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| SC orders arrest of killers of Bakhtiar Domki's wife in 4 days |
| ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ordered the IG Sindh Police to arrest the killers of wife and daughter of Bakhtiar Domki within four days, Geo News reported.
The apex court has orderd that the killers be arrested irrespective of their influence.
Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had taken suo moto notice of the targeted killing of Balochistan MPA Bakhtiar Domki's wife and daughter and summoned IG Mushtaq Shah and Advocate General Sindh. |
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| Rs 8,500 bn corruption mars Gilani tenure: Transparency |
| ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has lost an unbelievably high amount, more than Rs8,500 billion (Rs8.5 trillion or US$94 billion), in corruption, tax evasion and bad governance during the last four years of Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani’s tenure, Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) claims. |
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| SC suspends membership of 28 legislators |
 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has suspended the membership of 28 parliamentarians and provincial assembly members elected during by-polls after the 18th amendment.
The legislators will remain suspended until the passage of the 20th Amendment.
A four member bench of the SC comprising of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, Justice Tariq Pervez and Justice Sarmad Jalal Usmani heard the petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan. |
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| President launches a scheme to create a new middle class in Sindh |
| KARACHI, JAN 27 (APP) - President Asif Zardari Friday formally launched a scheme titled "Waseela e Haq Sindh" aimed at creating a new middle class in the province by providing self employment opportunities to thirty five thousand youth between the ages 19 to 35, who have at least passed secondary school examination and are unemployed.
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| My name is Sharmila, I may become a senator… even if it isn’t 2020 yet
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 KARACHI - Four female candidates have been short-listed for the upcoming Senate elections, and one of them is Sharmila Farooqui who was banned for 20 years in 2000 from running for any office. Nevertheless, one of the four candidates would be finalised after an interview at the Sindh Chief Minister’s House on Tuesday (tomorrow). The interview would be conducted by Member National Assembly Faryal Talpur – President Asif Ali Zardari’s sister – and Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah. Out of 37 applications received, the Sindh chapter of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has short-listed member of the provincial assembly Humera Alwani, Sadia Javed, Hina Dastagir and Sharmila Farooqui for the reserved seat for women on Sindh’s quota.
Farooqui, a strong candidate for the Senate seat, was removed as chief minister’s information adviser amid the Supreme Court’s pending decision regarding her plea bargain. |
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| Nisar urges SC to investigate ISI’s role in politics |
 ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Tuesday deplored that the “drama” the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had been staging in 2012 was being overlooked, and urged the Supreme Court to investigate ISI’s role in the politics of the country. |
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| SC orders arrest of former PM media adviser Khurram Rasool |
| ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has ordered the FIA to arrest the prime minister's former media coordinator Khurram Rasool who is wanted in a multimillion rupee LPG scam. The apex court has ordered that Rasool be arrested by Jan 27.
A three-member bench of the Supreme Court (SC) headed by Chief Justice (CJ) Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry resumed hearing of the Khurram Rasool fraud case on Wednesday. |
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| We want early elections: Fazlur Rehman |
| KARACHI: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that his party wants early and fair elections. He was talking to the media at Karachi airport on Wednesday, Geo News reported.
He expressed his reservations regarding the completion of computerized voters’ lists and said that the lists would not be completed by May. |
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| Gilani vetoed Awan’s reappointment as law minister |
 ISLAMABAD - It was none other than a firm Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani who vetoed the presidential decision to reappoint Dr Babar Awan law minister when he told President Asif Ali Zardari that he would not approve the resignation of Law Minister Maula Bux Chandio and - even if Awan was appointed law minister against - he would not attend the oath-taking ceremony. |
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| Contempt notice to Awan regrettable: Kurd |
 ISLAMABAD: Former President of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Ali Ahmed Kurd said that decision of the Supreme Court to suspend license and issue contempt notice to Dr. Babar Awan was regrettable and the court should show restraint with big heart.
Ali Ahmed Kurd said this on Tuesday while commenting on the decision of the Supreme Court about contempt notice to Babar Awan. |
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