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Pak accepts US apology; NATO supply to be restored

ISLAMABAD: Cabinet’s Defence Committee meeting concluded late on Tuesday. Following the conclusion of the meeting, it was reported that Pakistan has accepted US apology and would be reinstating the NATO supply. According to sources, a formal acceptance with respect to the restoration of NATO supply would be attested and issued tomorrow. Though the US would [...]

US apologizes to Pakistan for Salala attack

WASHINGTON: The United States of America has apologized to Pakistan for its attack on Salala base camps on Tuesday. According to foreign news sources, Hillary Clinton was reported to have used the word “sorry” to express regret over the Salala base incident which claimed the lives of 24 Pakistani soldiers. “The attack on Pakistani troops [...]

Karachi’s Latest HotSpot “Club Genova” Opened

Karachi 30th June, 2012: Club Genova: a classy new addition to Karachi’s latest hot spots has opened its doors to general public here on Saturday June 30th. Club Genova is the only place in Karachi where one can find three different themes under one roof, a cigar lounge, restaurant, and café! It is a place [...]

Faisal Raza Abidi resigns as President’s advisor

KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Senator Faisal Raza Abidi who was working as an advisor to President has resigned on Tuesday, Aaj news reported. He has also left his post as the party’s President Karachi division. According to the sources, Faisal Raza Abidi has met with President Asif Ali Zardari to resolve the party differences. [...]

Punjab Government releases 24 arrested Young Doctors

LAHORE: Out of 33 over 24 arrested young doctors have now been released by Punjab Government here on Tuesday. After critical condition in the hospitals of Punjab due to the strike of Young doctors, Punjab government arrested 33 doctors in crack-down against the doctors under the rule of MPO for a month. However, Punjab Government [...]

Smartphones will soon feature ‘Firefox OS’

Helsinki: Several telecom companies have been supporting Mozilla Firfox internet browser, turning up the competition on Google and Apple in the smartphone market Firfox OS is coming to smartphone in 2013. Four months ago at MWC 2012, Mozilla has first unveiled its plans to create a HTML 5-based, open source mobile operating system. On Monday, Mozilla said that several telecom companies like [...]

French authorites arrest alleged al-Qaida financer

PARIS: French authorities have arrested the administrator of an extremist French website who is suspected of playing a key role in financing and recruiting for al-Qaida and other terrorist groups from Pakistan to Spain, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday. The man — whom prosecutors call an “operational vector and formidable financier of the bloodiest [...]

SC Judges allotted two Plots each in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Over Sixteen judges of the Supreme Court of Pakistan were allotted residential plots worth millions of rupees each in Islamabad’s expensive sectors, a report presented in PAC meeting said. The land was given on the direct orders of the Prime Minister’s Secretariat under a scheme somewhat incredulously called the “Prime Minister’s Assistance Package”. A report [...]

All set to implement 2.53 bln Ramadan relief package

ISLAMABAD: After the approval from Cabinet, Ministry of Industry prepared subsidized Ramadan package worth rupees 2 billion 53 crore and 20 lac. According to the sources,  at all utility stores essential items will be available at 15 percent subsidized rates. Industrial Ministry has also approved funds of rupees 1 crore for the advertising campaign of the Ramadan relief package. Essential food items [...]

A.R Rahman and Muse to perform at London Olympics 2012

London: Oscar winning composer A.R. Rahman and British Rock Band Muse will be performing at London Olympics opening ceremony. According to the social media, the Devon band said they were “excited” and “honoured” to have been chosen. British rock band Muse have announced their new single Survival, will be the official song for the London [...]

PIC Senior doctors, paramedics call on strike

LAHORE: Doctors of Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) called on a strike against the detention of young doctors across punjab, backing the protest of Young doctors association (YDA), Aaj news reported. According to our correspondent, Senior doctors, nurses and paramedical staff joined the protest call and demanded the Punjab government to release their doctors immediately. Talking to media, Medical Teachers Association (MTA) President [...]

Afghan media freedom under serious threat

KABUL: Hard-won media freedoms in Afghanistan are under serious threat from a draft law that is seen as a concession to Muslim conservatives ahead of Nato’s exit in 2014, a rights group warned Tuesday. Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Afghan government to withdraw the bill, which has been circulated for comment before going [...]

3D printed cells to help grow ‘synthetic liver’

Good news! Scientist are now one step closer for being able to to create artificial liver with the help of 3D sugar network. US team created a template for blood vessels to grow into, using sugar. The proposal is quite away from the clinic yet. But it certainly serves as hope for many. Researchers have [...]

Maria Sharapova loses to Germany’s Sabine Lisicki

London: Last night, Wimbledon 2012 lost another big name. Maria Sharapova, the top seed lost to the Germany’s world number 15 ranked Sabine Lisicki. The top seed might as well lose her Number 1 ranking to either Victoria Azarenka or Agnieska Radwanska. Maria Sharapova thrashed out of fourth round by Lisicki at 6/4 6/3. being [...]

SC issues detailed verdict in Speaker’s ruling case

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court here Tuesday issued the detailed verdict in Speaker’s ruling case in which the court disqualified Ex-PM Yousuf Raza Gilani. According to the verdict, The case had led to the disqualification of Yousuf Raza Gilani from holding a seat in the parliament from the date of his conviction on April 26 by a [...]

Membership of PML-N’s Jamil Awan suspended

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court suspended the membership of PML_N’s Malik Jamil Awan from National Assembly for holding dual nationality, Tuesday. During the hearing of dual nationality case of parliamentarians SC emarked that the Senate membership of former minister Rehman Malik had been suspended for holding dual nationality and that the court could not be discriminate in the [...]

Iran responds to EU sanctions with missile test‎

TEHRAN: Iran on Tuesday test-fired in its central desert a ballistic missile capable of striking Israel as part of war games designed to show its ability to retaliate if attacked, media said. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard fired the medium-range Shahab-3 missile at a mock target in the Kavir Desert on the second day of its Great [...]

Pentagon needs funds to compensate blocked Nato routes

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has asked Congress to shift billions of dollars in the defense budget to pay for added fuel costs to ferry supplies to Afghanistan after Pakistan closed its border to NATO convoys, US officials said Monday. In a letter to congressional defense committees, the Pentagon requested “reprogramming” $8.2 billion in funds previously approved [...]

 
 
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