Posted in Pakistan, tagged gas, Pakistan, petroleum, power, price hike on March 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Caretaker govt hikes power tariff, petroleum prices
By Syed Irfan Raza
ISLAMABAD, Feb 29: The caretaker government on Friday took a much delayed but crucial decision to increase power tariff and petroleum prices which will help the new government to the extent that it will not be blamed for the hike which will push up prices of [...]
Posted in Pakistan, Politics, tagged Pakistan, blast, mingora, suicide bombing on March 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Death toll in Mingora suicide bombing reaches 50
Saturday, March 01, 2008
MINGORA: The death toll in the suicide bombing here reached 50, while the 16 dead persons were buried in the echoing shrieks and screams of the bereaved throwing the volatile valley into an unprecedented sorrowful and saddened environment.
Three more persons, who were wounded Friday evening [...]
Posted in Pakistan, tagged power generation, sindh on February 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Six foreign investors to establish Wind Power Plants in Sindh
Friday, February 29, 2008
ISLAMABAD: The Federal government has issued power generation licenses to six foreign investors for establishing Wind Power Plants in the coastal areas of Sindh.
A spokesman of Pakistan Alternate Energy Development Board told media that under the plan, wind power plants having a capacity [...]
Posted in Pakistan, World, tagged clinton, obama, Pakistan on February 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Special Correspondent
WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential hopefuls - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama - clashed sharply over their stance on Pakistan, the Iraq war and other issues in a heated debate Tuesday night, one week before a pivotal group of primaries.
Seeking to regain lost momemtum, Mrs Clinton slammed Obama for having unwisely ‘threatened to bomb Pakistan’ [...]
Posted in Pakistan, Politics, tagged bush, exit, musharraf, Pakistan on February 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Musharraf will leave office peaceably - Biden Special Correspondent NEW YORK - A key U.S. senator said Monday that President Pervez Musharraf gave the congressional delegation that he led to Pakistan an impression that he would step back from the exercise of the kind of power he has exercised and eventually leave the office peaceably. [...]
Posted in Pakistan, Politics, tagged elections, new MNAs, Pakistan, zardari on February 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Asif to host ‘show of strength’ party today
By Amir Waseem
ISLAMABAD, Feb 26: The first show of strength by three major parties — Pakistan People’s Party, Pakistan Muslim League-N and Awami National Party — which emerged victorious in the Feb 18 elections will be held here on Wednesday at a luncheon hosted by PPP co-chairman Asif [...]
Posted in Pakistan, Politics, tagged Pakistan, musharraf, sharif on February 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Press Trust Of India
Lahore, February 26, 2008
Ruling out indemnity for “illegal steps” taken by President Pervez Musharraf during the emergency rule last year, former Pakistan premier and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said one of his top priorities would be to rid the country of “dictatorship”.
He asked the former military ruler to quit as [...]
Posted in Pakistan, Politics, tagged musharraf, Pakistan, president, quit on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
LONDON: Pervez Musharraf is considering stepping down as President of Pakistan rather than waiting to be forced out by his victorious opponents, claimed by British Newspaper The Sunday Telegraph.
According to the newspaper, one close confidante said that the President believed he had run out of options after three of the main parties who triumphed in [...]
Posted in Pakistan, tagged Pakistan, blast, rawalpindi, pakistan news on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rawalpindi Blast: 8 killed including Lt. Gen. Mushtaq Baig
Updated at: 1800 PST, Monday, February 25, 2008
RAWALPINDI (Mazhar Tufail): Lt. General, Dr. Mushtaq Baig was martyred while his guard and driver were killed on the spot in a suicide bomb attack at busy Mall Road in garrison city of Rawalpindi on Monday.The Interior Ministry has confirmed [...]
Posted in Pakistan, Politics, tagged ISI, Pakistan, polls, rigging on February 24, 2008 | No Comments »
The man, who rigged 2002 polls, spills the beans
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By Umar CheemaISLAMABAD: The main wheeler and dealer of the ISI during the 2002 elections, the then Maj-Gen Ehtesham Zamir, now retired, has come out of the closet and admitted his guilt of manipulating the 2002 elections, and has directly blamed Gen Musharraf for ordering [...]
