London—Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman
Asif Ali Zardari and chief of the Pakistan
Muslim League-N (PML-N), Nawaz Sharif held
inconclusive meeting on judges restoration at
undisclosed place here on Friday.
Talking to media persons after meeting Nawaz
said Zardari wants more time to think, “We are
bound till May 12”, said Nawaz.
Karachi—State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has halted
indefinitely all exchange companies from
exporting British Pound, Euro and Dirham,
meanwhile, the dollar in open market still got
costlier.
Karachi—The government on Friday freed Sardar
Akhtar Mengal, chief of the Balochistan National
Party (BNP), after one-and-half-year in jail
over the charges of beating and making hostage
agents of army intelligence agency, officials
said. Mengal was released from a Karachi
hospital which was declared as sub-jail.
Islamabad—The Supreme Court on Friday issued a
contempt of court notice to the Geo TV, for
flashing a report about a meeting of the
Interior Secretary with the Chief Justice of
Pakistan, which the court sources had
categorically denied.
Islamabad—Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani
emphasizing the need to synergize efforts of all
elements of national power towards attainment of
peace and progress in Balochistan said that
Pakistan’s defence doctrine is based on
maintaining minimum credible deterrence for
safeguarding the sovereignty and territorial
integrity of the country while ensuring peace
and stability in the region.
Peshawar—The ANP led NWFP government eventually
manages to enter into an agreement with
disgruntled leader Maulana Fazlullah in order to
ensure long lasting peace in the region with
both the sides agreed to move forward towards
the peace process through table talks.
Islamabad—Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi
said on Friday that the cornerstone of our
foreign policy, would be the socio-economic
development of the country and two task forces
are being constituted to determine the future
direction of foreign policy and to tackle the
economic needs at diplomatic front.
New York—The Pentagon has canceled the
assignment of a controversial American general
to a top position in Pakistan after the
Pakistani media excoriated him for his previous
job as commander of the US prison at Guantanamo
Bay, The New York Times reported Friday.
Tehran—A trilateral meeting between
representatives of Afghanistan, Iran and
Pakistan concluded in Tehran with agreement on
measures to strengthen border cooperation
between three countries in order to stem flow of
drugs from Afghanistan.
