Zardari, Gilani, Kayani discuss security situation

REZAUL H LASKAR\PTI

Islamabad, May 15: Pakistan's top civilian and military leadership Met here on Sunday to discuss the security situation against the backdrop of continuing tensions with the US over the secret military raid that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani called More

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Shamsi airbase under UAE control: Pak Air Chief

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, May 15: A Pakistani airbase long suspected of being the site from which US drones are launched is under the control of the UAE, according to information that emerged during an in-camera briefing of parliament on the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Numerous reports have said More

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Oil firms slash jet fuel price by over 2.9 per cent

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, May 15: In the first reduction in more than seven months, state-owned oil companies today cut jet fuel price by over 2.9 per cent after international oil rates cooled off from two-year high. Oil companies reduced ATF (air turbine fuel) price by Rs 1,766 per kilolitre or 2.9 per cent More

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‘Osama had prepared a blueprint to assassinate Obama’

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Washington/London, May 15: Slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden had prepared a blueprint how to assassinate US President Barack Obama and disrupt the 2012 American elections, media reports have said. US officials analysing the data found in bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad during the raid More

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Northern India reels under hot conditions

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, May 15: Northern India continues to simmer under hot conditions with the maximum temperature today rising to 45.9 deg C in Rajasthan's Sriganganagar. Scorching sun forced Delhiites to confine themselves to their homes on a Sunday as mercury soared to 42.6 deg C. Today More

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Talks with ULFA likely to begin next month

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, May 15: With the return of the Tarun Gogoi government in Assam, the nascent peace process in the state has received a big boost and formal talks with banned outfit ULFA are likely to begin next month. The Centre is also arranging a meeting between a top leader of the pro-talk faction More

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'Vastanvi to be questioned soon'

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Deoband, May 15: The three-member committee, formed by Islamic seminary Dar-ul-Uloom, to look into the allegations against its controversial Vice-Chancellor Maulana Ghulam Muhammad Vastanvi would soon be questioning him."We are looking into the matter and will question Vastanvi on the issue very More

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Supreme Court can’t deny information under RTI Act: CIC

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, May 15: Overturning its previous orders, the Central Information Commission has held that the Supreme Court cannot deny information under the RTI Act even if an applicant has "other methods" available, under the apex court rules, to get it. Earlier, in a number of cases, the then More

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Centre removes names of 142 wanted men from its ‘blacklist’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, May 15: In a significant decision, the Central government has removed from its 'blacklist' the names of 142 wanted men and their associates, including the heads of various groups. The wanted persons whose names have been deleted are believed to be currently based in countries like More

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