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More than 7 killed, several injured in Karachi twin blasts

September 18, 2012 | 0 Comment

KARACHI: At least 7 people have died and more than 25 injured in twin blasts near the Hyderi Market, Aaj news reported on Tuesday. According to sources, the blasts occurred one after the other in a vehicle parked near the market. Details also suggest the blasts shattered the windows of the building and damaged several [...]

LG unveils new “Optimus G” smartphone with voice-activated power camera

September 18, 2012 | 0 Comment

LG Electronics Inc unveiled its latest high-end smart-phone packed with powerful hardware upgrades on Tuesday, as the struggling South Korean firm tries to win market share fromApple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in the crucial holiday quarter. LG’s handset business, which was slow to move into smartphones and has largely failed to win consumers from sector leaders Apple and Samsung, [...]

iPhone 5 orders topped 2-million orders in 24 hours

September 18, 2012 | 0 Comment

Orders for the iPhone 5 topped 2 million in their first 24 hours, more than double the amount of its predecessor over the same period. Since Apple started taking iPhone 5 orders on its website at 3 a.m. EDT on Friday, buyers who have a two-year service agreement with AT&T, Sprint or Verizon Wireless have been able to order the phone for $199 [...]

Karachi: Jamaat-e-Islami calls on strike

September 18, 2012 | 0 Comment

KARACHI: After the murder of Ex-city Nazim Dr.Pervaiz Mehmood the previous day, Jamat e Islami announced a day strike in Karachi and country wide mourning on Wednesday. The Ex-nazim of Liaquatabad Dr. Pervez Mehmood was shot dead by some unknown people on Monday when he was on his way with his friend near Nazimabad area of Karachi. Today [...]

Ajmal Kasab hands in mercy plea to Indian President

September 18, 2012 | 0 Comment

NEW DELHI: Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman of the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people, appealed for mercy from the president on Tuesday, just weeks after the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence. Kasab’s petition has been sent to the office of President Pranab Mukherjee, television channels reported. There is no definite time period [...]

PTA blocks YouTube and other anti-Islamic video websites

September 18, 2012 | 0 Comment

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has blocked all anti-Islamic video websites following the uproar against the recent blasphemous video ‘Innocence of Muslims’. According to the Prime Minister’s spokesman, the PTA also blocked YouTube after receiving orders from the Prime Minister late on Monday. According to the the PTA, 934 websites have been blocked after receiving orders from the Supreme Court. PTA has also [...]

French ruling expected on topless royal photo

September 18, 2012 | 0 Comment

NANTERRE, France — A French court is deciding Tuesday whether to block further publication of topless photos of the Duchess of Cambridge, whose lawyer say Prince William and Kate were sharing a private moment that was captured by an intrusive photographer. The court in Nanterre, outside Paris, said there would be a ruling at noon on the request to stop Closer [...]

Chairman PIA resigns over health issues

September 18, 2012 | 0 Comment

KARACHI: The Chairman Pakistan International Airline (PIA) Rao Qamar Suleman has resigned over some health issues, reported Aaj news on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Captain Junaid Younis was appointed as an acting Chairman of the organization. According to the PIA sources, Chairman PIA and the former Pakistan Air Force chief, Rao Qamar Suleman left his post due to some illness. [...]

Wt20: Host SL to open game against Zimbabwe

September 18, 2012 | 0 Comment

HAMBANTOTA: Hosts Sri Lanka open cricket’s World Twenty20 against Zimbabwe Tuesday, kicking off the country’s biggest ever sports event –and just three years after the end of a bloody civil war. Mahela Jayawardene’s men will take the field in Hambantota, the southeastern home town of President Mahinda Rajapakse, with hopes high they can end a [...]

Anti-Islam film: Female bomber kills 12 foreigners in Kabul

September 18, 2012 | 0 Comment

KABUL: A female suicide bomber killed 12 people in Kabul on Tuesday in the deadliest single attack claimed to avenge a US film that has sparked a week of deadly protests across the Muslim world. The attack brings to more than 30 the number of people now killed in a violent backlash over a YouTube [...]

Thousands of anti-Islam links blocked: Malik

September 18, 2012 | 0 Comment

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister A. Rehman Malik on Monday said that thousands of anti-Islam Internet links had been blocked, across the country. He stated this after a meeting he held with Ulema and Mashaikh, who called on him here at the ministry. He said the government of Pakistan and he personally strongly condemned the anti-Islam film. He [...]

NRO: PM given time to draft letter until Sept 25th

September 18, 2012 | 0 Comment

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court during the hearing of NRO implementation case, granted two weeks to prepare draft of the letter to the Swiss authorities here on Tuesday. A five-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, heard the show-cause notice for contempt of court against Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf over the NRO implementation [...]

Europe: Rihanna leads MTV Music Award nominations

September 18, 2012 | 0 Comment

LONDON – Barbadian R&B singer Rihanna led the nominations for the MTV Europe Music Awards on Monday with six, ahead of country songstress Taylor Swift on five and pop stars Justin Bieber and Katy Perry on four each. The music channel said Rihanna had been shortlisted for best song (“We Found Love”), best female, best pop, best video (“We Found Love”), biggest fans and in the [...]