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KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday adjourned proceedings on the constitutional petition regarding increase in milk price, after it was told that negotiations for the reduction in prices were being held between dairy farmers and the city government. The SHC division bench comprising Chief Justice Musheer Alam and Justice Syed Hassan Azhar Rizvi was hearing the case, where Advocate Manzoor Ahmed, counselling on behalf of the City District Government Karachi (CDGK), appeared

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Barrister Masood Kausar, during a briefing on Tribal Areas' Rural-to-Urban Centres Conversion Initiative (TARUCCI), was informed on Monday many donor countries had evinced keen interest in the project and made commitments for assistance. FATA Administration and Coordination Secretary Abid Majeed, while giving a briefing to the governor at the governor's house, highlighted different aspects of this innovative project and said its objective was

ISLAMABAD - In a strong message to Washington to protest a deadly drone strike that killed 44 Pakistanis on Thursday, Islamabad refused on Friday to attend the trilateral meeting of Pakistani, Afghan and American officials schedule for March 26 in Brussels, saying that Pakistan should not be treated as a client state, nor be taken for granted.
"In pursuance of the directives of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, US Ambassador Cameron Munter was summoned to the Foreign Office by

ISLAMABAD - Supreme Court was informed on Thursday that leasing of Railways land to Royal Palm Golf and Country Club, Lahore caused a huge loss of Rs 290 million.
A two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Justice Ghulam Rabbani was hearing a joint petition against irregularities involving over Rs 25 billion in leasing of Railways land at Lahore to a Malaysian consortium associated by two Pakistani's Lahore based companies- Husnain Construction

ISLAMABAD - Poppy cultivation in FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has not been eliminated despite the funding from abroad, the National Assembly Standing Committee on Narcotics was told Wednesday. Ministry of Narcotics Control Secretary Iftikhar Ahmed informed the committee, which met with Murtaza Javed Abbasi in the chair, that the target of making FATA and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa poppy-free was not achieved despite the fact that the United Stated had provided funding for the purpose.
The

LONDON - Former president Pervez Musharraf claimed in comments released on Monday that Britain never clearly demanded that British citizens not be tortured by Pakistani security services. As Britain prepares to open an inquiry into claims that its agents were complicit in the torture of terror suspects, Pakistan's former military ruler said London's stance may have been a "tacit approval of whatever we were doing".
In an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC),

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Sunday urged the US administration to expedite the payment of the Coalition Support Fund, saying the delay was impacting the country's efforts against extremism and terrorism. The demand was made during a meeting between Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and the new US Special Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Marc Grossman here.
"The finance minister told the US envoy that suspension of aid to Pakistan owing to a row between Islamabad and

GUJRANWALA - District Coordination Officer (DCO) Barrister Nabil Ahmad Awan has directed the city district government officers to remove encroachments to the facilitation of commuters and timely completion of development projects.
Presiding over a meeting at committee room, the DCO directed the Gujranwala Development Authority Director General to remove all encroachments from the College Road, Noshera Road and Gurunanikpura.
Six SHOs transferred in Gujranwala: Station House

KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari directed the PPP MPAs of Sindh on Wednesday to reach out to people in their respective constituencies and address their problems.
"You may not be able to give a job to every jobless youth, but you can assuage their hurt feelings by reaching out to them, listening to their grievances and addressing them as much as you can," he said while presiding over a meeting of the MPAs held at the Bilawal House.
Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah,

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) was told on Tuesday that the reasons given by the Parliamentary Committee (PC) for rejecting a year-long extension in the services of six additional judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC) and Sindh High Court (SHC) were allegedly based upon the reservations of one of the members of the Judicial Commission (JC).
A four-member SC bench comprising Justice Mahmood Akhtar Shahid Siddiqui, Justice Jawwad S Khawaja, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and

ISLAMABAD - Fuelling speculation that the government might certify that Raymond Davis was entitled to diplomatic immunity, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday told the National Assembly that 2,570 foreigners including diplomats and non-diplomats working at embassies and consulates of 78 countries in Pakistan were entitled to diplomatic immunity, adding that among them was one non-diplomat at Lahore consulate of the United States.
In a written reply

ISLAMABAD - The Senate Standing Committee on Finance was told on Wednesday that the size of the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) had been reduced from Rs 242 billion to Rs 150 billion with a cut of Rs 92 billion. According to the Planning Commission presentation, Growth Strategy and Economic Reforms, given by Deputy Chairman Dr Nadeemul Haq, around 1,822 projects being executed all over the country at present with an estimated cost of Rs 4.080 trillion had faced

KARACHI - Sindh Chief Secretary Sindh Ghulam Ali Shah Pasha advised district coordination officers (DCOs) on Saturday to expedite the rehabilitation process of the flood survivors in the affected districts.
He also asked DCOS to ensure that no outsiders or influential people avail the benefits meant for the flood survivors. The chief secretary was addressing a meeting at the Sindh Secretariat. Rehabilitation Minister Muzaffar Ali Shujra, Adviser to Chief Minister on Planning and

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Saturday conveyed Islamabad's stated position on the Raymond Davis issue to a visiting US congressional delegation and stressed that the strategic relationship between both countries should not be made hostage to the Raymond case.
The US congressional delegation consisting of Senator Robert Corker, Senator Bernard Sanders, Senator Christopher Coons and Senator Joseph Manchin called on President Asif

ISLAMABAD - Without saying an outright 'no' to the US in view of a strong backlash and taking a middle ground, the government has skillfully conveyed to Washington a covert solution to the issue of Raymond Davis, a killer of two Pakistanis, suggesting that the matter can be settled out of the court as provided under Qisas and Diyat laws, which is part of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
Reflecting what appears to be an understanding reached between Islamabad and Washington during

ISLAMABAD - A seven-member special bench of the Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that 140 section officers had been re-employed after retirement to meet the requirements. The bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, was hearing a suo motu case against alleged corruption in Haj arrangements.