoon, the meteorological department said. There was no report of casualty or destruction. However, the tremours created panic and people in some areas run out of buildings. Quake jolted Islamabad, Peshawar, Mardan, Swat, Dir, Nowshera, Rawalpindi, Lahore, […]
Spokesperson to the President Senator Farhatullah Babar has urged the CEC to take note of the vilification campaign against the President and issue directions to all to desist from it in the interest of free and fair elections. In a letter addressed to the CEC which he personally delivered in the office of ECP […]
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan on Wednesday rejected the notion that he is diving the anti-PPP votes and that this approach can bring President Zardari back into power. Addressing a press conference in Lahore he said that both PPP and PML(N) were elected a number time‚ but‚ unfortunately they did nothing for the […]
