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Dual Posts held: LHC asks Zardari to quit one post before Sep 5
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has ordered President Zardari to quit one of the two posts held by the PPP Co-Chairman on Wednesday. The Court further indicated that if the orders would not be met, contempt proceedings would be undertaken in the future. The High Court 3-member bench headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandiyal was [...]
Blast at Sibi railway station; 7 dead, several injured
SIBI: An explosion rippled the Sibi railway station late night on Wednesday. 7 individuals were reported dead and more than 25 were reported injured as a result of the blast. According to sources, the blast occurred when “Jaffer Express” train arrived at the Sibi railway station. Reports have indicated that the blast occurred within a [...]
Twitter has spoken: #JusticeforRukhsana
In a dramatic trending incident which saw people tweet about #JusticeforRukhsana, the integrity of Pakistani Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy came under the limelight. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy used Rukhsana in her Oscar Winning Documentary “Saving Face” in order to portray the acid violence against women due to cultural and structural inequalities towards women from Pakistani men. According to [...]
Talibans release video showing 17 beheaded Pakistani soldiers
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The Pakistani Talibans have claimed to have released a video on Wednesday which shows the heads of 17 Pakistani soldiers who were captured in a cross-border raid from Afghanistan this week and beheaded. The attack has clearly indicated Pakistani Taliban’s presence within the region, clearly quashing previous affirmations from Pakistani officials over [...]
“India blamed Pakistan for Mumbai attacks without any evidence” – Malik
ISLAMABAD: Advisor to President over Interior matters, Rehman Malik stated that India blamed Pakistan for Mumbai attack without any evidence. He further added that non-state actors are involved in terrorism within India. Malik made this statement addressing a media statement on Wednesday. Further talking about the Mumbai attacks, Malik asked Indian authorities to clarify the involvement of three [...]
Firing near old “Sabzi Mandi”; KBCA Director injured – Karachi
KARACHI: A firing incident was reported within the Gulshan Iqbal area near the old Sabzi Mandi on Wednesday evening. According to reports, Karachi Building Control Authority Director, Safdar Magsi, and his driver were injured as a result of the incident. According to sources, KBCA director was the main target of the firing incident. Safdar Magsi [...]
Google likely to introduce its own tablet
A small tablet computer bearing Google’s brand is expected Wednesday. If speculation about the long-rumored device pans out, the Google tablet is likely be seen more of a threat to Amazon.com Inc.’s Kindle Fire than Apple Inc.’s top-selling iPad. More details should emerge Wednesday during a conference in San Francisco. Like the Kindle Fire, the Google tablet is believed to have a [...]
Fear of Childbirth Linked to Longer Labor
Women who are afraid to give birth tend to have longer labor than women who are more relaxed about the process, new research suggests. Researchers in Norway found women fearful of giving birth spent about an hour and a half longer in labor than other women (about eight hours compared to six and a half [...]
Coffee Can Be Good For Your Heart
The coffee buzz you love so much may also help prevent heart failure, according to a new study published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation Heart Failure. While many believe coffee drinking may be dangerous to the heart, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston said moderate consumption of your daily coffee [...]
Bokhari seeks foreign investment in energy sector
Acting President Syed Nayyar Hussain Bokhari urged Wednesday foreign investors to invest in various fields in Pakistan particularly in energy sector in order to bridge energy gap between demand and supply as well as for boosting economy. He was expressing these views in a meeting with Tom Clarence-Smith, Premier oil plc’s Regional Head for Middle [...]
35 passengers hurt in Saudi train derailment
A Saudi civil defense official says a train derailment has injured 35 passengers, one critically, on the kingdom’s lone passenger line. Captain Mohammed al-Hamadi told reporters that the accident took place Wednesday on a train going from the eastern port of Dammam to the capital Riyadh. He says the seriously injuredpassenger was taken to a hospital by a helicopter, and the accident is [...]
ICC urges global cricketing bodies to ban Kaneria for life
Cricket chiefs Wednesday called for a global lifetime ban forPakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria after he was punished for his role in an English spot-fixing scandal. The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) board said domestic bodies “should recognise and respect the sanctions… including by enforcing and giving effect to them within their own jurisdictions to the fullest extent permitted by law”. [...]
Three bombings leave 11 people dead in Iraq
Three roadside bombs killed 11 people in Iraq on Wednesday, security and medical officials said, in the latest in a wave of attacks in the country this month. A bomb exploded near the garden of a house in Madain, south ofBaghdad, and a second one detonated after people gathered at the site, an interior ministry official said. A medical [...]
Kabul to hold a post-war art therapy exhibition
An art exhibition that began as an attempt to heal Germany after the horrors of Nazi rule and World War II is now being replicated inAfghanistan. “Documenta” arose from the ruins of the bombed-out German city of Kassel as artists sought to reconnect West Germany, as it then was, with movements of contemporary culture banned under Adolf Hitler’s murderous 1933-45 [...]
Kayani expresses cross border interference concerns with ISAF Cdr.
RAWALPINDI: International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander John Allen met General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. According to sources, General Kayani expressed his concerns to John Allen with reference to cross border interference in Pakistan. During the meeting, General Kayani also raised the issue of the recent attack on Pakistan check post in [...]
Pakistan’s failure in becoming an Islamic state deems it’s creation pointless – Imran Khan
Chairman of PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf) Imran Khan on Wednesday stated that the creation of Pakistan is utterly pointless if it does not succeed in becoming an Islamic welfare state. During a press conference held in Islamabad, Imran Khan said that the failure of Pakistan turning into an Islamic welfare state will be a deceptive blow [...]
Pak imports of 1.467mln tons edible oil during 2011-12
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan imported 1.467 million tons of edible oil which cost US$ 1.654 billion (Rs. 145 billion) to national exchequer during first nine months of current fiscal year. Total requirement of edible oil at present in the country is 2.045 million tons and local production during this year was 0.636 million tons. According to data released by Pakistan [...]
ECP issues new directives for elections
ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission in line with the Supreme Court directives has approved and issued code of conduct for candidates contesting national and provincial assemblies elections. According to a press release of the commission‚ it will ensure that all elections are conducted in an honest and fair manner in accordance with the law. It will [...]
Karachi: Grenade attacks in Dalmia and Agra Taj; 1 dead, several injured
KARACHI: Grenade attacks in Dalmia and Agra Taj colony have resulted in the death of one woman and 8 other being injured. According to the Police, unknown men attacked a shop within the Dalmia area of Gulshan Iqbal with a grenade. One woman was reported dead while 3 others were injured in the incident. Witnesses [...]
Apple launches iTunes in 12 Asian countries
Apple launched its iTunes Store in 12 Asian markets on Wednesday, giving consumers access to millions of songs and movies, but regional giants China, India and Indonesia were not on the list. The move by California-based Apple, which has sold more than 16 billion songs worldwide on the online store, enables it to make more money from digital content in markets where its [...]
Shazia Marri to replace late Fauzia Wahab as MNA
Shazia Marri has been chosen to replace the vacant MNA seat of late Fauzia Wahab, Aaj News reported. The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) has nominated Shazia Marri to replace late Fauzia Wahab, who departed earlier this month in the hospital after slipping into an irreversible coma. Shazia Marri has serves as Sindh’s Information Minister twice [...]
Sindh High Court Launches Electronic Case Alert Messaging System
The I.T. department of Sindh High Court has developed an Electronic Case Alert Messaging System (eCAMS) under the supervision of Chief Justice of Sindh High Court and the I.T. committee of the Sindh High Court. This is a unit of the Case Flow Management System (CFMS), already being used in Sindh High Court. For the [...]
ISAF commander arrives in Pak to discuss cross border ties
ISLAMABAD: International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander General John Allen arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday in order to discuss cross border ties with respect to Afghanistan. The ISAF commander will meet General Ashfaq Pervaiz Kayani to discuss the issue. The agenda of the meeting would be to discuss cross border ties and further analyze the [...]
Cricket: India adamant on opposing mandatory DRS
Cricket’s latest bid to make decision review technology mandatory for all Tests and one-day internationals has been swiftly quashed after opposition from powerful India, a report said. The recommendation by chief executives was not put to a vote and “came and went without a murmur” at the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) board meeting in Kuala Lumpur, the ESPNcricinfo site reported, citing [...]
Sania Mirza gets a wild card entry in London Olympics
New Delhi: Sania Mirza (25), Rushmi Chakravarthy (35) , received a wild card entry into the women’s doubles event of the London Olympic where earlier, Mirza’s participation in the London Olympics was being questioned at all. This wild card entry makes 7 players from India to be representing India in London Olympics It was reported [...]
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