ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday stressed the need for Pakistan and Britain to work closely to further enhance their partnership in diverse areas mainly trade, investment and educational development. Talking to Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, British Foreign Secretary’s special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan who called on him Aiwan-e-Sadr, the President said the...
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ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on Wednesday held wide-ranging talks focussing on jointly fighting terrorism, strengthening bilateral ties and ways to address regional issues related to peace and security. President Karzai, who flew in here late afternoon on a two-day visit, arrived at the Aiwan-e-Sadr and met President...
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LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-N won Wednesday’s by-elections in NA-123 Lahore and PP-82 Jhang while PML-Zia and Pakistan People’s Party clinched PP-284 Bahawalnagar and PP-25 Jafarabad, according to unofficial results received so far from the majority of the polling stations. Malik Pervez of PML-N has returned successful with sizeable margin in NA-123 Lahore while Pakistan...
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LAHORE: Polling for four seats of national and provincial assemblies of Punjab and Balochistan is underway, which will continue without any break till 5 pm, Geo News reported Wednesday. The constituencies include NA-123 Lahore, PP-82 Jhang, PP-284 Bahawalnagar and BP-25 Jaffarabad where the strict security measures have been adopted.
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KERALA: Indian Defence minister A K Antony on Saturday said that though there was no breakthrough in talks with Pakistan but the process would continue. He told reporters after inaugurating the new office complex of the Coast Guard station at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. "Though there was no breakthrough (in the foreign secretary talks), being a...
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LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that overseas Pakistanis may bring as much investment in the province as they wish; the government will provide them full protection. He said this during his meeting with the delegation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) here at Chief Minister House on Saturday. Shahbaz...
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PESHAWAR: Coalition partners Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakistan People''s Party (PPP) have agreed on administrators'' appointment in the province. This was decided in a joint meeting of ANP and PPP held here today.
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Having much training in public law and very little in practical politics, I tend to think I must be missing something when people in power do not do what would obviously be in their interest. But Democratic behavior in Congress is so counterproductive that I cannot resist pointing out two lessons they would...
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The actor, who plays rugby player Francois Pienaar in new film ‘Invictus’, struggled to get to grips with the dialect and was amazed at how hard he found it. Matt told BANG Showbiz: “The accent took about six months
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The ‘All For You’ singer is a huge fan of the 24-year-old ‘Gossip Girl’ hunk, and was thrilled when she recently got to meet him. The 43-year-old star said: “I love ‘Gossip Girl’ . I love the whole cast.
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