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Sarfraz Naeemi killed in suicide hit

June 13, 2009
Sarfraz Naeemi killed in suicide hit

LAHORE - Allama Dr Sarfraz Naeemi Al-Azhari, Pakistans top religious scholar and three of his close companions were martyred while six others were wounded as a suicide bomber struck Jaamia Naeemia, Citys leading religious institution just after Friday prayers. 'Owing to blatant security lapse, the ...

War against Taliban to go on

War against Taliban to go on

June 13, 2009

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari announced establishment of Cantonment in the militancy-hit Swat Valley to ensure durable ...

Bomber flattens Nowshera mosque

Bomber flattens Nowshera mosque

June 13, 2009

NOWSHEHRA - At least four persons were killed and 100 others injured on Friday when a suicide bomber hit a mosque with his ...

International
UNSC imposes tougher sanctions on N. Korea

UNSC imposes tougher sanctions on N. Korea

June 13, 2009

UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council Friday imposed tougher sanctions on North Korea that include a tighter arms embargo and ...

US praises resolution

US praises resolution

June 13, 2009

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States envoy to the United Nations on Friday welcomed the UN Security Councils passage of an ...

Sunni lawmaker slain in Iraq mosque attack

Sunni lawmaker slain in Iraq mosque attack

June 13, 2009

BAGHDAD (AFP) - A teenage gunman went on the rampage in a Baghdad mosque on Friday, killing a senior Sunni Muslim MP and four ...

UN warns of unparalleled hunger crisis as funding falls

June 13, 2009

UNITED NATIONS - The head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) Friday warned that the poor and hungry around the world are facing ...

Saudi Arabia urged to reform HR sector

June 13, 2009

NEW YORK - A leading human rights watchdog body Friday urged Saudi Arabia to rapidly carry out the important commitments it made ...

Nato backs US shake-up in Afghan command

June 13, 2009

BRUSSELS (Reuters/AFP) - Nato on Friday backed a US shake-up of military command in Afghanistan, as well as plans to step up ...

Cambodia and Thailand agree to avoid armed clash

June 13, 2009

PHNOM PENH - Cambodian and Thai Prime Ministers Friday agreed to prevent armed clash from reoccurring along the border between ...

Riyadh takes delivery of 1st Typhoon jets

June 13, 2009

LONDON (AFP) - Saudi Arabia has taken delivery of two Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets, Britains Ministry of Defence (MoD) said ...

Obama sees 'possibility of change' in US-Iran ties

June 13, 2009

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama said Friday he thought there was a possibility of change in US-Iran relations and ...

Women in Arab world treated like 'furniture': Gaddafi

June 13, 2009

ROME (AFP/Reuters) - Women in the Arab and Muslim world are treated like furniture and the situation requires a feminine ...

Sri Lanka see off Pakistan

June 13, 2009

LONDON (AFP) - Sri Lanka kept their composure to beat Pakistan by 19 runs in their opening Super Eights match in the World ...

Dismal show but all is not lost yet

June 13, 2009

This is now quite obvious. This Pakistan team is wrapped in multiple layers of rust. Despite two weeks in England and four games ...

South Africa crush pathetic England

June 13, 2009

NOTTINGHAM (AFP) - South Africa unleashed their awesome bowling power to inflict a morale-sapping defeat on England by seven ...

A glance at todays matches

June 13, 2009

Ruthless Proteas target Windies South Africans are in ominous form. The manner in which they disposed off England on Thursday was ...

Classy Kallis serious threat for Windies

June 13, 2009

Jacques Kallis is a class player in Test and ODI cricket but has always been looked as a misfit in Twenty20 cricket. But all that ...

Pakistan lose to spirited Belgium

June 13, 2009

SINGAPORE - Pakistan lost its last league match to spirited Belgium at Johor Bahru on Friday Johor Bahrus Taman Daya Hockey ...

Symonds loses CA contract, Tait cashes in

June 13, 2009

SYDNEY (AFP) - Cricket Australia said Friday it had withdrawn its contract offer to disgraced allrounder Andrew Symonds, sent ...

Business
Delay in containers clearance annoys traders

Delay in containers clearance annoys traders

June 13, 2009

KARACHI - The traders have shown serious concerns over the long delays in the clearance of containers at Qasim International ...

Pak sovereign bonds spread up

Pak sovereign bonds spread up

June 13, 2009

KARACHI - Global bond issuances in 2008 totalled $ 106 billion as compared to $ 184 billion in the previous year. Sovereign ...

India plans increasing tea market share in Pakistan

India plans increasing tea market share in Pakistan

June 13, 2009

KARACHI (PPI) - The Indian Tea Board is considering opening up an Indian Tea Promotion Centre in Pakistan and Egypt in order to ...

Eurozone factories suffer record output slump: EU

June 13, 2009

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Factories and refiners in the 16 countries using the euro cut their output at the fastest rate on record in ...

Per capita energy growth slumps

June 13, 2009

KARACHI - The primary energy supply has increased by 12.9 per cent since 1998-99, after remaining positive until 2007-8 and per ...

Stock market gives back gains after blasts

June 13, 2009

KARACHI - Karachi Stock Exchange faced selling pressure during second session on Friday and lost 32.48 points to close at ...

SBP abolishes cash margin for imports

June 13, 2009

KARACHI - State Bank of Pakistan took a major decision on Friday by abolishing minimum cash margin requirement to open letter of ...

Oil prices drop after breaching $73

June 13, 2009

LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices fell Friday on profit-taking and a rise of the dollar, one day after striking 2009 peaks above 73 ...

Economic outlook - points to ponder

June 13, 2009

A lot of people want an answer to the question whether Pakistans economy can be turned around, and if so, when and how? A simple ...

Ministry asked to delay budget recommendations

June 13, 2009

KARACHI - In order to give some relief to citizens of Pakistan in coming budget, government has asked the Ministry of Commerce to ...

Politics
UNHCR assessing operations in Pakistan after recent bomb attack

UNHCR assessing operations in Pakistan after recent bomb attack

June 13, 2009

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations (UN) refugee agency said on Friday it is reviewing the way it operates in Pakistan and ...

Al-Qaeda eyes 'Horn of Africa' after blows in Fata

Al-Qaeda eyes 'Horn of Africa' after blows in Fata

June 13, 2009

NEW YORK - Dozens of fighters with Al-Qaeda, and a handful of the groups leaders, are moving to Somalia and Yemen from their ...

IDPs to be repatriated with honour: PM

IDPs to be repatriated with honour: PM

June 13, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday said the government would ensure the repatriation of internally ...

India pulls up IAF top brass

June 13, 2009

NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Beijing has objected to public statements made by the IAF top brass justifying the induction of frontline ...

Court rejects pardon papers as case record

June 13, 2009

ISLAMABAD - Supreme Court on Friday turned down AG Sindh Yousuf Legharis request to make pardon documents a part of record of the ...

President's Lahore visit postponed

June 13, 2009

LAHORE - In the wake of Fridays suicide attack at Jamia Naeemia in the City which entailed the martyrdom of Dr Sarfraz Naeemi and ...

Zardari, Singh to shake hands

June 13, 2009

NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will meet President Zardari during a summit in Russia on June 16, in ...

Sri Lanka see off Pakistan, WI beat India

June 13, 2009

LONDON (AFP) - Sri Lanka kept their composure to beat Pakistan by 19 runs in Super Eights match in the World Twenty20 at Lords. ...

Pakistan human trafficking ring busted in France

June 13, 2009

PARIS (AFP) - French police have arrested 22 suspects who allegedly ran a lucrative people-smuggling ring for Pakistani migrants ...

4 cops die in Hangu attack

June 13, 2009

HANGU - At least four persons were killed and six others including Station House Officer (SHO) were injured when a police mobile ...

Rs29 trillion budget today

June 13, 2009

ISLAMABAD (Online) - The federal budget with a total outlay of Rs 29 trillion for the next financial year 2009-10 would be ...

10 soldiers killed in Swat operation

June 13, 2009

ISLAMABAD/BANNU (AFP/Reuters) - At least 39 Taliban and 10 soldiers were killed in fierce fighting in Swat valley, the Army said ...

Rivals claim victory in Iran election

June 13, 2009

TEHRAN (AFP/Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his main moderate challenger and reformist former prime minister ...

Delhi to shift troops out of IHK towns

June 13, 2009

SRINAGAR (AFP/Reuters) - India is to phase out the controversial presence of large numbers of its troops in towns across ...

Entertainment
Madonna wins adoption appeal in Malawi

Madonna wins adoption appeal in Malawi

June 13, 2009

MALAWIs high court ruled in favour of pop superstar Madonna on Friday, saying she will be able to adopt a young girl from the ...

Boy hit by 30,000mph space meteorite

Boy hit by 30,000mph space meteorite

June 13, 2009

THE odds of it happening are astronomical, but not impossible, as one schoolboy found out when he was struck by a passing ...

50pc of people know where their heart is

50pc of people know where their heart is

June 13, 2009

HUMAN anatomy remains a mystery to most people with only half able to identify the correct position of the heart, new research ...

Planet-forming disk discovered orbiting twin suns

June 13, 2009

ASTRONOMERS have announced that a sequence of images collected with the Smithsonians Submillimeter Array (SMA) clearly reveals ...

Kristen jealous of Pattinson's new costar

June 13, 2009

ROBERT Pattinson is filming his new movie, Remember Me, in New York - and his Twilight costar Kristen Stewart is worried ...

School was torture: Hayden

June 13, 2009

HAYDEN Panettiere used to be unpopular. The Heroes star, 19, says she was teased and picked on at school so much she never wanted ...

Islamabad
Korean company shows interest

Korean company shows interest

June 13, 2009

ISLAMABAD-Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) Tariq Mehmood Khan Friday said the Authority was committed to executing ...

Security put on high alert

Security put on high alert

June 13, 2009

ISLAMABAD-Security of the federal capital was put on high alert Friday after the blasts in two different cities of the country ...

IHC reserves verdict

IHC reserves verdict

June 13, 2009

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Islamabad High Court here Friday reserved its judgement over a plea of Pakistan Tahreek e Insaf against a ...

Cop terminated for faulty murder probe

June 13, 2009

RAWALPINDI-Regional Police Officer (RPO) Rawalpindi Nasir Khan Durrani Friday dismissed SI Nazir Ahmad from service on faulty ...

Iranian nationals cast vote

June 13, 2009

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Iranian expatriates in the twin cities participated in a 'record number here at Iranian Embassy to cast ...

Rally denounces Dr Naeemi's murder

June 13, 2009

RAWALPINDI-To denounce blasts in Lahore and Nowshera and the target killing of prominent religious scholar Maulana Dr Sarfaraz ...

National
A humble and moderate scholar

A humble and moderate scholar

June 13, 2009

LAHORE - Allama Dr Sarfraz Ahmad Naeemi Al-Azhari was a humble, moderate and widely respected religious scholar. He has left ...

Karachi
Politicians and clerics flay Naeemi's killing

Politicians and clerics flay Naeemi's killing

June 13, 2009

KARACHI - Noted politicians and religious scholars on Friday strongly condemned the killing of Shaheed Dr Sarfraz Naeemi and his ...

Court awards death penalty to two murderers

Court awards death penalty to two murderers

June 13, 2009

KARACHI - Additional District Judge, Sanaullah Ghauri, on Friday sentenced life imprisonment to the accused including Mohammad ...

Sindh faces decline in national demography

Sindh faces decline in national demography

June 13, 2009

KARACHI - The Sindhs share in national population has declined to 22.92 per cent during the last year. It was claimed in ...

KESC employing full power-generation capacity

June 13, 2009

KARACHI - All the power plants of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) are generating electricity as per their full ...

Investors invited to explore tourism sector

June 13, 2009

Karachi (PPI) - Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that Pakistan and China are two friendly neighbouring countries ...

Naeemi's martyrdom: many hurt as tension grips City

June 13, 2009

KARACHI - Following the assassination of Jamia Naeemia Principal, Dr Mufti Sarfaraz Naeemi, in a suicide attack in Jamia Naeemia, ...

Lahore
Qadir says he resigned over undue interference

Qadir says he resigned over undue interference

June 13, 2009

LAHORE - The chairman of Pakistans cricket selectors said Friday he resigned from the post earlier this week because of ...

Shutdown today to protest Naeemi's killing

Shutdown today to protest Naeemi's killing

June 13, 2009

LAHORE - The traders and business community of the City have decided to observe complete shutter down strike today (Saturday) ...

Punjab total budget outlay Rs500 billion

Punjab total budget outlay Rs500 billion

June 13, 2009

LAHORE - Punjab Finance Minister Tanvir Ashraf Kaira has said the total outlay of the Punjab budget 2009-10 will be approximately ...

Religious, political leaders condemn Naeemi killing

June 13, 2009

LAHORE - Major political and religious parties have condemned the killing of eminent scholar Allama Dr Sarfraz Naeemi Al-Azhari ...

CM says non-development expenditure to be curtailed

June 13, 2009

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said non-developmental expenditure would be curtailed in the next budget so ...

PCB should support Younis, says Imran Khan

June 13, 2009

LAHORE - Pakistans legendary cricketer Imran Khan said the countrys cricket authorities should support captain Younis Khan. ...

LDA new directorate bulldozes house

June 13, 2009

LAHORE - The Directorate of Enforcement (DE), recently constituted by LDA to take action against illegal properties built on ...

PFF seminar participants urge stadiums should be use of sports

June 13, 2009

LAHORE - The stadium safety and security has become as the greatest ongoing concerns for football bodies around the world. The ...

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