Musharraf loyalist takes charge as caretaker PM President Pervez Musharraf on Friday swore in his loyalist Soomro, a 57-year-old former banker and leader of the well-known Soomro tribe as as caretaker premier.
Benazir freed, as US envoy arrives Pakistan freed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto from house arrest shortly before a top US diplomat began a visit on Friday aimed at persuading President Pervez Musharraf to end emergency rule.
Killer pills flood Britain Asian corner shops are selling sex-enhancement pills alongside fruits and vegetables after thousands of Indian-made cheap variations of the drug Viagra flooded into Britain, trading officials warned on Friday.
US to freeze assets of LTTE-linked charity The US government is planning to freeze the assets of a Sri Lankan charitable organisation accused of acting as a front to facilitate fundraising and procurement for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE).
Pakistani activists of Islami Jamiat Tulba, student wing of hardline Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), shout slogans in front of a burning effigy of President Pervez Musharraf during a demonstraion in Karachi,on Friday. AFP
A new government has been installed in Karnataka. What should be the priorities of the Yeddyurappa-led government? Transparency, focus on power sector and infrastructure, curbing graft and warding off terror threats to Bangalore... the list of priorities set by Deccan Herald readers for the government is endless. Some of them have also insisted that the Bharatiya Janata Party should prove that it indeed is a party with difference.
