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Premier League transfers: Kalou to Lille; Park Ji-Sung to QPR
Lille signed Ivory Coast international Salomon Kalou on Saturday in a bid to bolster their depleted forward line having sold Eden Hazard to the European champions Chelsea. The former Chelsea attacking midfielder has penned a four-year deal, the French club said in a statement. Kalou, 26, had mostly been a bit-part player during his six years with the London club and [...]
Punjab Police to suspend 175 officers due to their ‘Pot-Bellies’
LAHORE: IG Punjab Police issued orders to suspend over 175 police officers from field posting due to inability in getting rid off their ‘pot-belly’. IG Punjab police gave ultimatum to the officers till 30th June, after which all the DPOs of Punjab were asked to send in data. As an initial step 175 officers have been removed [...]
Justice is equal for all; irrespective of stature: CJ Iftikhar Chaudhary
KARACHI: Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry stated that stature is not the element that helps in achieving justice, rather it is equal for all. CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry made this statement while addressing lawyers who were issued practicing licenses on Saturday. CJ stated that constitution is above the Parliament and that justice is equal for all. He added that there [...]
Flood risk in Britain as torrential rain continues
LONDON: Much of the UK remains on flood alert this morning as heavy rain throughout the night has continued to wreak havoc. People in the South West are getting ready to protect their homes and property as more than three inches of rain threatens to cause rivers and streams to break their banks. Motorists are also [...]
Multan: Aerial firing in PPP MPA’s rally, 1 killed
MULTAN: In the welcome rally of PPP’s MPA Usman Bhatti a person was killed during the aerial firing of party’s supporters, so as happened in Abdul Qadir Gillani’s rally in Multan on Saturday, reported Aaj news. During the local body elections in Multan’s area Hasnabad, People Party’s successor Usman Bhatti’s supporter echoed the rally with aerial firing leaving one dead. According to [...]
Arrest warrant for Adnan Sami
An Indore court has issued a permanent arrest warrant against singer/actor Adnan Sami. According to the Times of India website, Adnan Sami a Pakistan based singer, failed to turn up at a concert in Indore in 2001, which was followed by a complaint, lodged against him by celeb-manager Shilpa Nayak and Harshad Maule. An arrest [...]
Hulu’s Kilar drops out, Levinsohn likely to be next Yahoo CEO
The race to become Yahoo Inc’s next chief executive appeared to have narrowed down to just interim CEO Ross Levinsohn after Hulu said its CEO Jason Kilar had pulled out of the running. Hulu said Kilar had “graciously declined” to be considered for the top job at one of Silicon Valley’s best known Internet names. [...]
Woman dies after serving Obama breakfast
An Ohio woman collapsed and died hours after serving US President Barack Obama breakfast at her restaurant on Friday. Josephine Ann Harris, the 70-year-old owner of the “Ann’s Place” diner in Akron, complained of fatigue and a tingling feeling after Obama left the premises and was rushed to hospital. She was later pronounced dead of an [...]
Floods in Russia lead the death toll to reach 53
The death toll from floods caused by heavy rains in Russia’ssouthern Krasnodarsky Krai region over the past two days has gone up to 53 as authorities discovered more bodies, police said on Saturday. Forty two bodies including that of a 10-year-old were found in the region’s Krymsk district, regional police spokesman Igor Zhelyabintold AFP. The previous death toll in [...]
11 dead as bombs and rockets tremor Southern Afghanistan
URUZGAN: Bomb blasts and a rocket attack have killed 11 civilians including at least four children in the space of 24 hours in southern Afghanistan, officials said Saturday. A roadside bomb ripped through a pickup truck Saturday in the Chora district of Uruzgan province killing six people, provincial police spokesman Jawed Faisal told AFP. “All six civilians on board were killed and their vehicle was destroyed,” he said. [...]
7 people arrested with respect to terrorist investigation: London
LONDON: Police investigating a potential terrorist attack said they had arrested a seventh person, a 22-year-old woman, in east London on Saturday. Police are on high alert ahead of the London Olympics but said the latest arrest and those of a woman and five men in London earlier this week were not linked to the Games. All seven suspects have been [...]
Galaxy phone ‘exploded’ while mounted on car dashboard: report
Samsung Electronics Co on Saturday cited a report by fire investigators as saying an external energy source had caused one of its flagship Galaxy S III smart phones to catch fire in Ireland last month. The world’s top smart phone maker said an investigation by Fire Investigations (UK) had stated that the Samsung device was not responsible for the cause of the fire, and that an [...]
ICAP orders CA firms not to hire trainees belonging to other Accounting Bodies
KARACHI: Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) has ordered all the Chartered Accounting firms and members to refrain from hiring trainees of other accounting bodies. The official order in this respect was issued on 4 July 2012. As per the order, no accounting student pertaining to accounting body other than the ICAP would be [...]
PHC transfers Sufi Mohammad cases from Dir to Peshawar
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) Friday ordered alteration of admittance of Sufi Mohammad cases from Dir to Peshawar, on the appeal of provincial government. Chief justice Dost Mohammad heard an application of the provincial government. Advocate General Asadullah Chamkani informed that the court that the home department has requested for transferring the hearing of [...]
PSO’s receivables and payables rise to Rs400.8bn
The Pakistan State Oil’s receivables and payables rose to Rs. 400.8 billion of which Rs. 215.964 billion are receivables and Rs. 184.83 billion are payables to international and local fuel suppliers. According to official data, the oil giant’s total payables to local refineries and international fuel suppliers have touched Rs. 184.83 billion mark, while receivables [...]
Turbat killing: Rehman Malik asks for investigative report
ISLAMABAD: Adviser to President on Interior matters, Rehman Malik, has asked for Turbat killing report and has further ordered the DG FIA to investigate human trafficking matter on the Turbat route. Malik has also ordered to arrest all the human trafficking agents within next three days. According to official statement, the victims of Turbat incident hailed from [...]
Suicide bomber kills 7 of his own family
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged belt at a gathering of his own family in western Iraq, killing his pro-government cousin and six other relatives, Iraqi officials said Saturday. The blast targeting a leader in the Sahwa militias in the city of Ramadi is a reminder of how extremism still divides Iraq’s Sunni Muslim minority, with some working with al-Qaida-linked [...]
US court fines Iran $813mn for 1983 Lebanon attack
A US federal judge has ordered Iran to pay more than $813 million in damages and interest to the families of 241 US soldiers killed in the 1983 bombing of a Marine barracks in Lebanon. “After this opinion, this court will have issued over $8.8 billion in judgments against Iran as a result of the [...]
LHC orders Young Doctors to call off strike
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) ordered Young Doctors to call off their strike, further ordering them to commence their out-door and in-door duties. The LHC also added that all the proceedings against the Young Doctors would be halted. The order was made on Saturday. Meanwhile, the Young Doctors stated that they would make their decision [...]
Defaulting telecoms to not get any contracts; IT Ministry told
The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) on Friday directed the Ministry not to award any contract to those telecom companies who failed to clear government dues. The committee also recommended not to fund the companies who failed to clear the government dues. IT Secretary Farooq Awan informed the committee that telecom companies clearance [...]
ECC approves ‘rescue package’ for PIA
Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved ‘rescue package’ for the financially strapped national flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), with the help of Secretary Cabinet, Nargis Sethi who is also holding additional charge of Secretary Defence. Official documents revealed that the ECC was briefed about the recurring liquidity crisis being faced by [...]
Biologically-accurate robotic legs developed
US experts have developed what they say are the most biologically-accurate robotic legs yet. Writing in the Journal of Neural Engineering, they said the work could help understanding of how babies learn to walk – and spinal-injury treatment. They created a version of the message system that generates the rhythmic muscle signals that control walking. A [...]
LPG Association criticizes Ogra’s pricing mechanism
LAHORE: Ogra’s decision to abate LPG’s consumer prices below the cost of imports has attracted sharp criticism of the LPG marketing companies. The LPG companies had planned imports to cater for shortages in the month of Ramadan but now at least two importers have dropped plans for importing LPG because of Ogra move. In a [...]
France provides euro 68.3 million for Hydro Project
ISLAMABAD: The Government of France will provide Euros 68.3 million for the construction of a 48MW Jaggran-II Hydro Power Project, which will be built in the upper extent of Neelum River. Agreement to this effect was signed here at Economic Affairs Division (EAD) by the Additional Secretary of EAD, Iftikhar Ahmed Rao, Ambassador of France, [...]
Libyans vote in first election after Gadhafi
Libyans started voting on Saturday in the first parliamentary election since last year’s ouster and slaying of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi, a major step forward in the country’s tumultuous transition to democratic rule. The election for a 200-seat legislature was being held amid intense regional rivalries, fears of violence and calls for a boycott. However, lines [...]
5 injured in Spain’s Pamplona running of the bulls
One thrill-seeker was gored in a leg and four others slightly injured as thousands of adrenaline-fueled runners raced ahead of six fighting bulls in the streets of thenorthern Spanish city of Pamplona in the first running of the bulls of this year’s San Fermin festival, officials said Saturday. Runners, in traditional white clothing and red kerchiefs around their necks, [...]
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