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LAHORE - Prominent religious scholar Maulana Abdur Rehman Ashrafi passed away on Friday at the age of 76. Maulana was suffering from kidney problems and other diseases for the past few months.
He was the son of the founder of Jamia Ashrafia Lahore Mufti Hassan. He taught Bukhari Sharif in Jamia Ashrafia for more than fifty years. Maulana Maudodi often offered juma prayer after him. Sheikh ul Hadith Hafiz Abdul Rehman was highly respected by all schools of thoughts.
He was

KARACHI - Interior Minister Rehman Malik may have roared on television that a curfew-like operation will be conducted in some parts of the city, Rangers and police personnel -including Orangi Town Superintendent of Police Khurram Qaris -received no instruction on the modalities of any such operation.
Citizens of these areas also took Malik's orders with a pinch of salt, with a survey carried out by Pakistan Today of the areas in question revealing that little has changed on the

PESHAWAR - Interior Minister Rehman Malik has denied any plans to amend the blasphemy law and has requested religious circles to remain peaceful.
"The government will not amend the blasphemy law," Rehman Malik remarked while talking to reporters at Pirpayee Nowshehra on Thursday. Rehman Malik arrived in Nowshehra for expressing condolence over the death of late Provincial Governor and Pakistan Peoples Party leader Major General (Retd) Naseer Ullah Khan Babar.
Malik offered

ISLAMABAD - A constitutional petition seeking Interior Minister Rehman Malik's disqualification for incorrectly reciting a written Quranic verse in a cabinet meeting was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday.
The petition was filed by Muhammad Tariq Asad advocate under Article 184(3) making the federal government, through the Cabinet's Secretariat secretary, the election commission of Pakistan through the chief election commissioner, the Senate chairman, the prime minister and

ISLAMABAD - Interior Affairs Minister Rehman Malik has said that the PPP-led government will complete its five-year tenure despite the fact that some elements are spreading continuously rumours about the fate of the central government.
Talking to reporters outside the Parliament House on Thursday, the Interior Affairs minister said that the government had taken various steps for proving relief to the people. The PPP would remove all reservations of its coalition partners, the

ISLAMABAD - Interior Affairs Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday requested Fazlur Rehman who heads the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F to rejoin the PPP-led coalition government at centre, a private TV channel reported.
However, the JUI-F leader rejected the request and said his party had ratified the move and would not change its stance in the current circumstances. Rehman had made the request during a meeting with Fazl at the latter's residence.
Later on, a 10-member delegation of

ISLAMABAD - Advocate Waheed Anjum, the counsel for former City Police Officer of Rawalpindi Saud Aziz, said on Wednesday that threats in case of the appearance of Benazir Bhutto from the escape hatch had been conveyed to the then security officers of the former prime minister, a private TV channel reported.
Addressing the press conference, Anjum said that Rehman Malik and Major Imtiaz Ahmed, the security officers of the late PPP chairperson, were informed of the threats by the

LAHORE: Hearing of a petition challenging the pardon granted by President Asif Ali Zardari to Interior Minister Rehman Malik was adjourned to December 24 by a full bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday. Earlier, Deputy Attorney General Naveed Inayat Malik had requested adjournment on behalf of the federation, citing Rehman's pending adjudication in Supreme Court as an excuse.
Barrister Farooq Hassan, representing the petitioner, opposed the request saying the government was

LAHORE - The Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema has appreciated the efforts of the Interior Ministry and Interior Minister Rehman Malik in ensuring foolproof security during Muharramul Haram.
A press statement said the special control room established by the interior minister in the National Crisis Management Cell, Ministry of Interior, and its sub-offices in Lahore, Karachi, Quetta and Peshawar did a commendable job in maintaining law and order.
The statement said the MMU also

ISLAMABAD: Three threatening phone calls at the office of Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Monday spread panic among the staff and visitors of the two Pak Secretariat blocks.
According to a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, unidentified callers made three phone calls at Malik's office to inform his staff about a bomb at the office that would go off 'shortly', while adding that the office bombing would be followed by another blast at Malik's residence in the evening. Soon

ABU DHABI: Pakistan left-arm spinner Abdul Rehman took three wickets and scored his maiden half-century to foil South Africa's attempts to win the second Test at Abu Dhabi Stadium on Tuesday.
Rehman checked South Africa's quest for quick runs in order to set a target for Pakistan with wickets of Alvior Petersen (35), Hashim Amla (62) and AB de Villiers (25) before South Africa closed the fourth day at 173-4, for an overall lead of 323.
Ashwell Prince was unbeaten on 27 and

LAHORE: It did not seem as if Pakistan would be able to save follow-on after losing Misbah-ul-Haq on the first ball of day four but Abdur Rehman batted determinedly, helped by the lower order especially debutant Tanvir Ahmed, to ensure that South Africa bat again.
After Misbah was removed by Dale Steyn without adding to his overnight score of 77, Pakistan were under threat of being forced to follow on. However Abdur Rehman batted responsibly while Umar Gul and Tanvir gave him

ISLAMABAD: A last ditch effort by Interior Minister Senator Rehman Malik on Monday saved him a day of utter embarrassment as he contacted Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain in London and requested for the postponement of the meeting between the MQM delegation and President Asif Ali Zardari scheduled to take place yesterday, so that he can be part of the talks.
A well informed source told Pakistan Today that the interior minister contacted the MQM headquarters and

LAHORE
Compared to the Jamaat-e-Islami, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) always demonstrated better compliance to the collective decisions of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) and even now JUI-F chief Fazlur Rehman seems more enthusiastic about reviving the forum than anything else, Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadith Pakistan chief Senator Professor Sajid Mir said on Wednesday.
Talking exclusively to Pakistan Today in the provincial metropolis, he said that the JUI-F and JI

LAHORE
The Centre for Public Policy and Governance (CPPG), Forman Christian College (A Chartered University) organized a seminar on "Reflections: On the Changing Role and Dynamics of Media in Pakistan" where the renowned journalist Mr I A Rehman, who also serves as the secretary general of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) broached a number of issues the media, print and electronic, was facing today.
He opened his address by locating the print media in its

ISLAMABAD:
A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday seeking directions to the Sindh High Court (SHC) to decide a pending plea seeking the disqualification of Interior Minister Rehman Malik.
The petitioner, Iqbal Haider, submitted that he had filed a petition in the SHC for disqualification of the interior minister, as his conviction stood intact after the NRO was declared null and void by the Supreme Court on December 16, 2009.
He said the SHC was not