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Presidential powers slashed, PM to appoint Army Chief

Presidential powers slashed, PM to appoint Army Chief

ISLAMABAD: In yet another move to keep a check on the power’s of the president, the Constitutional Reform Committee has transfered the authority to appoint service chiefs from the president to the prime minister. Sources revealed on Thursday that the decision was unanimously agreed upon by all the major political parties, including the PPP, PML-N, [...]

Malik blames Lashkar-e-Jhangvi for Karachi Ashura blast

Malik blames Lashkar-e-Jhangvi for Karachi Ashura blast

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik held Lashkar-e-Jhangvi responsible for the Karachi Ashura blast last month, adding that the final report on the Bolton Market incident will be completed in ten days. ‘Al-Qaeda, TTP, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Jaish-e-Mohammad are behind the bombings in Karachi,’ the Interior Minister stated on Thursday. He said that so far 30 [...]

(Dr) Babar Awan’s brother among others join MQM in Punjab

(Dr) Babar Awan’s brother among others join MQM in Punjab

RAWALPINDI: Federal Law Minister Dr. Babar Awan’s brother, Zia Awan, along with other political figures announced their decision to join MQM on Thursday. The announcement was made in the general worker’s meeting of Muttahida Qaumi Movement, which was held in Rawalpindi. In the meeting, besides Zia Awan, Dr. Ibrar Hussain Shah, brother of PPP leader [...]

PPP, MQM jointly set-up a peace committee for Karachi

PPP, MQM jointly set-up a peace committee for Karachi

KARACHI: For maintaining peace in Karachi, a committee has been formed comprising members of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). This was decided in a meeting, headed by President Asif Ali Zardari, here at the Bilawal House. Members of the PPP and MQM attended the meeting. Governor Sindh Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ebad headed the [...]

Row in National Assembly over ‘fightback’ by President Zardari

Row in National Assembly over ‘fightback’ by President Zardari

ISLAMABAD: The government and the opposition crossed swords over a perceived political fightback by President Asif Ali Zardari at the start of a National Assembly session on Monday after both sides agreed to put off a debate on Karachi violence until Wednesday. Strangely, at least two members of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) from Karachi [...]

Karachi violence sparks protest amid security crackdown

Karachi violence sparks protest amid security crackdown

KARACHI: Thousands of people poured onto the streets of Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi on Monday to protest at a security crackdown after dozens of people died in political violence. Security officials say up to 48 political party workers have been killed in Karachi since Thursday, when the headless body of a worker from the city’s [...]

MQM decides to stay in coalition after govt assurance

MQM decides to stay in coalition after govt assurance

KARACHI: The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) said on Monday it would not quit the ruling coalition after it won the government’s assurance of efforts to stop violence against its political workers in Karachi. About 40 people, most of them rival political activists, have been killed in four days of violence in Karachi, Pakistan’s biggest city [...]

PPP, MQM pledge to bring the killers to book

PPP, MQM pledge to bring the killers to book

KARACHI: In an effort to curb the spate of violence in Karachi, a meeting between representatives of the Pakistan People’s Party and Muttahida Qaumi Movement at the Governor’s House on Sunday resolved that all those behind targeted killings in the city would be dealt with sternly without regard to their political affiliation. By the time [...]

کراچی : مزید 11 ہلاکتیں، 3 روز میں 39 شہری زندگی سے محروم

کراچی : مزید 11 ہلاکتیں، 3 روز میں 39 شہری زندگی سے محروم

کراچی…کراچی کے مختلف علاقوں میں فائرنگ اور ٹارگٹ کلنگ کے واقعات میں پولیس اہل کار سمیت مزید 11 افراد ہلاک اور دیگر 10 زخمی ہوگئے۔گزشتہ تین دنوں میں ہلاک ہونے والے افراد کی تعداد 39ہوگئی ہے۔ پولیس کے مطابق لیاری، گارڈن، خاموش کالونی، پرانا حاجی کیمپ اوردیگر کئی علاقوں میں ہفتہ کوبھی فائرنگ کاسلسلہ جاری [...]

Fear grips Karachi as 39 people shot dead in targeted killings

Fear grips Karachi as 39 people shot dead in targeted killings

KARACHI: Another 11 persons were killed in targeted killings during last 15 hours in separate parts of Karachi while according to police calculation, the death toll by target killings in Karachi has risen to 39 people in last 3 days and scores of people sustained injuries. The situation has raised tensions between the People’s Party [...]

MQM legislators want to part ways with PPP

MQM legislators want to part ways with PPP

KARACHI: In a major development that may have a far-reaching impact on the Pakistan People’s Party-led coalition government at the centre, parliamentarians belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement have told their party high command that they want to quit treasury benches and sit on opposition benches because of what they described as an “irresponsible attitude [...]

7 killed in Karachi violence

7 killed in Karachi violence

KARACHI: At least seven people have been shot dead and several others injured in a firing incident in Karachi. According to the police, violence erupted after the body of an MQM worker packed in a gunny bag was found in Chakiwara area of Lyari. A senior police official told our correspondent that Lyari gangsters are [...]

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