Islamabad—President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime
Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani regretting the
statement of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh said such statements are deplorable,
baseless and would give rise to hostility and
tensions.
Kabul—President Asif Ali Zardari and his Afghan
counterpart Hamid Karzai Tuesday held wide-
ranging talks with a resolve to jointly address
the security situation, enhance cooperation in
the fight against terrorism and enhance trade
and commerce.
Gaza City—An Israeli bombardment struck outside
a U.N. school where hundreds of Palestinians had
sought refuge on Tuesday, the U.N. and
Palestinian medics said, killing 45 people —
many of them children whose parents wailed in
grief at a hospital filled with dead and
wounded.
Islamabad—Tehran and Islamabad have again failed
to iron out their differences over the prices of
the gas to be imported from Iran and Pakistan
under $ 7.6b IPI gas line.
Muzaffarabad—Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative
Assembly approved a no-confidence motion on
Tuesday against Prime Minister Sardar Attique
Muhammad Khan and Sardar Yaqub was sworn in as
the new prime minister.
Lahore—The PML-N would move the bill for the
repeal of 17th Amendment during the next session
of the National Assembly, which starts from Jan
12, the party decided in a meeting here on
Tuesday.
CHRONIC power cuts threaten millions of jobs and
have sparked violent protests, but the
government says it will make up the shortfall in
electricity with new power plants by the end of
the year. The cuts are an inconvenience for all,
but a potential disaster for the textile sector,
Pakistan’s biggest source of exports and its
main manufacturing employer.
