Friday, February 10, 2012
- India test-fires ballistic missile interceptor
- MQM seeks SC notice over Bilour's interview
- Russia proposes bilateral extradition treaty with US
- Karachi violence claims seven lives
- SC rejects PM Gilani's appeal
- 9 sentenced for London Stock Exchange terror plot
- Greece reaches deal on austerity
- CJ takes suo motu notice of Lahore factory collapse
- India, Pakistan trade can reach $10 bn by 2015: CII
- Terror trial of accused Bali bomber starts Monday
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International
Imran slams 'shameful' security
LONDON (AFP) - Former Pakistan cricket captain Imran Khan told the BBC on Tuesday the ambush on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore was ...
New Zealand cancel planned tour of Pakistan
WELLINGTON (Agencies) - New Zealand have cancelled their tour of Pakistan scheduled for later this year in the wake of Tuesday's ...
Pakistan in talks to move NZ tour
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was already in talks about moving New Zealand's December tour of Pakistan to Abu Dhabi ...
England eyed as host for Australia-Pakistan series
MELBOURNE (AFP) - England is being considered as an alterative venue for Pakistan's scheduled Test series against Australia next ...
Australia ready to host '11 WC matches
MELBOURNE (AFP) - Australia would be ready to host matches in the 2011 World Cup following the attack on the Sri Lankan team in ...
War exposure helped team react: SL captain
COLOMBO (AFP) - The Sri Lankan cricket team's exposure to the civil war back home helped them react swiftly when they were ...
Sri Lankan cricketers rushed to hospital on return from Pakistan
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's wounded and shaken cricketers flew home to Colombo Wednesday and were rushed straight to a local ...
Media see 'cricket's darkest day'
HONG KONG (AFP) - The attack on Sri Lanka's national team in Pakistan was "cricket's darkest day" and has called into question ...
South African bowlers under the spotlight in 2nd Test
DURBAN (AFP) - South Africa's bowlers will be under the spotlight in the second Test against Australia which starts at Kingsmead ...
Fletcher tells Flintoff, Pietersen to avoid IPL
LONDON (AFP) - Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen have been warned they risk becoming "sitting ducks" for terrorists if they ...
Security fears hit India's IPL
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian Premier League bosses battled to save their multi-million-dollar tournament Wednesday after a government ...
Sri Lanka seeks insurance after Pakistan attack
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka on Wednesday called for bids to insure the national cricket team, a day after a gunmen ambushed their ...
Traumatised Sri Lankans should recover soon: doctor
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's traumatised cricket team will need up to 10 days to recover from the effects of a gun-and-grenade ...
'Unfit' Patel dropped from West Indies tour
london (AFP) - Nottinghamshire all-rounder Samit Patel was de-selected Wednesday from the one-day leg of England's tour of the ...
BCCI eyes World Cup without Pakistan
CHENNAI (Agencies) - The attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore has put the hosting of the 2011 World Cup in the subcontinent in ...
Players voiced security concerns ahead of attacks
LONDON (AFP) - Rising concern among cricketers' over security were raised with the ICC a week before the deadly attack on the Sri ...
Magoffin call-up for injured Aussie bowlers
SYDNEY (AFP) - Fast bowler Steve Magoffin will join the Australian tour squad in South Africa as cover for injured pacemen Ben ...
Commonwealth Games will go ahead in India: CGF
LONDON (AFP) - The Commonwealth Games will go ahead in India in 2010 despite heightened security concerns in the wake of the ...
Bashir warrant opens international divide
CAIRO (AFP) - The arrest warrant issued Wednesday by the International Criminal Court against Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir's ...
Halt Jewish settlements, Palestinian leader tells Israel
RAMALLAH (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Israel to allow more aid into Gaza, blasted its plans for ...
Iran calls for global 'anti-Zionist front'
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged world Muslims on Wednesday to join the Palestinian "resistance" ...
Hasina fears more attacks to destabilise democracy
DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh is at risk of more attacks "to foil the country's democracy" after a savage mutiny in which at least 74 ...
WWII-era mass grave found in Slovenia
LJUBLJANA (AFP) - A mass grave in Slovenia believed to hold up to 300 victims killed after World War II by the former communist ...
Bush gov't failed, says Kissinger
WASHINGTON (Agencies) - Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger on Tuesday called the Bush government "a failed ...
Missiles can reach Israel N-sites: Tehran
TEHRAN (AFP) - A top Iranian military commander said on Wednesday that the country has missiles that can reach the nuclear sites ...
Afghanistan's presidential polls set for Aug
KABUL (AFP) - The Afghan Election Commission Wednesday upheld Aug 20 for the country's second presidential vote, flouting a ...
Nine killed in Iraq attacks
BAGHDAD (AFP) - At least eight people were killed and 22 wounded in separate attacks on police and a pro-US militia leader in ...
UN operations in Sudan to continue
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pledged to continue UN's extensive humanitarian and peacekeeping operations in ...
Man arrested over Sarkozy death threat
PARIS (AFP) - Anti-terrorism police probing death threats received by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and several ministers have ...
Indian PM back to work
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian Premier Manmohan Singh on Wednesday made his first public appearance since undergoing heart bypass ...
China's defence budget to rise 14.9pc in 2009
BEIJING (AFP) - China's defence budget will rise 14.9pc in 2009, a government spokesman said on Wednesday, describing the ...
Tears greet Sri Lanka team on return
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's wounded and shaken cricketers returned home Wednesday to tearful hugs, saying they were lucky to be ...
Broad vents anger at Pakistan security forces
MANCHESTER (AFP) - Cricket match referee Chris Broad has slammed the Pakistan security forces for providing insufficient ...
Business
Private sector credit off-take slumps by 51.75 per cent
KARACHI - The private sector credit off-take from the schedule banks has substantially decreased by 51.75 percent during Jul-Feb ...
'Re-examination' of goods irks importers
KARACHI - The importers of the country are facing major hurdles at the port regarding clearing of their goods which was causing ...
Cotton prices up by 17pc
LAHORE - The local cotton prices have shot up by 17 per cent during the period of Jul-Feb FY09 and remained in the range of ...
Market ignores crisis, gains 219 points
KARACHI - The Karachi Stock Exchange set aside the crisis prevailing in the country and gained 218.94 points on Wednesday. The ...
Passco establishes 337 centres for wheat procurement
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The wheat procurement supervisory committee here on Wednesday reviewed the arrangements for achieving the wheat ...
LPG local production increases by 400MT/day
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The local production of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has increased from 1100 metric tonnes per day to 1500MT ...
Banks response within two days, says Pepco
LAHORE - Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) expects that the financial institutions will play their due role in overcoming ...
UN, donors to provide $13.3m
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - United Nations in Pakistan and donors would provide US$ 13.3 million to conduct accurate housing, population ...
LPG prices fall
LAHORE - The LPG Association of Pakistan (LPGAP) on Wednesday claimed that the end-consumer prices of LPG have come down across ...
Oil prices gain on Chinese demand hopes
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices rose sharply Wednesday on hopes of strengthening crude demand in China, the world's second biggest ...
SBP accepts bids for Ijara Sukuk
KARACHI (APP) - State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has accepted bids worth Rs 15.325 billion from designated primary dealers for the ...
PM briefed on oil, gas projects
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Advisor to Prime Minister on Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr. Asim Hussain on Wednesday called on Prime ...
Bank of Khyber reports profit
KARACHI (APP) - The Bank of Khyber has posted profit after tax of Rs 137.348 million in the financial year 2008. According to ...
Pakistan ranks 113 out of 130 countries
ISLAMABAD (PPI) - The World Economic Forum (WEF) Wednesday launched the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2009. The ...
US private sector shed 697,000 jobs in February
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US private sector shed 697,000 jobs in February, more than expected, as employers slashed payrolls to cope ...
Intel announces 4 unique versions of processors
LAHORE - Intel Corporation has announced four unique versions of processors and two new system controller hub additions to the ...
LCCI stresses political harmony to uplift economy
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has stressed the need for national reconciliation to cope with wave ...
Unisame for promoting property mortgage
LAHORE - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has urged the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to facilitate and promote ...
PTCL announces unified tariff scheme
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has announced a unified tariff scheme for all one-net calls ...
Discos' privatisation protested
LAHORE - Pakistan Wapda Employees Pegham Union has demanded the government to withdraw the proposed decision of privatization of ...
IMF eyes extra $25 billion for poorest countries
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund has said that the poorest countries will need at least 25 billion dollars in ...
PPCBL disburses Rs2.369b loans
LAHORE (PR) - The Punjab Provincial Cooperative Bank Ltd. (PPCBL) has disbursement Rs 2.396 billion loans to 107,002 small ...
Container train service between Pak, Turkey and Iran from Aug 14
KARACHI (APP) - Pakistan, Turkey and Iran have agreed in principle to operate container train service from Istanbul to Islamabad ...
Rose Petal lucky draw
LAHORE (PR) - Rose Petal held a lucky draw at Packages Ltd in which several lucky winners were announced here on Wednesday. ...
ABL earns Rs4.2b profit
LAHORE - The Allied Bank Limited (ABL) has announced that it has posted a Profit After Tax of R4.2 billion (EPS Rs6.43) versus a ...
Qureshi new MD PSO
KARACHI (PR) - Irfan K Qureshi has assumed the charge of Managing Director PSO, replacing Kalim A Siddiqui. Qureshi has a vast ...
Global stock markets bounce back
LONDON (AFP) - Global stock markets rebounded sharply on Wednesday after recent sustained and heavy losses but the gains ...
'Seize the moment' on economic crisis
WASHINGTON (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged the United States in a prepared speech Wednesday to "seize the ...
Honda, Nissan, Mazda may seek public funds
TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese carmakers Honda, Nissan and Mazda said Wednesday they might seek crisis loans from the government, ...
Opel may cut 3,500 jobs
BERLIN (AFP) - German automaker Opel, a unit of stricken US giant General Motors, might cut at least 3,500 jobs if the government ...
Forum calls for growth of Islamic finance
JAKARTA (AFP) - Islamic finance and banking must be developed as an alternative to the discredited Wall Street model of doing ...
Eurozone services sector in record contraction
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Service sector activity in the 16 countries using the euro slumped to the lowest level on record in February ...
Dollar gives up gains on US jobs data
LONDON (AFP) - The dollar gave up early gains against the euro Wednesday and was trailing the single European currency in late ...
Peace must for investment, economic uplift
LAHORE (PR) - SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCI) Vice President Iftikhar Ali Malik has said that attack on Sri Lankan ...
DHL fleet-march
LAHORE - DHL, the world's leading Express and Logistics Company in its long-term business commitment to Pakistan has added a ...
Moody to address Pak environmental issues
LAHORE (PR) - Environment problems have not only affected Pakistan but also the whole world. A number of serious environmental ...
Millat's new vision MF-375 launched
LAHORE (PR) - Millat Tractors Limited, the manufacturer of Massey Ferguson tractors, have launched a new vision tractor model, ...
Politics
Attack won't hurt ties
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Wednesday said its investigators were following "important leads" to identify the culprits of attack on ...
Four attackers arrested
LAHORE-In a major breakthrough, the law enforcement agencies succeeded in arresting 11 terrorists including three Nigerians, ...
Progress made in talks with 'N'
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) Quaid, Nawaz Sharif Wednesday said that reconciliation with PPP was possible only ...
'Nawaz derailing democracy'
NEW YORK - Asserting that Pakistan's independent judiciary has been restored, President Asif Ali Zardari has accused PML-N Quaid ...
Pundits predict PPP-PML-N rapprochement
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Peoples Party is poised to mend its fences with Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) on quid pro quo basis and ...
'Restore judges or face consequences'
ISLAMABAD - Fully backing the lawyers schedule for long march and sit-in, leaders of almost all the major anti-government ...
Punjab govt and police responsible, says PCB
LAHORE - On arrival back home in England, Chris Broad, the ICC referee supervising the split rubber between Pakistan and Sri ...
PPP emerges largest party in Senate
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Wednesday emerged as the largest parliamentary party in the Senate following the ...
Long march schedule announced
ISLAMABAD - Senior leader of legal fraternity Hamid Khan Advocate Wednesday announced the schedule of lawyers' long march and ...
Shahbaz sees fall of govt in six months
LAHORE - Former Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has alleged that the incumbent provincial political administration was ...
FBI satisfied with Pak Mumbai probe
ISLAMABAD - The head of US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Robert Mueller met Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on ...
Troops pull out from Imam Dheri
MINGORA - Acting upon the peace accord, signed between the NWFP government and Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariah-e-Muhammadi (TNSM), the ...
ICC issues war crimes warrant for Bashir
KHARTOUM (Agencies) - Sudan vowed on Wednesday it would not work with the International Criminal Court as thousands of Sudanese ...
Pakistan to test Obama, says American general
WASHINGTON - Although the war in Iraq has reached a point where prospects for the future look good, a top US general says the ...
ANN meeting opens in Bangkok today
LAHORE - The 10th annual meeting of Executive Board of Asia News Network (ANN) is being held in Thailand (Bangkok) from March ...
Pakistan asks India to release Chenab water
ISLAMABAD(Online)- Pakistan on Wednesday formally asked India to release its 12-lakh acre feet water in Chenab River immediately. ...
US drones chase Baitullah
UNMANNED aircraft have begun targeting Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, a shift in strategy by the Obama administration that may ...
'N' tables motion for BB murder FIR registration
ISLAMABAD (Online) - The PML-N has tabled adjournment motion in National Assembly Secretariat for registering FIR of former Prime ...
India test-fires BrahMos
NEW DELHI (APP) - India again test-fired on Wednesday its new version of cruise BrahMos missile in Pokharan range in Rajasthan ...
France renews support
ISLAMABAD (APP) - France on Wednesday condemned the attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore and expressed solidarity with ...
Delhi rejects reports of involvement in Lahore
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Rejecting Pakistani officials' allegations hinting at India's involvement in the Lahore attack on Sri ...
Three Canadian troops killed in Afghanistan
OTTAWA (AFP) - Three Canadian troops were killed and two others were hurt in a roadside blast in Afghanistan, bringing to 111 the ...
Entertainment
Jennifer Aniston's 40,000 hairstyle
AMID a sea of beehives, bouffants and buns, it was a remarkably low-key affair. In fact, Jennifer Aniston's red-carpet hairstyle ...
Virtual reality headset to mimic five senses
A headset that harnesses all five senses will create such a convincing virtual reality that it will be indistinguishable from ...
Britney makes live return
BRITNEY Spears debuted her extravagant Circus tour in New Orleans last night- her first full live show in nearly five years. The ...
New test for detecting fake organic milk
SCIENTISTS in Germany are reporting development of a new, more effective method to determine whether milk marketed as "organic" ...
Couple drives 170km with spitting cobra
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - A couple drove 170 kilometres (100 miles) from South Africa's famous Kruger National Park with a highly ...
Motorcycles keep you young
TOKYO (AFP) - Riding motorcycles helps keep drivers young by invigorating their brains, the scientist behind popular "Brain ...
Hong Kong pop stars in Tokyo drug bust
TOKYO (AFP) - Hong Kong-based pop singers Kelvin Kwan and Jill Vidal have been arrested in Japan for marijuana possession, a ...
Comic Williams cancels concerts
COMEDIAN Robin Williams has called off four stand-up concerts in Florida after experiencing shortness of breath. According to a ...
I'm Obama kids' role model, says Beyonc
BEYONC has revealed that she is the Obama children's role model. The singer claimed that President Obama's wife Michelle ...
I'm not making 'Watchmen' sequel: Snyder
Zack Snyder has revealed that he will never make a follow-up to superhero movie Watchmen. Speaking to Access Hollywood, the ...
Congress adopts Slumdog tune for elections
MUMBAI (AFP) - India's ruling Congress party is to use the Oscar-winning song from the hit film "Slumdog Millionaire" during ...
Man crushed to death in elephant stampede
JAKARTA (AFP) - A 83-year-old man was crushed to death by a herd of wild elephants on Indonesia's Sumatra island Wednesday, a ...
Katie Holmes starts extreme purification
KATIE Holmes is on an "extreme purification" detox to prepare for pregnancy. Katie is reportedly following Scientology's ...
Sports
KRL all out for 296 in Quaid Trophy final
SIALKOT - KRL team was all out at 296 in its first innings by adding only 88 runs in its overnight score 208 on the second day of ...
Islamabad
New coach given free hand to select team
ISLAMABAD - President Pakistan Football Federation Faisal Salah Hayat has given foreign coach of national soccer team Gorge ...
Karachi
ITF Junior Tennis postponed
KARACHI - Ms Shahida Farooq, chairperson of Subh-e-Nau tennis an affiliate of the PTF, said the unfortunate incident in Lahore ...
PWCCA shuns PCB claims of first time appearance in Women WC
KARACHI - The cricket body that introduced Pakistan women's cricket in international arena about over a decade ago has dismissed ...
2nd CAS Open Sailing Regatta
KARACHI - Second Chief of the Air Staff International Open Sailing Regatta will be organized April 8-15 here at PAF Yacht Club; ...
Lahore
Cricket future in Pakistan bleak: PCB
LAHORE - PCB chairman Ijaz Butt Wednesday sees things bleak for cricket in Pakistan and admitted that it would lose co-hosting ...
Team for Bangladesh series named
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board Wednesday announced a 16-member team for the tour of Bangladesh here on Wednesday with the ...
Pakistan hockey team pay tributes to attack martyrs
LAHORE - The Pakistan hockey team Wednesday visited Liberty roundabout to pay tributes to the officers of Elite Force who ...
Wateen lead the day in National Polo
LAHORE - Wateen, HSBC Bank and Ghazipur stride ahead in the National Championship for the Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup here Wednesday ...
Coaches must show commitment to make PFF Vision 2020 a success
LAHORE -"It is big opportunity for coaches of 27 nations of Asian Football Confederation (AFC) who are now receiving AFC's ...
Jaffar to lead Pakistan in Kathmandu's PM Cup
LAHORE - The Pakistan Football Federation has approved 20-player Pakistan team which will appear in Nepal's inaugural Prime ...
Ambreen, Munawar earn opening day honours
LAHORE - Lahore's Ambreen clinched gold in Women 800 M final as 57th Pakistan Railways Divisional Athletics Championship 2009 got ...
PM Cup: Pakistan open campaign on 8th
LAHORE - All Nepal Football Association (ANFA) has announced draws for the six-team Prime Minister Cup Invitational Football ...
Sayid Papers move up
LAHORE -Sayid Paper Stags edged out Shah Faisal Senior in close finish match of 11th National Senior Cricket Cup at Railway ...
Junior Davis Cup team off to Myanmar
LAHORE - The Pakistan's Junior Davis Cup team comprising of country's top junior players namely Faizan Khurram, Hira Ashiq and ...
PU win Varsity Tennis
LAHORE - PU beat UET Lahore 2-0 to win Pakistan Inter Varsities Tennis (M) Championship played under the auspices of Higher ...
Forward bloc MPA poses confidence in Governor
LAHORE -Muhammad Yaqub Sheikh of PML-Q Forward Bloc, who is Member Punjab Assembly from PP-77 (Jhang V), called on Governor ...
Democratic attitude must for strong democracy: Haqqani
LAHORE - Democracy cannot be strengthened in Pakistan, as long as our political leaders lack democratic attitude and it will take ...
'Basic sciences ensued industrial, economic miracles'
LAHORE - Vice Chancellor Government College University Dr Khalid Aftab has said without any doubt, behind the industrial and ...
Struggle till free judiciary: Hamza
LAHORE - On the 8th day of PML-N's protest demonstrations including sit-ins and huger strike camps, central protest camp was held ...
Lahorites pay tributes to martyrs of 3/3 terror attack
LAHORE - The Lahorites on Wednesday paid rich tributes to the martyrs of 3/3 Liberty attacks by placing bouquets and showering ...
Petitioner asked to justify one-year delay
LAHORE - A division bench of the Lahore High Court has directed a lady petitioner to provide the court documentary proofs ...
Pleas against Governor Rule returned
LAHORE - The Lahore High Court's registrar Office Wednesday after putting objections returned three identical petitions ...
'Lawyers ousted Musharraf'
LAHORE- Newly elected secretary Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) Muqtidar Akhtar Shabbir renewed the pledge that the bar ...
Plea against Hafiz Saeed detention disposed of
LAHORE - Justice Khurshid Anwar Bhinder of the Lahore High Court has disposed a petition challenging detention of Hafiz Saeed, ...
Proceeding adjourned
LAHORE- The Lahore High Court on Wednesday adjourned proceedings on a petition seeking directions for the speaker Punjab Assembly ...
Raja appeals to cricket world for support
LAHORE (AFP) - Former captain Ramiz Raja Wednesday appealed for world cricket to support Pakistan, saying the sport was a way of ...
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