Musharraf respects SC decision on Justice Chaudhry
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf respects the Supreme Court verdict to reinstate Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Presidents spokesman Major General (Retd.) Rashid Qureshi said today. ANI
Benazir hails Pak SC verdict in favour of Justice Chaudhry
Welcoming the Supreme Courts verdict to reinstate Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto today said the decision proves the supremacy of both the judiciary and the Constitution and Parliament. ANI
Govt accepts SC verdict to reinstate Justice Chaudhry: Aziz
Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz today said that the government has accepted the Supreme Courts decision to reinstate Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. ANI
Iftikhar Chaudhry reinstated as Pakistan Supreme Court Chief Justice(Lead: Pak SC
In a hiostoric decision, reversing years of judicial compliance to the executive, a 13-member full bench of the apex court Friday declared the March 9 suspension order on Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as unconstitutional and restored his designation to him. ANI
Haneefs cousin granted visa by Australia
The Australian Immigration Department has given tourist visa to a cousin of Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef to provide him support during legal proceedings.A statement issued by the office of Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews said Haneefs cousin Imran Siddiqqi has been granted a visa after character and security assessments. It is believed that Imran Siddiqui will arrive in Brisbane on Sunday.Haneef is presently languishing in solitary confinement at the Brisbane-based Wolston Correctional Centre after failing to post a 10,000 dollar surety - which would have resulted in his transfer to Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in Sydney, after being charged with recklessly providing support to his two UK-based cousins - Sabeel and Kafeel Ahmed -- the key accused in the June 29 and 30 foiled UK bomb drives. Australias Immigration Minister has also cancelled Haneefs work visa. ANI
101 websites that can change your life enlisted
British magazine Computing Which? has compiled a list of 101 websites that have helped change peoples lives through unprecedented access to advice on almost every matter ranging from moving house and parenting to making new friends. ANI
Pak Supreme Court to deliver verdict on suspended Chief Justices petition today
The make or break verdict on suspended Pakistan Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar M Chaudhrys petition questioning his suspension by President Pervez Musharraf is due to be delivered by the apex court today. ANI
The mystery behind queen bees promiscuity solved
A new study has found that the mystery behind queen honeybees extreme promiscuity serves the purpose of producing more productive colonies. ANI
N-deal close to being clinched after Indian delegation overstays
The finalisation of the Indo-US nuclear deal is likely and the talks here are making progress, according to information available to the media both by sources close to the White House as also the Indian delegation. ANI
US media advocates strike against terrorists in FATA
The US Government must go for military strikes on Pakistans tribal agency areas, as the Pakistan Government has been unable to flush out terrorist groups from their sanctuaries, the Washington post has said in an editorial. ANI
US media advocates strike against terrorists in FATA
The US Government must go for military strikes on Pakistans tribal agency areas, as the Pakistan Government has been unable to flush out terrorist groups from their sanctuaries, the Washington post has said in an editorial. ANI
Tuberculosis drug increases OCD therapy progress
A new study has found that a tuberculosis drug D-Cycloserine, may help people with obsessive-compulsive disorder by enhancing progress of therapy sessions by accelerating extinction learning. ANI
Ice Age didnt exterminate life in Northern Hemisphere
Scientists at Holar University College and the University of Iceland have discovered two species of groundwater amphipods in Iceland that survived the Ice Age. ANI
Attack on Chinese in Pak to force Beijing to backtrack on Muslim insurgent curbs
The suicidal attack on Chinese nationals in Baluchistan on Thursday is said to be a reaction to Beijings steps to curb Muslim insurgency in its own territory. ANI
Pak lawyers fear repetition of 1971
The lawyers in Pakistan agitating for the restoration of democracy have alleged that President Pervez Musharraf is serving the US design of converting Pakistan into Afghanistan by deploying heavy forces in Waziristan and Balochistan, and fear that the ongoing turmoil would lead to a repeat of the 1971 situation when East Pakistan broke away to become an independent nation. ANI
Pak Govt. must transfer power to political parties: Asma Jahangir
The chairperson of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Asma Jahangir, has said that its high time that the Musharraf regime accept its inability to lead the nation, and transfer power to the countrys political parties. ANI
Hubble, Keck Observatory reveals lopsided disk around young star
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope and W.M. Keck Observatory have found a lopsided debris disk around a young star known as HD 15115. ANI
Cassini discovers Saturns new moon
The NASA/ESA Cassini spacecraft has spotted a small, previously unknown moon circling Saturn. The tiny world - presently thought to be only about two kilometres wide - orbits Saturn at a distance of 197,700 kilometres. ANI
Inconsistencies surface in Oz police affidavit on Haneef
Gaping inconsistencies have surfaced in the affidavit filed by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in a Brisbane court in connection with Indian-born doctor Mohammed Haneef, suspected of involvement in the June 29 and 30 foiled bomb attacks in the UK. ANI
Talks with Musharraf essential to oust military from politics: Benazir
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, has said that her party is willing to talk with President Pervez Musharraf as talks are the only way to oust the military from politics. ANI
Nepals child goddess gets her divinity back
Nepal's child goddess, who broke with centuries of custom by travelling overseas, and was stripped of her title for that breach, has got her divinity back after her family spent three anxious weeks negotiating with authorities, insisting she had done nothing wrong. ANI
Asma Jahangir and Hina Jilani are front and centre of Pak democracy movement: CSM
Pakistani human rights activists Asma Jahangir and Hina Jilani have been identified as the front and centre of the ongoing democratic movement in their country by the Christian Science Monitor (CSM). ANI
Pakistans Habib Bank denies link with Daniel Pearls murder
Pakistans largest bank, Habib Bank Limited, has denied having any links with the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter, Daniel Pearl, by terrorists in February 2002. ANI
NASA, ESA spacecrafts provide most detailed images of Venusian atmosphere
NASAs Messenger and ESAs Venus Express have provided the most detailed multi point images of the Venusian atmosphere seen till date. ANI
Osama loved mutton korma and scrambled eggs, says his Afghan cook
Al Qaeda chief, Osama bin Laden, simply loved to have mutton korma for lunch and dinner, and scrambled eggs for breakfast, says his illiterate Afghan cook, now a fruit seller. ANI
Computer scientist creates invincible Checkers game
Computer scientists at the University of Alberta claim to have built a checkers playing computer programme that is invincible. ANI
Beware of self-claimed mujahideens fake jihad: Saudi Grand Mufti
Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Shaikh has advised the Muslim youth to be aware of the vicious elements that are distracting them in the name of fake jihad. ANI
SIM card allegations against Haneef could be untrue: Counsel
The defence counsel of Dr. Mohammed Haneef, the Indian born doctor detained in Brisbane for his suspected role in the June 29 and 30 foiled terror attacks in the UK, believes that the allegation of Haneef passing on his SIM card to his two cousins in Britain, could be untrue. ANI
Australian insurance major enters India
Australian insurance major -- the QBE Insurance Group -- has made an entry into Indias growing general insurance market by signing a joint venture agreement with diversified conglomerate Rajan Raheja Group. ANI
Pak intelligence agencies to investigate madarassa-terror link
The Pakistan Government has asked its intelligence agencies to investigate into the alleged madarassas links with terrorist groups in the country. ANI
Dinos, ancestors of crocs, fish lived together 220 mln years ago
Newly excavated fossils from the Hayden Quarry at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico has revealed that dinosaurs that their non-dinosaur ancestors lived side by side for tens of millions of years. ANI
Last 007 car to roll out of 53-year-old UK factory today
Production of the Aston Martin car, famously associated with several James Bond films, at a factory in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, will come to an end on Friday after 53 years. ANI
Rice says shes in charge of Middle East peace, not Blair
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has categorically said that she is in charge of brokering peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, and not the former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. ANI
Glaciers, ice caps, not Greenland, Antarctica to dominate sea level rise this century
Ice loss from glaciers and ice caps, rather than from the massive Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets is expected to cause more global sea rise during this century, according to a new study by an international team of researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the Russian Academy of Sciences. ANI
German director quits in protest over Dow Jones sale
German publishing executive Dieter von Holtzbrinck has resigned as a director of Dow Jones and Co. in protest over the board giving the green signal for selling the company, which publishes the Wall Street Journal, to media baron Rupert Murdochs News Corp. ANI
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