Pakistani Taliban confirm peace talks with Islamabad

PESHAWAR: The deputy commander of the Pakistan Taliban, who have been waging a four-year war against the government in Islamabad, confirmed the two sides were in peace talks, a move that could further fray the US-Pakistan relationship.  “Our talks are going in the right direction,” Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, the commander of the Pakistani Taliban in the Bajaur tribal agency and the No. 2 commander overall, told Reuter...

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khyber pukhtoonkhwa budget 2011-2012 : khyber pakhtoonkhwa budget 2011

The provincial budget of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) for the fiscal year 2011-12 will be presented at 3 pm today (Saturday). Official sources have revealed that the budget is likely to have an outlay of Rs249 billion with no new taxes imposed. KP Governor Barrister Masood Kosar has called for the Provincial Assembly session at 3 pm today where the provincial budget will be presented by the Finance Minister Mohammad Humayun Khan. Sources told that the budgetary proposals include Annual Development Programme (ADP) worth Rs85 billion out of which 70 per cent will be allocated for the ongoing schemes while the remaining amount would go to new projects. The foreign aid component, which in the current year was around Rs9 billon, had now jumped to Rs12 billion while the indigenous development...

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killing of innocent person in karachi : karachi target killing : karachi boy killing

The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) ordered on Friday to remove DG Rangers Sindh and IG Police Sindh within three days, The SC Thursday took suo moto notice of cold blooded killing of young man by Rangers personnel and summoned DG Rangers Sindh Maj. Gen. Chaudhry Ejaz, Sindh Chief Secretary Abdul Subhan Memon, IG Sindh Fayyaz Leghari and Provincial and Federal Home Secretaries for today's hearing. A five-member larger bench of the SC headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary heard the case. While hearing the case, Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Chaudhry said that Rangers are involved in target killing instead of stopping it. DG Rangers and IGP should have resigned after the incident, he remarked. Chief Secretary Sindh accepted the failure of civil administration...

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Punjab announces Rs 655 bn budge : punjab budget 2011-2012 : punjab budget 2011

The Punjab Budget for fiscal year 2011-2012 was announced on Friday by Provincial Finance Minister Kamran Michael, Geo News reported. A scuffle took place as the budget was being announced between opposition and government MPAs. The total outlay of the budget was Rs. 655 billion out of which Rs. 220 billion have been allocated for development programmes. The budget also includes Rs 19 billion in foreign aid. The 2011-2012 Punjab Budget compared to last year’s saw an increase of Rs. 90 billion. A 15% increase in the salaries of government employees has been allocated in the budget. Rs. 23.90 billion has been allocated for education and Rs. 26.40 billion for health. Rs. 50 billion have been allocated for the Police and maintenance of law and order in the provin...

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sindh Cabinet approves budget for 2011-12 : sindh budget 2011-2012 :sindh budget 2011

Sindh Cabinet has granted approval to the provincial budget for the fiscal year 2011-12. The meeting of Sindh Cabinet was held under the chairmanship of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah. Sindh Finance Minister Murad Ali Shah briefed the participants of the meeting about the salient features of Sindh Budget 2011-12 Sindh Information Minister, Sharjeel Memon talking to media after the above meeting claimed that no new tax was imposed in the next year’s budget. He said budget allocation for provincial security had been raised while support for flood affected people would continue. In regard to ANP’s non-participation in the meeting, Sharjeel Memon said members of Awami National Party (ANP) had some reservations but hoped that they would attend the budget sessi...

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shahid afridi retired from cricket : shahid afridi resign from cricket : shahid afridi pakistan

    Shahid Afridi the former and most popular Pakistani Cricket Captain has just announced his retirement from Karachi.&nb...

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Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is dead, and President Barack Obama announced his death, nearly 10 years after the September 11 attacks in a televised address, a senior US official said. The official said that Bin Laden was dead, but did not provide details of how his death occurred. US media quoted sources as saying that Bin Laden was killed in an operation based on actionable US intelligence targeting a mansion outside Islamabad. Obama was imminently to address Americans in a highly unusual Sunday night appearance on television. The death of Bin Laden will raise huge questions about the future shape of al Qaeda and also have steep implications...

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Pukhtoon Students Federation (PSF) : ANP : AWAMI NATIONAL PARTY

Pukhtoon Students Federation (PSF) is a leftist and nationalist student organization and a student wing of the Awami National Party formally known as (National Awami Party) in Pakistan. It was founded by Asfandyar Wali Khan in 1968 who became its executive committee member. It is present in various universities of Pakistan especially in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. Bashir Sherpao is the Central President of Pukhtoon Students Federation. Pukhtoon students federation was founded on 8th April 1968 at the historical tomb of the great national hero Khushaal Khan Khattak. It is an student organization that is leftist, secular, liberal, progressive...

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asfandiyar wali speech in new delhi : speech asfandiyar wali april 2011

ISLAMABAD: President Awami National Party (ANP) Asfandyar Wali while clarifying his statement made in India over amendment in blasphemy law has said that his statement was taken out of context, as he has never demanded amendment in blasphemy law. Talking to media men outside the Parliament house on Friday, he said, he talked about misuse of blasphemy law during his visit to India. Commenting on his meeting with Indian leaders, he said, he has asked Indian leaders to enhance people to people contacts between both countries. Whenever relations between Pakistan and India normalize some elements tried to create differences between both countries through an unfortunate incident, he said. Cordial relation among Pakistan, Afghanistan and India was need of hour, he said. When asked about alliance...

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IMRAN KHAN PESHAWAR | TEHREEK INSAF PESHAWAR | PTI PESHAWAR

  Pakistan suspended delivery of supplies Saturday to NATO troops in Afghanistan via its land border for three days as campaigners began a sit-in on the supply route over US drone attacks. Supporters of cricket hero-turned-politician Imran Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf (Movement for Justice) party were gathering on the Peshawar ring road Saturday for the planned two-day sit-in aiming to block the route used by supply trucks. The party called the demonstration to protest over US missile attacks from unmanned aircraft in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas, which many feel infringe on Pakistani sovereignty and which locals...

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karachi bomb blast 22nd april 2011

More than a dozen people have been killed while 35 sustained injures in a powerful blast that ripped through Rami Club building near Ghaas Mandi area in Lyari locality on Thursday, Police and emergency services rushed to the blast site and kick started rescue activities, as death toll is feared to rise further. Bomb disposal squad has also been called in. The rescue sources have put the death toll at fifteen and the injured at 3 in the explosion. Most of the injured have been shifted to Civil Hospital where emergency has been declared, said hospital sources. One of the injured has been rushed to Jinnah Hospital. Over 10 injured people are said to be critical in condition. The Medico Legal Officer (MLO) at Civil Hospital said that more than 12 dead bodies were brought in besides...

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Asfandyar Wali Khan visit to india

President of Awami National Party (ANP), Asfandyar Wali Khan is leaving for India on a seven-day visit today. According to a press release of Bacha Khan Markaz issued here on Tuesday, ANP President would deliver a speech during the century celebration of Jamia Islamia New Delhi. During the visit, Asfandyar Wali Khan will also deliver lecture in khudai Khidmat Gar Movement. ANP Central President Asfandyar Wali Khan is leaving for New Delhi on a week long visit on Wednesday. He will address to Jami Millia's 100 years function and will meet Indian officials including Sonia Ghandi. He is also expected to attend Indian Khudaie Khidmatgars...

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Fasi Zaka | fassi zaka

Fasi Zaka is a television host, satirist, political columnist, radio talk show host, music critic, academic and Rhodes Scholar in Pakistan. He is recognized for being one of the few media polymaths in Pakistan with a successful presence in print television and radio, he is a public intellectual who employs humour from a political and democratic perspective in his media forays. Because of this extensive presence he was declared one of Pakistan's newsmakers of the year in 2006. Fasi Zaka also occasionally comments on the Pakistani media and politics to National Public Radio (NPR). Born on 9 October 1976 to a Pakhtun family from Charsadda, Zaka...

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ANP provincial leader Hanif Khan advocate shaheed

ANP provincial leader Hanif Khan advocate were gunned down when he stepped out of his house in Metroville Site area, to offer Fajr prayers. He was taken to Jinnah hospital in seriously condition where he succumbed to his injuries. The deceased Hanif Khan advocate was ANP’s general secretary of Metroville Site area in Karachi. Killing of the ANP activist sparked unrest in the city and Old Golimar area, where the angry mob of ANP supporters pelted stones at public properties and set tyres on fire. The protesters blocked the road with burning tyres in Site area and demanded of the government to arrest the culprits. Karachi Bar Association...

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Raymond Davis released

ISLAMABAD: An Additional Sessions judge Wednesday set free CIA contractor Raymond Davis, who killed two Pakistanis on a busy road in Lahore, after payment of blood money (Diyat) in accordance with Sharia law of Pakistan, sources said. Talking to Geo News, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said the court released Raymond Davis after the family members of the murdered men appeared in the court and pardoned the US National after an agreement was reached between the two sides. “He has been released from jail and now it is up to him to leave the country whenever he wants,” the Minister added. The families of the murdered men, Fahim and...

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peshawar adezai blast

A suicide bomber attacked a funeral procession in Adezai on Wednesday killing at least 34 people and injuring 45 others.. The suicide bomber was targeting members of an anti-Taliban militia attending funeral prayers for the wife of a militiaman in Adezai village, near Peshawar that leads to the border tribal regions, DCO Peshawar, Siraj Ahmed, said. The attacker mingled with the mourners before setting off his explosives, Ahmed said. "People had gathered and had just started praying when a boy walked in and blew himself up," survivor Mohammad Eman told Geo News. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed the responsibility of attack. Bloodied shoes and caps littered the ground where the attack took place, on the outskirts of the city, as stunned survivors milled around or bundled the...

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Amin Khattak passes away

General Sec. of Awami National Party Sindh expires from cardiac arrest. He was taken to hospital soon after the attack but was unable to surviv...

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nowshera blast 4th march 2011

At least 10 people have been killed and several injured in a blast in a mosque inside shrine of Akhond Panjo Baba shrine soon after Friday prayers, Geo News reported quoting police source...

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federal minister Shahbaz Bhatti assassinated

Federal Minister for Minorities, Shahbaz Bhatti was assassinated in a firing incident in Islamabad, Geo News reported. Hospital spokesman Dr Azmat ullah Qureshi confirmed that the minister succumbed to the injuries. He was rushed to the hospital. Unknown assailants shot the minister when he was leaving from his house in Sector I-...

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Captain Karnal Sher Khan shaheed : colonel sher khan shaheed

Karnal Sher Khan (1970–1999) (Urdu: کرنال شیر خان) was a Pakistani Army officer and one of only 10 recipients of Pakistan's highest gallantry award, the Nishan-e-Haider. He was a Captain in the 12 Northern Light Infantry (NLI) and, previously in 27 Sindh Regiment of the Pakistan. Captain Sher Khan was born in Nawan Killi, a village in Swabi District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Karnal is localised form of Colonel. Karnel Sher Khan's home village of Nawan Kali (means: New Village) has now been named after him as Karnal Sher Killi (Village of Karnal Sher Khan). The government of Pakistan awarded Captain Karnal Sher Khan with Nishan-e-Haider, the...

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younas khan : younus khan pakistani cricketer

Mohammad Younus Khan (Pashto: محمد یونس خان), (born November 29, 1977 in Mardan, North-West Frontier Province) is a Pakistani cricketer and former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team. Younus' name is often spelled Younis Khan, but he has been quoted as saying, "My name is Younus Khan. I tell people that everywhere, but they don’t listen." He is only the third Pakistani player to score 300 or more runs in an innings. On March 10, 2010, Younus, along with another player, Mohammad Yousuf were axed by the Pakistan Cricket Board from playing for Pakistan in any format for an indefinite period, following an inquiry report which suggested...

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shahid afridi | shahid khan afridi

Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi (Urdu: صاحبزادہ محمد شاہد خان آفریدی) (born 1 March 1980 in Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan), popularly known as Shahid Afridi (Pashto: شاهد ‏افریدی) is a Pakistani cricketer and current One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 captain of the Pakistani national team in the international circuit. He made his ODI debut on 2 October 1996 against Kenya and his Test debut on 22 October 1998 against Australia. Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi completed his 300 wickets in One-day Internationals when he scalped his Sri Lankan counterpart Kumar Sangakarra during their World Cup...

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Senator Raza Rabbani press confrence video 25th feb 2011

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Senator Raza Rabbani press confrence on 25th feb 2011

Pakistan People’s Party following its ouster from the Punjab Government claimed that serious and sincere steps were taken for implementation of the 10-point agenda presented by Pakistan Muslim League-N and claimed that 100 percent progress was made on most of the points. “Pakistan People’s Party did not drag its feet because this 10-point agenda is our agenda and it is also part of our manifesto,” PPP central leader and Federal Minister for Inter-provincial Coordination, Senator Raza Rabbani argued while addressing a press conference. Federal Law Minister Babar Awan, former information minister Qamar Zaman Kaira, PPP leaders Tanvir...

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nawaz shareef speech 25th feb 2011

Pakistan Muslim League-N Chief Nawaz Sharif has announced to oust PPP ministers from the Punjab cabinet after inconclusive talks with the government on implementation on PML-N 10-point agenda, Geo News reported on Friday. This was announced in a press conference following a crucial meeting of PML-N central committee and other members in Islamabad. In the meeting Ishaq Dar, chairman of the dialogue committee constituted for dialogue with the government, briefed the participants of the meeting on the progress on implementation on the agenda. Nawaz Sharif alleged that President Zardari wanted to give constitutional status to Nov 03...

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