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ISLAMABAD - Minorities Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti was assassinated on Wednesday by unidentified gunmen in Sector I-8/3 as he was leaving his mother's house to attend a cabinet meeting.
Eyewitnesses said that the minister was leaving his mother's house when the gunmen stopped his official car at 10:50am, riddled him with Kalashnikov bullets and fled the scene, leaving behind pamphlets claiming that the minister was killed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Punjab and al Qaeda because

LAHORE - Former state minister Habib Ullah Warraich has contradicted a news item published in Pakistan Today regarding the court's proceedings in National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) scam where he has been accused of committing corruption of billions rupees by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
A written clarification by his counsel Malik Noor Muhammad Awan stated that Habib Ullah Warraich had never purchased any government land and also never sold any property to the

PESHAWAR - A three-day immunisation campaign against polio is scheduled to start in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and the tribal areas (FATA) on March 7 with an aim to make the society free polio.
More than 4.9 million children in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 1.071 million in FATA would be vaccinated during the drive, KP Health Minister Sayed Zahir Ali Shah said while addressing a one-day workshop organised by the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) in collaboration with the UNICEF and

KARACHI - The Pakistan Hindu Foundation (PHF) - A Hindu rights group representing the Hindus of Sindh has demanded that provincial Minority Affairs Minister Mohan Lal Kohistani should be sacked immediately as "he has failed to provide security to the Hindus of the province."
PHF President DM Maharaj also announced that a protest drive would be launched against the Sindh government from March 10, if it does not meet the demand. "The PPP has always claimed that it believes in

KARACHI - The Pakistan Hindu Foundation (PHF) -A rights group representing the Hindus of Sindh - has demanded that Minority Affairs Minister Mohan Lal Kohistani should be sacked immediately as "he has failed to provide security to the Hindus of the province."
PHF President DM Maharaj also announced that a protest drive would be launched against the Sindh government from March 10, if it does not meet the demand. "The PPP has always claimed that it believes in providing rights to

BAGHDAD - One of Al Qaeda leaders in Iraq, identified as the militant group's "war minister", has been killed in a raid, a senior Iraqi official said on Friday. Noman Salman, also know as Al-Nasser Lideen Allah Abu Suleiman, the war minister for the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), was killed on Thursday night in Hit, about 130 km west of Baghdad, a spokesman for the Baghdad operations command said.
"Based on intelligence, Iraqi security forces carried out the raid that killed him.

BANGKOK - Thailand's prime minister on Thursday said he may also be British, acknowledging claims by opponents trying to use the issue to bring him before the International Criminal Court. But the British-born Abhisit Vejjajiva said he considered himself Thai and had not sought to benefit from dual citizenship.
"Now if I travel to England I need to ask for a visa. It is clear that I intend to hold Thai citizenship. Whether that means I hold dual citizenship or not, that's a legal

LAHORE - Federal Minister for Environment Samina Khalid Gurki visited the World Wide Fund for Nature Pakistan (WWF Pakistan) Head Office on Tuesday for a briefing on various conservation and environmental projects which have been organised by the WWF Pakistan Director General Ali Hasan Habib.
WWF Pakistan has entered its 41st year of conservation in Pakistan. This was Gurki's first visit to the organisation after becoming the Federal Minister for Environment.
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KARACHI - Interior Minister Rehman Malik has warned against money laundering, saying the government would take all possible measures to check the menace. The interior minister stated this while inaugurating a crisis management cell at the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) here on Saturday.
"The government would take all measures to curb money laundering or what it is locally called 'Hawala' in the country," he assured businessmen. The minister said that usage of

PARIS - French Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie fought off renewed calls to resign Thursday over her links to Tunisia's deposed regime, amid fears France was losing diplomatic clout over the scandal. The opposition is demanding the minister stand down following the latest revelation that her parents bought a stake in a property company from a Tunisian businessman allegedly close to the regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Alliot-Marie, 64, has slammed what she called an attack

LAHORE - Agricultural scientists should become acquainted with the latest innovations as the world as detailed information has becoming increasingly easy to access. This was stated by Ahmad Ali Aulakh, Minister for Agriculture Punjab while addressing agricultural scientists at Ayub Agricultural Research Institute (AARI), Faisalabad.
The minister in his address highlighted the importance of agriculture sector in strengthening national economy and added that government is

TUNIS - Tunisian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ounaiss has resigned, the state news agency reported on Sunday, a week after he became embroiled in a row over compliments he paid to his French opposite number. The resignation is likely to cause new disruption to a coalition government which has already seen several ministers resign or be fired since it stepped in to fill the vacuum left by last month's overthrow of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
Many Tunisians were angered when

LAHORE - Punjab Parliamentary Secretary for Health Dr Saeed Elahi has said that Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif is a great admirer of the services of young doctors and all out measures are being taken for the solution of their problems. During the last 16 years, first time the present government regularized the services of more than four thousand medical officers and two thousand consultants, he said.
These views were expressed by him while addressing a reception

NEW DELHI: India's premier civilian investigation agency has estimated that the country's former Telecom minister A Raja could have received as much as 30 billion rupees ($600 million) as bribe in the 2G spectrum scam, local media reported Friday.
According to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), he caused loss to the national exchequer by selling the spectrum at undervalued rates at 400 to 500 billion rupees, 'The Times of India' said.
The former minister is currently

LAHORE - Provincial Culture & Youth Affairs Minister Dr Tanveer-ul-Islam inquired after the health of prominent artist Gayyur Akhtar at Services Hospital today. The Minister presented him a bouquet and prayed for his early recovery. The minister said that artists are national asset and government would take steps for their welfare.

LAHORE - Punjab Agriculture Minister Malik Ahmad Ali Aulakh has directed all Executive District Officers (EDO) to ensure availability of urea fertiliser in the market at government fixed rates. He warned that action would be taken against officers who fail to ensure fertilisers availability at fixed prices.
Aulakh issued these directives, while chairing a meeting of the Executive District Officers (EDOs) of Cotton Zone, here on Monday. The agriculture minister said that increase

LAHORE - Federal Sports Minister Ijaz Hussain Jakhrani believes that flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi is the best man to lead Pakistan in the forthcoming Cricket World Cup. Jakhrani threw his weight behind Afridi while speaking to the media here, insisting that the all-rounder had the capability to inspire the team to win the mega event.
"I would tell the Pakistan Cricket Board not to change the captain now and stick with Afridi. He is experienced and he is leading the team.