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7 FC men, 18 militants killed in clash
PARACHINAR: A large group of militants attacked a Pakistani army checkpoint near the Afghan border on Friday, killing seven paramilitary soldiers and abducting five, a government official and a spokesman for the insurgents said. Up to 18 insurgents were killed in retaliatory fire during the incident in Kurram region, said Jamil Khan. He said there were around 40 attackers armed with rockets, grenades and automatic weapons....
 
 
Firing of TV host a victory for Pakistani liberals
ISLAMABAD: In a rare victory for Pakistani liberals, a private TV station decided to fire a popular morning show host after she sparked outrage by running around a public park trying to expose young, unmarried couples hanging out, a taboo in the country. Pakistani liberals derided host Maya Khan’s behaviour on Twitter and Facebook, comparing it to the kind of moral policing practiced by the Taliban, and started an online petition...
   
Pakistan Post unveils Arfa memorial stamp
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s postal department on Friday issued a commemorative postage stamp as a tribute to Arfa Karim Randhawa, who became the world’s youngest Microsoft Certified Professional at the age of nine in 2004 but died last month. Federal Minister for Postal Services Sardar Umar Gorgaij, while addressing a function held in connection of the issuance of the stamp as chief guest, said that some 2.5 million stamps...
 
 
2 petitions filed in SC to stop Senate, NA by-polls
ISLAMABAD: Two petitions were filed in the Supreme Court (SC) on Friday seeking stay of election to half of the Senate (Upper House of Parliament) next month and of by-elections to five constituencies of the National Assembly (NA) scheduled to be held on Feb.25 in the presence of incorrect electoral rolls. A petition filed by a private TV channel anchor Mubashir Luqman through Barrister Ali Zafar pleaded...
   
PPP shortlists candidates for Senate elections
ISLAMABAD: The parliamentary board of the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has short listed 30 candidates from a list of 470 aspirants for the party ticket to contest the forthcoming Senate elections. A PPP leader told on Friday that the board headed by MNA Faryal Talpur, sister of President Asif Ali Zardari, would send the names of the short listed candidates to the party high command for approval....
 
 
Plan to bring rich into tax net, says minister
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided in principle to introduce a new policy to bring affluent people in the tax net, said Finance Minister Dr Hafeez Shaikh on Friday. “We are working on various proposals. We will evolve a comprehensive new tax policy for the year 2012,” he told the National Assembly. The minister said it would be made mandatory for all holders of national tax number (NTN) to file income tax returns from...
   
AG faces tough scenario in Gilani’s contempt case
ISLAMABAD: As Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani faces charge-sheet in a contempt of court case for the first time in Pakistan history, Attorney General (AG) Maulvi Anwaarul Haq will be facing a peculiar dilemma structured by the rules dictating him to prosecute his own boss, said a news report. On the one side is the highest court initiating proceedings while Haq’s boss is on the other side whose cabinet the attorney...
 
 
 
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