Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) The Sharia laws imposed in Swat Valley and other parts of Pakistan's restive northwest Monday rocked the Senate, the upper house of parliament, with the Muttahidda Quami Movement (MQM) and other opposition parties walking out in protest against the remarks of a Taliban-linked radical cleric on ...
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Monday, April 20th, 2009
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Taliban-linked radical cleric Maulana Sufi Mohammed Sunday said existing judicial system of Pakistan was un-Islamic and vowed to impose sharia all across the country.
Sufi Mohammed, chief of the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM), termed judges, lawyers and pro-democracy clerics of Pakistan as 'rebels'.
'Opposition to enforcement of (the law ...
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Islamabad, April 11 (IANS) A peace deal inked with the Taliban in the Swat Valley in Pakistan's restive northwest is to be presented in parliament Monday even as a question mark hangs over whether President Asif Ali Zardari will ratify the pact.
Speaking to reporters in Multan Saturday, Prime Minister Yousuf ...
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Islamabad, April 11 (IANS) A peace accord with the Taliban in Swat in Pakistan's restive northwest that was on the verge of collapse seems to be intact for the moment but much hinges on President Asif ali Zaradri, who is under intense international pressure to reject the pact.
Earlier this week, ...
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Islamabad, April 10 (IANS) The ratification of a peace deal signed with the Taliban in the Swat Valley is directly linked to restoring peace in the area, a Pakistani minister said Friday, a day after a radical cleric who had brokered the deal upped the ante on its implementation.
Talking to ...
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Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh), April 7 (IANS) Former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin Tuesday started a new innings, as the Congress candidate for the Lok Sabha constituency of Moradabad, as he promised people he was here for a 'long innings'.
'I have come here to stay and will stay here,' Azharuddin told ...
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Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Washington, April 7 (ANI): New evidence from NASA and satellite observations has shown that the decade-long trend of shrinking sea ice cover in the Arctic is continuing, with the ice cap thinning as well.
In recent years, Arctic sea ice has been declining at a surprising rate.
Scientists who track Arctic ...
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
New York, Apr 6 (ANI): Chris Brown is in "intense" negotiations on a plea deal over his alleged beating of girlfriend Rihanna, according to a source.
The R 'n' B star has to appear in court on April 6, where he will either plead not guilty to two felony counts that ...
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Saturday, March 28th, 2009
Kuala Lumpur, Mar 28 (ANI): Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) leader P. Uthayakumar has filed a fourth habeas corpus application in the Malaysian High Court to secure release from detention under the Internal Security Act ...
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Saturday, March 28th, 2009
Kuala Lumpur, Mar 28 (ANI): Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF) leader P. Uthayakumar has filed a fourth habeas corpus application in the Malaysian High Court to secure release from detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA).
Uthayakumar has filed a notice of motion, a supporting affidavit and a certificate of urgency ...
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