August 2, 2012
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GENEVA: Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is stepping down as the U.N.-Arab League mediator in the 17-month-old Syria conflict at the end of the month, the United Nations said on Thursday, the latest sign that the outlook for a diplomatic solution is bleak. “Mr. Annan has informed me, and the Secretary-General of the League of [...]
August 2, 2012
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ISLAMABAD: The ongoing cold war between PML-N and PTI continued as opposition leader Chauhdry Nisar slammed Imran Khan by stating that the PTI leader had evaded tax liability during 1971-1992 and that if Imran did not take him to the Court, he would expose his tax documents to the world at large. Nisar made this [...]
August 2, 2012
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BEIJING: According to sources, Chinese authorities within the Xinjiang province have restricted Muslim officials and students to perform staff during the month of Ramzan. Statements posted on several Chinese government websites have urged Communist party leaders to ban Muslims from carrying out their religious activities, even restricting them to visit mosques during Holy month. A [...]
August 2, 2012
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LEEDS: England won the toss and opted to bowl in warm and sunny conditions in the second test against South Africa on Thursday with the hosts drafting Steven Finn into the team in place of experienced spinner Graeme Swann for the match at Headingley. It is the first time off-spinner Swann has been dropped by England in more than three years. He [...]
August 2, 2012
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Engineer, Agha Waqar while talking to media said, that after his great achievement of inventing water-kit to run vehicles, receiving threats from Mafia. No step has yet been taken by the government of Pakistan regarding security arrangements. He also said that he has been awarded with great pride and respect by British including Singapore but [...]
August 2, 2012
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ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik here on Thursday informed Senate that situation serious in Balochistan we must focus on it but i cannot reveal facts on the record. Pakistani media must focus on the extra judicial killings and kidnappings in Balochistan despite problems from state and non state actors, he added. After 18th amendment provinces are responsible for [...]
August 2, 2012
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Sony’s red ink worsened in the April-June quarter and it lowered its full-year earnings forecast as it battles a strong yen and declining sales of liquid crystal display TVs and video game machines. The Japanese Electronics and Entertainment Company Thursday reported a quarterly loss of 24.6 billion yen ($316 million) compared with a 15.5 billion [...]
August 2, 2012
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According to Human Rights watch reports, Government forces In Myanmar, stood by watching, while Rohingya Muslims and Rakhine Buddhists were slain in devastating rounds of violence and ethnic-cleansing, then joined the Buddhist mobs by killing, raping and rounding up the Rohingya Muslims, reported the Human Rights Watch in a new report on the devastating sectarian [...]
August 2, 2012
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August 2, 2012
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DHAKA: Bangladesh has ordered three international charities to stop providing aid to Rohingya refugees who cross the border to flee persecution and violence in Myanmar, an official said Thursday. France’s Doctors without Borders (MSF) and Action Against Hunger (ACF) as well as Britain’s Muslim Aid UK have been told to suspend their services in the [...]
August 2, 2012
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ISLAMABAD: The US commander in Afghanistan will hold talks in Pakistan on Thursday for the first time since Islamabad ended a seven-month blockade on NATO supplies destined for the 10-year war effort. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said General John Allen would hold talks with Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani that would focus on improving [...]
August 2, 2012
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According to sources, Amazon.com, one of the world’s largest online retailers has launched its own video application compatible with Apple’s iPad on Wednesday. Amazon’s new instant video app lets users stream or download movies and TV shows bought or rented from Amazon on their iPads. Amazon has more than 120,ooo videos to rent or buy. [...]
August 2, 2012
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KARACHI: The United States has released 1.1 billion dollars to Pakistan under the Coalition Support Fund (CSF), after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) by the two countries regarding restoration of NATO supplies. The CSF amount, designed to reimburse Pakistan for the cost of counter-insurgency operations, had been withheld due to tensions between [...]
August 2, 2012
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LAHORE: Senior leader and Senator of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) has resigned from the party membership and his seat upon the case against his son Dost Muhammad Khosa in Sapna murder’s allegations, reported Aaj News. According to the sources, Zulfiqar Khosa showed some reservations to the party leadership upon several issues including his son’s [...]
August 2, 2012
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LONDON: The power of M Imran and Sohail Abbas’ drag-flicks saw Pakistan pick up their first win of the Olympics, condemning Argentina to a second successive defeat on Wednesday. They fired home a corner in each half to see off the South American side. There was a little goalmouth action to go around in start [...]
August 2, 2012
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KARACHI: Seven Pakistani crew members of MV Albedo ship, taken hostage by Somali pirates nearly two years ago, have been released. The announcement was made by Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad at a news conference on Wednesday. He said the sailors would reach Karachi on Thursday at 9:30 pm. Family members of the seamen were [...]
August 2, 2012
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LAHORE: Two critically injured people of yesterday’s blast were succumbed to their injures in a hospital of Lahore, Thursday. Late Wednesday, Twin bombs went off at a fruit market in Lahore, injuring 23 people, officials and police said. The low intensity blasts targeted a fruit market in the congested downtown area of the city where people had gathered to buy fruits [...]