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Two parallel CJs not possible: PM

May 20, 2008
Two parallel CJs not possible: PM

SHARM-EL-SHEIKH (Agencies) - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has rejected any pressure on the issue of restoration of judiciary and judges, saying that the existence of two parallel chief justices is not possible. "There is no doubt in my mind. There is no doubt in Nawaz Sharif's mind ...

Nawaz asks Punjab ministers to serve masses

Nawaz asks Punjab ministers to serve masses

May 20, 2008

LAHORE - PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif has directed the Punjab ministers to serve the masses and divert all resources to resolve the ...

Nato reinforces troops on border

Nato reinforces troops on border

May 20, 2008

KABUL (Online) - NATO has reinforced troops along the Afghan border anticipating peace deals between Pakistan and the Taliban ...

'N' perturbed over Zardari taking credit

'N' perturbed over Zardari taking credit

May 20, 2008

LAHORE-The PML-N leadership is reportedly perturbed over PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari for taking credit of highlighting the ...

International
China stops to mourn quake victims

China stops to mourn quake victims

May 20, 2008

DUJIANGYAN, China (AFP) - From the heart of Beijing to the devastated southwest, China came to a standstill Monday to mourn its ...

Foreigners flee as Johannesburg clashes toll hits 22

Foreigners flee as Johannesburg clashes toll hits 22

May 20, 2008

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Thousands of foreigners sought refuge at crowded community centres and police stations in Johannesburg on ...

Full probe on hotel deaths urged

Full probe on hotel deaths urged

May 20, 2008

BAGHDAD (AFP) - A media rights group called for a full probe into a 2003 US shelling that killed two foreign journalists at a ...

Conference opens in Dublin to ban cluster bombs

May 20, 2008

DUBLIN (AFP) - Representatives from around 100 countries opened a 12-day conference Monday in a bid to agree a global ban on ...

Malaysia's Mahathir quits ruling party

May 20, 2008

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Former Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad quit the ruling party UMNO on Monday in a move observers said ...

Barak in Egypt for truce talks

May 20, 2008

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak will on Monday meet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, whose ...

Pentagon announces Iraq, Afghanistan troop deployments

May 20, 2008

WASHINGTON - About 39,000 U.S. troops will be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan later this year, a Defence Department official ...

Ban calls for eliminating cluster munitions

May 20, 2008

UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday appealed for the creation of a new global pact to rid the world of ...

UN chief to travel to Myanmar to boost aid effort

May 20, 2008

UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to arrive in Myanmar Wednesday to visit the areas hit by Cyclone ...

Oram helps New Zealand salvage draw

May 20, 2008

LONDON (AFP) - Jacob Oram's 101 secured a draw for New Zealand on the fifth and final day of the first Test against England at ...

Katich hits form but rain defies Aussies

May 20, 2008

TRELAWNY (Jamaica) (AFP) - Heavy rain prevented Australia from completing victory, after Simon Katich enhanced his claims for a ...

Ibrahimovic stars as Inter win third straight Italian title

May 20, 2008

ROME (AFP) - Inter Milan won their third straight Italian Serie A title with a 2-0 victory at Parma on Sunday. Sweden forward ...

Champions Real earn league double over rivals Barcelona

May 20, 2008

MADRID (AFP) - The 2007/08 Spanish league season will be remembered as the season when Barcelona performed the guard of honour at ...

Business
Sindh to build 32 small dams

Sindh to build 32 small dams

May 20, 2008

KARACHI - Sindh government has planned to construct 32 small dams in the province to bring more area under cultivation by storing ...

NIB Bank likely to acquire Global Securities Pakistan

NIB Bank likely to acquire Global Securities Pakistan

May 20, 2008

KARACHI - NIB Bank is likely to acquire Global Securities Pakistan Limited, one of the leading corporate finance and stock ...

LPG 11.8kg cylinder price reaches Rs 585

LPG 11.8kg cylinder price reaches Rs 585

May 20, 2008

LAHORE - The price of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) on Monday witnessed an another increase of about Rs 20 per cylinder of ...

1,578 points wiped out from KSE 100-index in 12 sessions

May 20, 2008

KARACHI - Karachi Stock Exchange-100 index has lost 1,578 points in the last 12 trading sessions amid prevailing political ...

Agricultural credit disbursement rises

May 20, 2008

KARACHI - Disbursement of credit to the agriculture sector by commercial and specialized banks has shown an impressive growth of ...

Euro higher as Trichet warns on inflation

May 20, 2008

LONDON (AFP) - The euro rose against the dollar on Monday as ECB chief Jean-Claude Trichet warned about high inflation, which ...

Etimaad Engg playing role to overcome power shortage

May 20, 2008

LAHORE - Member National Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader, Ahsan Iqbal, has said that the engineering sector has ...

Crude oil price flirts with new record high

May 20, 2008

LONDON (AFP) - The price of crude oil came close to reaching a new record high on Monday as the market shrugged off higher output ...

ITC and SCCI to work for economic development of SAsia

May 20, 2008

KARACHI - International Trade Centre (ITC) and SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI) are looking forward to work ...

Market loses 14,000 level; down 311 points

May 20, 2008

LAHORE - The rupee on Monday lost its value further, causing panic selling on the floor of Karachi Stock Market. Hence, the ...

Politics
Masses want new President: Nawaz

Masses want new President: Nawaz

May 20, 2008

WASHINGTON - Pakistan Muslim League-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif has said that reinstating the judges deposed by President Pervez ...

Pakistan says Indian border firing charges groundless

Pakistan says Indian border firing charges groundless

May 20, 2008

Pakistan Army on Monday denied charges of opening unprovoked firing on a forward Indian post that killed an Indian Army jawan ...

Zardari acquitted in last case

Zardari acquitted in last case

May 20, 2008

LAHORE-PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Monday was acquitted of 11 year old drug case registered against him during the second ...

Explosion kills four, injures two in Bajaur

May 20, 2008

PESHAWAR (Agencies) - Four persons were killed and two others got injured in a bomb blast at Momand in Bajuar Agency on Sunday ...

Taliban claim Mardan blast

May 20, 2008

PESHAWAR - Claiming responsibility of Mardan suicide attack, Taliban spokesman Maulvi Omar has termed it as a reaction of US ...

US, Pak and Afghan leader reaffirm pledge to fight terror

May 20, 2008

WASHINGTON - Leaders of United States, Pakistan and Afghanistan have reaffirmed their pledge to work together in combating ...

Freedom of Information Act soon

May 20, 2008

LAHORE - Federal Secretary for Information and Broadcasting Muhammad Akram Shaheedi has said the government will introduce a new ...

'Kashmir removed from UNSC agenda'

May 20, 2008

ISLAMABAD (Online) - General Secretary Jammu and Kashmir Council for Human Rights Dr Syed Nazir Gilani has revealed that the ...

A forlorn rapprochement

May 20, 2008

ISLAMBAD A rapprochement meeting between PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif is on the cards, however, ...

IPPs ignoring govt directives

May 20, 2008

LAHORE-All the 16 Independent Power Producers (IPPs) are stated to be ignoring the govt directives issued time and again, ...

APDM to hold national moot on June 1

May 20, 2008

ISLAMABAD - All Pakistan Democratic Movement here on Monday announced to organize national conference on June 1 to devise ...

Entertainment
Keira Knightley to star in film of King Lear

Keira Knightley to star in film of King Lear

May 20, 2008

Keira Knightley is to star in a new film adaptation of Shakespearean tragedy King Lear. he will play Cordelia, the youngest ...

Justin to propose to Jessica Biel?

Justin to propose to Jessica Biel?

May 20, 2008

This one is a little hard to swallow. According to sources at the UK Sun, Justin Timberlake is ready to propose to Jessica Biel. ...

Kate Hudson and Lance Armstrong heat up Austin

Kate Hudson and Lance Armstrong heat up Austin

May 20, 2008

KATE HUDSON sure moves quickly Like we reported last week, fresh from her breakup with Owen Wilson, Kate enjoyed a weekend away ...

Laser heats up the fusion future

May 20, 2008

The world's most powerful laser has heated matter to 10 million Celsius, hotter than the surface of the Sun. The Vulcan laser ...

Why did the toads cross the road?

May 20, 2008

Watching the thousands of toads pouring across a Chinese road, people must have wondered exactly what they knew that the world ...

'Brittlestar City' discovered on underwater mountain

May 20, 2008

WELLINGTON (AFP) - A unique colony of tens of millions of starfish-like creatures has been discovered on a mountain peak lying ...

Islamabad
Full-scale emergency drill at Airport

Full-scale emergency drill at Airport

May 20, 2008

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Airport Emergency Exercise 'Rescue Air 2008' was conducted at Islamabad International Airport on Monday to ...

Rife violation of ban

Rife violation of ban

May 20, 2008

ISLAMABAD- Although cellphone is a useful revolution in the modern era but students, the future hope of the Pakistan, are risking ...

'One UN' system to support govt in five key areas

'One UN' system to support govt in five key areas

May 20, 2008

ISLAMABAD- Speakers here at a consultative workshop on 'One UN System' country programme in Pakistan said the system would ...

Traders reject proposed energy saving plan

May 20, 2008

ISLAMABAD (Online) - Most of the traders and businessmen of the capital while expressing their reservations have rejected the ...

'Vesak Day' held at Sri Lankan HC

May 20, 2008

ISLAMABAD- Sri Lankan High Commission organised a ceremony to mark the 'Vesak Day' here on Monday in which a number of ...

A journey from Babul to Susraal

May 20, 2008

A decent man turns into a clown, a girl who bubbles with happiness has to act shy and coy, wearing a dress, heavier than the ...

Camp for CAS Squash gets underway

May 20, 2008

ISLAMABAD - The training camp for the upcoming Chief of Air Staff (CAS) International Squash Championship started here at Mushaf ...

Karachi
Unscheduled loadshedding irks people

Unscheduled loadshedding irks people

May 20, 2008

KARACHI - The unending sufferings of Karachities started to further aggravate the situation as the Karachi Electric Supply ...

Edu board helpless before cheating mafia

Edu board helpless before cheating mafia

May 20, 2008

KARACHI - Board of Intermediate Education Karachi (BIEK) has surrendered to cheating mafia, as vigilance teams of the BIEK could ...

PFF seeks end to contract system

PFF seeks end to contract system

May 20, 2008

KARACHI - Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) has demanded the government to present the ordinance against contract system of fishing ...

Uproar in City Council on fund issue

May 20, 2008

KARACHI - Both treasury and opposition benches in city district council Monday stressed the need to resume policy of ...

Pak students win award at Intel ISEF 2008

May 20, 2008

KARACHI - A group project titled "Novel Drug Therapy of Silver Nano Particles to Cure MRSA infections" by students from Aga Khan ...

Call made to end corporal punishment at schools

May 20, 2008

KARACHI - Chairman of All Private Schools Management Association Sindh (APSMAS), Khalid Shah on Monday demanded the Sindh ...

ICC security delegation visits stadiums in Karachi

May 20, 2008

KARACHI - A four-member delegation of the ICC headed by Campbell Jamieson here on Monday morning visited three local cricket ...

Pakistan face Windies in Champions Trophy opener

May 20, 2008

KARACHI (APP) - Hosts Pakistan will face 2004 winners West Indies in the inaugural match of ICC Champions Trophy Cricket ...

Asif, Farhan in shock exit

May 20, 2008

KARACHI - Asif Khan of NWFP and Farhan Zaman of Punjab started their campaign in PST Rohan Khan Junior Open Squash in style when ...

Lahore
PCB doctor says Asif is fit

PCB doctor says Asif is fit

May 20, 2008

LAHORE - The official doctor of Pakistan cricket team, Dr Sohail Saleem, has declared that fast bowler Muhammad Asif is ...

Remodelling of Shaukat Ali Road comes to halt

Remodelling of Shaukat Ali Road comes to halt

May 20, 2008

LAHORE - Work on the remodelling of Maulana Shaukat Ali Road, which is the first project undertaken by the PML-N government in ...

LHC seeks reply from secretary and DCO

LHC seeks reply from secretary and DCO

May 20, 2008

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court Monday sought reply from Punjab food secretary and DCO Lahore on six identical petitions filed by ...

Raise in transport fares demanded

May 20, 2008

LAHORE - The Urban Transport Owners AssOciation has demanded a considerable increase in the transport fares, threatening the ...

New controversy in education dept after bifurcation

May 20, 2008

LAHORE-Following bifurcation of Punjab Education Dept into higher education and school wings, a new controversy has arisen ...

Cholera not gastroenteritis hits Mirpur Khas

May 20, 2008

LAHORE - Scientists at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) have discovered the outbreak of cholera in Mirpur Khas, a district ...

8 committees formed to arrange book fair

May 20, 2008

LAHORE - In connection with its 125-year celebrations, Punjab University on Monday constituted eight committees to organise ...

PCB to conduct dope tests on Asia Cup squad

May 20, 2008

LAHORE - The players participating in the Asia Cup to be held in June-July in Pakistan, would come under doping scanner. The ...

Pakistan defeat India, Maldives in AFC U-14 Festival

May 20, 2008

LAHORE - Pakistan put up spirited display to snatch two more wins in Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Under-14 Festival of ...

PCB names 16 players for bowling camp

May 20, 2008

LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board selection committee in consultation with Mudassar Nazar, Director Game Development, has ...

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