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The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan might not have heard of General Zia-ul-Haq, but drugs are being smuggled to them by tribes living along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Pakistan Today has learnt. ISAF troops, seemingly short on cash, are paying for these drugs by supplying weapons to those who provide them with heroin.
Heroin is being smuggled by transporters responsible for taking supplies to the ISAF

KARACHI - The Pakistani media has come a long way and succeeded in its struggle to attain freedom. In the last decade, it has experienced tremendous change and growth, said speakers at a workshop arranged by Individualland-Pakistan (IL-Pakistan) on Friday. The workshop was organised with

LAHORE - The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) threatened on Friday to start a long march if the government released Raymond Davis. "Raymond Davis's release can trigger an Egypt-like political upheaval in Pakistan. He is a spy not a diplomat, therefore we will resist the release of the killer of innocent citizens," SIC leaders said during a protest outside Press Club.
SIC leaders Pir Ather-ul-Qadri, Mufti Haseeb, Maulana Mohammad Ali, Nawaz Kharal and Zia-ul Haq Naqshbandi led the

ISLAMABAD - Chief of Muttahida Mahaz Bahawalpur (MMB) and former information minister Senator Mohammad Ali Durrani Saturday warned the Punjab government of a long march if the 'loot sale' of Bahawalpur state lands is not stopped.
Addressing a press conference, Senator Durrani warned those who had acquired the state lands to vacate the lands or be ready to face public wrath. "Those who have bought these lands as front men of the influential will be tagged as 'traitors' of the

LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif told party workers at his Model Town residence on Monday that the PML-N would launch another long march with the country's revolutionary youth if circumstances required.
He said President Asif Ali Zardari had asked him to "support former president Pervez Musharraf's unconstitutional measures." Pakistan was losing wealth as a result of corruption and instead of relying on the country's resources, the government was

lahore - Recently there has been much hype on the subject of 'Overload' splitting up. Farhad Humayun of 'Overload' takes an initiative to explain, "First of all there is no split! I heard the same question for months when Pappoo Sain made an exit.
Later our percussionist Hassan Mohyeddin left for England and people asked me what I was going to do since the band had broken up. I said as long as I'm alive 'Overload' will stay alive!" Farhad goes on to affirm that he's the pioneer

ISLAMABAD - Warning the government of another long march in case PML-N's all options failed to bring government on the right track, party central leader Ahasan Iqbal on Monday said the country was facing a "failed regime", as the government had totally failed to overcome crises created by former military dictator Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf.
Addressing a news conference at the PML-N secretariat, he said it was the PML-N which had pressed the government to oust Musharraf from the

LAHORE - The second Chief Minister's Sports Competitions (intermediate, provincial level) phase II events started here on Sunday. In girls athletics Ms Najma Perveen of Faisalabad achieved 1st position in 200m race with 00:26:96 and won the title of long jump as well.
Ms Sadia Bibi from Bahalwalpur stood second in 200m race and long jump events. Faisalabad shone in 4X400m relay race were declared 1st, Sahiwal stood second and Multan was third. Faisalabad got 113 points in the

KARACHI - Although the Sindh government sent back 47 officers of different grades to their original departments on January 27, around 30 officers of grades 18, 19 and 20 are still working in irrelevant departments on important positions.
A constitutional petition has also been filed in the Sindh High Court (SHC) against these irregularities and all proceedings of the petition have been completed. The decision has been reserved by the SHC single bench of Justice Shahid Anwer

ISLAMABAD - Shahzain Bugti, the grandson of Akbar Bugti, has resolved to hold the long march to Dera Bugti on January 28 at every cost. "The masses from all the four provinces will march towards Dera Bugti at all cost," he said at a crowded press conference. "In a bid to halt the long march, the government implicated me in a false case," he alleged.
Jamhoori Watan Party leader Nawab Shahzain Bugti presented a three-point formula to stabilize the Balochistan situation. "The

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif recently did not comply with the advice by his party workers for staging a long march to Islamabad in case the government failed to implement the reforms agenda within 45 days, Pakistan Today learnt on Monday.
Relaxing by a campfire at a recreational park in Cholistan with his friends, Nawaz was advised by PML-N workers to stage a long march to the capital. A source in the PML-N who accompanied Nawaz during his trip said

LAHORE - Leader of the Jamhoori Watan Party (JWP), Shahzain Khan Bugti, has announced that he would lead a long march towards Dera Bugti on Januray 28 and called on all political forces to join the march.
Flanked by party leaders, Shahzain, grandson of slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti said Dera Bugti had turned into a "no-go area" after the assassination of Nawab Bugti and now it was the need of hour to save it. He said as long as security forces remained in the area, peace

ISLAMABAD - The country's religio-political parties are planning to give masses a call for long march against the "government's inaction to remove apprehensions and confusion on the fate of blasphemy law". Liaqat Baloch, Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, Sahibzada Abu Alkhair Muhammad Zubair, Qari Zawar Bahadur and Maulana Amjad Khan, all important religious leaders, in telephonic conversations with one another on Thursday expressed dissatisfaction over the

KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari is loved by all. Such is the affection that Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah and Home Minister Zulfiqar Mirza graced the Assembly session on Wednesday with their presence, Muttahida Qaumi Movement's (MQM) Sardar Ahmed nodded vociferously when the chief minister waxed lyrical about his party's chief, National People's Party's (NPP) Arif Mustafa Jatoi had no objections, and Law Minister Ayaz Soomro presented his best toady self. We all love Asif

LAHORE - PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said his party would never support a corrupt government, warning that if the political mess persisted, the PML-N would launch another long march to free the country from the rule of illegal occupants and the establishment.
Addressing a workers' convention at the 104th foundation day of the Pakistan Muslim League, Nawaz said it was ridiculous that those who enjoyed being partners with the corrupt government for three years were also

LAHORE - Adnan Jahangir of Punjab won gold medal in long jump in the 31st National Games being held at Quyyum Stadium, Peshawar, amidst tight security. Adnan got the first position for Punjab with a jump of 3.38 metres.
Mohamamd Kalil of Punjab secured fifth place in the javelin throw when he threw the javelin 58.97 metres. In women shot putt, Punjab's Razia Younas got sixth position with a throw of 8.13 metres.
Meanwhile, semi-finals places were decided in the National

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday announced to launch civil disobedience movement in the country, if the government imposed General Sales Tax (GST). Addressing a protest demonstration at Aabpara Chowk against GST, price hike and unemployment, Imran said that his party would resist against the imposition of GST.
He said that the Pakistan People's Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz were the two sides of the same coin and had same agenda 'to plunder national