Tanvir Siddiqi

Islamabad— Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) MNA and leader of opposition in NA, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan alleged that President Asif Ali Zardari occupied the Presidential office in cooperation and pressure of the international powers saying abandoning former President Pervez Musharraf’s trial is also the part of an international deal.

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Sharafat Kazmi

Islamabad—President Asif Ali Zardari has launched Waseela-e-Haq initiative under Benazir Income Support Programme envisaging interest free loan of three thousand rupees for self-employment. Launching the programme along with Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani here Tuesday, the President expressed the confidence that it will go a long way in emanicipation of women and bringing the poor out of poverty net. He directed the government to give duty free access to the beneficiaries of this programme to buy any product to earn their livelihood.

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Shah Hasan

Islamabad—The government is all set to punish country’s well known financial tycoon Mr Mian Mohammad Mansha who owns the MCB Bank because of its flat refusal to provide any solace to government in erasing the monster of circular debt in energy sector, a senior official at Ministry of Finance told Pakistan Observer.

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Islamabad—President Asif Ali Zardari has said that during the last one year Pakistan and China have identified more than 50 new initiatives for joint collaboration and signed more than three dozen MoUs. This he said during an interview with Guangming Daily, one of the largest newspapers of China at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Monday. He said that the world admires the all round development China has achieved. Being a longstanding friend, Pakistan is naturally keen to learn from the Chinese experience. However, the extent and depth of our political and diplomatic relations have not been fully reflected in our economic ties.

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Observer Report

Islamabad—Former Prime Minister and PML-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif will be contesting elections from NA-123 in the upcoming by-elections. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Justice (Retd) Hamid Mirza has issued directives to hold by-elections on November 7 on all the vacant seats of national and provincial assemblies saying it was mandatory to hold by-polls within 60 days under the constitution. The polling for the by-elections will be held in five constituencies.

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Staff Reporter

Lahore—The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday delayed further hearing a plea from nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan for alleged security restrictions to be lifted. Khan’s lawyer Ali Zafar said the hearing was delayed until further notice because one of the judges failed to attend a scheduled session.

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Islamabad—The World Bank (WB) and Pakistan here on Tuesday signed three agreements amounting to US$.350 million in different social sectors aiming at enhancing productivity of education, social protection and water resources management.

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Political Correspondent

Islamabad—National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior has expressed concern over the alleged activities of US security agency ‘Black Water’ in Pakistan, negligence of senior officers in recently made promotions and formation of tribal lashkar against Taliban in tribal areas including Swat and Punjab. The committee observed that such steps by the government would further aggravate the law and order situation of the country.

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Gilgit—Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas (KANA) and Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Tuesday evening took oath as the first Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan here.Chief Judge Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court Justice Muhammad Nawaz administered the oath to the governor. Earlier, Chief Secretary Gilgit-Baltistan Babar Yaqub read out the Presidential Order for this purpose.

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