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Addl DG FIA arrested from court premises

Addl DG FIA arrested from court premises

ISLAMABAD The Supreme Court on Tuesday while giving Ahmad Riaz Sheikh, who was promoted by the Federal Government as Additional DG FIA Criminal Wing in a criminal way, into police custody for completion of his sentence awarded by the Lahore High Court in the NAB reference cases, set another ...


Sports News
Top seeds advance with ease

Top seeds advance with ease

LAHORE After the conclusion of the qualifying rounds, the main draws matches were played for mens singles and boys singles U-18 category in the Honda Cup National Ranking Tennis Championship here at ...

New code of conduct ends Australian media row

New code of conduct ends Australian media row

Waqar urges Yousuf to reconsider decision

Waqar urges Yousuf to reconsider decision

Business News
Millers cry wolf over sugar import

Millers cry wolf over sugar import

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani sugar mills have asked the government to impose a 35 percent duty on imported sugar, fearing plunging global prices could lead to a flood of cheap imported ...

Stock market recovers some losses

Stock market recovers some losses

Soneri Bank meeting

Soneri Bank meeting

Regional News

6 cops including SHO suspended

LAHORE - Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Operations Ch Shafiq Ahmed has suspended six police officials including SHO Lower Mall Police Station for misbehaving with Member National Assembly ...

APCA rally against inflation

LAHORE All Pakistan Clerks Association (APCA), Live Stock Department took out a rally against inflation from Cooper Road to 90 Shaarey Qaid-e-Azam here on Tuesday. All Pakistan Clerks Association ...

VU rules do not conform to public sector varsities

LAHORE - The Virtual University (VU) service and leave rules do not conform with the public sector universities and hence creating unrest among the employees hampering its performance and quality. ...

VC awarded Int'l Einstein Award

LAHORE - The International Biographical Centre has awarded the prestigious International Einstein Award for Scientific Achievement to Vice-Chancellor Punjab University Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran, as an ...

Safety Day observed

LAHORE Hydro Electric Central Labour Union observed Safety Day at Bakhtyar Labour Hall here on Tuesday. Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco)Chief Executive Azhar Iqbal, while speaking on the ...

Nurses to be given next grades

LAHORE The government has decided to create new posts in all nursing cadres besides promotion in next pay scales, and for this purpose a summary will be sent to the Chief Minister Punjab. It was ...

Turkish President due in City tomorrow

LAHORE-The President of Republic of Turkey, Abdullah Gul, currently on a visit to Pakistan with around 200 official delegates, will reach Lahore on Thursday (tomorrow). President Abdullah Gul will ...

Two US brothers' death mystery remains unsolved

LAHORE - The three-hour long autopsies here at the Jinnah Hospital on Tuesday failed to establish the cause of death of two US-returned teenage brothers, who apparently came to Pakistan to attend the ...

Eradication of corruption vital to streamline economy

LAHORE- Vice Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust and expert on economic affairs, Dr Rafiq Ahmed has stressed the need to eliminate corruption as well as to oust corrupt elements from the society in order ...

Lawyer's unconditional apology accepted

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Tuesday accepted unconditional apology of Mian Liaquat Javed advocate of Faisalabad who slapped a civil judge during court proceedings. The court dropped contempt ...

Family of Col Ikram meets Governor

LAHORE - Family members of late Col Ikram Khan, who called on Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer here on Tuesday, have alleged that Punjab government was pressuring them to withdraw the case though ...

'New health bill be made public'

LAHORE - An opposition member of the Punjab Assembly, Dr Samia Amjad has demanded of the government to make draft of Health Care Bill public to elicit opinion of all stakeholders. Talking to ...

Pak, Iran accord to co-produce flicks

LAHORE Pakistan film makers would enter joint venture with the Iranian film industry to produce movies depicting national issues and giving the people awareness about the same. Iran is the third ...

Competition

LAHORE - In connection with the Pakistan Day celebrations, a painting competition on the subject Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah a great Muslim leader of the Sub-continent would be held at Aiwane ...

Dusty winds forecast

LAHORE Despite sporadic drizzle in the morning, the City remained in the grip of hot weather on Tuesday with unscheduled loadshedding adding to the woes and miseries of the Lahorites. Even UPS ...

PML-N MPA walks out

LAHORE - Spokesperson of Governors House on Tuesday condemned the walk out by PML-N legislator Rana Afzal Khan from convocation of Agricultural University, Faisalabad on Monday, chaired by Punjab ...

Only short-listed candidates appear in test

LAKKI MARWAT - Hundreds of job-seekers could not appear in the written test held on Tuesday for the posts of junior and senior clerks of Levy Force due to disappearance of their names in the lists of ...

Provision of justice to masses govt's top priority: CM

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said Pakistan Muslim League (N) believes in the politics of public service and elimination of poverty, ignorance, unemployment from the country as ...

Notorious dacoit arrested: arms recovered

CHANGA MANGA - Ring leader of a gang Naveed alias Needi, an accused of murder case was arrested near village Wan Khara alongwith an accomplice. However, his other 6 accomplices escaped from the ...

Sikh Yatrees due on April 11

LAHORE - Around 3000 Sikth Yatrees from India, Canada, America, Europe and other countries will arrive at Wagha Border on April 11 on a 10-day visit to Pakistan. According to programme, yatrees will ...

'National Judicial Policy criticised'

Lahore- The Punjab Bar Council (PbBC) has said policy of providing speedy justice under National Judicial Policy is murdering spirit of justice and people are being denied opportunity to present ...

Nizami's services lauded

LAHORE - Punjab University Dean Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences Prof Dr Mugheesud Din Sheikh, Director Institute of Communication Studies Dr Ahsan Akhtar Naz on Tuesday congratulated ...

Cheating rampant in SSC exams in Kohat

KOHAT- The ongoing examination of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) for 9th and 10th class candidates under the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE), Kohat, are conducted amidst ...

MPAs demand health facilities in Balochistan

QUETTA - The members of Balochistan Assembly while expressing their dissatisfaction over the health facilities in the province have demanded of the government to take bold steps for ensuring proper ...

Walima ceremony

CHANGA MANGA - Marriage ceremony of Dr Pervaiz Kianis son Raja Fahim Kiani was celebrated here in TDCP Changa Manga. In this connection, a Walima ceremony was arranged in which MNA Rao Mazhar Hayat, ...

APNS General Council meets today

KARACHI (PR) - The Annual General Council of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society will meet on Wednesday (today) at 11:00 am in Karachi, says a Press release of the APNS. Dr Jabbar Khattak, Secretary ...

'Q' urges ECP to introduce electronic voting

ISLAMABAD - PML-Q on Tuesday urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to adopt electronic voting, which had been successfully implemented in India and it should also be applied in the Pakistan ...

Moon Market Martyrs Monument unveiled

LAHORE Survivors of terrorist attacks from across the country came together to unveil a Martyrs Monument for the victims of the Moon Market terrorist attacks here on Tuesday. The event remembered ...

Protest against dacoities

FEROZEWALA - Local people have protested against police failure for not controlling increasing robbery incidents in the area here Tuesday. They took out a protest procession and blocked Jaranwala ...

One injured in Islamabad firing

ISLAMABAD While hundreds of pickets erected in Islamabad are already causing trouble for commuters, yet police personnels deployment seem fruitless as in a crisis they fail. This is what happened on ...

No wish list, strategic vision exchanged during dialogue: Haqqani

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistans ambassador in the United States Hussain Haqqani has said that the Pakistani delegation during the recent round of strategic dialogue with the US exchanged a document ...

Lawyers protest kidnapping of their colleague in Quetta

QUETTA - Lawyers on Tuesday boycotted courts proceedings and staged a sit-in outside Balochistan Assembly against kidnapping of senior lawyer Iftikharul Haq Advocate and delay in his ...

7-year CDS to ensure continuity in uplift plans

PESHAWAR The NWFP govt on Tuesday approved a seven-year Comprehensive Development Strategy (CDS)-2010-2017 to ensure continuity in development plans, besides to lure foreign donors to the Frontier ...

Two killed

FEROZEWALA -Two persons were killed in separate road accidents, which took place in different parts of the city. In first incident, Pervaiz, Waqas and Wajid were on way when they reached on GT Road ...

JI flays Govt over raise in POL prices

LAHORE - Accusing the government of minting billions of rupees through the sale of POL products 28 per cent higher than the world market, Secretary General Jamaat-e-Islami Liaquat Baloch has warned ...

Unscheduled power outage irks people

LAHORE (PR) - WAPDA has started unscheduled loadshedding daily which is causing hardships for the common man. This was stated by Nazim Shaukat , Chairman Committee for resolving problems in a Press ...

Aghi Programme

LAHORE - Students of Kashmir Model High School, GT Road Pakistan Mint visited the Aiwan-e-Karkunan Tehrik-e-Pakistan on a study tour on Tuesday. They were also shown the picture gallery and briefed ...

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Brother of 'Q' leader killed in Karachi

KARACHI - Three people including a brother of President of PML-Q Karachi were gunned down in different areas of the City on Tuesday. The younger brother of PML-Q Karachi President, Irfan Ali Hoti, ...

Boys school torched in Dir

PESHAWAR (AFP) - Taliban militants set fire to a boys school Tuesday in Lower Dir nearly a year after the military launched a major assault to evict fighters from the area, police said. The arson ...

Three dead in drone strike

At least three persons were killed in the latest drone strike in the tribal area on late Tuesday night, reported a private TV channel. The US drone fired two missiles in Tappi area located on ...

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'My father's killers leading nation'

KARACHI - Fatima Bhutto, daughter of late Mir Murtaza Bhutto, has said those, who orchestrated the crime of assassination of her father, are currently leading the nation. She was addressing the ...

18 MPAs, MNAs reject invitation to visit US

PESHAWAR (Online) - To register their protest against scanning of Pakistani nationals at the US airports, at least 18 members of the National Assembly and provincial assemblies have rejected an ...

WFP welcomes $9m Japan donation for IDPs' rehab

ISLAMABAD - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday welcomed a crucial contribution of $ 9 million from the Government of Japan, which will enable the continued provision of ...

Concern over lack of funds for Lowari Tunnel

PESHAWAR - Chairman of his own faction of PPP Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has expressed concern over non-availability of funds for the construction of Lowari Tunnel and said that it would certainly ...

Goods train derails

QUETTA-Twelve bogies of a goods train, running from Quetta to Chaman, derailed from the track near Sheela Bagh on Tuesday. According to sources, goods train was moving towards Chaman. When it reached ...

Pakistan wants solid results of strategic talks

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the Pak-US government-level relations need to be trickled down in terms of people-to-people contact for maximum utilization and to bridge the ...

Weaker segments need rule of law: CJ

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said that weaker segments of society require protection with care; therefore, there is an urgent need to ensure ...

'I'm not making any political statement by marrying Shoaib'

HYDERABAD (India) (Agencies) - Announcing her marriage with Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik on April 15 in Hyderabad, tennis star Sania Mirza on Tuesday said she would retain her Indian passport and ...

Asfand meets PM, briefs on renaming issue

ISLAMABAD - President of Awami National Party (ANP) Asfandyar Wali Khan held a meeting with Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani here on Tuesday and discussed with him the deadlock between ANP and ...

Interior Ministry hindering induction of new police recruits

ISLAMABAD - The unprecedented postponement of recruitments in the Islamabad police raises serious questions about the efficiency of the Interior Ministry as the fate of 485 constables and 111 ASIs ...

Pragmatic approach needed to counter chemicals effects

ISLAMABAD - Dangerous chemicals are the biggest factor behind pollution, therefore, a pragmatic approach and more active role of all key stakeholders is need of the hour in Pakistan to protect human ...

Another good programme bites the dust

ISLAMABAD The greater disease burden in Pakistan is generally regarded as that of non-communicable diseases (NCD), so the governments plan was to establish a Commission on NCD. But this has hit ...

PPP to file appeal against arrest of ADG FIA: Fauzia

ISLAMABAD (APP) - PPP Secretary Information Fauzia Wahab said on Tuesday that Ahmed Riaz Sheikh, Additional DG FIA, has served his conviction in a corruption case, and the Pakistan Peoples Party ...

Gul arrives on four-day visit

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Turkish President Abdullah Gul arrived here Tuesday on a four-day official visit on the invitation of President Asif Ali Zardari. The Turkish President was given a warm red carpet ...

British bank sacks 300 local staff

ISLAMABAD - A well-known British bank has drastically reduced its operations in Pakistan apparently indicating eventual pack-up as evident from massive sacking of the staff hired through an agent. ...

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