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Military launches Lower Dir offensive

April 27, 2009
Military launches Lower Dir offensive

PESHAWAR - Scores of militants were killed and several others injured when security forces, backed by helicopter gunships and artillery, launched an operation against them in Maidan area of Lower Dir on Sunday. Prior to the security forces action, the administration and leading figures made ...

US has 'concerns' over safety of Pak nukes

US has 'concerns' over safety of Pak nukes

April 27, 2009

WASHINGTON - The Pakistani government appears stable for now, but the United States is worried about what will happen if it ...

Time to 'achieve more', Zardari tells America

Time to 'achieve more', Zardari tells America

April 27, 2009

ISLAMABAD (APP)- President Asif Ali Zardari in a clear reference to repeated assertions of do more by the West and the United ...

International
Taliban's guile helped them gain Buner: NYT

Taliban's guile helped them gain Buner: NYT

April 27, 2009

NEW YORK - The fall of Buner last week to the Taliban militants involved tactics that could be replicated elsewhere, the New York ...

US urged not to create panic in Pakistan

US urged not to create panic in Pakistan

April 27, 2009

WASHINGTON - A leading American newspaper Sunday cautioned the Obama administration against raising alarm over the deteriorating ...

Are Muslim children potential criminals?

Are Muslim children potential criminals?

April 27, 2009

LONDON In Britain, a farce is defined as a foolish show, a mockery or a ridiculous sham. It is also used to describe a play with ...

Pakistan keen to bounce back

April 27, 2009

ABU DHABI - Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam's platitude on a comeback aside, the realistic chances of a befitting riposte are scarce ...

Ajmal reported for illegal action

April 27, 2009

ABU DHABI - The International Cricket Council confirmed on Sunday that Pakistan's off-spinner Saeed Ajmal was reported for ...

Pakistan fined for slow over rate

April 27, 2009

ABU DHABI - Pakistan were fined for a slow over rate during the second one-day match against Australia, the ICC said ...

A glance at today's game

April 27, 2009

Australians fought their way back brilliantly in the second one-dayer. After a drubbing by Pakistan in the first game Australians ...

Dilshan fires Delhi to victory with unbeaten 67

April 27, 2009

PORT ELIZABETH (South Africa) (AFP) - Tillakaratne Dilshan smashed a quickfire half-century to power Delhi Daredevils to a ...

Hopes holds Australian hopes

April 27, 2009

He might not be as high profiled as some of his other colleagues but he goes about his job in his own peculiar manner. James ...

Australia's Hauritz relishes spin challenge

April 27, 2009

ABU DHABI (AFP) - Australian off-spinner Nathan Hauritz said Sunday said he was relishing the challenge of bowling against ...

I'm in best form ever, warns Nadal

April 27, 2009

BARCELONA (AFP) - Rafael Nadal pronounced himself in the best shape of his career on Saturday as the world number one stormed ...

Stakes high as US President shifts from Iraq to Afghan war

April 27, 2009

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama has moved quickly to shift the US militarys focus to the Afghan war instead of ...

IMF to sell bonds to help struggling nations

April 27, 2009

WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund is considering selling bonds to several developing countries to raise money to ...

Two dead as Somali pirates seize oil tanker

April 27, 2009

SANAA (AFP) - Somali pirates seized an empty Yemeni oil tanker in a deadly clash with coast guards on Sunday that cost at least ...

Gyms for Saudi women face closure

April 27, 2009

RIYADH (AFP) - Increasingly popular sports clubs and gyms for women in Saudi Arabia face shutdown because the government only ...

Hillary calls for free and fair elections in Lebanon

April 27, 2009

BEIRUT (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday called for free and fair elections in Lebanon during a visit to ...

Iran arrests Israeli-linked bombers

April 27, 2009

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran said on Sunday it has arrested members of a terrorist network linked to arch-foe Israel who planned a number ...

Iran ready to back Palestinian-Israel deal

April 27, 2009

NEW YORK - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a televised interview Sunday he would accept a two-state solution in ...

Iraqi PM blasts deadly US raid

April 27, 2009

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Sunday that a US raid in which a policeman and a woman were shot ...

Lanka spurns rebel truce despite UN pressure

April 27, 2009

COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka rejected a ceasefire offered by Tamil Tigers on Sunday as the top United Nations humanitarian official ...

Politics
81 dead as Mexico flu sparks worldwide fears

81 dead as Mexico flu sparks worldwide fears

April 27, 2009

WASHINGTON - The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Sunday it has declared a public health emergency in a bid to stop ...

'British HC abetting bogus students'

'British HC abetting bogus students'

April 27, 2009

LONDON - A British educationist based in Pakistan has accused British High Commission in Islamabad of dereliction of duty by ...

British PM due today

British PM due today

April 27, 2009

ISLAMABAD (Online) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will arrive here on Monday (today) amid diplomatic row over the arrest ...

Woman dies of cardiac arrest during flight

April 27, 2009

LAHORE - The body of an aged woman, who expired on board a PIA flight, remained unattended at the Allama Iqbal International ...

Rehman urges Taliban to lay down weapons

April 27, 2009

ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - Pakistan called on Taliban fighters to lay down their arms after security forces launched an offensive ...

Shoe flung at Manmohan in election rally

April 27, 2009

ISLAMABAD (APP) - A man hurled a shoe at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during an election rally in Ahmedabad on Sunday, in what ...

Obama still sky-high in US polls

April 27, 2009

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama, who is approaching his first 100 days in office, is enjoying the best presidential ...

Journalists boycott French envoy's briefing

April 27, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Journalists Sunday boycotted press conference of French Special Envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Pierre ...

PPP leader, wife shot dead in DI Khan

April 27, 2009

DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Online) - In another incident of target killing in Dera Ismail Khan, District leader of Pakistan Peoples Party ...

Complete strike observed in Balochistan

April 27, 2009

QUETTA - A shutter-down and wheel-jam strike was observed on Sunday in provincial capital and other towns of Balochistan where ...

6 die in NWA blast

April 27, 2009

MIRANSHAH - At least six members of a family were killed and four others injured when a vehicle exploded mysteriously in Asar ...

Pakistan, Nato hold joint naval exercises today

April 27, 2009

KARACHI (Agencies) - NATO will begin two days of joint naval exercises with Pakistan on Monday (today) as part of an effort to ...

Taliban threaten to turn Pakistan into 'Afghanistan'

April 27, 2009

PESHAWAR (AFP) - The main Taliban spokesman and a representative of Maulana Sufi Muhammad, the pro-Taliban cleric who signed the ...

Peace deal intact, says Presidency

April 27, 2009

ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - The governments peace deal with Taliban in the Swat Valley is 'intact despite new military operation in ...

Security issue keeps PM away from convocation

April 27, 2009

ISLAMABAD - The recent intelligence reports regarding possible terrorist acts in Punjab have compelled Bahawalpur administration ...

Buner jirga extends 'support' to Taliban

April 27, 2009

BUNER - Tribal and local elders have announced conditional support for Taliban and made it clear they along with Taliban and ...

PPP decision on Punjab likely tomorrow

April 27, 2009

LAHORE - The PPP Punjab parliamentary party is meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) in Islamabad to examine a renewed offer from PML-N to ...

Raisani resigns from Senate

April 27, 2009

Senator and PPP Balochistan leader Lashkari Raisani has resigned from his Senate seat and party leadership, reported a private ...

Entertainment
Garner may make a good First Lady

Garner may make a good First Lady

April 27, 2009

BEN Afflecks wife Jennifer Garner has revealed her husbands political aspirations, and added that she thinks the actor married ...

Keira's too violent ad to be banned

Keira's too violent ad to be banned

April 27, 2009

AN anti-domestic violence advert, starring Keira Knightley, has been branded too shocking by advertising censors. The British ...

Tweed abandoned by Goody's family

Tweed abandoned by Goody's family

April 27, 2009

JAILED Jack Tweed has reportedly been given the cold shoulder by the family and friends of his late wife Jade Goody. The ...

Kylie Minogue's high-profile health retreat

April 27, 2009

POP princess Kylie Minogue has sold her getaway home on Victorias French Island for more than 1 million dollars and it is set to ...

Slumdog Millionaire 'daughter sale': mother vows to win custody

April 27, 2009

THE natural mother of Slumdog Millionaire star Rubina Ali has vowed to win custody of her daughter, after claims that the girls ...

How Britain's Got Talent's little star almost lost a lung

April 27, 2009

THE ten-year-old girl who starred in Britains Got Talent on Saturday night nearly had part of a lung removed - which would have ...

Islamabad
42 mosques illegally built on CDA lands

42 mosques illegally built on CDA lands

April 27, 2009

ISLAMABAD - As many as 42 mosques in the Federal Capital have been illegally constructed while 82 other mosques have encroached ...

Flood warning system installed at Nullah Leh

Flood warning system installed at Nullah Leh

April 27, 2009

RAWALPINDI - Japan has extended cooperation to Pakistan for improving social sector by installing Advanced Flood Warning System ...

Public reps pay no heed to dilapidated Dhamial Road

Public reps pay no heed to dilapidated Dhamial Road

April 27, 2009

RAWALPINDI - The residents of UC-85 Dhamial have expressed their concerns over the negligence of the areas elected ...

Kutchi Abadis protest against forced eviction

April 27, 2009

ISLAMABAD- Residents of the I-9 Kutchi Abadi Sunday held a protest demonstration against threats by Capital Development ...

1018 drug smugglers arrested in one year

April 27, 2009

ISLAMABAD (APP)- The Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) has arrested a total number of 1018 drug smugglers, including 151 foreigners and ...

Development work of D-12 facing delay

April 27, 2009

ISLAMABAD (APP)- The development work of Sector D-12 is likely to face another delay due to recent rains and some land ...

Karachi
ST shows concern over chaos in NWFP

ST shows concern over chaos in NWFP

April 27, 2009

KARACHI - Sunni Tehrik has postponed the Difa-e-Islam rally, scheduled against the promulgation of Nizam-e-Adl Regulation (NAR) ...

Students flay efficiency of Sindh University

Students flay efficiency of Sindh University

April 27, 2009

KARACHI - The concluding phase of the recruitment tests for the vacant posts of Primary School Teachers (PST) was postponed at ...

Coop between corporate sector, universities urged

Coop between corporate sector, universities urged

April 27, 2009

KARACHI - Vice Chancellor University of Karachi Professor Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui has emphasised the need of cooperation ...

Chinese cell phones grab major market share

April 27, 2009

KARACHI - The sale of Chinese cell phones is increasing in local markets as most people these days prefer buying them for their ...

Pak, Libya to ink six MoUs

April 27, 2009

KARACHI (APP) - Six MoUs and one treaty would be signed between Pakistan and Libya, during the forthcoming visit of President ...

Every sixth Pakistani infected with hepatitis

April 27, 2009

KARACHI (APP) - Media has been playing its due role in creating a general health consciousness and awareness about diseases, ...

Lahore
AHF announces schedule of Asia Cup Hockey

AHF announces schedule of Asia Cup Hockey

April 27, 2009

LAHORE - The Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) has announced the schedule of 8th Men's Asia Cup Hockey Tournament. The tournament ...

PHF academy trials at Sheikhupura conclude

PHF academy trials at Sheikhupura conclude

April 27, 2009

LAHORE - The trials to select players for the PHF regional academy of Sheikhupura were held at the Govt Degree College ...

Govt lifts ban

Govt lifts ban

April 27, 2009

LAHORE - Owing to expected bumper wheat crop this year, the Punjab government has lifted inter-provincial ban on the free ...

Another rat found in plane

April 27, 2009

LAHORE - Yet another rat was spotted in a PIA aircraft prior its take-off from the Allama Iqbal International Airport on ...

State and society must join hands to defeat Taliban

April 27, 2009

LAHORE - The speakers at a seminar held at South Asian Free Media Centre on Sunday were unanimous in saying that Taliban posed a ...

The shape of things to come

April 27, 2009

The Taliban will claim in future to have gained respectability when the Army chief assured his commanders that the state was ...

Sugar, ghee rates up; rice, pulses stable

April 27, 2009

LAHORE - Prices of sugar and ghee in the wholesale market of the City rose slightly whereas pulses and rice rates remained stable ...

Wheat cultivation rises by 7.3 per cent in Punjab

April 27, 2009

LAHORE - Agriculturists are expecting above 25 million tons wheat production this year as area under wheat cultivation rose by ...

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