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Israeli tanks roll into Gaza

January 04, 2009
Israeli tanks roll into Gaza

GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israeli tanks rolled into Gaza on Saturday and engaged in night-time battles with Hamas forces after more than a week of airstrikes that left hundreds of Palestinians dead and widespread destruction. The Israeli army said "large number" of troops had moved into Gaza and the ...

No-trust motion against AJK Premier tabled

No-trust motion against AJK Premier tabled

January 04, 2009

MIRPUR - Members of forward bloc comprising dissident legislators belonging to the ruling All Jammu Kashmir Muslim Conference ...

US asked to repatriate five Pakistanis

US asked to repatriate five Pakistanis

January 04, 2009

ISLAMABAD-Pakistan on Saturday demanded of the United States to repatriate its five citizens being held in detention at ...

Mumtaz Bhutto arrested

Mumtaz Bhutto arrested

January 04, 2009

KARACHI/LARKANA - Sindh National Front (SNF) leader Mumtaz Bhutto was shifted to Karachi from Larkana on Saturday for ...

International
Worldwide protests against Israeli offensive continue

Worldwide protests against Israeli offensive continue

January 04, 2009

LONDON (AFP) - Thousands of people demonstrated across the world Saturday against Israel's airstrikes on Gaza, calling for an ...

Rice insists on durable ceasefire

Rice insists on durable ceasefire

January 04, 2009

WASHINGTON - Even after hundreds of Palestinian casualties and huge property damage in Gaza from deadly Israeli military strikes, ...

UN concerned over  ground attack

UN concerned over ground attack

January 04, 2009

UNITED NATIONS - Amid escalating Israeli attacks on Gaza, the UN Middle East envoy has said he was "gravely concerned" about any ...

UNSC has 'failed': Arab League

January 04, 2009

CAIRO (AFP) - Arab League chief Amr Mussa accused the UN Security Council on Saturday of "ignoring" Israel's onslaught on Gaza, ...

Complaint against Muslims removal from US flight filed

January 04, 2009

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON - An Islamic civil rights and advocacy group has filed a complaint with the US Transportation ...

Everything for sale

January 04, 2009

NEW YORK - A leading US newspaper Friday focused on corruption in Afghanistan, saying that the menace is contributing to the ...

Hasina all set to become Bangladesh Premier

January 04, 2009

DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh's prime minister-elect Sheikh Hasina Wajed was sworn in as a member of parliament and elected the leader ...

Humanitarian crisis in Gaza

January 04, 2009

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel's deadly offensive on Hamas targets in its Gaza Strip stronghold entered its second week on Saturday, ...

Ghana's next president declared

January 04, 2009

ACCRA (AFP) - John Atta-Mills, 64, will be the next leader of Ghana, the electoral commission declared Saturday as it announced ...

Sarwan, Ramdin clinch thriller for WI

January 04, 2009

CHRISTCHURCH (AFP) - A late batting onslaught by Ramnaresh Sarwan and Denesh Ramdin saw the West Indies snatch victory with one ...

Dilshan rallies Sri Lanka with century

January 04, 2009

CHITTAGONG (AFP) - Tillakaratne Dilshan smashed a superb 162 off 165 balls to lead Sri Lanka's fightback on the opening day of ...

Business
Pakistan meets all IMF targets: Tarin

Pakistan meets all IMF targets: Tarin

January 04, 2009

KARACHI (APP) - Advisor to PM on Finance Shaukat Tarin said Saturday that the country has met all the targets set by ...

Textile processing mills to launch protest

Textile processing mills to launch protest

January 04, 2009

LAHORE - The All Pakistan Textile Processing Mills Association (APTPMA) has threatened the government to go on strike for an ...

Furnace oil supplied for power generation

Furnace oil supplied for power generation

January 04, 2009

KARACHI - The KESC has released 4000 Metric Tons (MT) for the power generation at Bin Qasim power plant. This supply of furnace ...

Manufacturing reports show depth of global downturn

January 04, 2009

In the United States on Friday, a crucial measure of manufacturing activity fell to the lowest level in 28 years in December. The ...

Call for foreign investment in power generation

January 04, 2009

KARACHI - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has urged the National Energy Power Regulating Authority (Nepra) to ...

EDB delegation to visit Kuwait

January 04, 2009

ISLAMABAD - A high level of engineering delegation, comprising prominent companies from public and private sector, would visit ...

3m likely to be jobless if textile units closed

January 04, 2009

ISLAMABAD - With acute shortage in power and gas supply, the textile industry is likely to result in closing down various units ...

Agriculture sector backbone of national economy: Shahbaz

January 04, 2009

LAHORE-Punjab Chief Minister, Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that the agriculture has central importance in the national ...

Impact of oil prices

January 04, 2009

GLOBAL economy has experienced three big oil shocks, during recent five decades. First time in 1973, when oil export has been ...

Pharmaceutical sector faces immense challenges

January 04, 2009

Pharmaceutical Industry is one of the major manufacturing industries in Pakistan providing employment to thousands of people ...

Politics
NAB Ordinance set for abolition

NAB Ordinance set for abolition

January 04, 2009

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has given, in principle, approval for the abolition of the National Accountability ...

No further decrease in petroleum prices: Tarin

No further decrease in petroleum prices: Tarin

January 04, 2009

KARACHI - Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin has ruled out the possibility of further immediate cut ...

Former Taliban minister arrested

Former Taliban minister arrested

January 04, 2009

PESHAWAR - The law enforcement agencies in a surprise move arrested a leading Taliban leader and former Afghan minister from ...

Two troops killed in Balochistan blasts

January 04, 2009

QUETTA - Three people including two personnel of Frontier Corps (FC) were killed and 19 others injured in two different incidents ...

Militant bases in Pakistan a key challenge, says Nato

January 04, 2009

KABUL (AFP) - The deputy head of the NATO-led force that has more than 50,000 soldiers in Afghanistan helping to fight extremist ...

6 more killed in Mingora

January 04, 2009

MINGORA - Some five dead bodies were recovered, a local leader of Pakistan People's Party (Sherpao) was shot dead and a man was ...

China, Iran should join war on terror

January 04, 2009

ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - President Asif Ali Zardari has said that in order to eradicate menace of terrorism in the region, there is ...

Iranian oil on year deferred payment sought

January 04, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that Pakistan strongly condemns the Israeli aggression against ...

Pervaiz gets advisory body nod for talks with PPP

January 04, 2009

LAHORE - The PML-Q's advisory committee has authorised senior party leader Ch Pervaiz Elahi to negotiate with the PPP in case it ...

Pakistan may allow India to grill suspects

January 04, 2009

ISLAMABAD-Pakistan may allow the Indian investigators to interrogate the alleged terror suspects wanted by New Delhi for ...

Rioters torch Wapda office in Faisalabad

January 04, 2009

FAISALABAD - A complete shutter-down was observed on Saturday in Faisalabad on the joint call of all trade bodies to protest ...

Entertainment
Record US deaths in Afghanistan in 2008, lowest in Iraq

Record US deaths in Afghanistan in 2008, lowest in Iraq

January 04, 2009

WASHINGTON (AFP) - American troops suffered the most losses in 2008 since the start of the Afghanistan war due to a resurgent ...

John Travolta's teenage son dies

John Travolta's teenage son dies

January 04, 2009

THE teenage son of American actor John Travolta has died suddenly while on a family holiday in the Bahamas. The actor's lawyer, ...

Clooney spotted with Hilton

Clooney spotted with Hilton

January 04, 2009

THIS is a hookup we definitely did not see coming George Clooney and Paris Hilton have allegedly been spotted together. ...

Living close to Nature

January 04, 2009

NOT surprisingly, it didn't take long for researchers for a TV show about the idyll of old-fashioned organic farming to realise ...

Pitt doesn't fight with Jolie anymore

January 04, 2009

BRAD Pitt has vowed never to argue with Angelina Jolie again. The actor, 44, revaluated his life while shooting The Curious Case ...

6 N American sites hold 12,900-year-old nanodiamond-rich soil

January 04, 2009

ABUNDANT tiny particles of diamond dust exist in sediments dating to 12,900 years ago at six North American sites, adding strong ...

Michigan twins born on different days, months and years

January 04, 2009

ROCHESTER, Mich. - They're twins, all right, despite what their spanking new birth certificates say. Tariq Griffin is a New ...

Islamabad
Encroachments keep marring Capital's face

Encroachments keep marring Capital's face

January 04, 2009

ISLAMABAD (APP)- The growing number of encroachments in the federal capital is diminishing its beauty but the Capital Development ...

Majalis, procession continue despite heavy downpour

Majalis, procession continue despite heavy downpour

January 04, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Heavy spells of rains could not dissuade the faithful from observing Moharram with religious solemnity. The turnout ...

Youth Parliament for early restoration of deposed CJ

Youth Parliament for early restoration of deposed CJ

January 04, 2009

ISLAMABAD (NNI) - The third day of Youth Parliament Pakistan's second session discussed the prospects of restoration of judiciary ...

Twin cities face shortage of lifesaving drugs

January 04, 2009

RAWALPINDI (Online) - Various national and multi-national pharmaceutical companies have halted supply of lifesaving drugs for the ...

Govt adopts new approach to knock out hepatitis

January 04, 2009

ISLAMABAD - The loopholes in existing Hepatitis Control Programme, introduced by the previous regime, have pushed the incumbent ...

Islamabad Highway to have two new bridges

January 04, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Capital Development Authority (CDA) will construct two new overhead bridges on Islamabad Highway. The decision was ...

Clarke stands amid Aussie ruins in Sydney

January 04, 2009

SYDNEY - South Africa's pursuit for the top spot in the Test rankings started on a bright note after their bowlers left ...

Karachi
PPP to expose 'real face' of Mumtaz Bhutto

PPP to expose 'real face' of Mumtaz Bhutto

January 04, 2009

KARACHI - Bilawal House spokesman, Ijaz Durrani, has condemned venomous remarks of SNF leader Mumtaz Bhutto, a nominated accused ...

Tasleem Bhutto condemns arrest

Tasleem Bhutto condemns arrest

January 04, 2009

KARACHI - Tasleem Bhutto, the daughter of Sindh National Front (SNF) chief, Mumtaz Bhutto, on Saturday strongly condemned the ...

Pakistan making all efforts to curb terror

Pakistan making all efforts to curb terror

January 04, 2009

KARACHI (APP) - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Chief Altaf Hussain has said the government of Pakistan is making every possible ...

Cylinder blast leaves 14 hurt

January 04, 2009

KARACHI - As many as fourteen people including a woman and two children were wounded as the loud blast of an oxygen cylinder ...

Loadshedding taking toll on education sector

January 04, 2009

Karachi (PPI) - In future Karachi University will totally rely on in order to avert interruption in academic and research ...

Out with the old, in with the old?

January 04, 2009

While the world celebrated New Year's Eve with spectacular fireworks display, starting with Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia, ...

Sialkot take first innings lead despite Baber's heroics

January 04, 2009

KARACHI - Karachi Blues pacer Baber Rehman five-wicket haul at the fag of end the innings could not halt Sialkot from taking the ...

Benazir Gold Cup Women Hockey

January 04, 2009

LAHORE - Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Gold Cup Women Hockey Tournament will be played from February 10 to 18 at the National ...

PFF appointed paid Sindh secretary resigns

January 04, 2009

KARACHI - Qamar Yar Khan who was about ten days ago appointed as first paid secretary of Sindh Football Association has resigned ...

Sara completes double crown in Women Badminton

January 04, 2009

KARACHI (APP) - Reigning National Singles Champion Sara Khan lived to her reputation by completing double crown in NBP All ...

Lahore
Electronics accessories burnt as plaza catches fire

Electronics accessories burnt as plaza catches fire

January 04, 2009

LAHORE - Valuables including electronics, mobile phone accessories and stationary items were reduced to ashes when fire broke out ...

Patyala Complex not equipped to fight fire

Patyala Complex not equipped to fight fire

January 04, 2009

LAHORE - Patyala Complex, where fire erupted on Saturday, had lacked rescue equipment and emergency evacuation facilities, it is ...

Uniform now for teachers too

Uniform now for teachers too

January 04, 2009

LAHRE - The Punjab government has issued a dress code for the schoolteachers asking them to put on waistcoats and black shoes ...

Chill causes increase in soup prices

January 04, 2009

LAHORE - The City received light rain causing more chill in the weather on Saturday. Drizzle dipped the temperature forcing ...

No unscheduled outages from today: Pepco

January 04, 2009

LAHORE - The Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) has claimed that no unscheduled electricity outages will be carried out ...

End to CNG shortage not in sight

January 04, 2009

LAHORE - Motorists are suffering heavily due to the severe shortage of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as long queues of vehicles at ...

Hockey trials for Gojra, Karachi academy players begin

January 04, 2009

LAHORE - The trials to select players for the PHF Hockey Academies in Gojra and Karachi held at both the venues on ...

PHF to give allowances to academy players

January 04, 2009

LAHORE - The Pakistan Hockey Federation has announced allowances and benefits for the players of PHF Hockey Academies. Secretary ...

Inter-club hockey from 13th

January 04, 2009

LAHORE - The Pakistan Hockey Federation has decided to hold the Inter-clubs Hockey Tournaments at districts, regional and ...

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