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The federal cabinet of the new government comprising 24 ministers took oath of their offices on Monday. President Pervez Musharraf administered oath to the cabinet at a ceremony held at Aiwan-e-Sadr.
The ceremony was also attended by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, Chairman Senate Muhammadmian Soomro, and civil and military officials.

Pakistan’s deposed top judge who has became a focus for opposition to President Pervez Musharraf got a hero’s welcome in his hometown of Quetta on Monday at the beginning of a tour of the country to meet lawyers.
Former Supreme Court chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and nine colleagues were freed from nearly five months of house […]

CIA director Michael Hayden has warned that Al-Qaeda was training operatives who “look western” and could enter the United States undetected to conduct terrorist attacks.
General Hayden also said the terror network, which over the past 18 months has established a “safe haven” in Pakistan’s tribal areas along the Afghanistan border, has shed its operational […]

South Africa will turn down any formal approach from Pakistan to play a test series later this year, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Friday.
Pakistan had asked South Africa to fill a gap in their schedule after the postponement of Australia’s tour this month for security reasons.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Saturday secured an unprecedented unanimous vote of confidence from parliament, tightening his grip on power in the nuclear-armed state.
Opposition parties backed Gilani after he called for their support for democracy and stability.

Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Saturday fighting terrorism would be his government’s top priority, but offered to negotiate with those who renounce violence and give up weapons.
In his first policy statement since securing unanimous backing of MPs in the 342-member lower house of parliament, Gilani termed terrorism the biggest threat to his […]

A partner in Pakistan’s new ruling coalition said the safety of its citizens will be a more important consideration than U.S. interests as it decides how to combat Islamic extremists.
“Pakistan cannot be made a killing field for the interests of others,” former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif told reporters yesterday after meeting with U.S. government […]

Pakistan is set to receive millions of dollars from the US to fight terrorism this year, the White House has said, soon after a new government took power in Islamabad.
George Bush, US president, has exempted Pakistan from a law that restricts funding countries where the legitimate head of state was deposed by a military coup, […]

A senior former ally of President Pervez Musharraf claimed America and Britain’s “failure” in Afghanistan sparked a wave of violence in Pakistan.
“The West has failed in Afghanistan and so has shifted the blame to Pakistan,” Lt-Gen Orakzai, told The Daily Telegraph in his first interview since resigning earlier this year as governor of the restive […]

Nation will celebrate the Pakistan Day with full zeal and fervor on sunday to mark the 68th day of country’s came into being.The day will dawn with a 31 Gun Salute in the Federal Capital and 21 Gun Salute in Provincial Capitals.
Special Prayers will be offered in all mosques for solidarity and prosperity of Pakistan. […]