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Target killing continues; 12 gunned down in Karachi
KARACHI: At least 12 people were killed and over dozen injured, including three women in separate firing incidents across the metropolis on Monday. A man was shot dead at the paper market in Kharadar. Police said robbers shot dead a man near Jheel Park over resistance. One person was killed and another injured in the [...]
No decision in haste on CNG: Sindh Governor
KARACHI: Sindh Governor Dr. Ishrat-ul- Ebad Khan has assured CNG dealers association that all stakeholders will be taken into confidence before taking any decision on CNG sector. He said that no hasty decision will be taken regarding CNG sector. Every aspect of CNG sector will be considered while stakeholders will be consulted in phases, he [...]
Angry Imran: Angry Birds with a mix of Pakistan politics
We have all seen the amount of success that came to the makers of probably the most famous mobile game of this era, The Angry Birds. Now it is a pleasure to introduce our very own Angry Birds with a political twist of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf, The Angry Imran. The new mobile app has become the [...]
UAE economy grew 4.2% in 2011
The United Arab Emirates economy grew by 4.2 percent in 2011 but is expected to expand at just three percent this year as oil pricesdecrease, the Gulf country’s economy minister said on Monday. Gross domestic product jumped from 1.3 percent in 2010 to “4.2 percent in 2011,” Sultan bin Saeed al-Mansouri told reporters. The figure is slightly lower than the International Monetary Fund’s estimate, [...]
Sohail Tanvir retained for ODI squad over Malik, Shehzad
Pakistan selectors have called upon Sohail Tanvir’s inclusion in the team’s ODI Squad against Sri Lanka for the upcoming One Day International series. Aaj News reported. The 27 year old gave a distinctive performance in the two Twenty20 matches earlier this week. Sohail Tanvir was only brought in for the T20 squad but after opening [...]
New WP minister Mukhtar, takes charge; suspends MD NTDC
After swapping his ministry with Naveed Qamar, the first big decision that the new Water and Power minister Ahmed Mukhtar has made is to suspend the Managing Director of National Transmission & Despatch Company (NTDC). Aaj News reported. The WP minister told a news channel that Managing Director of NTDC Rasool Khan Mehsood has been [...]
Indonesia’s Java island hit by 6.1 magnitude quake
A strong earthquake, measuring 6.1 on Richter scale, off Indonesia’s coast caused tall buildings to sway in the capital Monday afternoon, but officials said there was no threat of a tsunami. Indonesia’s Meteorology and Geophysics Agency put the preliminary magnitude of the quake at 6.1. It hit 121 kilometers (75 miles) southwest of Sukabumi, a town on [...]
Mobile cos accept Apple’s new nano-SIM cards
Mobile-phone makers agreed on a new standard for smaller SIM cards, overcoming a deadlock in which Finland’s Nokia and Apple had competing proposals. The so-called “fourth form factor” will be 40 per cent smaller than the current smallest SIM card design, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute said in a statement on its website, following a meeting held May 31 [...]
New Miss USA Crowned
Olivia Culpo of Rhode Island was named Miss USA on Sunday after saying it would be fair for transgendered contestants to win the pageant, giving her a crown that she will wear when representing the United States at the Miss Universe pageant later this year. Culpo, 20, competed in the traditional swimsuit and evening gown competitions at the Las Vegas pageant, but [...]
Dual nationality: SC suspends Rehman Malik from senate
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court on Monday suspended the senate membership of Interior Minister Rehman Malik during the hearing of dual nationality case, reported Aaj News. Rehman Malik is not eligible as he possesses nationality of Britain too, the court said. The three-member bench disregarded the documents submitted by the lawyer of Rehman malik as ‘meaningless’ and irrelevant. [...]
Karachi Stock Exchange: Mid-day update
KARACHI: On Monday until mid day, KSE-100 Index continued to fluctuate between positive and negative since market opening and was at 13,846.10 with a negative change of -30.87 and volume of 43,229,670 shares. High and Low were 13,906.75 and 13,801.29 respectively. Total volume traded in the market was 57,503,021 shares with 293 total traded companies [...]
Drinking plain water instead of soft drinks reduces risk of diabetes
Research proves that women, who choose plain water over sweet fizzy drinks or beverages, have a lower risk of developing diabetes. According to the researchers replacing sweet drinks with water could help stave off the metabolic disorder. However adding water to the sugary beverages a person consumes during the day won’t make a difference, they [...]
Car bomb in Baghdad kills at least 18 people
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -A powerful car bomb tore the facade off of Iraq’s main religious affairs office forShiite Muslims on Monday, killing at least 18 people and wounding more than 50 in the deadliest single attack in the capital in three months, officials said. The blast came at a time of prolonged political paralysis in Iraq caused by sectarian tensions. [...]
Father leaves 8-month-old in car for 7 hours to gamble
Connecticut State Police have charged a father with leaving his infant son in a car for seven hours while he gambled inside the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville. Kyuyoun Lee was arrested Wednesday at 10 a.m. inside one of the casino’s parking garages. Police said Lee had been gambling inside the casino since 3 a.m. [...]
Ministers to go on “obligatory” foreign visits only: PM Gilani
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has issued directives regarding to curb the frequency of foreign visits by ministers. Aaj News reported. A directive of only allowing “obligatory” foreign visits has been issued by the Prime Minister. According to the APP, PM Gilani has said that from now on, all federal cabinet ministers will be allowed [...]
Israel fitting nuclear arms on German-supplied subs: report
Israel is arming submarines supplied and largely financed byGermany with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, influential German news weekly Der Spiegel reports in its issue to be published on Monday. The magazine said in a cover story that Berlin had until now denied any knowledge that German submarines were being used as part of an Israeli atomic arsenal. But former high-ranking officials of [...]
Buddhist vigilantes kill 9 Muslims in Myanmar
Buddhist vigilantes in western Myanmar attacked a passenger bus and killed nine Muslims, police said on Monday, the deadliest communal violence in the tense region since a reformist government took power a year ago. The bus was besieged near Taunggoke town in the western state of Rakhine on Sunday evening by a group who blamed some of its passengers for the murder [...]
Indian TV’s battle with censor board
When Bollywood film-maker Kunal Deshmukh set out to make “Jannat 2″ (Heaven 2), a raunchy tale about arms dealing with plenty of swearing and bare skin, he ended up shooting two versions – one for cinema audiences, and the other for television. Deshmukh was not being extravagant. Like many Indian movie producers and TV broadcasters, he walked a [...]
Sachin Tendulkar takes oath as Rajya Sabha MP
NEW DELHI: Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar sworn in as a member of the upper house of parliament on Monday after being nominated in a surprise move criticised by some government opponents. Tendulkar, who is worshipped by millions of cricket fans in India, took his oath in the Rajya Sabha for a seat theoretically reserved [...]
SC takes notice of Kohistan’s alleged killings
PESHAWAR: The Supreme Court took sou moto notice into the killings of five women after being punished by the tribal jirga in Kohistan, Aaj news reported. Chief Justice Ifthikhar Muhammad Chaudhry condemned the killings and declared all the decisions of jirgas as illegal and illegitimate. CJ instructed the attorney general to find out about the four girls, who were sentenced to death by the local clerics [...]
Atleast 30 killed in Kahuta bus accident
ISLAMABAD: Atleast 30 people returning from a wedding were killed when a bus plunges into the deep ditch near Kahuta carrying 100 passengers on-board, here on Monday. Over 31 people were also injured and 10 of them said to be in critical condition, rescue sources said. However, 21 people were sent back to homes after given first-aid. [...]
Third day of drone strikes: 15 killed in North Waziristan
MIRANSHAH: Rockets fired from a US drone killed 15 people in northwest Pakistan on Monday, intelligence officials said, an attack likely to add to tensions between Washington and Islamabad amid a standoff over Nato supply routes to Afghanistan. The strike, the third in three days, targeted a militant hideout in the Hesokhel village of the [...]
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