Salim Ahmed

Lahore—PML-N has come out openly demanding the PPP to change its attitude and stop the character assassination campaign against the PML-N leadership within next forty eight hours. Addressing a press conference here Monday, Party Secretary Information Ahsan Iqbal said it was strange that a vilification campaign has been launched against the PML-N

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Islamabad—Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, has assured full support and cooperation to the Government of Pakistan in their efforts to bring peace and stability in the region and prosperity of Pakistanis. He was talking to Interior Minister A. Rehman Malik, who was on two-day official visit to Saudi Arabia. The Ambassador of Pakistan to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Umar Khan Alisherzai was also present during the meeting, said a press release

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Amanullah Khan

Karachi—The banking sector which was enjoying a honey moon with lucrative profits now seems to have confronted with tough times with declining profits at least by 31 percent in the first half of 2009. According to informed sources profit after tax (PAT) of the banking sector declined by 31% to Rs26.8billion during first half of 2009 as compared Rs38.7billion in the corresponding period of the last year. The financial experts

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Tariq Saeed

Peshawar—As the security forces intensified their offensive against the trouble makers in the wake of suicide attack on a police training centre Mingora on Sunday which killed 17 cops, scores of insurgents were gunned down in Swat and it’s out skirts during the last 24 hours while a soldier also embraced Shahadat. Besides, more than two dozen miscreants were also nabbed by the troops during the search and cordon off operation.

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Geneva —Arms negotiators failed to clear the way on Monday for the start of talks this year on nuclear disarmament as Pakistan said its security interests had not been respected. Efforts will now focus over the coming months on trying to find a way to allow the UN-sponsored Conference on Disarmament to start substantive work in January, diplomats said. The window of opportunity for this year is closing today,” Austrian

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Kabul—The US and NATO commander in Afghanistan on Monday submitted a review into the nearly eight-year war, calling for a revised strategy to defeat the Taliban and reverse the country’s “serious” situation. General Stanley McChrystal’s review, compiled since he took up command in mid-June, has been widely anticipated under US President Barack Obama’s sweeping new strategy putting Afghanistan at the heart of his foreign policy.

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Zahid Gishkori

Islamabad—The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) has demanded the PPP-led ruling coalition to call an emergency session of the parliament to discuss all the issues being faced by the nation, asking also Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani to appoint a special committee comprising all stakeholders to suggest remedial strategy. I shall focus on a very disturbing pattern of government policy where interests of the masses were

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Amanullah Khan

Karachi—Elder prisoners above 70 year of age and mothers with minors not involved in anti state crimes are likely to be remitted on the occasion of Eidul Fitr. In this respect, on the directives of President Asif Ali Zardari jail authorities have been assigned to prepare the lists of prisoners who are above 70 years and women with minor children, not involved in heinous or anti-state crimes with a view to remit their remaining sentence.

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Ghulam Tahir

Quetta—The Chaman border between Pakistan and Afghanistan has been reopened after colossal damage caused by fire in which servera1 NATO trucks, oil tankers and goods for domestic use were destroyed last night. Inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the causes of the fire and preventing trucks in long queue waiting for clearance.

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