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Print - 2010-07-05
Women crises centre's inauguration on July 10

Women crises centre's inauguration on July 10

Equipped with all the basic facilities, a women crises centre will be opened in Rawalpindi on July 10. Construction work on the crises-centre is near its completion and its inauguration will be held on July 10, said officials. They said that all basic fac
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Bangladesh approves setting up of Expatriate Welfare Bank

Bangladesh approves setting up of Expatriate Welfare Bank

Bangladeshi workers abroad will have their share in ownership of a bank styled Expatriate Welfare Bank to be set up in Bangladesh soon. A cabinet meeting in Dhaka on Sunday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair approved the Expatriate Welfare Ban
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Interpol urges Web surfers to help catch fugitives

Interpol urges Web surfers to help catch fugitives

International police agency Interpol Monday urged Internet users to help track down hundreds of fugitives wanted for murder, rape, child sexual abuse and other serious crimes. The round-up operation was launched on May 3 targeting 450 people either convic
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Interpol urges Web surfers to help catch fugitives

Interpol urges Web surfers to help catch fugitives

International police agency Interpol Monday urged Internet users to help track down hundreds of fugitives wanted for murder, rape, child sexual abuse and other serious crimes. The round-up operation was launched on May 3 targeting 450 people either convic
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Komorowski wins Polish presidential election

Komorowski wins Polish presidential election

Bronislaw Komorowski, the candidate of Poland's ruling pro-business Civic Platform (PO), won Sunday's presidential election run-off, exit polls showed, in an outcome that will be applauded by investors.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Komorowski wins Polish presidential election

Komorowski wins Polish presidential election

Bronislaw Komorowski, the candidate of Poland's ruling pro-business Civic Platform (PO), won Sunday's presidential election run-off, exit polls showed, in an outcome that will be applauded by investors.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Japanese eating champion arrested

Japanese eating champion arrested

Japanese competitive eating champion Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi was arrested on Sunday after an altercation at the premier hot dog munching contest in New York. "He was taken in custody for disrupting the Nathan's hot dog eating contest," a New York Polic
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Japanese eating champion arrested

Japanese eating champion arrested

Japanese competitive eating champion Takeru "Tsunami" Kobayashi was arrested on Sunday after an altercation at the premier hot dog munching contest in New York. "He was taken in custody for disrupting the Nathan's hot dog eating contest," a New York Polic
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Senior Lebanese Shia cleric Fadlallah dies

Senior Lebanese Shia cleric Fadlallah dies

Lebanon's Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, one of Shia Islam's highest religious authorities and an early mentor of the militant group Hezbollah, died in a Beirut hospital on Sunday. Political leaders and clerics from Iran, Bahrain and I
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Senior Lebanese Shia cleric Fadlallah dies

Senior Lebanese Shia cleric Fadlallah dies

Lebanon's Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, one of Shia Islam's highest religious authorities and an early mentor of the militant group Hezbollah, died in a Beirut hospital on Sunday. Political leaders and clerics from Iran, Bahrain and I
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
MONEY WEEK: The maths of meeting IMF targets

MONEY WEEK: The maths of meeting IMF targets

The government was missing its net zero quarterly budgetary support borrowing target from SBP by Rs130 billion as of June18. Reliable sources however reveal that the government has achieved targets of its borrowing from SBP, ceiling on SBP's net domestic
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
MONEY WEEK: The maths of meeting IMF targets

MONEY WEEK: The maths of meeting IMF targets

The government was missing its net zero quarterly budgetary support borrowing target from SBP by Rs130 billion as of June18. Reliable sources however reveal that the government has achieved targets of its borrowing from SBP, ceiling on SBP's net domestic
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
MONEY WEEK: The maths of meeting IMF targets

MONEY WEEK: The maths of meeting IMF targets

The government was missing its net zero quarterly budgetary support borrowing target from SBP by Rs130 billion as of June18. Reliable sources however reveal that the government has achieved targets of its borrowing from SBP, ceiling on SBP''s net domestic
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Suicide attacks to reverse economic growth: FPCCI

Suicide attacks to reverse economic growth: FPCCI

The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), an apex body of chambers in the country on Sunday warned that suicide attacks are playing havoc with the national economy and also affecting life of the common man.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Suicide attacks to reverse economic growth: FPCCI

Suicide attacks to reverse economic growth: FPCCI

The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), an apex body of chambers in the country on Sunday warned that suicide attacks are playing havoc with the national economy and also affecting life of the common man.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Suicide attacks to reverse economic growth: FPCCI

Suicide attacks to reverse economic growth: FPCCI

The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), an apex body of chambers in the country on Sunday warned that suicide attacks are playing havoc with the national economy and also affecting life of the common man.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Man, his wife and daughter killed by servant

Man, his wife and daughter killed by servant

A man, his wife and their eight-year-old daughter were strangled by their servant and his two accomplices on Sunday and their bodies were dumped behind Haj Complex near the Tarnol area in the outskirts of the city. According to police, Dr Khalid Ansari, h
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Man, his wife and daughter killed by servant

Man, his wife and daughter killed by servant

A man, his wife and their eight-year-old daughter were strangled by their servant and his two accomplices on Sunday and their bodies were dumped behind Haj Complex near the Tarnol area in the outskirts of the city. According to police, Dr Khalid Ansari, h
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
River Indus in low flood at Kalabagh: FWC

River Indus in low flood at Kalabagh: FWC

River Indus is in low flood at Kalabagh and river Kabul in medium flood at Nowshera, Flood Warning Centre (FWC) said here on Sunday. According to FWC river Indus is flowing with 2,50,000 cusecs water `at Kalabagh, 2,38,000 cusecs at Chashma, 2,25,000 cuse
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
'Lahore attacks a conspiracy to catalyse sectarianism'

'Lahore attacks a conspiracy to catalyse sectarianism'

Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi on Sunday said that attacks at Data Darbar were a conspiracy to catalyse sectarianism. He stressed on an urgent need to create awareness among masses regarding the nefarious designs of terroris
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Mufti Munib condemns attack on Data Darbar

Mufti Munib condemns attack on Data Darbar

President Tanzeem-ul-Madaris Ahle-Sunnat Pakistan, Mufti Munib-ur-Rehman on Sunday condemning attack on Data Darbar, the shrine of Hazrat Syed Ali Hajveri at Lahore has called for need to devise an effective strategy and future course of action in the lig
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
SIC rejects talks with Taliban

SIC rejects talks with Taliban

Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), has rejected any talks with Taliban saying, "they are enemies of Islam and humanity and must be defeated." SCI criticised PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif for proposing talks with the Taliban and said, "we condemn Nawaz Sharif's stat
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Medical teams to return from Attaabad today

Medical teams to return from Attaabad today

Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has accorded return of medical teams of Health Department Punjab, sent to Ataabad for providing medical assistance to Hunza Lake affectees. The teams will leave Hunza on Monday, July 05 (today).
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
MQM for dialogue with surrendering terrorists

MQM for dialogue with surrendering terrorists

MQM Leader Wasim Akhtar Sunday said dialogue process should be opened with those terrorists who have already surrendered their weapons. In a telephonic conversation on a private TV channel, he said negotiation process would help eliminate terrorism from t
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Fauzia Wahab rules out dialogue with terrorists

Fauzia Wahab rules out dialogue with terrorists

Information Secretary of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Fauzia Wahab Sunday said terrorist organisations are killing innocent people in the country and dialogue process should not be carried out with them.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Suicide attacks at Data Darbar: security beefed up in AJK

Suicide attacks at Data Darbar: security beefed up in AJK

After the recent suicide attacks at Data Darbar in Lahore, security has been put on high alert across AJK to frustrate any possible attempt of terrorism, official sources said. Sources told APP here Sunday that security has instantly been strengthened acr
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Data Darbar attack: shutter down strike observed in Attock

Data Darbar attack: shutter down strike observed in Attock

Complete shutter down strike was observed here on Sunday to condemn the tragic incident of attacks at Data Darbar, the shrine of Hazrat Data Gunj Bukhas (RA), in Lahore. Call for the strike was given by Jammiat-e-Ulemai Pakistan, Marakzi Jammat Ahl-e-Sunn
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
AJK government plans to establish Health Regulatory Authority

AJK government plans to establish Health Regulatory Authority

Under the recently inked broad-based annual Public Service Development Programme (2010-11), the AJK government is seriously contemplating to establish Health Regulatory Authority (HRA) in the State to streamline the working and performance of hospitals ru
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
PSQCA raids bachat bazaar

PSQCA raids bachat bazaar

Pakistan's first mobile testing laboratory equipped with modern testing facilities once again raided a 'Sunday Bachat Bazaar', located in Block 8, DHA, Khyaban-e-Ittehad. Media men and members of NGOs accompanied the team. The aim of the action was to ens
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Malaysian plane makes emergency landing in Karachi

Malaysian plane makes emergency landing in Karachi

A Malaysian cargo aircraft made emergency landing at Karachi airport on Sunday. Fire tenders of the Civil Aviation Authority were called as the airplane made landing, however the crew was safely taken out of the aircraft, a private TV channel quoting airp
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Degree verification drive extended to Punjab government departments

Degree verification drive extended to Punjab government departments

The Punjab government on Sunday directed all District Co-ordination Officers (DCOs) to verify the degrees of officials hired in education, health and police departments during the last decade. A private TV news channel quoting the sources reported that th
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
'MoYA to take initiatives for youth development'

'MoYA to take initiatives for youth development'

Federal Minister for Youth Affairs (MoYA) Shahid Hussain Bhutto on Sunday said that the ministry is initiating several activities regarding youth development in the country. Talking to APP he said these initiatives would be launched in partnership with or
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Over 1000 'honour killings' in India every year: experts

Over 1000 'honour killings' in India every year: experts

More than 1,000 young people in India have been killed every year owing to 'Honour Killings' linked to forced marriages and the country needs to introduce stringent legislation to deal firmly with the heinous crime, two legal experts have claimed.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Massive march towards Islamabad town in IHK today

Massive march towards Islamabad town in IHK today

A massive march will be conducted on Monday (today) towards the southern town of Islamabad (Anantnag) in occupied territory to protest against the recent killing of innocent civilians by Indian troops and police. Call for the march has been given by the f
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Korean team shows interest in wind energy

Korean team shows interest in wind energy

A delegation of Fusion Solar Consortium from Korea led by Choy Nimpal called on Sindh Chief Minister, Syed Qaim Ali Shah at the CM House here on Sunday. Besides other issues, the delegation discussed investment in wind and solar energy generation and low
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Uncertain conditions confuse cotton market

Uncertain conditions confuse cotton market

During the last week, weather has been quite favourable for cotton plant development. With the end of June month, even late cotton sowing is reported to have been completed. However, final figures about area sown to cotton is yet to be announced by the go
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Uncertain conditions confuse cotton market

Uncertain conditions confuse cotton market

During the last week, weather has been quite favourable for cotton plant development. With the end of June month, even late cotton sowing is reported to have been completed. However, final figures about area sown to cotton is yet to be announced by the go
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Hussain Lawai visits Atrium Mall

Hussain Lawai visits Atrium Mall

A prominent banker, Hussain Lawai President Arif Habib Bank Ltd, visited Atrium Shopping Mall on Sunday and expressed his optimism that this commercial centre would provide an excellent forum to accelerate the commercial and entertainment activities in th
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Flash flood inundates three villages in Baluchistan

Flash flood inundates three villages in Baluchistan

Flash flood in Nari River passing through Bolan Pass inundated 50 houses of three villages of Haji Shehr, a sub-tehsil of Kachi Bolan district. Naib Tehsildar Sub-Tehsil Haji Shehr, Muhammad Qasim Shahwani told APP on Sunday that torrential rains caused f
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Adopt margin trading system with caution

Adopt margin trading system with caution

A ten-member committee is now examining the Margin Trading System proposal sent by Karachi Stock Exchange to the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan, for approval, a year ago. The internal in-fighting within the Commission is blamed for the del
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Training Afghan soldiers

Training Afghan soldiers

The Afghan government's decision to send a group of military officers to Pakistan for training is welcome, for it tends to shed the Tajik-dominated Afghan National Army (ANA) of its lingering Cold War pro-India, anti-Pakistan mindset.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
What's in a degree!

What's in a degree!

The country is in the midst of yet another controversy. It has nothing to do with the President's Swiss cases, or the recent transfers to the boondocks of the Law Ministry and National Accountability Bureau's staff, who appeared over zealous in implementi
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Worst case scenario

Worst case scenario

Whenever the leadership of Pakistan starts tightening its belt of courage to take strong steps, vis-a-vis Pak-centred realistic policies towards its neighbours, the Americans jump in and unwind it. This happened before during Musharraf's regime and it is
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Fear shadows Zimbabwe's constitution forums

Fear shadows Zimbabwe's constitution forums

The indications seemed promising as the Zimbabwe coalition government began its outreach to hear citizens express what they want in a new democratic constitution. Men and women sat separately, per custom, in the dust under a thorn tree late last week at t
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Unjustified cost of Umrah package

Unjustified cost of Umrah package

I would like to bring to kind attention of Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) on the subject, through your esteemed newspaper.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Faith and development

Faith and development

I was deeply hurt when a genuine goal, scored against Germany by Lampard in Bloemfontein, was disallowed by the moronic referee that devastated the English team, resulting in their defeat. This must have anguished football fans across the world (from Toky
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Chief minister Punjab for joint strategy to combat terrorism

Chief minister Punjab for joint strategy to combat terrorism

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has stressed the need for evolving a joint strategy for coping with the menace of terrorism. "By proposing a national conference, Nawaz Sharif has not only underscored the gravity of this issue but also suggested an im
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Hong Kong's Yam sees yuan as third global currency in time

Hong Kong's Yam sees yuan as third global currency in time

Only China's yuan could rank with the dollar and euro as pillars of the global monetary system, given time and five key tests, Hong Kong's former Monetary Authority chief Joseph Yam was quoted as saying.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
China economy stable, but macroeconomic dilemmas: Wen

China economy stable, but macroeconomic dilemmas: Wen

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged to keep macroeconomic policy stable but warned of the difficulties of controlling the economy, a report on the government website said on Sunday. "China's current economy remains good, but the domestic and international
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Hedge fund investors opt for liquidity over returns

Hedge fund investors opt for liquidity over returns

The rush for liquid hedge funds is costing investors juicier opportunities elsewhere as institutions opt for a safety first strategy after being burned in the financial crisis.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Hedge fund investors opt for liquidity over returns

Hedge fund investors opt for liquidity over returns

The rush for liquid hedge funds is costing investors juicier opportunities elsewhere as institutions opt for a safety first strategy after being burned in the financial crisis.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Global stocks on the rise, economy could cap gains

Global stocks on the rise, economy could cap gains

The world's major stock indexes should trade higher a year from now but fears of a slowing economic recovery might permit only modest gains in some rich-world markets, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Global Markets Weekahead: pricing for double-dip

Global Markets Weekahead: pricing for double-dip

With the global economy slowing, interest rates about as low as they can go, governments getting austere and banks being investigated for stress, it is getting harder for investors to keep putting on their bullish faces.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Taiwan stocks to stagnate this year

Taiwan stocks to stagnate this year

Taiwan stocks will close the year roughly where they are now, according to a Reuters poll, as optimism over more flexible yuan policy is capped by concerns the eurozone debt crisis could dent the global economy. The main TAIEX index was seen at 7,600 poin
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
London awaits British interest rate call next week

London awaits British interest rate call next week

The British stock market, which has suffered a dizzying drop in the face of global economic woes over the past five days, will seek gains next week amid an interest rate decision from the Bank of England. The FTSE 100 ended the week at 4,838.09 points, do
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
PBOC adviser sees yuan rising three percent versus dollar

PBOC adviser sees yuan rising three percent versus dollar

The yuan is likely to rise about 3 percent against the dollar by the end of this year, assuming the euro holds its ground against the US currency, Li Daokui, a central bank adviser, said on Thursday.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Tokyo shares seen mixed

Tokyo shares seen mixed

Tokyo stock investors are likely to take their cue in the coming week from US jobs data and currency rates, analysts said. US jobs data for June, due out later Friday, is expected to set the tone at the start of the week. A raft of weak US indicators have
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Saudi Airlines' catering unit eyes IPO by March 2011

Saudi Airlines' catering unit eyes IPO by March 2011

Saudi Arabian Catering Co, a unit of Saudi Airlines (Saudia), is eyeing a bourse listing by March 2011, while its ground handling unit will merge in July with two other firms, top executives said.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Saudi Airlines' catering unit eyes IPO by March 2011

Saudi Airlines' catering unit eyes IPO by March 2011

Saudi Arabian Catering Co, a unit of Saudi Airlines (Saudia), is eyeing a bourse listing by March 2011, while its ground handling unit will merge in July with two other firms, top executives said.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Majority of Germans want to ditch the euro: poll

Majority of Germans want to ditch the euro: poll

A majority of Germans wants to scrap the euro and bring back the old currency, the deutschemark, according to a new poll published on Tuesday. The Ipsos survey showed 51 percent of people in Europe's top economy wanted their beloved deutschemark back, wit
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Wall Street Weekahead: bulls on the run in shortened week

Wall Street Weekahead: bulls on the run in shortened week

Bearish bets in the equity options market, coupled with an increasingly sour view from a technical perspective, suggest stocks will struggle to break from a vicious two-month downtrend next week.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
France to send more trainers to Afghanistan

France to send more trainers to Afghanistan

France's military will soon send 250 more trainers to Afghanistan, bringing the overall French force to 4,000 people. The chief of the French defence staff, Edouard Guillaud, said in French Senate hearings that the French troops in Afghanistan ``are 3,750
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Nigerian gunmen release foreign hostages

Nigerian gunmen release foreign hostages

Nigerian gunmen released a group of foreign workers on Sunday, two days after attacking their cargo vessels in the oil-producing Niger Delta, security officials said. Seven Russians, two Ukrainians, two Germans and a Lithuanian were taken on Friday near B
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Venezuela, Chile to head new Latin American bloc

Venezuela, Chile to head new Latin American bloc

Venezuela and Chile will head a new regional bloc that will include all countries in the Americas except Canada and the United States to be inaugurated in July 2011, Venezuela's Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Netanyahu 'lying' over Shalit talks: Hamas

Netanyahu 'lying' over Shalit talks: Hamas

Hamas on Sunday accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government of "lying" to the Israeli people about a prisoner swap deal to secure the release of captured soldier Gilad Shalit. Shalit was snatched by Gaza-based militants, some of them from the I
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Barak to meet Palestinian premier today

Barak to meet Palestinian premier today

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak will meet with Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad on Monday, the minister's office said. "A meeting between Mr. Barak and Fayyad will be held on Monday," the defence ministry said without providing any details on t
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Israel grants wider powers to Gaza flotilla inquiry

Israel grants wider powers to Gaza flotilla inquiry

Israel's cabinet granted wider powers on Sunday to a commission investigating a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, enabling the panel to compel witnesses to appear and testify under oath.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
China's population to near 1.4 billion by 2015

China's population to near 1.4 billion by 2015

China's population will near 1.4 billion by 2015, when over half of the nation will be considered urban dwellers, state press said Sunday. China's urban population will rise to over 700 million people by 2015 when city dwellers outstrip the rural populati
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Four die in Iraq attack by female suicide bomber

Four die in Iraq attack by female suicide bomber

A female suicide bomber blew herself up at the entrance to government offices in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday killing at least four people, an interior ministry official said.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Louisiana resumes skimming operations after Alex

Louisiana resumes skimming operations after Alex

Efforts to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill ramped back up Sunday as skimming operations resumed in Louisiana after a five-day shutdown due to Hurricane Alex.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Clinton presses Azerbaijan, Armenia peace efforts

Clinton presses Azerbaijan, Armenia peace efforts

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sought Sunday to revive peace talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia amid rising tensions in their long-running conflict over the breakaway Nagorny Karabakh region. On visits to the two countries, she also called on Tur
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Biden urges Iraqi leaders to form government

Biden urges Iraqi leaders to form government

US Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday met Iraqi leaders locked in an impasse four months after an inconclusive vote and expressed hope they would not delay much longer in forming a government, Iraqi officials said.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
PKK bombs Iraq to Turkey pipeline in rare attack

PKK bombs Iraq to Turkey pipeline in rare attack

The flow of oil on Iraq's main pipeline to Turkey was halted for a third day on Sunday after a technical problem on the Iraqi side was compounded by a bomb attack by suspected PKK rebels in Turkey.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Lawyers' role essential for justice: Babar

Lawyers' role essential for justice: Babar

Federal Law Minister, Dr Babar Awan said lawyers role was essential for dispensing justice. He was addressing the lawyer community after inaugurating construction work of Renala Khurd Tahsil Bar here on Sunday.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Man kills wife, four in-laws

Man kills wife, four in-laws

An infuriated person allegedly killed his four in-laws over a dispute at Chak 25-DB, here Saturday night. Station House Officer (SHO) Baghdadi police station Hakim Ali Rana told APP that Sarfraz, resident of Chak 25-BC, was married to his cousin Mona some
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Services Hospital evolves new security plan

Services Hospital evolves new security plan

The administration of Services Hospital has evolved a new security plan for the safety of patients, attendants and the hospital staff. Under the plan, sale of eatables in the wards and hospital premises will be strictly prohibited and no guest will be all
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Plan to convert 55,000 rickshaws to 4-stroke hits snags

Plan to convert 55,000 rickshaws to 4-stroke hits snags

The environmentalists and citizens are still waiting for conversion of 55000 two-stroke rickshaws into four stroke engines in the city. President, National Forum for Environment & Health (NFEH) Naeem Qureshi told PPI on Sunday that the Sindh Transport had
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
National Engineering Robotics contest on July 10

National Engineering Robotics contest on July 10

Higher Education Commission (HEC) and National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) will hold the national engineering Robotics contest 2010 at College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (EME NUST) on July 10. Over hundred teams from a large n
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Healthcare services depreciating: PSW

Healthcare services depreciating: PSW

The Pakistan Society Watch (PSW) on Sunday said services are depreciating with a rapid pace, which is resulting in acute dissatisfaction. A survey of patients and their relatives' experience in hospitals in twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad has foun
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Toppling of ZAB government: PPP to observe Black Day today

Toppling of ZAB government: PPP to observe Black Day today

Leaders and workers of Pakistan Peoples Party as well as democrats have finalised arrangements to observe Monday (today) as black day to commemorate the toppling of truly democratic government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto by dictator of country's history Genera
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
President will leave on a six-day visit to China on July 06

President will leave on a six-day visit to China on July 06

President Asif Ali Zardari will leave on Tuesday on a six day official visit to China during which he will hold talks with the top Chinese leadership including President Hu Jintao and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and meet with provincial political leaders an
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Improvement in corporate M&A process suggested

Improvement in corporate M&A process suggested

The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Sunday said corporate Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) are good if the aim is to grow rapidly in short span without taking pain of expansion or starting another business. Proper M&As could help improve image, efficiency,
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Swat festival - a step towards reviving tourism

Swat festival - a step towards reviving tourism

Swat festival, a step toward reviving tourism which is considered the only source of livelihood of the war stricken people of Malakand whose smile had vanished away with insurgency and terrorism. There were thousands of people in the streets and most of t
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Ali Gilani's detention under PSA challenged

Ali Gilani's detention under PSA challenged

The High Court has directed the authorities to allow relatives and lawyers of illegally detained veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani to meet him at Cheshmashahi sub-jail, where he has been lodged in solitary confinement after being booked un
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
US asks Japan to pay more for Marine move

US asks Japan to pay more for Marine move

The United States has asked Japan to help shoulder hundreds of millions of dollars in additional fees to transfer Marines from a controversial base on Okinawa island to Guam, Kyodo news agency reported.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Queen unveils 'Magna Carta' cornerstone for Canada museum

Queen unveils 'Magna Carta' cornerstone for Canada museum

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II hailed the special contribution to Canada's culture made by the country's native peoples, attending a performance of indigenous dance and visiting the site of a future museum for human rights.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Thailand must lift emergency rule, hold polls: think-tank

Thailand must lift emergency rule, hold polls: think-tank

Thailand must immediately lift emergency rule imposed during the recent mass opposition protests and hold an election as soon as possible for national reconciliation, a leading think-tank said Monday.
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Syria jails elderly lawyer Maleh for three years

Syria jails elderly lawyer Maleh for three years

A Syrian military court sentenced a 79-year-old lawyer on Sunday who campaigned for decades for an end to emergency law, jailing him for three years on charges of "weakening national morale", defence lawyers said. "This is tragic. Haitham Maleh is an old
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
Congo holds two days of mourning for fire death victims

Congo holds two days of mourning for fire death victims

Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila on Sunday declared two days of mourning for 235 people who burned to death when a fuel truck exploded. Most of the dead, including around 60 children and around 30 women, were lowered into three mass gr
Published 05 Jul, 2010 12:00am
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