Zardari seeks UK’s help in EU market access for Pakistan
* Calls for reducing processing time for UK visa
* South Waziristan operation will continue until area cleared of terrorists
By Sajjad Malik
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan looks forward to continued support from the United Kingdom in gaining market access for Pakistani products in the... 
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Financing terrorism declared an offence
* Companies, employees can be fined upto Rs 5m for offences under proposed legislation
By Sajid Chaudhry
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance on Tuesday approved the Anti-Money Laundering Bill 2009, declaring “terrorism financing” a criminal offence.
Officials...
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Most Pakistanis back war against Taliban: poll
ISLAMABAD: A majority of Pakistanis support military action against the Taliban although more people blame the US for the violence, a poll released on Tuesday showed. According to a Gilani Research Foundation poll conducted by Gallup Pakistan, an affiliate of Gallup International, 51 percent of people...
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Muslims must stop reciting Vande Mataram: fatwa
* Darul Uloom Deoband demands govt stop interference in minorities affairs
NEW DELHI: Darul Uloom Deoband has asked Muslims in India to stop reciting Vande Mataram.
Concluding a three-day conference on Tuesday held in Deoband, the Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Hind declared the act unislamic....
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Taliban leader’s house destroyed in Bajaur
KHAR: Security forces continued their offensive against the Taliban in Bajaur Agency and destroyed the house of a key Taliban commander in Khar, officials said on Tuesday. Political administration officials told Daily Times that the forces had arrested five Taliban in Mamoond tehsil and blown up the...
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Two ‘suicide bombers’ arrested in Chakwal
ISLAMABAD: Security agencies on Tuesday claimed the arrest of two would-be suicide bombers from the Kot Ganesh area of Chakwal. According to news reports, one of the apprehended an Afghan national, Fakharullah, and his accomplice Ejaz alias Usman, a resident of Bhakhar. The arrested men were reportedly...
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Taliban leader arrested from Dir
PESHAWAR: Security forces arrested an important Taliban leader from Lower Dir district on Tuesday, sources said. The sources said Maulvi Shahid was among key Taliban leaders operating in Maidan area of Lower Dir district. The NWFP government had announced a Rs 500,000 reward for Shahid’s arrest. staff...
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Gilani telephones Nawaz, Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday telephoned Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and invited them to a briefing of the Parliamentary Committee on Balochistan. The prime minister said he wanted...
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Aid workers worried about SWA civilians
* Trapped civilians can’t afford exorbitant rates charged by transporters to escape war zone
ISLAMABAD: Rising numbers of civilians are pouring out of South Waziristan to flee battles between security forces and the Taliban but the fate of those left behind is uncertain, humanitarian workers...
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SC rejects appeals of 2 LHC judges against contempt notices
* Court puts off hearing in contempt cases against PCO judges for indefinite period
By Masood Rehman
ISLAMABAD: While hearing contempt cases against judges who took oath under the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) in violation of a Supreme Court restraining order, the SC on...
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SC issues notices on Justice Dogar’s petition
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices on a constitutional petition filed by Justice (r) Abdul Hameed Dogar against the Federation of Pakistan and others. According to a Supreme Court press release, the petition had been fixed for hearing in chamber on November 5 or soon thereafter as...
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Two killed in Peshawar ‘encounter’
PESHAWAR: Two people were killed in a reported encounter with police during a search operation in Shamshato area on Tuesday. A police source said two bodies had been recovered from the area after the raid and dozens of suspects had been arrested. However, Peshawar SSP (operations) Muhammad Karim Khan...
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No controversy over Kerry-Lugar Act: Qureshi
* FM hands over model of Badshahi Masjid to Islamic Art Museum Malaysia
* Malaysia to import rice, livestock from Pakistan
KUALA LUMPUR: There is no controversy in Pakistan over the Kerry-Lugar Act, following the formal explanatory statement issued by the US, Foreign Minister Shah...
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NA body finalises provisions of law on accountability
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Law and Justice on Tuesday finalised several clauses of the Holders of Public Offices (Accountability) Act 2009. The committee’s meeting at Parliament House, chaired by Begum Nasim Akhtar Chaudhry, also finalised a clause of the law for the appointment...
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‘Media’s concerns on NA body’s recommendations to be addressed’
ISLAMABAD: The media’s concerns on the recommendations proposed by the National Assembly standing committee will be addressed, Information and Broadcasting Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Tuesday.
"These recommendations have been prepared by the NA committee concerned and the Information Ministry...
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Electricity pylon blown up in Musakhel
QUETTA: Unidentified men blew up a 33KV pylon on the Musakhel-Kangri high transmission line on Tuesday, suspending electricity supply to district Musakhel. A source in the Quetta Electric Supply Company said the pylon was destroyed during load shedding. He said repair work on the pylon would begin after...
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Tax evaders to face action after Jan 1: Tareen
By Sajid Chaudhry
ISLAMABAD: Around two million people, including parliamentarians, who have been identified as income tax ‘evaders’, will face strict action from January 1, 2010, if they fail to file their returns by December 31.
Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen told reporters...
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PM changes minister’s portfolio
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday relieved Muhammad Jadam Mangro of his duties as minister of state for railways, and appointed him minister of state for livestock and dairy development. The Prime Minister's Secretariat issued a notification in this regard. staff report
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RSF slams PEMRA over surge in censorship
* Reporters Sans Frontiers says country’s situation can’t justify curbs on media freedom
Staff Report
PESHAWAR: An international media watchdog on Tuesday said it was extremely concerned about two rulings clamping down on electronic media freedom in Pakistan, which “represent a...
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LHC frees 28 kiln workers
LAHORE: Justice Ijazul Ahsan of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday freed 28 Christian kiln workers after they were recovered from illegal custody of a kiln owner, Akbar of Raja Jung, Kasur. Yousaf Masih, a relative of the bonded labourers, had moved a habeas corpus petition. The petitioner’s counsel,...
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Nation will fight war against terrorism with unity: Taseer
* Governor says Pakistan, Bangladesh share similar values
LAHORE: We will eliminate terrorism from the country as the nation has resolved to fight it with unity, Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer told a delegation from the National Defence University (NDU) on Tuesday. The 140-member delegation...
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Gen Majid calls on Gilani
ISLAMABAD: Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Tariq Majid called on Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at the latter’s chambers in Parliament House on Tuesday. The general briefed Gilani on the military offensive in South Waziristan and said the objectives of the operation would...
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Lawyers will protest if Musharraf not tried: Wajih
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE: Lawyers and the civil society will launch a protest movement if former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf is not tried under Article 6 of the constitution, a private TV channel quoted Justice (r) Wajihuddin as saying on Tuesday.
Addressing a gathering...
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Nawaz welcomes govt move on NRO
LAHORE: Calling it a wise move, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday appreciated the government’s decision of not tabling the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) in parliament. Talking to a private TV channel, Nawaz said the PML-N did not want mid-term elections. He...
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EC restore membership of 2 more MPs
ISLAMABAD: Chief Election Commissioner Justice (r) Hamid Ali Mirza on Tuesday restored the membership of a member of the National Assembly and another of the Punjab Assembly after they submitted details of their assets.
The lawmakers’ membership had been suspended over their failure to submit...
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Gilani leads small group to block NRO’s passage to parliament
* Babar Awan, Rehman Malik, Fauzia Wahab, Afzal Sindhu, Mehreen Raja wanted document in parliament
By Zulfiqar Ghuman
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani led a small group of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) lawmakers on Monday to outwit pro-NRO aides of President Asif Zardari...
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‘MQM’s NRO stance will not affect ties with PPP’
Staff Report
KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), an ally of the Pakistan People’s Party-led government, on Tuesday said its stance on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) would not hurt its relations with the ruling party.
“The MQM, after consultations, has reached...
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India’s involvement in terrorism in Pakistan
Govt asked to raise issue at national, global forums
* Parliamentary body will call FM to brief on strategy to counter external elements in internal security issues
By Zulfiqar Ghuman
ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on National Security on Tuesday directed the...
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Victory imminent in fight against terrorism: Shahbaz
* Punjab chief minister says corruption and class disparity major cause of terror
LAHORE: The fight against terrorism is Pakistan’s own war and victory is imminent, Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Mian Shahbaz Sharif said. He praised the political leadership for maintaining mental harmony amongst...
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SC seeks police reports in abduction, murder cases
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Tuesday ordered the Punjab provincial police officer (PPO) to submit a report in 14 days on an abduction case.
The CJ took suo motu notice on a plea by a resident of Sialkot who had asked the court to ensure the...
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Citizens’ security top priority: Hoti
By Zakir Hassnain
PESHAWAR: The NWFP government is taking measures to guarantee the security of the citizens, NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti said on Tuesday.
Addressing a press conference at the Frontier House, Hoti said the provincial government had deployed 300 former...
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‘Intel agencies should be answerable to parliament’
* Participants of roundtable moot urge legislation for controlling security agencies’ operations
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Parliamentarians from the treasury and opposition parties on Tuesday said the country’s intelligence agencies should be made accountable to parliament. “A parliamentary...
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Now the battle is for ‘real’ issues
By Rana Qaisar
ISLAMABAD: The storm raised by the opposition parties with the undeclared support of the government’s coalition partners subsided after the government decided not to take the NRO to parliament for legislation. “It is now a non-issue,” the prime minister declared on Tuesday...
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Obama’s popularity put to test in off-year elections
* Latest polls show Democrats, Republicans in statistical dead heat
NEW YORK: The Republican opposition hoped to draw blood on Tuesday as voters went to the polls in off-year contests seen as testing US President Barack Obama’s popularity 12 months after his party swept to power.
Gubernatorial...
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PPP reviews situation after discarding NRO
* Zardari, MNAs discuss development issues in Sindh
ISLAMABAD: A high-level meeting of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Tuesday night reviewed the political situation in the aftermath of the decision no to take the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) to parliament for legislation.
The...
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Riaz promises to reveal names of NRO beneficiaries
Staff Report
LAHORE: Assuring the legislative assembly that they would provide the House the names of all the politicians who had benefited through the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), Senior Minister Raja Riaz said that the Pakistan People’s PartY (PPP) was not interested in the...
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US embassy official meets IG
LAHORE: Ms Carol M Sniegowski, US Assistant Legal Attache, called on Inspector General of Police (IG) Tariq Saleem Dogar on Tuesday.
Prospects of mutual cooperation in police training and investigation were discussed and reviewed in the meeting. The attaché appreciated the measures taken to...
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Indian army chief wants a stable Pakistan
LAHORE: India wants Pakistan to be stable and peaceful, the Indian Express quoted Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor as saying on Tuesday.
Gen Kapoor said more Mumbai-style attacks can recur in India and the country should take all steps to counter such strikes. “We have to take all steps...
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Military operation not the only solution: Jhagra
* PML-N supports Operation Rah-e-Nijat, govt should engage all stakeholders
Daily Times Monitor
LAHORE: Although the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supports Operation Rah-e-Nijat in Waziristan, the government should initiate dialogue with all stakeholders, as a military operation...
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Pakistan urges India to settle Kashmir dispute
* Envoy Hussain Sial says Pakistan extends political, moral, diplomatic support to right to self-determination by everyone entitled to that right
UNITED NATIONS: Drawing the international community’s attention to human rights violations by India and suppression of the people in Indian-held...
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UN commission on Benazir’s assassination ‘making progress’
UNITED NATIONS: The chairman of the UN commission investigating the assassination of Benazir Bhutto on Tuesday said it was making progress, but could not say whether its report would be ready by the end of the year.
“It is really hard to say,” Ambassador Heraldo Munoz of Chile, who heads the...
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Ex-MNA says US re-contacted him for Afghan Taliban dialogue
PESHAWAR: The US has once again approached a former parliamentarian, known for his contacts with the Taliban, to initiate dialogue with Afghan Taliban.
Talking to Daily Times at the Peshawar High Court, former MNA and World Prisoners Relief Commission of Pakistan Chairman Javed Ibrahim Paracha,...
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