HYDERABAD (India) – Police, on Thursday, fired tear gas at protesters demanding a separate state in southern India, a campaign that could potentially hurt the stability of the governing coalition already struggling with graft scandals. Businesses were shut in Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh state and where global firms including Microsoft and Google have their main India offices, as thousands of protesters, including lawmakers, students and local government officials, took to the stre ...

ISLAMABAD – President Asif Ali Zardari, in a dramatic development on Thursday night, restored Justice (Retd) Deedar Hussain Shah as the Chairman NAB. The decision came as Deedar resigned from the office following a decision by the Supreme Court of the country, declaring his appointment as "null and void". Earlier, The three member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Javed Iqbal declared appointment of Chairman National Accountability Bureau Rtd Justice Syed Deedar Hussain Shah as il ...