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Key commander among 7 militants arrested

Thursday, 03 May 2012 20:30
Posted by Asad Naeem
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SWAT: Police in Swat district have arrested seven militants including a key commander while a former union council nazim was also arrested on attempting to free the militant commander. According to Station House Officer, Rahimabad, Hanif Khan, police conducted raids in Odigram area on receiving tip-off and arrested seven wanted militants including a key militant commander, Qari Atiq ur Rehman. The arrested militants were identified as Murad s/o Humayun, Sher Ali s/o Abdul Malik, Muhammad Yaqub s/o Abdul Hakim, Amanullah s/o Muhammad Khan, Umer Farooq s/o Shehzad and Gul Zamin s/o Bakht Muhammad. The SHO said, the arrested militants were wanted to Swat Police in different crimes of heinous nature including terrorism. He said during the arrests, former union council nazim, Muhammad Kamal tried to free militant commander, Qari Atiq ur Rehaman upon which the nazim was also taken into custody and a case was registered against him under sections 225/216/253/186/506. Further interrogation was ...

Police arrest 18 accused from various areas of city

Thursday, 03 May 2012 13:26
Posted by Imaduddin
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KARACHI: The Karachi police in their drive against criminals, arrested 18 accused from various areas of the city during the past 24 hours. A statement on Thursday said that those arrested included absconders and proclaimed offenders. It said that five gangs of criminals were smashed by the police and as many encounters also took place during the period. In all, 12 pistols, one dagger and three mobile phones were also recovered from the possession of the accused. The police ...

Sleeping for more than nine hours may help weight loss

Thursday, 03 May 2012 11:05
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ISLAMABAD: Being lazy can help weight loss as a study found getting nine hours a night counteracts a genetic predisposition to obesity. A study of twins has found that sleeping for less than seven hours a night was linked to higher bodyweights and a greater susceptibility to genetic factors that influence weight, The Telegraph Reported. However the opposite was true in people who slept for nine hours or more. Several genes have been found to be associated with ...

Controlling dengue: Effective indoor vector surveillance ordered

Thursday, 03 May 2012 10:43
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RECORDER REPORT LAHORE: Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab for Health, Kh. Salman Rafiq has directed the concerned departments to make indoor vector surveillance activities more effective to control dengue. He asked the departments to pay special attention on vector surveillance and larviciding during rainy season in particular. He said this while presiding over a Cabinet committee meeting to review the implementation of the measures taken by various departments for dengue prevention and control, here on Wednesday. Besides ...

Conference opens to seek solutions for Afghan refugees

Wednesday, 02 May 2012 21:51
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ISLAMABAD: Delegates from more than 40 countries have joined their hands in Geneva in a two-day international conference on Wednesday to find out solution for more than 3 million Afghan refugees and to support 5.7 million returnees in Afghanistan. The "International Conference on the Solutions Strategy for Afghan Refugees to Support Voluntary Repatriation, Sustainable Reintegration and Assistance to Host Countries" is being co-sponsored by the UN refugee agency and the government of Switzerland, says a press ...

Country's first paediatric liver transplant surgery performed

Wednesday, 02 May 2012 21:51
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ISLAMABAD: The country's first pediatric living donor liver transplant surgery has been successfully performed by a 30-member team of surgeons and consultants. "This was the first time in the medical history of Pakistan that local doctors at a hospital have performed such a surgery," head of the team, Dr Faisal Saud Dar told APP on Wednesday. He said that both the patient and the donor are in stable condition and currently recovering well in the liver intensive ...

World Press Freedom Day to be observed tomorrow

Wednesday, 02 May 2012 20:04
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ISLAMABAD: World Press Freedom Day will be observed on Thursday to inform the international community that freedom of the press and freedom of expression are fundamental human rights. World Press Freedom Day was established by the General Assembly of the United Nations in December 1993 as an outgrowth of the Seminar on Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Press. This seminar took place in Namibia in 1991 and led to the adoption of the Windhoek Declaration on ...

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Banking Review 2012

Annual2011/12
Foreign Debt $65.562bn
Per Cap Income $1,372
GDP Growth 3.7%
Average CPI 10.08%
MonthlyApril
Trade Balance $-1.779 bln
Exports $2.130 bln
Imports $3.909 bln
WeeklyMay 20, 2013
Reserves $11.601 bln