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Names of ex-chiefs of ISI, IB, 11 babus placed on ECL

Names of ex-chiefs of ISI, IB, 11 babus placed on ECL

ISLAMABAD The Federal Government in a dramatic move on Sunday initiated action against several serving as well as retired bureaucrats in connection with the assassination of former PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto by placing their names on the Exit Control List (ECL). The sources in the Interior ...


National News
PPP leader, ex-APTMA chairman lodge FIRs against each other

PPP leader, ex-APTMA chairman lodge FIRs against each other

KARACHI - Police on Sunday booked Chairman Baig Group Dr Mirza Ikhtiar Baig and former All Pakistan Textile Mills Associations (APTMA) chairman Waqar Monnoo in two separate FIRs, The Nation has ...

'N' leader booked for thrashing lawyer

'N' leader booked for thrashing lawyer

3 TTP men held in Islamabad

3 TTP men held in Islamabad

International News
Hurriyat, JKLF snub Indian army chief

Hurriyat, JKLF snub Indian army chief

SRINAGAR/ISLAMABAD (NNI) - Reacting strongly to the statement of Indian army chief that the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) cannot be revoked, Hurriyat Conference, Jammu Kashmir Liberation ...

Haroon hails UN report on Benazir murder

Haroon hails UN report on Benazir murder

EU-Pakistan summit to be delayed

EU-Pakistan summit to be delayed

Regional News

City echoes with anti-govt slogans

LAHORE The City reverberated to the sounds of anti-government slogans, as the Lahorites staged massive protest demonstrations against unannounced power cuts at a number of localities in the City on ...

Implementation on UN report within 24 hours: Babar

LAHORE - Federal Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Dr Babar Awan has said that implementation on UN Inquiry Commission report on assassination of Benazir Bhutto would start within next 24 ...

PU reopens today after 19-day closure

LAHORE - The Punjab University will reopen on Monday (today) after closure of 19 days. The hostels have also been opened to the students and they are returning back to their hostel residences. ...

Crushed to death

LAHORE - A 40-year-old man was crushed to death by a speedy train in Shahdara police limits on Sunday. Police investigators said that the deceased was walking on railway line near the tomb of second ...

50pc anaesthetist seats at KEMU vacant

LAHORE - About 50 per cent seats of professors, associate professors and assistant professors are lying vacant in Anaesthesia Department of King Edward Medical University (KEMU), sources in the ...

New budget for Punjab in June: Kaira

LAHORE - Provincial Minister for Finance, Planning & Development Tanvir Ashraf Kaira has said that the new budget of the Punjab would be presented in June 2010, and proposals of MPAs would be ...

Rain brings mercury down

LAHORE - Moderate to heavy rain was reported in different parts of the country including the provincial metropolis as westerly waves hit the country after a long hot spell culminating at 44 degree ...

New Wasa subdivisions to enhance efficiency

LAHORE - The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) has decided to establish a number of subdivisions of Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) under 'new devolution plan in order to make system more ...

Expressions of joy

PRESUMABLY, we should all be wildly joyous over the end of the Presidents powers under the 17th Amendment, that the 18th Amendment brought about. Now that it has passed the Senate, nothing can ...

ISO protest against terrorism

LAHORE (APP) - Imamia Students Organization (ISO) organised a protest here Sunday against terrorism and bomb attacks in Kohat. Addressing the protestors, Syed Hasan Kazmi, divisional president ISO, ...

Like-Minded to launch protest drive against loadshedding

LAHORE - PML-Q (Like-Minded) has announced to launch a protest campaign against massive loadshedding across the province. Like-Minded President Saleem Saifullah and provincial secretary information ...

Langah calls on Pervaiz

LAHORE - Senior leader of PML-Q, Ch Pervaiz Elahi said that he had taken several steps for the development of the Southern Punjab during his stint in power. He expressed these views while talking to ...

TSH stages protest

LAHORE Tehrik-e-Sooba Hazara (TSH) staged a protest demonstration at Lahore Press Club (LPC) here on Sunday. Dozens of protesters chanted slogans in favour of a separate Hazara Province. Speaking ...

MQM convention on April 25

LAHORE -MQM has expressed its willingness to hold partys convention at Alhamra Hall instead of Cultural Complex on April 25 to avoid confrontation with anyone, says member coordination MQM, Saif Yar ...

11 cops get punishment

LAHORE - SSP Investigation Lahore Police Zulfiqar Hameed has awarded punishments to 11 police officers/officials on the charges of corruption, faulty investigation, misuse of power and ...

Community uplift project launched

LAHORE The Imperial College of Business Studies (ICBS) has launched a community development project as part of its plan to encourage the students to share with the underprivileged. A student of the ...

Jimmy donates paintings exhibition proceeds to charity

LAHORE (APP) - Prominent artist and social worker Jimmy Engineer said proceeds from the sale of prints of his selected major art work being exhibited in Lahore next month will go to charity. Making ...

Lack of monitoring jeopardises KESC performance

KARACHI - The absence of any mechanism by the government for monitoring post privatisation performance of Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) is resulting in its monopoly, tariff hike, expanding ...

'PPP, 'N' do not want free courts'

LAHORE (PR) - Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan leaders Qari Zawar Bahadur, Pir Ejaz Ahmad, Hashmi, Shabbir Hashmi and Dr Javed Akhtar has said that ruling parties PPP and PML-N do not want independent ...

Karachi a paradise for mobile-snatchers

KARACHI (PPI) - Karachi, the biggest city of the country, has become a paradise for mobile phone snatchers and according to Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) at least 0.4 million mobile phone ...

Artificial limbs distributed

LAHORE - The Hope Rehabilitation Society distributed free artificial limbs among needy and deserving disabled persons during a ceremony held at the Hop Centre here on Sunday. Pakistan Baitul Maal ...

Middlemen fleecing farmers

HAFIZABAD - Kissan Board Gujranwala Division has expressed its disappointment over 50 percent decrease in wheat procurement target fixed by government for Gujranwala Division. The Board pointed out ...

1973 Constitution restored in its original shape: Rabbani

KARACHI - Chairman Constitutional Reforms Committee (CRC) and Deputy Secretary General Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Raza Rabbani has said that his party should be given due credit in ...

Rasm-e-Qul

LAHORE - Rasm-e-Qul of Khawaja Amanullah, father of PML-N leader Khawaja Ahmed Hassan was held here at Jamia Masjid GOR-I on Sunday. Leaders of different political and religious parties, business ...

Energy crisis, public protests go side by side

SIALKOT - Excessive unscheduled power outages of electricity are affecting routine life badly, whereas public protests have failed to move government. The daily 18 hours-long unscheduled loadshedding ...

Headless girl's body found

FEROZEWALA - A headless body of a young girl, cut into pieces, was found here on Sunday from Imamia Colony. Police, on a tip-off, took the body pieces in custody. Police sources told the newsmen ...

BODIES FOUND

Police have recovered two bodies of men and shifted them to hospital for autopsy. The sources said that police, on getting information, took the bodies in custody and shifted them to hospital for ...

Third gender should be given due status: Speakers

KARACHI - The Society for Development & Human Rights (SDHR), in collaboration with Karachi Press Club and Action Aid Pakistan, launched their latest research report Third Gender a scoping Study of ...

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