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Print - 2015-01-11
Victims of Quebec oil-by-rail disaster agree to $200 million settlement

Victims of Quebec oil-by-rail disaster agree to $200 million settlement

Victims of the Lac-Megantic oil-by-rail disaster that killed 47 people in the Canadian province of Quebec in 2013 agreed to a nearly $200 million settlement with some of the firms involved, including the insolvent rail operator at the center of the traged
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Kerry meets ailing Oman sultan in Germany

Kerry meets ailing Oman sultan in Germany

US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Oman's ailing Sultan Qaboos during a brief visit to Munich Saturday, expressing his gratitude for the "strong friendship" with the veteran leader. Kerry made a brief visit to the southern German city to see Qaboos
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Chairman PEF stresses free education to needy children

Chairman PEF stresses free education to needy children

Teaching is the noblest profession which develops nations on modern lines to excel in the comity of nations. In fact, it's an enduring legacy of the prophets. Our teaching community should therefore perform their duties in a way to develop today's nascent
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Formation of local government, community police inevitable: Sattar

Formation of local government, community police inevitable: Sattar

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Farooq Sattar on Saturday said that military courts are not a solution of everything, however, the establishment of local governments and community police has become necessary to tackle security threats in the coun
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
APS tragedy: diplomats express deep sympathies, solidarity

APS tragedy: diplomats express deep sympathies, solidarity

A delegation of senior diplomats of friendly countries called on Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan here at Governor's house Peshawar on Saturday and expressed deep sympathies and solidarity over the tragic incident of Army Public School
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
'100,000 students will get laptops on merit'

'100,000 students will get laptops on merit'

Punjab Finance Minister Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman has said that total 100,000 students purely on merit will get laptops during current fiscal year in all categories. He disclosed this while talking to various talking to various delegations here on Saturday,
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Benefit of fuel prices' cut yet to reach public

Benefit of fuel prices' cut yet to reach public

Despite registering substantial reduction in petroleum prices by the government over past one and half month, it has not passed on benefit to commuters, as usual all the time, the transports mafia had refused to make reduction in fares rates. Showing inab
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Teacher kills four-year-old boy for ransom

Teacher kills four-year-old boy for ransom

Four-year-old Zainab was killed by school teacher along with her accomplice for ransom. According to the details, criminal Ayesha used to teach Zainab in a school and also, later in the day, used to take tuition classes. On January 8, Ayesha called Zainab
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Military courts' proceedings: Parliament will keep an eye, says Aitzaz

Military courts' proceedings: Parliament will keep an eye, says Aitzaz

Senator Aitzaz Ahsan on Saturday has said that it would be wrong to perceive that the Parliament has withdrawn from its responsibilities after approval of the 21st Amendment in the Constitution. He said that the Parliament would keep an eye on the operati
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Uks Diary 2015 launched

Uks Diary 2015 launched

Uks Dairy 2015 was launched under the theme of 'Women of Pakistan: Missed MDGs, Must achieve SDGs' here on Saturday. Addressing the launch ceremony of the diary, Director Uks Tasneem Ahmar said the diary highlighted the real issues of the women of Pakista
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Brand Pakistan to develop country's positive perception

Brand Pakistan to develop country's positive perception

Brand Pakistan is an initiative to celebrate the outstanding achievements and inspiring stories of Pakistanis from Pakistan and around the Globe. Its aim is to unite all stakeholders in developing a positive perception of Pakistan and in creating the blue
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Mushahidullah gets portfolio of climate change ministry

Mushahidullah gets portfolio of climate change ministry

Mushahidullah Khan has been given the portfolio of environment and climate change ministry, which necessitated restoring the status of the ministry. An official notification has been issued in this regard, however, it is not clear yet if the government wo
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
KP local government polls: ECP decides not to use biometric system

KP local government polls: ECP decides not to use biometric system

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided not to introduce biometric system in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's upcoming local government elections. However, National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) insist on using biometric voters' verification s
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Newborn baby kidnapped from hospital

Newborn baby kidnapped from hospital

The family and relatives of a newborn baby kidnapped by an unidentified woman from Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Saturday staged a protest demonstration and blocked Islamabad Expressway. A doctor on the condition of anonymity said that
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Journalist Saleemullah's death widely mourned

Journalist Saleemullah's death widely mourned

The death of the journalist Sheikh Saleemullah, the news editor of now defunct Daily Khyber Mail, has been widely mourned. In his tributes to the late senior journalist, Senator Farhatullah Babar, a journalist-turned-technocrat politician said, "The death
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Private schools to reopen from tomorrow

Private schools to reopen from tomorrow

All Pakistan Private School Management Associated has announced to reopen the schools from Monday (tomorrow).In an announcement, President of the Association Ibrar Ahmad Khan said that if the administration tried to forcibly shut the schools, they would c
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Funeral prayer held: twelve suspects of Imambargah blast held

Funeral prayer held: twelve suspects of Imambargah blast held

The law-enforcement agencies have booked 12 people from different parts of the garrison city for interrogating them in connection with Friday's blast. However, the investigation into the deadly suicide attack that occurred on Friday near Imambargah at Chi
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Two killed in firing incident

Two killed in firing incident

Two persons were killed and another injured in shootout incident at Liaquat colony here on Saturday. According to reports, unidentified persons on a motorbike opened fire at two persons, killing them on the spot and managed to flee from the scene. Police
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Dutch envoy condoles over Peshawar tragedy with KP Governor

Dutch envoy condoles over Peshawar tragedy with KP Governor

The Ambassador of the Netherlands, Marcel de Vink, visited Peshawar and met with the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Sardar Mehtab Ahmad Khan and shared his shock and grief over the December 16 tragedy and expressed his deepest condolences and solidar
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
PTI condemns suicide blast outside Imambargah

PTI condemns suicide blast outside Imambargah

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Punjab president Ejaz Chaudhary has on Saturday strongly condemned the Rawalpindi suicide blast outside an Imambargah result in killing seven people and wounding several others. He said there is a need to think about measure
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Tevta to recruit 1,042 teachers in Punjab

Tevta to recruit 1,042 teachers in Punjab

Technical Education and Vocational Training Authority (Tevta) will recruit 1,042 teachers for its institutes across the province of the Punjab. The induction will be made for the teaching posts from grade 14 to 17. Chairperson Tevta Irfan Qaiser Shaikh st
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
'Health Insurance Card Scheme' for low-income people soon

'Health Insurance Card Scheme' for low-income people soon

Provincial Minister for Social Welfare Syed Haroon Sultan Bukhari has said that government will launch 'Health Insurance Card Scheme' due to which free treatment facilities will be available to low-income people in government and best private hospitals.
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
About 5.4 million children are out of schools all over country: Sarwar

About 5.4 million children are out of schools all over country: Sarwar

Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar on Saturday said that globally 58 million children are out of school and Pakistan being ranked as having the second highest number of such children. The governor was speaking at a press briefing on the "Up for scho
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
PML-N activist killed

PML-N activist killed

Two persons including an activist of ruling Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) were killed in firing on a vehicle here on Saturday. SP Zulfiqar Ahmed said that unknown armed motorcyclists sprayed bullets on a private car in Jhang Bazar Chowk of Faisalabad. As
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
NA-125 recount: voters' list forwarded to Nadra

NA-125 recount: voters' list forwarded to Nadra

Election tribunal Lahore completed the inspection of two bags of the constituency NA-125 on Saturday and forwarded the voters' list to National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra). Election tribunal's Judge Javed Rasheed Mehboob conducted the insp
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Crop biomass cell set up in agriculture department

Crop biomass cell set up in agriculture department

A "Crop Biomass cell has been established in Punjab Agriculture department for assessing the production of crops and estimating biomass for generating electricity from alternative resources in the Punjab. Sources in Agriculture department told Business
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Four held for selling hate material

Four held for selling hate material

Police have rounded up four accused on distributing religious hate material for the promotion of sectarian hater and Jihadist philosophy and registered terrorism cases against them, police said here on Saturday. Pakgate police have arrested Khawaja Abu Al
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
TTP commander, two aides killed in Lahore joint encounter

TTP commander, two aides killed in Lahore joint encounter

Taliban commander along with his two accomplices were gunned down in Lahore on Saturday. Taliban Lahore commander and presumed mastermind of Wagha Border attack Asadullah who goes with the aliases Roohullah and Qureshi was killed in Lahore along with two
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Alleged ST evasion Cosmetic company's office raided

Alleged ST evasion Cosmetic company's office raided

Intelligence and Investigation Inland Revenue (I&I) Lahore raided a known cosmetic company's office in the provincial metropolis on Friday and took all the records in to custody for investigation in to an alleged sales tax evasion of millions of rupees.
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
ICCI welcomes Pak-China agreement to open bank branches

ICCI welcomes Pak-China agreement to open bank branches

Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry has welcomed the understanding reached between Pakistan and China during the third meeting of second phase negotiations on Pak-China FTA to soften the requirements for establishing bank branches in each other's c
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
LCCI urges Lesco to share loadshedding plan with traders

LCCI urges Lesco to share loadshedding plan with traders

The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged the Lesco to share its loadshedding plan with the business community, as full-day power shuts have hampered the industrial output that would ultimately affect the GDP growth of the country. LCCI
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Factory boiler explodes: six injured

Factory boiler explodes: six injured

At least six persons, mostly women were injured when boiler of a factory exploded here on Saturday. Rescue sources said that boiler of a packaging factory located at Multan Road in Mohanwala area of area of Lahore exploded; when the workers were busy in t
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
SMBR briefs World Bank delegation about uplift process

SMBR briefs World Bank delegation about uplift process

Senior Member Board of Revenue (SMBR), Nadeem Ashraf said that in the light of vision and guideline of Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif, reorganisation process of PDMA on modern and scientific line has been completed. Five directorates of PDMA have been set up in
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Allegations against chief executive TDAP condemned

Allegations against chief executive TDAP condemned

  • Business circles of Sialkot have strongly condemns the allegations levelled against Chief Executive, Trade Development Authority (TDAP) S.M. Munir for misusing TDAP recourses for FPCCI elections. Talking to reporters on Saturday afternoon the President,
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
HMB and Jubilee Insurance launch Bancassurance product

HMB and Jubilee Insurance launch Bancassurance product

  • In a collaborative initiative, Habib Metro Bank and Jubilee Life launched Bancassurance services at a ceremony conducted at local hotel recently. The event was attended by Mr Sirajuddin Aziz, President & CEO, Habib Metro Bank and Mr Javed Ahmed, Managin
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Civil society forum criticises harassment of NGOs

Civil society forum criticises harassment of NGOs

The Pakistan Civil Society Forum condemned the harassment to non government organisations (NGOs) by the Police authorities on the name of security and terrorism and demanded immediate stop to this untoward practice to curb the civil society. In a statemen
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Nawaz felicitates Sirisena over victory

Nawaz felicitates Sirisena over victory

Prime Minister Nawaz Shairf has felicitated Maithripala Sirisena on his victory in the recently held Presidential Election in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. In a message to President-elect on Saturday, the Prime Minister described his suc
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Low rains: drought conditions may aggravate in southern parts

Low rains: drought conditions may aggravate in southern parts

Drought conditions in rain-fed areas are likely to aggravate following low winter rains in half of southern parts of the country, says Met Office. "Winter rainfall from January to March 2015 on Pakistan basis will be closed to normal [long period average
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
PRCS launching 'neighbourhood watch' concept

PRCS launching 'neighbourhood watch' concept

Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) is launching 'neighbourhood watch' concept in Lahore as pilot project to assist the traffic wardens at various busy points of the provincial metropolis in extending help to the citizen in need. Under this project initi
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Zardari condoles over cops' death in Mirpurkhas

Zardari condoles over cops' death in Mirpurkhas

Co-Chairman Pakistan Peoples' Party and former President Asif Ali Zardari has condoled over the martyrdom of valiant police officials who lost their lives fighting dacoits in Mirpurkhas on Saturday night. Former president Asif Ali Zardari spoke to Chief M
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Tribesmen demand comprehensive compensation package for IDPs

Tribesmen demand comprehensive compensation package for IDPs

Tribesmen from volatile tehsil Bara of Khyber Agency demanded the government to ensure voluntarily return of internally displaced persons in their respective hometown in the tribal agency, besides a comprehensive compensation package for them. The demand
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Powerless JC would be meaningless: PTI vice chairman

Powerless JC would be meaningless: PTI vice chairman

"Constitution of a powerless judicial commission would be meaningless and ineffective and it would be mere eye-wash." PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Qureshi said this while talking to media-men after attending the Qul Khawani of Sardar Ghulam Sarwar Khan
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
ASWJ activist among four killed in Karachi

ASWJ activist among four killed in Karachi

At least four people including a worker of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat (ASWJ) were killed in various incidents of violence in the city on Saturday. Three bodies were found in Mochko area in the limits of Mochko police station. The identities of the deceased co
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Terror bid foiled near Qalandaria Chowk

Terror bid foiled near Qalandaria Chowk

A bomb weighing two-and-a-half kilo grams was defused in Qalandaria Chowk area of North Nazimabad, here on Saturday. The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) recovered the bomb in a bag with "Bar-e-Saghir al Qaeda" written on it. According to the deputy inspector ge
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Don't distort history, please

Don't distort history, please

Apropos "Putting Armed Forces to test" carried by Business Recorder in its Analyses and Comments columns on January 8, one needs to point out a glaring factual mistake in the said item. The analysis has argued: "There is no gain going into history.
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
New US well permits rise slightly in December after crude oil plunge

New US well permits rise slightly in December after crude oil plunge

New oil and gas well permits issued across the United States rose slightly in December and surged 72 percent in Colorado and Wyoming after falling sharply in November on tumbling crude prices. Permit counts provided exclusively to Reuters by data firm Dri
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Utilities may keep rising, but investors should tread carefully

Utilities may keep rising, but investors should tread carefully

Utilities stocks bested all other S&P sectors in 2014 and with cold winds blowing across much of the United States investors may be hoping for more of the same. The sector is generally considered the stodgiest of stocks given their slow-and-steady revenue
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
eGovernment: SECP's eServices greatly help business entities

eGovernment: SECP's eServices greatly help business entities

During most part of the last decade, the SECP enjoyed a very good reputation for innovative and productive use of information technology at national and international levels. The untiring efforts of top class IT professionals working for the SECP resulted
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Drinking contaminated water

Drinking contaminated water

One good thing the Ministry of Science and Technology has done is to assign the Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) responsibility for quarterly monitoring of bottled/mineral water brands, and publicize the results too. Although the PC
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
The team selection

The team selection

In sports you win or you lose, for victory or defeat seeming to last forever is not in the scheme of things, and more so in cricket which is said to be a game of glorious uncertainties. We go to the Down Under next month with fervent hope to bring home th
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Protecting schools

Protecting schools

Peshawar's Army Public School was certainly one of the best protected educational institutions in the country, yet the terrorists could strike it with an unprecedented ferocity. That is a measure of the threat the cursed maniacs pose to the schools, as to
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Child suicide bomber kills at least 16 in Nigeria

Child suicide bomber kills at least 16 in Nigeria

A bomb strapped to a girl aged around 10 years old exploded in a busy market place in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 20, security sources said. "The explosive devices were wrapped around her b
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Child suicide bomber kills at least 16 in Nigeria

Child suicide bomber kills at least 16 in Nigeria

A bomb strapped to a girl aged around 10 years old exploded in a busy market place in the Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 20, security sources said. "The explosive devices were wrapped around her b
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Two doctors gunned down in Karachi

Two doctors gunned down in Karachi

Seven people including two doctors were gunned down in separate incidents of targeted killing in various parts of the city on Saturday night. According to police, a doctor lost his life when unknown gunmen showed up at a clinic and opened fire on him in P
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Five cops martyred, four dacoits killed in Mirpurkhas

Five cops martyred, four dacoits killed in Mirpurkhas

As many as four dacoits along with five police officers were killed in an operation at Mehmoodabad area of Mirpurkhas on Saturday. According to Police, five police officers including two SHOs were killed in the shootout whereas the in-charge of A-Section
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Five cops martyred, four dacoits killed in Mirpurkhas

Five cops martyred, four dacoits killed in Mirpurkhas

As many as four dacoits along with five police officers were killed in an operation at Mehmoodabad area of Mirpurkhas on Saturday. According to Police, five police officers including two SHOs were killed in the shootout whereas the in-charge of A-Section
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Educational institutes to reopen from tomorrow

Educational institutes to reopen from tomorrow

All public and private sectors educational institutions will reopen in the provinces of Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after an extended break following a brutal Taliban attack in Peshawar. All Pakistan Private School Management Association has anno
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Educational institutes to reopen from tomorrow

Educational institutes to reopen from tomorrow

All public and private sectors educational institutions will reopen in the provinces of Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after an extended break following a brutal Taliban attack in Peshawar. All Pakistan Private School Management Association has anno
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Workers' killings: MQM observing mourning day today

Workers' killings: MQM observing mourning day today

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Saturday announced that the party will observe a peaceful mourning day on Sunday to condemn the incidents of extrajudicial killings of MQM workers. A worker of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Faraz Alam reportedly died in police cu
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Workers' killings: MQM observing mourning day today

Workers' killings: MQM observing mourning day today

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Saturday announced that the party will observe a peaceful mourning day on Sunday to condemn the incidents of extrajudicial killings of MQM workers. A worker of Muttahida Qaumi Movement Faraz Alam reportedly died in police cu
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Pak-US strategic dialogue next week

Pak-US strategic dialogue next week

The two-day Pakistan-US strategic dialogue being held in Islamabad next week will focus on Pakistan's relations with Afghanistan and a rapid increase in tensions with India. In an interview, Pakistan Ambassador to United States Jalil Abbas Jilani said the
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Pak-US strategic dialogue next week

Pak-US strategic dialogue next week

The two-day Pakistan-US strategic dialogue being held in Islamabad next week will focus on Pakistan's relations with Afghanistan and a rapid increase in tensions with India. In an interview, Pakistan Ambassador to United States Jalil Abbas Jilani said the
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Boko Haram suspected after girl, 10, blows herself up in NE Nigeria

Boko Haram suspected after girl, 10, blows herself up in NE Nigeria

At least 19 people were killed on Saturday when a young girl, thought to be aged about 10, blew herself up at a crowded market in the restive north-east Nigerian city of Maiduguri. The powerful explosion rocked the city's Monday Market at about 12:40 pm (
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
NA-122: Pervaiz Rashid urges PTI chief to accept verdict on vote recount

NA-122: Pervaiz Rashid urges PTI chief to accept verdict on vote recount

The government on Saturday asked whether or not the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's demand for formation of judicial commission to investigate alleged rigging in the general elections 2013 was of any use after the findings of the election tribunal concerning v
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
NA-122: Pervaiz Rashid urges PTI chief to accept verdict on vote recount

NA-122: Pervaiz Rashid urges PTI chief to accept verdict on vote recount

The government on Saturday asked whether or not the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's demand for formation of judicial commission to investigate alleged rigging in the general elections 2013 was of any use after the findings of the election tribunal concerning v
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Modi pledges 24-hour power for Delhi

Modi pledges 24-hour power for Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to provide round the clock electricity for India''s capital Saturday as he kicked off his party''s campaign in elections to Delhi''s state assembly. Delhi has an unenviable reputation both for blackouts and as one of the
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Modi pledges 24-hour power for Delhi

Modi pledges 24-hour power for Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to provide round the clock electricity for India's capital Saturday as he kicked off his party's campaign in elections to Delhi's state assembly. Delhi has an unenviable reputation both for blackouts and as one of the wo
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Modi pledges 24-hour power for Delhi

Modi pledges 24-hour power for Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to provide round the clock electricity for India's capital Saturday as he kicked off his party's campaign in elections to Delhi's state assembly. Delhi has an unenviable reputation both for blackouts and as one of the wo
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Workers: the poor orphans of the US economic boom

Workers: the poor orphans of the US economic boom

It is one of the contradictions of the US economic boom: the unemployment rate has fallen to the lowest level in six years, but workers' wages have remained almost flat. The anomaly is troubling enough that it has sparked questions about whether the econo
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Five suspected terrorists held in Attock

Five suspected terrorists held in Attock

Police conducted raids in Attock, arresting five suspected terrorists in the city, District Police Officer (DPO) said on Saturday. The suspects, identified as Inam ur Raheem, Usman Jalil, Shamsur Rehman, Dr Arif and Kausar, have confessed their involvemen
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Chunian gas explosion leaves two dead

Chunian gas explosion leaves two dead

As many as two children died while one child along with his mother sustained injuries in a gas explosion in Chunian on Saturday. As per details, gas leakage became the cause of the explosion which resulted in the roof collapse of two-storey house whereas
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Wattoo terms military courts 'step in right direction'

Wattoo terms military courts 'step in right direction'

Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, President Punjab PPP, has said that the setting up of military courts through consensus is a step in the right direction to deal with terrorists, with the full might of the law, who have been killing innocent civilians, children
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
More than 700,000 rally in France after attacks

More than 700,000 rally in France after attacks

More than 700,000 people on Saturday took to streets across France in tribute to the 17 people killed in three days of violence by extremists, the interior minister said. From Nice and Marseilles in the south to Besancon in the east and Lille in the north
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
More than 700,000 rally in France after attacks

More than 700,000 rally in France after attacks

More than 700,000 people on Saturday took to streets across France in tribute to the 17 people killed in three days of violence by extremists, the interior minister said. From Nice and Marseilles in the south to Besancon in the east and Lille in the north
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
French hunt for gunman's girlfriend after bloody siege finale

French hunt for gunman's girlfriend after bloody siege finale

French forces were Saturday frantically hunting for the girlfriend of a gunman as the country mourned 17 dead in three blood-soaked days that shook the nation to its core. After President Francois Hollande warned the threats facing France "weren't over" a
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
French hunt for gunman's girlfriend after bloody siege finale

French hunt for gunman's girlfriend after bloody siege finale

French forces were Saturday frantically hunting for the girlfriend of a gunman as the country mourned 17 dead in three blood-soaked days that shook the nation to its core. After President Francois Hollande warned the threats facing France "weren't over" a
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Iran, Venezuela vow to ''neutralise'' oil price problem

Iran, Venezuela vow to ''neutralise'' oil price problem

Iran''s President Hassan Rouhani, flanked by Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro,vowed Saturday to "neutralise" the threat posed to both countries by plummeting oil prices, in a barely veiled broadside at Saudi Arabia. Opec members Iran and Venezuela ar
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Iran, Venezuela vow to 'neutralise' oil price problem

Iran, Venezuela vow to 'neutralise' oil price problem

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, flanked by Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro,vowed Saturday to "neutralise" the threat posed to both countries by plummeting oil prices, in a barely veiled broadside at Saudi Arabia. Opec members Iran and Venezuela are
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Iran, Venezuela vow to 'neutralise' oil price problem

Iran, Venezuela vow to 'neutralise' oil price problem

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, flanked by Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro,vowed Saturday to "neutralise" the threat posed to both countries by plummeting oil prices, in a barely veiled broadside at Saudi Arabia. Opec members Iran and Venezuela are
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Pentagon concerned over presence of terrorists in Pakistan

Pentagon concerned over presence of terrorists in Pakistan

A statement from the Pentagon on Saturday said that similar to France, Pakistan is also a target of terrorism; however, the Pakistani government and army are making progress hand in hand. The Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby while briefing
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
Pentagon concerned over presence of terrorists in Pakistan

Pentagon concerned over presence of terrorists in Pakistan

A statement from the Pentagon on Saturday said that similar to France, Pakistan is also a target of terrorism; however, the Pakistani government and army are making progress hand in hand. The Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby while briefing
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
US stands with Pakistan in war against terrorism

US stands with Pakistan in war against terrorism

The United States has said it would continue to support Pakistan in dealing with the shared threat of terrorism. Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby said in Washington that military co-operation continues to improve between US and Pakistan. K
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
US stands with Pakistan in war against terrorism

US stands with Pakistan in war against terrorism

The United States has said it would continue to support Pakistan in dealing with the shared threat of terrorism. Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby said in Washington that military co-operation continues to improve between US and Pakistan. K
Published 11 Jan, 2015 12:00am
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