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Articles of the author Tariq Butt
Mehsud's rival killed in blow to govt
A gunman shot dead a rival of Pakistani Taleban leader Baitullah Mehsud on Tuesday, dealing a potential blow to a government plan to defeat the Al-Qaeda ally. The murder news came as the military prepares an offensive against Mehsud, who has been (...)

24 - 06 - 2009
Public unrest feared over IMF bailout
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to approve a $ 7.6 billion loan for Pakistan under the stand-by arrangement by November 19 and Islamabad will get the first tranche, $4 billion, by the next week to improve its (...)

17 - 11 - 2008
PPP minister found holding fake degree
A high profile Pakistan People's Party (PPP) minister has also been found holding a doctorate degree issued by a fake US university declared to be ‘fraud' by an authentic US organization and fined by a US court, said a news report. Although (...)

13 - 11 - 2008
Punjab govt may file hundreds of scam cases
The Punjab government is considering filing multitudes of corruption cases against hundreds of incumbent and former local council representatives and officials, who allegedly robbed the public exchequer of over Rs52 billion in the past eight (...)

09 - 11 - 2008
Zardari sees no 'judicial crisis'
President Asif Ali Zardari sees no judicial crisis except a few deposed judges issuing political statements, and offers them to join politics. “I see no judicial crisis or anything of the sort,” he said in an interview with the English daily The (...)

27 - 10 - 2008
PML-Q rebels step up fight in party fued
Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) defiant leaders have geared up their efforts to dislodge party's central command while the Chaudhrys of Gujrat (Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Chaudhry Pervez Elahi) are firm to defeat revolt against them. PML-Q (...)

26 - 10 - 2008
Carrot and stick policy will remain
Dialogue, encouragement of tribal Lashkars and use of force will remain the three key elements of the policy to curb terrorism and militancy in the tribal region and parts of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), officials say. When asked about (...)

26 - 10 - 2008
Pak minister: Sorry for power crisis
Water and Power Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has apologized to the people of Pakistan for the electricity crisis which is aggravating day by day and prompting widespread protests. The implementation of the raise in power tariff has been deferred and (...)

25 - 10 - 2008
PML-N has its own peace plan
While the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) government has made up its mind to continue with the Musharraf regime's policy on the war on terror, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and his lieutenants are meeting experts on the (...)

18 - 10 - 2008
Pakistan on brink as rupee plunges
Pakistan moved closer to a balance of payments crisis on Friday as the rupee plunged against the US dollar to add an alarming Rs900 billion approximately to the country's national debt – without the country borrowing even a single (...)

18 - 10 - 2008
All non-PCO judges to get pension – Naik
Law Minister Farooq Naik says all the sacked judges of the superior courts who had declined to take a fresh oath will be paid their pensions and other dues. “All those judges of the superior courts who did not take oath under the Provisional (...)

17 - 10 - 2008
Doubts on Pak House briefing
A number of MPs noted some glaring inconsistencies in the briefing itself and what the top political leadership has been saying on certain aspects of the presentation given by the Director General, Military Operations, (DGMO) to the joint (...)

12 - 10 - 2008
Pak official leaves for US to seek financial aid
Shaukat Tareen, the newly-appointed adviser to the prime minister on finance matters, left for the United States Thursday to seek funds to finance Pakistan's sagging economy. Before his departure, he dispelled rumors of imminent bank default in the (...)

10 - 10 - 2008
Taseer happy for blocking creation of gov't and PML-N ‘forward block'
Governor Salman Taseer feels elated for successfully stopping the Shahbaz Sharif government and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to carve a “forward block” for defectors of the PML-Q in Punjab. “My preference and endeavor have been that the (...)

09 - 10 - 2008
PML-Q chief seeks alliance
President Asif Ali Zardari has spoken by phone to Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain twice over the past to discuss alliance with other parties, a top PML-Q leader said yesterday. “Hussain informed us before Eidul Fitr (...)

06 - 10 - 2008
Pakistan, US close to deal
Pakistan and the United States are close to reaching an understanding on highly sensitive issues, including the militant groups operating and hiding in tribal areas in Pakistan, a news report said Saturday. “There have been detailed discussions on (...)

28 - 09 - 2008
Americans' presence at Marriott not a secret – US embassy
Pakistani authorities are trying to solve the riddle of US Marines and their mysterious steel cases, which were shifted to Islamabad's Marriott Hotel four days before it was reduced to ashes by the worst ever terrorist attack in the history of the (...)

24 - 09 - 2008
‘Hotel to be rebuilt in three months'
The owner of Islamabad's Marriott Hotel, which was destroyed in Sept. 20 suicide bombing, has assured its employees that none of them will be rendered jobless as he plans to reconstruct the hotel within the next three months at an estimated cost of (...)

23 - 09 - 2008
‘Hotel to be rebuilt in three months'
The owner of Islamabad's Marriott Hotel, which was destroyed in Sept. 20 suicide bombing, has assured its employees that none of them will be rendered jobless as he plans to reconstruct the hotel within the next three months at an estimated cost of (...)

23 - 09 - 2008
Mixed response to Zardari speech
There was a mixed reaction to President Asif Ali Zardari's maiden speech to the parliament that he delivered the other day. Both from the government and opposition hoped that the presidential address would augur well for the future policies of (...)

22 - 09 - 2008
Marriott Marines mystery
Was there a top secret operation of the US Marines going on inside the Marriott in Islamabad when it was attacked on Saturday evening? No one will confirm it but circumstantial evidence is in abundance. A group of 30 US Marines, allegedly part of a (...)

22 - 09 - 2008
Nisar's PAC will dig up dirt on Musharraf
Known opposition hawk Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has emerged as the most powerful and relevant person in the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) after the Sharif brothers as he now simultaneously wears two prestigious caps of the leader of the (...)

21 - 09 - 2008
Zardari gives up key powers
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday announced the setting up of a special committee to abolish his powers to dissolve the assembly and dismiss the government. “Never before in the history of this country has a president given away his (...)

21 - 09 - 2008
Zardari to address parliament today
Pakistan's newly elected President Asif Ali Zardari will address parliament for the first time on Saturday, officials said, amid mount ng concerns over direct US strikes in its tribal areas. Information Minister Sherry Rehman, Federal Advisor Begum (...)

20 - 09 - 2008
Durrani had warned US before Kayani's statement
Six days before Army chief Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani announced that the coalition forces in Afghanistan would not be allowed to operate inside Pakistan, Islamabad had formally informed the US administration that it would not tolerate any attack by (...)

14 - 09 - 2008
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