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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court Monday granted a 22-day respite to Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf after he assured the bench he would take serious steps to resolve the issue of Swiss letter.Raja appeared before the bench to respond to contempt of court notice he was issued for not implementing ...

 

ISLAMABAD - Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry, a judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan, has said ...

KARACHI - Board of Intermediate Education Karachi has announced the results of the Higher ...

ISLAMABAD  - Koreans have expressed their keen interest to invest in hydropower and ...

LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Monday that the ruling PML-N ...

ISLAMABAD  - Adviser to PM on Petroleum Dr Asim Hussain on Monday unveiled the Petroleum (Exploration and Production) Policy 2012, promising more incentives to foreign investors for expediting ...

RAWALPINDI - Acting Special Judge Central (SJC) Muhammad Ahmed Farooqi granted bail to former federal minister for religious affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi in Haj scam case on Monday. The court also ...

BANGKOK (AFP) - Former Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Monday faced fresh questioning by investigators over a deadly military crackdown on mass opposition protests in Bangkok in 2010. Abhisit, now opposition leader, was summoned to the Justice Ministry’s Dept of Special ...

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Gunmen shot dead an Iraqi border forces brigadier general on Monday, among three people killed and six wounded in nationwide violence, security and medical officials said. Brig Gen Abdul Hussein Mohsen was gunned down by several armed men while he was in the town of Taji, an ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - A strong 7.3 earthquake shook an area in the Pacific Ocean off El Salvador early Monday, prompting a brief tsunami warning for the region that was later lifted, US officials said. The epicenter of the tremor, which occurred at 0437 GMT, was located 111 kilometers (69 miles) south ...

ZAINAB Naveed was crowned as Miss Pakistan World and Shan Virk as Mr Pakistan World at a pageant at the Red Rose Convention Centre here at the weekend.Naveed, the 25-year-old beauty from New York, representing Lahore, beat 10 contestants to win the crown.Sabiha Zahid from London (Britain) was the ...

OPINIONS

Columns

Editorials

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On Friday, August 24, 2012, our friend and ally rained down deadly rockets from three drones on hapless people in the North Waziristan Agency (NWA), ...

n Adeela Naureen and       Umar WaqarAs per techtarget.com “Cyber warfare is Internet-based conflict involving ...

In the last few weeks, the plight of Burmese Muslims has come to limelight. Of particular concern are circumstances surrounding the minority Muslim ...

The very act of questioning America’s uncritical support for Israel used to be heresy. In the influential media and conventional scholarship, ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf received breathing space of 22 days to ensure a method to satisfy the Supreme Court with regard to writing to the ...

If the statement of a senior US military official is to be believed, the US seems eager to make peace with the Haqqani network. So much so that it is ...

Vietnam War-era US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, who has developed a formidable reputation as a humans rights advocate, addressing a seminar in ...

One wonders what the purpose of the Indo-Pak Parliamentarians dialogue recently held in New Delhi was, if the main issues bedevilling the bilateral ...

Initially, the Benazir Income Support Scheme was started with a very noble aim of providing a fixed amount to people ...

Most of the talk shows on prime time have been reduced to a match of shadow boxing, display of intolerance and ...

Every year Shandur polo festival is celebrated in Chitral and many local and foreign tourists visit the district to ...

There is a lot of confusion about water release below Kotri for protection of the Indus delta. Clause 7 of the Water ...

Women are considered the backbone of any nation and our Constitution provides for equality of women: however, this ...

REGIONAL

Lahore

Karachi

Islamabad

LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Monday that the ruling PML-N government ...

LAHORE – Chanting slogans in favour of the Southern Punjab province, the Opposition members ...

LAHORE – The City Police gunned down two alleged criminals during a fake encounter in the ...

LAHORE – Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) Chief Executive Officer Sharafat Ali Sial ...

KARACHI - Board of Intermediate Education Karachi has announced the results of the Higher Secondary ...

KARACHI – At least 13 people were killed in different incidents of violence here on Monday. ...

KARACHI –The Public Accounts Committee of Sindh Assembly on Monday angered with the police ...

KARACHI  - The police in their ongoing drive against criminals, arrested 79 accused during the ...

ISLAMABAD - The NAB has filed a reference against Mian Khurram Rasool and his brother Shahid ...

ISLAMABAD  - Foolproof security arrangements were made on the occasion of appearance of Prime ...

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari will leave for Iran on August 29 (tomorrow) to attend the ...

ISLAMABAD - Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry, a judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan, has said that ...

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