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SC reserves verdict on 18th amend case

SC reserves verdict on 18th amend case

ISLAMABAD: Concluding the hearing on the case challenging 18th amendment of constitution, a 17-member larger bench of Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) with Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry heading the bench, has reserved the verdict on Thursday morning, Geo News reported. Earlier,...


Muslims, Hindus, Akhara declared joint hol...

Muslims, Hindus, Akhara declared joint holders of Babri Mosque

ALLAHABAD: An Indian court ruled Thursday that a disputed holy site in Ayodhya with a history of triggering Hindu-Muslim clashes should be divided — a judgement seen as favouring the Hindu litigants. “All three sets of parties, i.e. Muslims, Hindus and (Hindu religious organisation) Nirmhoi Akhara are declared joint holders of the property in dispute,” Justice S.U. Khan said in a ruling on the website of the Allahabad High Court. Several of the litigants in the case said they...

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US walks out of ...

US walks out of Ahmadinejad UN speech

UNITED NATIONS: Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad provoked yet another controversy Thursday saying a majority of people in the United States and around the world believe the American...

World

Afridi to re-con...

Afridi to re-consider Test retirement as Pakistan return

ARACHI: One-day captain Shahid Afridi Friday called Pakistan’s scandal-marred tour of England the “most difficult” of his career as the team staged a low-key return home after four gruelling months...

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SC reserves verdict on 18th amend case

SC reserves verdict on 18th amend case
Posted on Sep 30 2010
ISLAMABAD: Concluding the hearing on the case challenging 18th amendment of constitution, a 17-member larger bench of Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) with Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry heading...

Muslims, Hindus, Akhara declared joint holders of Babri Mosque

Muslims, Hindus, Akhara declared joint holders of Babri Mosque
Posted on Sep 30 2010
ALLAHABAD: An Indian court ruled Thursday that a disputed holy site in Ayodhya with a history of triggering Hindu-Muslim clashes should be divided — a judgement seen as favouring the Hindu litigants. “All...

Drone attacks do not bother President Zardari

Drone attacks do not bother President Zardari
Posted on Sep 24 2010
WASHINGTON: A prominent US journalist Bob Woodward has revealed in his book ‘War of Obama’ quoting president Zardari as uttering that the loss of lives caused by US drone strikes in tribal belt in...

US walks out of Ahmadinejad UN speech

US walks out of Ahmadinejad UN speech
Posted on Sep 24 2010
UNITED NATIONS: Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad provoked yet another controversy Thursday saying a majority of people in the United States and around the world believe the American...

Afridi to re-consider Test retirement as Pakistan return

Afridi to re-consider Test retirement as Pakistan return
Posted on Sep 24 2010
ARACHI: One-day captain Shahid Afridi Friday called Pakistan’s scandal-marred tour of England the “most difficult” of his career as the team staged a low-key return home after four gruelling months...

Tough competition expected in India: Aisam

Tough competition expected in India: Aisam
Posted on Sep 24 2010
LAHORE: Pakistan’s top tennis player Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi has said the competition in the upcoming Commonwealth Games in New Delhi will be tough. He was talking to reporters at the Bagh-i-Jinnah courts...

PM advised not to write letter to Swiss govt

PM advised not to write letter to Swiss govt
Posted on Sep 24 2010
ISLAMABAD: The defiant bosses of the Federal Law Ministry have sent a loud and clear written message to the Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani that Asif Ali Zardari can be put on trial in the light of...

Dr Aafia sentenced to 86 years in prison

Dr Aafia sentenced to 86 years in prison
Posted on Sep 24 2010
NEW YORK: A US federal court on Thursday sentenced Dr Aafia Siddiqui to 86 years in prison for the attempted murder of US officers in Afghanistan, in a high-profile case closely watched in Islamabad. Aafia...

Rights in South Asia

Rights in South Asia
Posted on Sep 24 2010
By I.A. Rehman Whenever activists get together to take stock of the situation of human rights in South Asia, they find little cheer other than in their own struggle. A two-day conference in the Indian...

Indias $10m bribe to win Commonwealth Games

Posted on Sep 24 2010
SYDNEY: Australia received a $125,000 kickback after India won the Commonwealth Games in a $10 million palm-greasing exercise that has spectacularly backfired. Delhi sealed the right to host the Games...