March 31, 2012
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Karachi Metropolitan Corporation participated in the observance of World Earth Hour Day on Saturday by switching off lights of important buildings, parks, playgrounds and street lights from 8:30pm to 9:30pm. This was in accordance with the memorandum of understanding signed by Government of Sindh and KMC with the WWF during a ceremony, said a statement [...]
March 31, 2012
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Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Hussain Wassan has said that some elements are creating law and order situation by using the names of political parties in the metropolis. Talking to a delegation of prominent citizens here on Saturday, the Home Minister said that he had ordered the police and Rangers to take action against the miscreants [...]
March 31, 2012
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Priyanka Chopra and her alleged affair with Shah Rukh Khan had been the talk of the Tinsel Town for a long, long time. There were stories after stories, and each time Shah Rukh and Priyanka’s ‘friendship’ was painted in myriad hues. The fiasco reached a threatening crescendo – so much so, that wifey Gauri Khan [...]
March 31, 2012
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The United States will provide Tunisia with a $100 million to buttress short-term government finances as the country negotiates a democratic transition following last year’s popular uprising, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday. Clinton said in a statement that, pending congressional notification and approval, the US money would go directly to debt that [...]
March 31, 2012
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Myanmar was making final preparations Saturday for polls seen as a test of the military-dominated regime’s reforms, in which opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is standing for the first time. Many polling stations in the 45 constituencies spread across the country were already set up for the Sunday vote, which the Nobel laureate is [...]
March 31, 2012
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International envoy Kofi Annan urged Syria’s Bashar al-Assad to immediately implement a ceasefire as fighting raged even after the embattled president said he had accepted the peace plan. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets acrossSyriaon Friday to protest against what they regard as the inaction of Arab governments in the face of a crackdown [...]
March 31, 2012
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Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Saturday said the future foreign policy presently under discussion in the joint session of the Parliament would be truly reflective of the aspirations of the people. Talking to newsmen before leaving for China to attend the Boao Forum, the Prime Minister the parliamentarians gave positive and constructive suggestions on [...]
March 31, 2012
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Interior Minister Rehman Malik Saturday said some terrorists have been arrested, who wanted to attack the Parliament House during Presidential address to the joint sitting. He was talking to media-persons after chairing a high-level meeting here, which reviewed overall security situation in the country. The Interior Minister said the arrested terrorists belonged to Miranshah, North [...]
March 31, 2012
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Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Saturday said all stakeholders have been invited to attend an important ‘energy conference’ being held in Lahore on April 9 to find ways and means to overcome the energy crisis. Talking to newsmen here at Chaklala Air Base before leaving for China to attend Boao Forum, the Prime [...]
March 31, 2012
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Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani left here on Saturday on a two-day visit to China to attend Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2012. Minister for Information Dr Firdous Aishaq Awan, Minister for Finance Dr Hafeez Sheikh and Minister for Water and Power Naveed Qamar, accompanied the Prime Minister. Talking to newsmen before his [...]
March 31, 2012
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Intel and ARM Holdings are on a collision course that may bloody investors. Intel dominates the markets for making processors for PCs and servers. Britain’s ARM Holdings-powered chips run nearly all mobile phones and tablets. Each craves the other’s markets. The shift to mobile computing may give ARM a long-term edge. But one thing’s for [...]
March 31, 2012
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said he will appoint a replacement for a Swiss judge who quitCambodia’s Khmer Rouge war crimes court amid a row withPhnom Penh about whether to pursue more suspects. Laurent Kasper-Ansermet rocked the UN-backed tribunal in March when he became the second international judge in six months to resign over difficulties [...]
March 31, 2012
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At least 14 people have been killed in renewed violence in the last 24 hours, the media reported on Saturday. Karachi is mourning a week of seething violence linked to ethnic tensions. The death toll from gunmen and arsonists was at least 10 on Friday night, while dozens of vehicles were set ablaze in the [...]
March 30, 2012
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PEPCO forwent purchasing electricity supplied by three Rental Power Plants. Earlier, Supreme Court here on Friday declared the rental power projects as illegal and ordered action against Former water and power minister Raja Pervez Ashraf, Aaj news reported. Now, PEPCO has forgone buying electricity supplied by Golf, Nodero and Karkey Rental Power Plants .According to [...]
March 30, 2012
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The Parliamentary committee on National Security has dropped recommendation regarding operating of foreign agency inside the country. The meeting of Parliamentary committee on National security, headed by Chairman Raza Rabbani , was held in Islamabad on Friday . Recommendations regarding operating of foreign agency and usage of airbase were reviewed in the meeting. PNSC‘s member [...]
March 30, 2012
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Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday said that the government with the help of opposition would protect the national interests of the country. Talking to media persons outside the Parliament House, Hina Rabbani Khar hoped that all the political parties in Parliament would evolve consensus on devising new terms of engagements with the North [...]
March 30, 2012
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Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Friday directed removal of bottlenecks for import of Liquified Natural and Petroleum Gas, to help the country meet its energy needs.Chairing a meeting here at the Prime Minister House, to review the steps taken by the Cabinet Committee on Energy to enhance power generation, Gilani directed the Technical [...]
March 30, 2012
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U.S. consumers boosted their spending in February by the most in seven months. But Americans’ income barely grew, and the saving rate fell to its lowest point in more than two years. The Commerce Department said Friday that consumer spending rose 0.8 percent last month. Income grew 0.2 percent, matching January’s weak increase. And when [...]
March 30, 2012
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Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry expressed his displeasure over the progress of Sonia Naz rape case submitted by the Punjab police and observed that if the Supreme Court could summon the Prime Minister, it can also summon the Punjab Chief Minister.He was heading a three-member bench over a suo motu case of 2005 [...]
March 30, 2012
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Actress Manisha Koirala, best known for her performances in films like `Khamoshi`, `1942: A Love Story`, `Bombay` and `Dil Se`, is set to make a comeback in Bollywood after a brief break. “I will talk about my films later. Because I don`t know when the directors and producers are ready to make an announcement. But [...]
March 30, 2012
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A combined British Universities cricket team will play two one-day games in Pakistan next month, a tour welcomed by the hosts on Thursday as a chance to repair the country’s image abroad. “The British team’s tour will help us create a soft image of Pakistan as all the players in the team are foreigners and [...]
March 30, 2012
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On Friday until end of first half, KSE-100 Index remained positive with a general upward trend and was at 13,703.03 with a positive change of 143.93 and volume of 117,910,069 shares. Total volume traded in the market was 198,509,075 shares. The five Top Traded companies were NIB bank, Lafarge Pakistan, Bank of Punjab, Jahangir Siddiqui [...]
March 30, 2012
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Syria should heed the will of its people by implementing political reforms and allowing free elections, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on a visit to Tehran in remarks reported by Iranian media Friday. “The Syrian regime should be receptive to the will of its people, who want elections and democracy,” Erdogan said, according [...]
March 30, 2012
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Acting President, Syed Nayyar Hussain Bukhari said on Friday that Pakistan highly values all weather and time-tested relationship with China which is based on complete mutual trust and respect.He expressed these views while talking to Chinese Ambassador Liou Jian, who called on him here on Friday at President House, said a press release.Syed Nayyar Hussain [...]
March 30, 2012
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An ANP Leader Hidayatullah Khan has been shot dead in Karachi. According to initial report, an ANP leader Hidayatullah Khan was gunned down in Nusrat Bhutto colony, area of Karachi on Friday evening by unknown men. Hidayatullah Khan was also member of ANP’s Sindh council.
March 30, 2012
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must order a ceasefire without waiting for the opposition to make the first move under a peace plan proposed by international envoy Kofi Annan, Annan’s spokesman said on Friday. “We expect him to implement this plan immediately,” spokesman Ahmad Fawzi told a news briefing in Geneva. “The deadline is now”. Annan’s proposal calls for the withdrawal of [...]