Top Ten News Stories and Articles of the day related to Pakistan

Dubai orders Geo TV out:Geo Television has been ordered to quit Dubai within 48 hours, according to United Arab Emirates (UAE) sources. The UAE authorities have cancelled all the visas of Geo TV staffers and ordered them to leave within 48 hours.more>>

Ex-presidents to be exempted from income tax:The government has decided to give an exemption from income tax to former presidents on their pensions under this fiscal year’s budget.more>>

Lawyers campaign on road to success: Aitezaz:Rejecting the reports and rumours regarding failure of Lawyers? campaign for the reinstatement of the judges, President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan has said that the Lawyers? campaign was on the road of success.more>>

US invites Pakistan to join attack probe:US Defence Secretary Robert Gates invited Pakistan on Thursday to join an investigation into an air strike that killed 11 Pakistani soldiers, saying he regretted it had created problems with a key ally.more>>

Lawyers sign accord to keep march peaceful:The government and representatives of the legal community signed a 20-point agreement on Thursday to maintain law and order in the federal capital where lawyers? long march and protest programme will culminate on Friday. The organisers of the protest march have been told that they will be responsible for any disturbance in the city on the occasion.more>>

No relief for rmasses in budget, admits Qamar:Government on Thursday expressed its inability to avert passing on the impact of likely surge in the energy prices, particularly of oil and gas, in the near future to keep the fiscal balance intact, and announced that all forms of subsidies would be withdrawn in phases. more>>

30 tax exemptions withdrawn to meet revenue targets:The government has withdrawn 30 income tax exemptions in various sectors to meet the target of Rs477 billion income tax set for the 2008-09 fiscal year. more>>

Hoti for reviewing policy on war on terror:The NWFP Chief Minister, Ameer Haider Khan Hoti on Thursday while strongly condemning brutal air strikes by the US jetfighters in Mohmand Agency urged the federal government to review the policy on war on terror.more>>

UN considering Pakistan's request for Benazir murder probe: Ban Ki Moon:Secretary General United Nations Ban Ki-moon acknowledged on Thursday the receipt of Pakistan?s request for probe into former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto?s assassination and said it was being studied by the UN legal experts.more>>