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MPA killed in suicide hit

December 02, 2009
MPA killed in suicide hit

SWAT Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Dr. Shamsher Ali Khan was killed while 11 others received serious injuries when a suicide bomber blew himself up here in Kaju Dheri area on Tuesday. Lawmaker Shamsher Ali was a member of Awami National Party (ANP), part of a coalition that rules the North ...

Obama decides to send 30,000 more troops to Kabul

Obama decides to send 30,000 more troops to Kabul

December 02, 2009

WASHINGTON US President Barack Obama, who will unveil his plans for US involvement in Afghanistan Tuesday night, has decided to ...

Pak, Germany join hands in war on terror

Pak, Germany join hands in war on terror

December 02, 2009

BERLIN (APP) Pakistan and Germany on Tuesday vowed to join hands in the fight against terrorism and extremism, besides agreeing ...

International
France, Germany reject US appeals to boost Afghan force

France, Germany reject US appeals to boost Afghan force

December 02, 2009

PARIS (AFP) - France and Germany refused US requests to immediately promise more troops for Afghanistan, frustrating President ...

Cheney says Obama weak on Afghanistan

Cheney says Obama weak on Afghanistan

December 02, 2009

WASHINGTON - Former Vice President Dick Cheney says the Bush administrations focus on Iraq did not lead to the worsening of the ...

Issue of east Jerusalem sparks EU-Israel row

Issue of east Jerusalem sparks EU-Israel row

December 02, 2009

BRUSSELS (AFP) - A row broke out between Israel and the European Union Tuesday over a draft EU proposal that east Jerusalem ...

Settlers scuffle with govt inspectors

December 02, 2009

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Residents of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday scuffled with government inspectors who ...

Iran vows to deal 'firmly with Britons if found guilty

December 02, 2009

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran said on Tuesday that five British sailors detained in southern Gulf waters by the elite Revolutionary Guards ...

Fears grow over dangers of Swiss minaret vote

December 02, 2009

GENEVA (AFP) - The Swiss foreign minister said Tuesday that a decision by voters in Switzerland to ban new mosque minarets could ...

EU President takes office as Lisbon Treaty enters force

December 02, 2009

BRUSSELS (AFP) - The EUs first President Herman Van Rompuy and its new foreign affairs chief took office Tuesday as the Lisbon ...

UN hands out warm clothes to help Afghans combat cold

December 02, 2009

GENEVA (AFP) - The UN refugee agency on Tuesday started a campaign to help tens of thousands of Afghans through freezing ...

Iran to complain to Russia, China over IAEA vote

December 02, 2009

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran said on Tuesday it will complain to Russia and China over their joining in a censure vote at the UN atomic ...

Discrimination under fire on World AIDS Day

December 02, 2009

PRETORIA (AFP) - Calls for an end to discrimination against sufferers rang out on World AIDS Day on Tuesday as South Africa, the ...

Messi awarded Ballon d'Or

December 02, 2009

PARIS (AFP) Barcelonas Lionel Messi said he was honoured Tuesday after being awarded the Ballon dOr accolade as Europe-based ...

Murali to be persuaded to continue till 2011 WC

December 02, 2009

MUMBAI Sri Lankas spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan will be persuaded to prolong his career till 2011 World Cup, said DS DSilva, ...

Serena handed fine, probation for US Open outburst

December 02, 2009

NEW YORK (AFP) World number one Serena Williams was hit with a record fine and two years of probation on Monday for her outburst ...

Tension mounts ahead of WC draw

December 02, 2009

CAPE TOWN (AFP) Footballs high and mighty were heading for Cape Town this week ahead of Fridays World Cup draw which will set ...

Tiger not out of the woods over his worst drive

December 02, 2009

ORLANDO (Florida) (AFP) Supporters and critics of Tiger Woods made his website a forum for their anguish, anger and speculation ...

Business
Pakistan, Germany sign new BIT

Pakistan, Germany sign new BIT

December 02, 2009

BERLIN (Germany), (APP) - Pakistan and Germany on Tuesday inked a new Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) to safeguard and promote ...

Fuel prices increase rejected

Fuel prices increase rejected

December 02, 2009

LAHORE - Trade leaders, growers, associations of industrialists and transporters have straightforwardly rejected the sharp ...

SBP introduces financing facility

SBP introduces financing facility

December 02, 2009

KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan has introduced financing facility for establishment of new power projects using renewable ...

Body to resolve traders' problems formed

December 02, 2009

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari appointed a committee comprising Parliamentarians to look into the problems of small ...

KSE sheds 193 points on Dubai financial debacle

December 02, 2009

KARACHI - Psychological impact of Dubai debt problems and global financial crisis resulted in bearish activity at the local ...

Meeting summoned on 5th to resolve yarn crisis

December 02, 2009

ISLAMABAD - In order to resolve the ongoing yarn crisis, Ministry of Textile Industry has called a meeting of all stakeholders on ...

Global stocks bounce back

December 02, 2009

LONDON (AFP) - Leading European stock markets surged more than 2.0 percent Tuesday after Asian exchanges extended a rally and ...

Pakistan-Spain FTA stressed

December 02, 2009

LAHORE - While stressing the need for a Free Trade Agreement between Pakistan and Spain, the Spanish Ambassador Tuesday said that ...

The economic implications of Dubai crisis on Pakistan

December 02, 2009

KARACHI - The ongoing Dubai financial crisis is unlikely to affect the local market directly but it can have some negative ...

Toni&Guy continues to redefine hair styling creativity

December 02, 2009

KARACHI - Toni&Guy opened its largest salon in the commercial hub of the country last year. Since then, it has revolutionized ...

Politics
PS to State Minister of Int in FIA custody

PS to State Minister of Int in FIA custody

December 02, 2009

ISLAMABAD Mr Qadir, the PS to the State Minister of Interior Tasnim Qureshi, has been arrested and is in FIA custody charged ...

Mysterious shifting of Swiss case documents

Mysterious shifting of Swiss case documents

December 02, 2009

Pakistani High Commissioner in the UK, Wajid Shamsul Hasan headed a covert operation in Britain and received at least 12 cartons, ...

No need of Pak-US joint command against Qaeda: FM

No need of Pak-US joint command against Qaeda: FM

December 02, 2009

LONDON/FRANKFURT (Agencies) Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said there is no need of joint command between Pakistan ...

'Six families got big loans waived off'

December 02, 2009

RAWALPINDI (APP) The joint session of the National Assembly and Senate regarding Balochistan package has been summoned on ...

'I was called terrorist lawyer in 26/11 court'

December 02, 2009

MUMBAI (Agencies) Abbas Kazmi, who was sacked as lawyer of Ajmal Kasab by an Indian special trial court, on Tuesday said he had ...

SC larger bench to hear NRO cases from 7th

December 02, 2009

ISLAMABAD Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has constituted a larger bench to hear pending National Reconciliation ...

NAB in a fix in post-NRO scenario

December 02, 2009

ISLAMABAD The National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) has lapsed on 28th of November and National Accountability Bureau (NAB) ...

Policeman gunned down in Peshawar

December 02, 2009

PESHAWAR (Online) A policeman was killed while two others suffered injuries in two different incidents on police here on ...

Pak playing pivotal role in terror war: Nawaz

December 02, 2009

LAHORE (Online) PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday again made it clear that undoubtedly Pakistan is stable country, urging it ...

President Zardari reasserts grip on presidency: WP

December 02, 2009

WASHINGTON - Two weeks after reporting that President Asif Ali Zardari was facing growing public anger and disillusionment over ...

Surge in oil prices provokes wide outcry

December 02, 2009

REJECTING the hike in petroleum prices, the citizens of Peshawar staged protests Tuesday, demanding of the government to review ...

Interim relief may be merged into basic salary

December 02, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Pay and Pension Commission (PPC) headed by former State Bank Governor Dr. Ishrat Hussain would submit its final ...

US national among 3 held for violating law

December 02, 2009

LANDI KOTAL - Three persons including two foreigners were apprehended for violating local laws here on Tuesday. According to ...

Obama, Zardari discuss Afghan policy

December 02, 2009

ISLAMABAD (APP) - US President Barack Obama Tuesday night telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari hours before the launching of the ...

Muslim lawmaker pelted with eggs in UK

December 02, 2009

LONDON (AFP) - One of Britains most powerful Muslim women was pelted with eggs Monday by a group of men who accused her of not ...

Two human smugglers held

December 02, 2009

ZAGREB (AFP) - Croatian officials arrested two men as they tried to smuggle seven Afghans and one Pakistani into the country from ...

Entertainment
Carrie Underwood proud to be a role model

Carrie Underwood proud to be a role model

December 02, 2009

CARRIE Underwood is proud to be a role model - and insists she takes her status very seriously. The American Idol alum - whos ...

Obama is a great communicator

Obama is a great communicator

December 02, 2009

ANGELINA Jolie thinks President Barack Obama is a great communicator but not interested in issues outside the United States, a ...

Loneliness, like flu, is 'infectious'

Loneliness, like flu, is 'infectious'

December 02, 2009

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Loneliness, like the flu, is contagious, U.S. research shows. It can spread among groups of people and ...

Scientists create skin fast from stem cells

December 02, 2009

PARIS (Reuters) - French scientists have found a way to create human skin rapidly from stem cells, a discovery that could save ...

Red ribbons at the Elysee for World AIDS Day

December 02, 2009

PARIS (AFP) - The Elysee presidential palace for the first time displayed two large red ribbons on its columns Tuesday to mark ...

Jackson bumps Spears from atop Yahoo 09 searches

December 02, 2009

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Jacksons death thrust the singer to the top of yahoo.com Internet searches in 2009, putting an end ...

Islamabad
Terror hits business hard in Capital

Terror hits business hard in Capital

December 02, 2009

ISLAMABAD - In order to revive commercial activities in the country, there is a dire need to compensate the local traders, as ...

Lack of facilities at bus stops irks passengers

Lack of facilities at bus stops irks passengers

December 02, 2009

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Passengers are facing problems due to lack of facilities at various bus stops of the Federal Capital. Hundreds ...

President forms committee to resolve traders problems

President forms committee to resolve traders problems

December 02, 2009

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari appointed a committee comprising Parliamentarians to look into the problems of small ...

Father seeks financial help for son's treatment

December 02, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Sameer Aziz, two-year-old baby, who sustained sever head injuries in age of 6 months, is waiting for someone to bear ...

Man gets death sentence

December 02, 2009

RAWLAPINDIAn Additional District and Sessions (ADS) judge Tuesday awarded capital punishment to a convict in a murder case and ...

Swedish poet plants tree at PAL

December 02, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Writers are like trees. Planting a tree for peace in Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad, I am very pleased and ...

Karachi
SOA to hold athletics elections on advice of AFP

SOA to hold athletics elections on advice of AFP

December 02, 2009

KARACHI After withdrawing mandate from its self-appointed management committee, the Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) has ...

Baboos flouting PM instructions

Baboos flouting PM instructions

December 02, 2009

KARACHI - The Sindh government is flouting the instructions of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani to take action under ...

'Musharraf-Nawaz deal, NRO same'

'Musharraf-Nawaz deal, NRO same'

December 02, 2009

KARACHI - Minister of State for Ports and Shipping and leader of the PPP, Nabeel Gabol Tuesday said that there was no difference ...

Varsity declares several students ineligible

December 02, 2009

KARACHI - Unfair Means Committee of Karachi University (KU) has declared more than two dozen students ineligible for three years ...

Inspector killed in shoot-out; four cops injured

December 02, 2009

MIRPURKHAS - An inspector of the crime branch police Hyderabad was killed and four other officials including police mobile driver ...

Protest against private TV channel

December 02, 2009

MIRPURKHAS - Dozens of office bearers and workers of Sindh Peoples Youth of district Mirpurkhas on Monday held the protest ...

People urged to ignore 'propaganda against govt'

December 02, 2009

HYDERABAD (APP)- Sindh Minister for Fisheries Zahid Bhurgari has called upon the people not to pay any heed to negative ...

Lahore
Withdraw unjustified increase

Withdraw unjustified increase

December 02, 2009

LAHORE - Leaders from various political and religious parties on Tuesday expressed deep concern over raise in POL prices and ...

Zardari wasn't eligible for contesting polls: Bar

Zardari wasn't eligible for contesting polls: Bar

December 02, 2009

LAHORE - Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Anwar Qazi has said that the ministers who got benefit from controversial ...

No law for holding doctors liable for prescriptions

No law for holding doctors liable for prescriptions

December 02, 2009

LAHORE - Believe it or not nanve people in the metropolis are being administered dangerous steroids as there is no law for ...

Auqaf slumping in absence of chief administrator

December 02, 2009

LAHORE - The Punjab Auqaf Department is without an incumbent Secretary/Chief Administrator for the last four months. Ever since ...

New Police Order likely to empower SHO

December 02, 2009

LAHORE - Senior police officers and officials are expecting some radical steps in much awaited New Police Order, which may be ...

Obama, Brown seemed to have lost senses: JI

December 02, 2009

LAHORE - Jamaat-e-Islami chief Syed Munawar Hasan has condemned the threats by the US President and the British Prime Minister to ...

Railways to hire Chinese engineers for repairing locomotives

December 02, 2009

LAHORE - Pakistan Railways (PR) higher authorities have decided to hire Chinese engineers for repairing and rectifying the ...

Law-enforcement agencies ordered to ensure peace during Muharram

December 02, 2009

LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has directed the law-enforcement agencies to spare no effort to maintain law and ...

Mudassar blames batsmen for Dunedin defeat

December 02, 2009

LAHORE Former Pakistan opening batsman and coach Mudassar Nazar has blasted batsmen for their poor show during the Dunedin Test, ...

Tiwana's Remington Pharma off to blistering start

December 02, 2009

LAHORE Remington Pharma and Sea Gold launched their campaign in the Nurpur Cup with convincing wins following a brief hiatus at ...

Former Scotland player Asim Butt passes away

December 02, 2009

LAHORE Former Scotland international cricket player Asim Butt has died in his sleep at the age of 42. Butt, who played for ...

Miandad fears India will capture China's cricket market

December 02, 2009

LAHORE With the Pakistan Cricket Board dragging its heel, former captain Javed Miandad is afraid that India may capture crickets ...

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