June 25, 2012
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KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf condemned the attack on Aaj TV office late on Monday. The President made an official statement condemning the miserable event in which two employees of Aaj TV were injured. Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, along with his condemnation, stated that proper measure would be [...]
June 25, 2012
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KARACHI: A dreadful incident rattled the media industry on Monday when Aaj TV office was targeted by unknown armed men who opened fire and fled the crime scene. The terrible incident resulted in two employees of the office being injured. The incident marked another attack on media with several questions raised, Is this the cost [...]
June 25, 2012
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KARACHI: Unknown armed men opened fire at the Aaj TV office on Monday. Two of Aaj TV employees were seriously injured as a result of the dreadful incident. Two unidentified men, riding on a motorcycle approached the Aaj TV office and opened fire. The motive of the firing is still unknown but the firing incident [...]
June 25, 2012
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LONDON: Five times Wimbledon champion, Venus Williams, was knocked out of the tournament in the first round of the 2012 edition of the tournament on Monday. Williams lost to Elena Vesnina of Russia 6-1 6-3 in what seemed to be a shocking moment for both the five time Wimbledon champion and her fans. Venus Williams [...]
June 25, 2012
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Internationally, Fête de la Musique, which is French for world music day is presented across the world within the frame-work of an international charter. They celebrate this day on June 21 But this time we did it on 20 june 2012. This time we had some French, Egyptians and Pakistani Musicians in which some of [...]
June 25, 2012
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Six Pakistani cricketers were issued notices by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) for tax evasion and delay in submitting their income statements, Aaj News reported. Taufiq Umar, Muhammad Hafeez, Umer Akmal, Misbahul Haq and Azhar Ali and Wahab Riaz have been sent notices for the year 2011-12. According to the FBR, Muhammed Hafeez, Umar Akmal and [...]
June 25, 2012
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PISHIN: Two cars collided with one another near the Saranan area within the Pishin district on Monday, Aaj News reported. According to Levies forces officials, five people, including a woman, died as a result of the accident. The bodies of the deceased have been transferred to the Qilla Abdullah district hospital.
June 25, 2012
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Once again Veena hits the headlines, as she takes her relationship with the Indian movie director Hemant Madhukar to the next level. This marks the second time that Veena is caught on camera romancing Hemant; She is seen clad in a blue bikini relaxing besides the pool with Hemant Madhukar by her side having a [...]
June 25, 2012
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In a rather disturbing news report, a Swedish woman flying on a flight from Amsterdam to Tanzania was forced to sit next to a dead man for 10 long hours. That’s right, 10 hours. According to reports, the man in question was ill when the flight took off, but shortly after, he died. The woman, a Swedish [...]
June 25, 2012
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ISLAMABAD: Additional District Session Judge Rawalpindi disallowed MNA Ali Musa Gilani’s application with respect to the cancellation of his arrest warrant in the Ephedrine drug quota case. The application was rejected on Monday. Last Week, the Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) were issued an arrest warrant for MNA Makhdoom Shahabhuudin and Ali Musa Gilani with respect [...]
June 25, 2012
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan, June 25, 2012 (AFP) — Pakistan said Monday that seven soldiers were beheaded by Islamist militants who infiltrated from Afghanistan, lashing out at Kabul over cross-border attacks. The protests come with Pakistan under growing US pressure to act against Al-Qaeda-linked safe havens on its own soil and the anti-terror Islamabad-Washington alliance at its [...]
June 25, 2012
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KARACHI: The newly elected Prime Minster Raja Pervaiz Ashraf on Monday visited nine-zero and applauded the support of MQM as an government ally, Aaj news reported. Ashraf, accompanied by the chief minister and governor of Sindh, arrived at Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) headquarter, Nine Zero. He is the second PPP prime minister to do so. Ashraf thanked all the PPP [...]
June 25, 2012
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Today marks the tragic death when the musical world was hit with the most forlorn news till date; the death of the king of pop, Michael Jackson. June 25th marks the three year anniversary of Michael Jackson’s shocking death and the world still mourns over this loss. Whilst he may have passed away, his music [...]
June 25, 2012
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GALLE: Sri Lankan team registered a massive victory over Pakistan in the first of the three test match series on Monday. Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 209 with one day of play remaining in the test match. Sri Lanka’s mammoth first inning total of 472 played a pivotal role towards the home team victory. The [...]
June 25, 2012
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Once a month, a group of staff members from the House and Senate intelligence committees drives across the Potomac River to CIA headquarters in Virginia, assembles in a secure room and begins the grim task of watching videos of the latest drone strikes in Pakistan andYemen. Sometimes they see Hellfire missiles hit buildings after suspected terrorists have entered. [...]
June 25, 2012
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Struggling Japanese electronics giants Sony and Panasonic said Monday they would team up to develop televisions with advanced technology, in a bid to claw back market share from overseas rivals. Despite a long-standing rivalry, the firms said they would aim to establish mass-production technology for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) television panels next year, as they try to recover from multi-billion-dollar losses. The technology lets producers make [...]
June 25, 2012
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LAHORE: Supreme Court Bar Association’s former president Asma Jahangir said that the political parties like Pakistan Tehreek e insaf (PTI) are hatching a conspiracy against the Supreme Court and democracy in Pakistan. Talking to media about the Arsalan Iftikhar case, Asma said the the case was planned to derail the democracy in the country, adding that she had not conspired against [...]
June 25, 2012
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KARACHI: Awami National Party (ANP) Sindh Chairman, Shahi Syed, turned down the call to meet newly elected Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in Karachi. Such remarks were passed by the ANP leader on Monday when the PM excused from visiting ANP’s Karachi headquarter, Mardan House. The ANP Senator turned down the meeting call in order [...]
June 25, 2012
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SRINAGAR: The over 200-year-old shrine of Dastageer Sahib was on Sunday gutted in a fire at Khanyar in Indian-administered Kashmir here Monday, triggering protests by locals. More than a dozen firefighters battled the blaze at the Peer Dastageer Sahib shrine but the fire destroyed the shrine completely, reports said. It is not known what caused the fire. [...]
June 25, 2012
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After the embarrassing footage leak of Dunya TV’s interview of Riaz Malik, which was conducted by Mubasher Lucman and Meher Bokhari, the former Dunya TV host has come out in an unexpected manner defending his actions by rationalizing the events of the leaked footage and announced his resignation from the TV channel. Responding to all the questions he [...]
June 25, 2012
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DENVER - A fast-growing wildfire in Colorado forced 11,000 people from their homes at least briefly on Sunday and threatened popular summer camping grounds beneath Pikes Peak, whose vistas helped inspire the patriotic tune “America the Beautiful.” Live summit video from the 14,115-foot (4,302-metre) peak showed plumes of dark smoke billowing in the air, and a cog railway [...]
June 25, 2012
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KARACHI: The newly elected PM Raja Pervaiz Ashraf reached Kingri House to meet Pir Sabgat ullah Shah Rashdi during his visit to Karachi, Aaj news reported. Later, talking to newsmen he said that the Pakistan Muslim League Functional (PML-F) is our ally. Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said that in his election as the Prime Minister, the PML-F played [...]
June 25, 2012
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According to MET Office, pre-monsoon rains will start pouring throughout the country, specially in the southern coastal areas, from tomorrow onward, Aaj News reported. Coastal areas along with the Sindh and Balochistan coast will witness periodic rainfall till Thursday. According to the MET Office, weather has remained dry and hot throughout the country during past 24 hours, while various [...]
June 25, 2012
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has approved a six-match series of Twenty20 matches between Pakistan and Australia later this year, Aaj News reported. If both countries decide to go ahead and play this series it will be the longest bilateral Twenty20 series in the history of International Cricket. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had initially proposed a series of [...]
June 25, 2012
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LOS ANGELES — A new Disney princess has ascended to the box-office throne with a No. 1 debut for Pixar Animation’s “Brave.” The latest from the makers of “WALL-E,” ”Finding Nemo” and the “Toy Story” movies opened with $66.7 million domestically, according to studio estimates Sunday. “Brave” added $13.5 million in 10 overseas markets for [...]
June 25, 2012
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Air India pilots began an indefinite hunger strike in New Delhi on Sunday to highlight their demands over work conditions, promotion and training. Nearly 400 pilots have been on strike since May 7 but the government has refused to concede to their demands and instead sacked 101 of them. The pilots’ protest centres on a [...]