September 13, 2012
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Nissan Motor Co is recalling 51,000 cars globally, including 880 in Finland, to investigate a reported steering wheel problem, Finnish national broadcaster YLE said on Thursday. The recall affects Nissan’s Qashqai, Qashqai+2 and Nissan NV200 models, it said. YLE reported this month that a steering wheel of a Qashqai+2 in Finland became loose. A Nissan [...]
September 13, 2012
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KARACHI: Pakistan on Wednesday finally resumed the supply of Nato military vehicles from Karachi port, as paramilitary personnel escorted a convoy across Sindh, sources told Business Recorder. “As many as 50 armoured vehicles atop large flatbed trailers left Karachi port at 5am on Wednesday. These vehicles were escorted by Rangers’ personnel,” sources said at the [...]
September 13, 2012
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday stepped up security measures around US diplomatic missions, following attacks on American consulates and embassies in Libya, Egypt and Yemen over an anti-Islam film. A mob stormed the US consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday, killing US ambassador Christopher Stevens and several other staff members. There were [...]
September 13, 2012
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COLOMBO: Arch-rivals India and Pakistan will get an early chance to size up each other ahead of the World Twenty20 when they clash in a high-profile practice match in Colombo next Monday. The match, part of the warm-up schedule drawn up by the International Cricket Council, is the only one of 12 practice games that [...]
September 13, 2012
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SANAA: Chanting “death to America,” hundreds ofprotesters angered by an anti-Islam film stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen’s capital and burned the American flag on Thursday, the latest in a series of attacks on American diplomatic missions in the Middle East. The protesters breached the usually tight security around the embassy and reached the compound grounds but did [...]
September 13, 2012
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ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister’s son Ali Musa Gilani filed a transitional bail application within the Supreme Court on Thursday with respect to the Ephedrine case. Ali Musa Gilani, applied for the bail within the Supreme Court via his lawyer Khalid Ranjha. In his application, Musa Gilani has challenged the statements of all the witnesses including [...]
September 13, 2012
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The Apple iPhone 5 as it has become quite apparent will be facing a wide array of competitors and will be launching into a far more challenging field of rivalry than before. Now, to give a fair idea about the iPhone 5 specs compared with those of its major competitors, we have made this handy [...]
September 13, 2012
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KARACHI: Police in Karachi have registered a murder case against the owners of a garment factory where a fire killed at least 258 people in the country’s worst ever industrial disaster, officers said on Thursday. A case has been filed against Abdul Aziz, Mohammad Arshad and Shahid Bhaila and other members of the management of [...]
September 13, 2012
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MASTUNG: Firing incident within Dasht area of Mastung district led to the death of 9 ‘road constructing’ laborers on Thursday. 4 others were reported to have been injured as a result of the unfortunate event. According to Assistant Commissioner Dasht, unknown armed men approached the under construction road near the Umar Daur area of Dasht [...]
September 13, 2012
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A designer from Japan has been crowned for having the tallest Mohawk hairdo in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records. Kazuhiro Watanabe’s spiked Mohawk stands 3 ft and 8.6 inches long and has earned him a place in the new 2013 edition of the book which is released on Thursday. Watanabe had [...]
September 13, 2012
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KARACHI: After prolonged illness the Legendary actor Safirullah Lehri passed away in a private hospital in Karachi, Thursday. Lehri was admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) after his condition became deteriorated, private news channel reported. He was 82 and suffering from chest pain since many days while his sugar level also dropped. Safirullah Siddiqui ‘Lehri’ is one of [...]
September 13, 2012
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KARACHI: The provincial government has announced a compensation for the affected families who lost their loved ones in the fire that broke out in a garment factory in the Baldia Town area of Karachi, killing around 289 people. The provincial industrial minister of Sindh has announced a compensation of 500,000 rupees(about $5,300) and 200, 000 rupees (about $2,100) each for the killed and injured in the fire respectively. Besides, The Sindh government has appointed Justice (retired) Zahid Qurban Alvi to investigate into the tragic [...]
September 13, 2012
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LAHORE: Although the firefighters did a good job, the capacity to fight fires even in the country’s biggest city is questionable at best, said the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) while expressing concern over the death of at least 289 people who died in factory fires in Karachi and Lahore on Tuesday. They demanded [...]