Archive for January, 2008
Britain urges Pakistan to ensure fair elections
Britain on Monday urged President Pervez Musharraf to ensure next month's delayed elections pass without incident, saying the country's stability was vital for the whole of south Asia. The call came as protestors staged noisy ...
Imran, Jemima lead protest as Musharraf meets Borwn
Demonstrators staged noisy protests on Monday as President Pervez Musharraf held talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, amid criticism over human rights and concern over elections. Some 400 anti-Musharraf protestors including opposition leader ...
Meeting still unconfirmed
Pakistani authorities on Monday neither denied nor confirmed 'formal' negotiations between President Pervez Musharraf and Israel Defence Minister Ehud Barak in France last week but said the duo met only 'by chance'. An international wire service reported two leaders ...
Musharraf to meet British PM Gordon Brown today
President Pervez Musharraf will meet with the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ...
Musharraf meets Shaukat Aziz in London
President Pervez Musharraf met the former Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz last night (Sunday) and is slated today (Monday) to have a meeting the British Premier Gordon Brown. The former Premier Shaukat Aziz convened a luncheon in ...
ECP to declare 30 percent polling stations sensitive: Dilshad
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to declare 30 percent polling stations as sensitive for the upcoming general elections in the country. Talking to Geo News in Karachi, Secretary election commission ...
3000 cusecs additional water discharge allowed from Mangla Dam
The additional water discharge up to 3000 from Mangla Dam has been allowed, the sources said. Presently 8000 cusecs water is being discharged from Mangla Dam, Pepco spokesman Tahir Cheema Power generation would enhance ...
Railway track blown up by explosives at Kohat
A fierce explosion here damaged a railway track, however, no loss of life occurred. Police said that some unidentified miscreants tried to blow up Railway Bridge # 73 near Ghulam Banda by explosive device, ...
Masses will foil ‘Gorbachev’ attempt to steal polls: Zardari
Co-Chairman Pakistan People's Party Asif Ali Zardari has said that every Pakistani knows that rigging the February 18 elections would tantamount to tearing Pakistan apart and the masses would foil all attempts ...
Two killed, eight injured in building collapse
Two persons died and eight suffered injuries when a four-story building collapsed after fire crackers exploded in a factory on Sunday morning near Ganj Mandi police station, DPO Rawalpindi Saud Aziz told APP. Earlier the ...
