Pakistan

Install Vishindas’s statue at Karachi Municipal''s Building : Omer Soomro

KarachiKarachi, Mar. 22 : Noted Pakistan lawyer Omer Soomro has asked the district administration to re-erect the statue of Harchandrai Vishindas at the Municipal Building here.

Soomroo, in his letter to the Karachi city Nazim Mustafa Kamal said that the statue of Vishindas must be relocated to its rightful and original place.

Vishindas's statue was earlier removed from the Karachi Municipal Building, however, it was later restored and kept at the Mohatta Palace Museum.

Harchandrai Vishindas is considered as the father of modern Karachi. He was the president of the Karachi municipal corporation from 1911 to 1921.

Mehdi Hassan to be discharged from hospital soon, family unable to pay medical bills

Legendry ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan Karachi, Mar. 22 : Legendry ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan may soon be discharged from the hospital, but would require a 24 hour nursing care at home too.

While Pakistan Government has shown concern over the health of the sick `Shahenshah-e-Ghazal' Mehdi Hassain with President Asif Ali Zardari and the Chief Minister of Sindh providing one million rupees and 250,000 rupees respectively for the treatment, his family members said they are finding it hard to pay the medical bills, Dawn reports.

Pakistan arrests 31 Indian fishermen on charges of violation of sea limits

Pakistan arrests 31 Indian fishermen on charges of violation of sea limitsKarachi, Mar. 22 : Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency (MSA) has arrested 31 Indian fishermen along with their five fishing boats on charges of violating the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the country in the Arabian Sea.

"Indian fishermen and their five fishing vessels were caught by the Maritime Security Agency when they were fishing illegally on eastern side of the Pakistani EEZ," MSA spokesperson Lieutenant Commander Shakeel Ahmed Khan said.

PML-N and PPP on road to reconciliation, may form government in Punjab again

Former Punjab Law Minister, Rana SanaullahLahore, Mar.

Chaudhry officially takes charge as Chief Justice of Pakistan

Iftikhar Muhammad ChaudhryIslamabad, Mar. 22 : Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry took over the charge as Pakistan’s Chief Justice (CJP) on Sunday here.

According to The News, a statement released by the Supreme Court has confirmed that Chaudhry has officially taken the charge.

Chaudhry, right after taking the charge approved setting-up of a five-member bench in Principle Seat in Islamabad, and also a Shariat Appellate Bench.

According to sources, the Supreme Court will mostly hear petitions related to criminal and civil cases.

Army must accept Pak Parliament’s sovereignty: PML-N

Nawaz ShariffIslamabad, Mar. 22 : While the political chaos in Pakistan may have died for the time being, the political fraternity of the country has now demanded that the Army, which regularly downed speculation of taking over the reigns during the turmoil, must accept the sovereignty of Parliament.

The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) president of the Sindh province, Syed Ghous Ali Shah, has asked the Army to accept the authority of the Parliament to ensure stability of the country.

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