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MQM MPA shot dead in Karachi

MQM MPA shot dead in Karachi

KARACHI-MQM Provincial Assembly member Raza Haider and his guard were gunned down in an incident of target killing within the limits of Nazimabad police station here on Monday while 30 persons were killed in the violence which erupted after the gory incident. According to reports, 50-year-old ...


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Rs600m needed to restore flood-hit roads

Rs600m needed to restore flood-hit roads

ISLAMABAD - Apart from killing hundreds of people and displacing not less than one million others, the unprecedented flash floods in the country have destroyed the road network and caused a loss of ...

Parliament body directs Malik to submit written reply

Parliament body directs Malik to submit written reply

Inequality main cause of 'Taliban phenomenon'

Inequality main cause of 'Taliban phenomenon'

Sports News
Unbridled PCB out to deface cricket

Unbridled PCB out to deface cricket

ISLAMABAD It seems that there is something wrong with the PCB Chairman as he is continuously acting against the wishes of the people and is least bothered about their sentiments and feelings. The ...

Islamabad in National Women Football semis

Islamabad in National Women Football semis

Millat Club advance in NBP-ICA Invitational League

Millat Club advance in NBP-ICA Invitational League

Regional News

8,524 students secure 60pc and above marks

LAHORE - The University of Health Sciences (UHS) Lahore has declared the result of Entrance Test for admission to medical and dental colleges of the Punjab on Monday. A total of 30,026 candidates ...

BA/BSc results expected in 3rd week

LAHORE - Punjab University BA/BSc Annual Examinations 2010 result is expected in the third week of August. The PU has started advance booking for the result gazettes and only 100 copies at Rs 3,000 ...

CJ asks AAG to submit final report on 6th

LAHORE - Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muha-mmad Sharif on Monday adjourned the hearing of a suo moto notice of a prisoners death resulting from alleged torture by the officials of Adiala ...

Govt of Pakistan can't be directed to write letter to US court: LHC

LAHORE - The government of Pakistan does not have any evidence or documents for proving innocence of Pakistani national Dr Aafia Siddiqui in the American trial court so the government of Pakistan can ...

More rains forecast

LAHORE - The City received scattered showers on Monday with experts predicting party cloudy weather and chances of more rains during the next couple of days. The rains and overcast conditions ...

CDG sets up 21 Ramazan Bazaars across City

LAHORE The City District Government Lahore has set up 21 Ramadan Bazars across the City to facilitate Lahorites during the holy month of fasting, officials informed The Nation on Monday. Besides ...

Punjab govt expedites relief activities

LAHORE According to the Spokesman of the Punjab government, 25,000 people of flood-hit areas of district Rajanpur have been shifted to safer places. According to an official handout, the Spokesman ...

Wasa finalises deficit budget for FY'10-11

LAHORE The Water and Sanitation Agency has finalised its deficit budget for the fiscal year 2010-11 as its revenue stands at Rs 3.1 billion against the expenditure of Rs 5.842 billion showing a ...

CM hails Rescue-1122 performance

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has appreciated the performance of Rescue-1122 in the relief efforts for the flood affectees in the province. The chief minister before his departure to ...

CM not to take part in PML-N by-polls campaign

LAHORE Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has expressed his non-availability to take part in the PML-Ns election campaign for the by-polls in Sargodha and Gujranwala and made it clear ...

Parties, NGOs lukewarm in donations collection

LAHORE - Leading political parties, NGOs, traders and other welfare organisations still seem inactive regarding collection of donations for rehabilitation of the people of flood-hit areas by setting ...

Punjab police engaged in relief activities for flood victims

LAHOE - On the instruction of Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif, various special rescue and relief teams of Punjab Police were engaged in the relief activities of flood-affectees with the local ...

CNG stations to remain open on Tuesdays

LAHORE All Pakistan CNG Association on Monday announced that they would not close CNG stations in Lahore, Multan, Gujranwala and surrounding areas on Tuesday in defiance of the government decision ...

LHC summons former MNA on ineligibility plea

LAHORE - A full bench of Lahore High Court summoned ex-MNA Amir Yar Waran for today (Tuesday) on a petition challenging his candidature on the grounds that he was not an honest man and could not ...

'Huge expenditures on MPs, war on terror real causes behind price-hike'

LAHORE The speakers at a seminar held at Hameed Nizami Hall here on Monday had consensus on the point that huge spending of public finance on parliamentarians and war on terror had caused ...

Businessmen urged to donate funds for flood victims

LAHORE - Senior Central leader of PML-Q Ch Pervaiz Elahi has appealed to businessmen, affluent individuals and party leaders and workers to step forward to assist flood-hit people in Punjab. He ...

Shahbaz grieved

LAHORE Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic murder of MQM leader and MPA Raza Haider and his gunman at Karachi on Monday. In a condolence message, ...

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President flays MQM MPA's murder

ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari has strongly condemned the killing of Raza Haider, MQM leader and Member Sindh Assembly, who was shot dead by unknown assailants in Karachi on Monday ...

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