ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani said the government would freeze defence spending in the upcoming budget, state media reported yesterday, as the country tries to tackle growing economic ...
Suspected Taliban militants have killed four policemen in an ambush on their van in north-west Pakistan despite peace talks in the troubled region, police said.
Benazir Bhutto's widower is protecting Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, despite accusing him of having an indirect role in her assassination last year, a prominent politician in Pakistan has said.
Monday June 09, 2008 ISLAMABAD: Police say six men have been charged in a terror plot that was foiled when authorities seized three vehicles carrying more than 2,200 pounds of explosives near Islamabad.
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday announced in the National Assembly that the government has decided to freeze the defence budget for coming fiscal year and would present its specific details in the parliament. Delivering a policy speech in the lower house 2 days ahead of the budget.
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ISLAMABAD: Announcing "a cut" in Pakistan's defence expenditure, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani today said it was a "tangible display" of its desire for peace with its neighbours and indicated that he wanted ...
Thousands of lawyers have started rallies and protests across Pakistan to demand the reinstatement of senior judges sacked last year.In Karachi, the protesters left the city in a convoy, chanting slogans against President Pervez Musharraf for tampering with the judiciary.They were joined by members of some opposition groups.
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Members of Pakistan’s intelligence services and its paramilitaries are supporting Taliban insurgents who enter Afghanistan to attack US and NATO forces, a US think-tank has said in a report.
The study by the RAND corporation, funded by the US Department of Defense, finds that if Taliban bases in Pakistan are not eliminated, the forces supporting the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai “will face crippling long-term consequences in their effort to stabilize and rebuild Afghanistan.” (more…)
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