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Faisal Farooq
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Court adjourns case of 14-year-old girl accused of blasphemy

A session court on Thursday adjourned the hearing of bail plea filed by a 14-year-old Christian girl Rimsha, who has been accused of blasphemy. During the today’s hearing‚ counsel for the complainant challenged the medical report of Rimsha, saying the medical board was not set up on the court directives. He raised question about girl’s […]

President Zardari urges dismantling of terrorist safe hideouts in Afghanistan

President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed grave concern over the recent attacks on Pakistani border posts by terrorists from across Afghanistan and brutal killings of Pakistani soldiers, calling for effective measures to pull down militant hideouts in the neighboring country. Expressing these views during his meeting with Michael Gahler, member European Union (EU), he reiterated […]

Pakistan always opposes drone strikes; says Hina Rabbani Khar

Terming the drone strike severe violation of international laws, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has reiterated Pakistan’s demand to the United States to immediately stop the campaign in tribal region of the country. In an interview with a television station prior in Tehran to the Non-Aligned Movement Summit on Thursday, the minister said that drone […]

Unidentified people killed Session Judge in Quetta

Unidentified on Thursday killed session judge Zulfiqar Naqvi along with his driver in GOR Colony at Saryab Road when he was in way to his office. Senior police officer Wazir Khan while talking to the media said that the attackers were waiting for the judge at a railway crossing, the moment the car slowed down, […]

Supreme Court retreated Arsalan Iftikhar case from NAB

Revoking the investigation of Arsalan Iftikhar case from National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered to form a judicial commission to investigate the matter. A special two-member bench of the apex court comprising Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain granted the appeal filed by Arsalan Iftikhar, son of Chief […]

PML-N will not allow other parties to divide Punjab

Apparently backtracking from its previous stance, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will not allow the PPP-led coalition government to divide Punjab. While speaking to the media representatives outside the parliament, the opposition leader said his party was not willing to be […]

Militants killed nine soldiers in South Waziristan

In yet another severe cross border assault, Taliban insurgents on Wednesday attacked a Pakistani military post near the Afghan border, killing at least nine soldiers. Although the military killed ten insurgents in retaliation, it was a reminder of a threat posed by assailants. According to the reports, over twenty Taliban insurgents have attacked security check […]

Punjab Assembly approves resolution against Parliamentary Commission on New Provinces

Despite severe protest demonstration by opposition members, the Punjab Assembly has approved a resolution against the Parliamentary Commission on New Provinces (PCNP). Law Minister Punjab Rana Sanaullah moved a resolution against the formation of commission for creation of new provinces which was passed unanimously by the assembly. The resolution was approved amid a severe commotion […]

Supreme Court summons Malik Riaz on September 17

Rejecting his plea for seeking exemption from appearance, the Supreme Court on Wednesday summoned Malik Riaz’s on September 17 in the contempt of court case. A two-member bench of the apex headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan resumed the hearing from which the property tycoon Malik Riaz remained absent on account of medical treatment. Counsel […]

PML-N creating hurdles in creation of new provinces: Qamar Zaman Kaira

Lashing out at the Pakistan Muslim League–Nawaz (PML-N), Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that it was creating hurdles in the creation of new federating units in the country. He claimed that the PML-N, which is the second largest party in the parliament, was not looked serious in creation of […]

Indian Supreme Court upholds death sentence of Ajmal Kasab

Supreme Court of India on Wednesday dismissed the appeal filed by Ajmal Kasab against the Mumbai High Court’s verdict of a death sentence handed down to him for the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Kasab, the only survivor from the 2008 Mumbai attacks in which 166 people were killed, field his appeal in the apex court claiming that […]

President Zardari says PPP can run democracy

Terming democracy best revenge, President Asif Ali Zardari has said that those who had attempted to play God were now in a state of panic and looking for refuge. The president while addressing a gathering organized under the banner of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) said tolerance and patience were necessary for the smooth functioning […]

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