ISLAMABAD: Members of the Parliament’s Constitutional Reforms Committee on Wednesday signed the draft of the 18th Constitutional Amendment, wrapping up their months-long deliberations aimed at purifying the Constitution from undemocratic clauses.
The 27 members of the committee, representing all the political groups having their representation in the two houses of the Parliament, marked their signatures on [...]
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NEW YORK: The dollar slipped in morning trading in New York Wednesday after several reports from Europe suggested a strengthening economy in the 16 nations using the euro.
Meanwhile, a payroll company’s report on U.S. private-sector jobs showed the labor market still shrinking.
The 16-nation euro rose to $1.3516 from $1.3419 late Tuesday. It has circled 10-month [...]
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KABUL: Afghanistan’s parliament rejected a bid Wednesday by President Hamid Karzai to tighten his control over a key electoral watchdog body, after concerns he was reneging on promises to clean up corruption.
The lower house voted down a proposal to allow Karzai to appoint three of the five members the Electoral Complaints Commission that monitors election [...]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Turkey on Wednesday resolved to comprehensively upgrade their strategic partnership and intensify political and economic cooperation.
At a joint stake out following the exclusive and delegation level talks here at the President House, President Asif Ali Zardari and his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul condemned extremism and terrorism and reiterated their resolve “to jointly [...]
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KABUL: The Taliban mocked US President Barack Obama on Wednesday for visiting Afghanistan like a thief in the night, saying the world leader was too frightened to arrive during the day because of the threat from insurgents.
Obama on Sunday made his first visit to Kabul since taking office nearly 15 months ago, arriving and leaving [...]
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