1. Noun clauses
1. Retired Gen Pervez Musharaf has acknowledged his government had secretly cleared US
drone strikes, becoming the first serving or former Pakistani official to publicly admit
that the country had a deal on attacks.
2. Gen Musharaf said there was no blanket agreement with the US on the controversial
drone campaign and that his government had cleared missile attacks.
3. Only on very few occasions where the target was absolutely isolated and had no
chance of collateral damage.
4. Gen Musharaf recalled that one of those killed by the drones was Nek Muhammad, a
tribal warlord accused of harbouring Al Qaida militants.
5. A senior ECP official told Dawn that a letter was being written to the provincial
government to withdraw all security measures.
6. It was brought to the notice of ECP that more than 750 personnel of law-enforcement
agencies were currently deployed to provide security to the Sharif brothers.
7. Former law minister S.M.Zafar said that the ECP had no power to make
appointments.
8. The appointment was challenged by Muhammad Ashraf Taiwan, a former head of the
commission’s legal department, on the grounds that he was the largest shareholder and
director of a private brokerage firm.
9. In the order, Justice Khawaja observed that the petitioner had raised questions of
public importance relating to the enforcement of fundamental rights guaranteed
under chapter 1 of part 2 of the constitution.
10. The court asked the federal government to appoint without any delay an individual who
met the requirements of the SECP Act in a credible, rigorous, transparent and open
manner.
2. Adjective clauses
1. The PML-N made inroads into the tribal politics of Dera Ghazi Khan Division embracing
Jafar Khan Leghari on Friday to the utter dismay of their tested lieutenant from the
area Sadar Zulfiqar Khan Khosa.
2. Already worried at ‘revolt’ of his elder son Saifuddin Khosa, who has joined the PPP a
couple of months ago.
3. He has announced contesting the May 11 polls as an independent candidate after the
PTI refused to grant him ticket.
4. Zulfiqar Khosa had called on Nawaz Sharif a couple of weeks ago to express his
concerns at the joining of the Legharis.
5. Representing the retired general, Barrister Salman Safdar argued that the allegations
leveled against Musharaf had not been proved so far.
6. The counsel argued that the appellant could not be barred from contesting polls
unless an order was passed by a court of law.
7. The tribunal remarked that apparently the former president (Musharaf) had
suspended the constitution more than once but he could not be stopped from
contesting elections on the basis of mere allegations.
8. The source said President Asif Ali Zardari might oblige the one who was lobbying for
Faisal Mir at the end of the day.
9. Khurram is hopeful that the leadership will consider his report based on ground
reality Mir and Bhatti.
10. Faisal Mir, a businessman, said Mr Khosa and he would eventually have to run the
election campaign jointly, putting their differences behind for the party sake.
3. Adverbial Clauses
1. Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as you’ll die today.
2. Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.
3. Don’t wait until everything is just right.
4. Racecourse police said 24-year-old Mahboob had an argument with his father over a
domestic issue and his father had reprimanded him, which led the boy to take his step.
5. Police said Rafique Ahmad of Sawabi and his friend Majid were crossing the road when
a car hit them
6. They hear appeals against the PML-N chief while justice Khalid Mahmood Khan,
second member of the tribunal, refused to hear appeal against Mr Khan.
7. On a mainly overcast day at Augusta National where there was very little wind,
Spaniard Gracia and Australian Leishman fired size-under-par 66s to surge on stroke.
8. Woods, who has been installed as a hot favourite this week after winning three times
in his first five starts on the 2013 PGA tour.
9. Though Woods failed to cash in on the back nine, offsetting a birdie at the par-five 13th
with a bogey at 14 before failing to birdie the par-five 15th
, he was overall happy with his
round.
10. Three times champion Phil Mickelson opened with a 71 while Northern Irish world
number two Roy Mcllroy, who squandered a four-shot overnight lead with a final round
80 at the 2011 Masters, carded a 72.