March, 2018

• 10 March

  Military escalation in Afghanistan will erode peace prospects: Maleeha Lodhi

  

  NEW YORK: Pakistan has told the United Nations (UN) that the opportunity for peace in Afghanistan opened up by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s offer of unconditional talks to the Taliban should not be undermined by the escalation of military force. Speaking during the UN Security Council debate on Afghanistan, Pakistan’s …

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• 10 March

  No compromise on national interest come what may: Tehmina

  

  WASHINGTON: Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua has said that Pakistan will not take any decision under pressure from the US, adding that the national interest will always be kept supreme come what may. The foreign secretary during her official visit to Washington held meetings with senior US officials, including US Deputy …

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• 10 March

  US offers $5m bounty for information on TTP chief Fazlullah

  

  WASHINGTON: The US State Department has offered a $5 million reward for information on Mullah Fazlullah, the Afghanistan-based chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan(TTP). The announcement came two days after Fazlullah’s son was reportedly killed along with around two dozen others in a US drone strike in Afghanistan. The US State …

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• 10 March

  Pakistan will never become a US proxy, Lower House told

  

  ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Friday said that the United States wanted to make Pakistan its proxy state, adding that Pakistan will, however, never become a proxy of the US. “The enemy has crossed the ocean and is fomenting conflict in Syria, Afghanistan and other states while leaders of …

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• 10 March

  Criticism can’t deter me from delivering justice: CJP

  

  LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar Friday said that he does not care about people mocking his use of the term Baba Rahmatay. While presiding over the hearing of a suo motu case related to fee hike in medical colleges at Supreme Court’s Lahore registry, the CJP …

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• 10 March

  PPP says it has 57 members in hand

  

  ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Friday claimed to have the required number of votes to elect its own chairman and deputy chairman in the Upper House. PPP leader Dr Qayyum Soomro, who is leading the efforts to garner maximum support from smaller parties for the Senate top slots, told …

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• 10 March

  Nawaz slams trend of disrespecting vote

  

  BAHAWALPUR: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif Friday slammed the trend of ‘disrespecting the vote’ that had emerged during the past 70 years. “No stone was left unturned to destroy Pakistan in the last 70 years … I rebel against whatever has been happening during the past 70 years,” he told …

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• 10 March

  Faith declaration must for all public servants

  

  ISLAMABAD: In a highly questionable interpretation of Article 5 (loyalty to the state) the Constitution, Justice Shaukat Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court has held that it is mandatory for every citizen of Pakistan to declare their ‘true faith’ to the State. He made this observation in his short order …

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• 10 March

  SC moved against senators-elect Dar, Kareem

  

  ISLAMABAD: As a last-ditch attempt, two petitions challenging the election of PML-N leaders – former finance minister Ishaq Dar and Hafiz Abdul Kareem – on Senate seats were moved in the Supreme Court on Friday. Mian Nawazish Ali Peerzada filed the petitions, requesting the apex court to declare the senators-elect …

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• 8 March

  Alone at health clinic, Australian treats self for heart attack

  

  SYDNEY: Alone at a health clinic in a small, remote seaside settlement in Australia, a 44-year-old nurse sensed he was having a heart attack and sprang into action, saving his own life, a report said Wednesday. The man, whose name was withheld for privacy reasons, experienced severe chest pain and …

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