Pakistan

Pak CJ resumes work, says real judiciary restored after a long time

Pak CJ resumes work, says real judiciary restored after a long timeIslamabad, Mar 24 : Pakistan’s Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry has said that the real judiciary has been restored after a long time and now the dignity of the court and institution would have to be restored besides the judiciary would have to be cleaned of corruption.

Speaking after resuming work today , the Chief Justice gave this remark during hearing of a case at Court No. 1.

Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry said that irregularities would not be tolerated in dispensing justice.

Baitullah Mehsud dispatches 20 foreign fighters to target Pak cities

Baitullah Mehsud dispatches 20 foreign fighters to target Pak citiesRawalpindi, Mar 24: Security was tightened across Pakistan after intelligence agencies warned that Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud has dispatched 20 foreign militants, mostly Uzbeks, to carry out terror strikes in major cities.

A senior police official said agencies had warned police that the terrorists had left for Bannu on their way to Islamabad, Lahore, Rawalpindi and other major cities.

Zardari satisfied with PML-N’s positive response

Zardari satisfied with PML-N’s positive responseIslamabad, Mar 24: President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed satisfaction over the positive response by the PML-N leadership to the government’s reconciliatory overtures, saying the process should move forward to strengthen political system in the country.

The President expressed these remarks in a meeting with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani after giving away awards to the distinguished personalities in various fields on the occasion of Pakistan Day at the President’s House.

Kulsoom Nawaz behind my success, says Sharif

 Pak umpire recounts horror of sea of bullets sprayed from all directionsIslamabad, Mar 24 : Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said that he owed his success to his parents' guidance, and thanked his wife Kulsoom Nawaz for her sacrifices and support.

Talking to children in a private TV channel programme on Pakistan Day, he said March 23 was an important date for him when he was a child because he did not have to go to school.

Quetta appears to be Taliban headquarters: Holbrooke

Pakistan, Peshawar BlastPeshawar, Mar 24 : US special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke has said that Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's Balochistan province, appears to be the Talibans headquarters.

Holbrooke made it clear that "the number one problem" in stabilising Afghanistan were Taliban sanctuaries in western Pakistan, including tribal areas along the Afghan border and cities like Quetta.

Musharraf playing cards, enjoying life as Pak reels under tensions

pervez-musharrafIslamabad, Mar 24 : Within six months of his resignation and being declared one of the most hated men in Pakistan, former President Pervez Musharraf spent Pakistan Day participating in a bridge tournament at the Islamabad Club, in a setting of almost no special security.

Oblivious of the tensions and insecurity that his 10-year term of power have unleashed on the rest of the nation, the former dictator was relaxed, enjoying the company of his friends, playing cards and exchanging jokes.

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