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Violators of SC Nov 3 order to be punished

May 26, 2008
Violators of SC Nov 3 order to be punished

FAISALABAD - Deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said the judiciary had played the role of second fiddle for the dictators' convenience in the past, but now the time has changed. All persons deviating from the Supreme Court's November 3 decision against PCO and ...

5th round of Indo-Pak talks from June 21

5th round of Indo-Pak talks from June 21

May 26, 2008

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan People's Party-led coalition government wants the immediate inclusion of Kashmiris in the Indo-Pak peace ...

President's safe drinking water plan hits snags

President's safe drinking water plan hits snags

May 26, 2008

LAHORE - The Clean Drinking Water for All (CDWA) programme, initiated by President Pervez Musharraf to deliver safe drinking ...

International
Aussie coach blasts his 'rubbish' team

Aussie coach blasts his 'rubbish' team

May 26, 2008

MOENCHENGLADBACH (Germany) (AFP) - Furious Australia coach Frank Murray described his team's performance as "rubbish" ...

England still in trouble despite Monty heroics

England still in trouble despite Monty heroics

May 26, 2008

MANCHESTER (AFP) - Monty Panesar returned his best figures in Test cricket here Sunday but England were still left needing to ...

Lawyers plan to challenge ban on Marlon Samuels

Lawyers plan to challenge ban on Marlon Samuels

May 26, 2008

KINGSTON (Jamaica) (AFP) - The two lawyers that represented Marlon Samuels at the West Indies Cricket Board's disciplinary ...

Australia continue fight for survival

May 26, 2008

KINGSTON (AFP) - A 52-run, fifth-wicket stand between Brad Hodge and Andrew Symonds stabilised Australia before lunch, but their ...

Blake flies the flag for Americans

May 26, 2008

PARIS (AFP) - Top-ranking American Andy Roddick may be missing due to injury but James Blake feels that the Stars and Stripes ...

Roma gain Inter revenge in Cup

May 26, 2008

ROME (AFP) - AS Roma retained the Italian Cup after a 2-1 victory over Champions Inter Milan at the Stadio Olimpico here on ...

Strong aftershock causes more misery in China

May 26, 2008

CHENGDU (AFP) - A strong aftershock jolted southwestern China on Sunday, killing at least two people, destroying 71,300 homes and ...

Talk grows on Obama-Clinton ticket

May 26, 2008

WASHINGTON - As the Democratic presidential nomination race winds down, talk grows about a possible Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton ...

BJP humbles Congress in Karnataka elections

May 26, 2008

AFTER decades of waiting, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday scripted history as it dramatically bagged top honours in ...

Earthquakes can be triggered from other side of globe: study

May 26, 2008

PARIS (AFP) - A major quake such as the one that left at least 60,000 dead in southwestern China this month can trigger other ...

World leaders hail Lebanon vote as first step to reconciliation

May 26, 2008

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W Bush led the international community on Sunday in hailing the election of Michel Sleiman ...

5,500 orphans after massive earthquake

May 26, 2008

BEIJING (AFP) - Nearly 5,500 children have been left without their parents following the massive China earthquake, either because ...

Egypt in new bid to find Gaza truce

May 26, 2008

CAIRO (AFP) - A top Israeli official met Egyptian mediators in Cairo on Sunday in the latest bid to find a truce with Hamas in ...

Trial process to begin for accused 9/11 plotters

May 26, 2008

WASHINGTON (AFP) - In the first step towards trying the alleged plotters behind the devastating September 11, 2001 attacks, five ...

Cluster bomb ban talks face final hurdles

May 26, 2008

DUBLIN (AFP) - The run-up to Friday's deadline to seal an international treaty here banning cluster bombs seems set to be ...

Business
The engine for economy: black gold

The engine for economy: black gold

May 26, 2008

In recent years, the combination of rising oil consumption and flat oil production in Pakistan has led to rising oil  ...

Persistent imbroglio takes toll on economy

Persistent imbroglio takes toll on economy

May 26, 2008

Cynics' vantage point apart Pakistan's has gone     through massive growth with certain sectors ...

Downgrading of rating: Myth and reality

Downgrading of rating: Myth and reality

May 26, 2008

JAVED MAHMOOD talks to Naeem Rafi, Chief Executive Rafi Securities and a senior member of Karachi Stock Exchange, about issues ...

Discount rate hike formula fails to deliver

May 26, 2008

Economists, industrialists and business community     sharply reacted on the announcement of hike in ...

A vibrant strategy must to propel exports growth

May 26, 2008

The Export growth of Pakistan during last eight years     has remained dismal and could not progress beyond ...

High food prices-A harsh new reality

May 26, 2008

In Mexico City, mass protests about the cost of tortillas. In     West Bengal, disputes over food-rationing. In ...

Babesiosis

May 26, 2008

Babesiosis, also called red water or cattle tick fever, is a tick-borne disease caused by Babesia spp, which  infects red ...

Is ornamental horticulture answer for low-income group of Farmers?

May 26, 2008

Pakistan has all climates with all types of lands available for cultivation. Soils are rich in productivity in dry plains and ...

The glorious history of shipping

May 26, 2008

Shipping plays a very vital and significant role in today's global economy. The transportation through sea routes is considered ...

An emerging phenomenon

May 26, 2008

As the contemporary world is confronted with new challenges in almost every sphere of life B2B Marketplaces are now the emerging ...

Project communication management in Pakistan

May 26, 2008

Communication has been a problem for the firms whether large or small, service organizations or manufacturing company. In ...

Politics
US lawmakers seek clarity on shift in policy

US lawmakers seek clarity on shift in policy

May 26, 2008

ISLAMABAD-A marked shift in Pakistan's anti-militancy policy especially in Tribal Areas has raised many eyebrows in Washington ...

No clash with President: PM

No clash with President: PM

May 26, 2008

LAHORE - In stark contrast to what PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari said about President Musharraf the other day, Prime Minister ...

Peace deals must not put our soldiers at risk: NATO

Peace deals must not put our soldiers at risk: NATO

May 26, 2008

KABUL (Agencies) - Nato in Afghanistan spoke out Sunday against Pakistan's moves to reach peace deals with Taliban militants on ...

US firm pulls out of Munda Dam project

May 26, 2008

LAHORE - The government is yet to come out of the shock caused by the refusal of a US company to carry out the documentation ...

Rain, lightning claim eight lives in Swat

May 26, 2008

SWAT - At least eight persons including six children were killed and five others got injured due to heavy rains and lightning ...

Lebanon elects president

May 26, 2008

BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's new President Michel Sleiman appealed for unity as he was sworn in on Sunday in a first step towards ...

Delhi denies payment to 18,560 Pakistanis

May 26, 2008

NEW DELHI (APP) - The Indian government has denied payment of billions of rupees to 18, 560 Pakistanis accumulated on returns of ...

Rumours to replace COAS a conspiracy: Presidency

May 26, 2008

ISLAMABAD - The spokesman of the President has said that the reports about possible replacement of the Chief of the Army Staff ...

Pak-India Indus Commission to meet on 31st

May 26, 2008

LAHORE (Online) - The annual Pakistan-India Permanent Indus Commission joint meeting would be held here on May 31. Pakistan ...

Doctor abducted in Mohmand

May 26, 2008

UNIDENTIFIED armed persons kidnapped a doctor, who was supervising the polio campaign in Mohmand Agency along with his vehicle ...

Junoon performs in Srinagar

May 26, 2008

SRINAGAR (Agencies) - Thousands of Kashmiris in the Indian-occupied region danced and cheered during a rare concert by a top ...

Ganguly helps Kolkata end on a high

May 26, 2008

KOLKATA Knight Riders beat Kings IX Punjab by three wickets in an IPL match played at Eden Garden Stadium here. Scores: Kings ...

Entertainment
Electricity: dilemma of Pakistan

Electricity: dilemma of Pakistan

May 26, 2008

Pakistan is facing numeral constraints in the lane of     socio economic development energy crisis and food ...

Divorce? No... Madonna and Guy Ritchie's civilised separation

Divorce? No... Madonna and Guy Ritchie's civilised separation

May 26, 2008

AS a show of togetherness, Madonna and Guy Ritchie's glittering red carpet parade at the Cannes Film Festival last week did ...

Robbie Knievel shatters truck-jumping record

Robbie Knievel shatters truck-jumping record

May 26, 2008

MASON - Evel Knievel made daredevil history when he jumped 14 Greyhound buses in 1975 at Kings Island. Thirty-three years ...

US probe to attempt perilous landing on Martian arctic

May 26, 2008

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US space scientists were to attempt Sunday to land a 420-million-dollar spacecraft near Mars's frigid north ...

Don't want to release your CO2? Bury it

May 26, 2008

LEIPNER PLATFORM IN THE NORTH SEA (AFP) - With planet Earth engaged in a heated race against global warming, "carbon capture and ...

Christian Audigier hosts star-studded birthday bash

May 26, 2008

TALK about a star studded birthday Friend to celebrities, Christian Audigier hosted his 50th birthday party last night at L.A.'s ...

Kate & Lance heat up Cannes

May 26, 2008

    KATE Hudson and Lance Armstrong have taken their very new relationship to Cannes. Yes, everybody is in Cannes ...

Islamabad
CIA arrests several outlaws

CIA arrests several outlaws

May 26, 2008

ISLAMABAD - CIA Police has arrested seven accused involved in several cases of robberies, theft, drug selling and recovered ...

Group show 'Summer Bloom' opens

Group show 'Summer Bloom' opens

May 26, 2008

ISLAMABAD (APP) - An exhibition of exquisite paintings, calligraphy and sculptures was opened here Sunday by 10 established as ...

ILO, Hashoo Foundation organise 'Job Mela'

ILO, Hashoo Foundation organise 'Job Mela'

May 26, 2008

RAWALPINDI - The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and its implementing partner Hashoo Foundation organised Sunday the ...

Shifa Trust awarded USF IT project

May 26, 2008

RAWALPINDI (Online)- Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, Rawalpindi has been awarded a special project 'Enabling Persons with ...

Govt cancels 'Presidential Urban Clinic' project

May 26, 2008

ISLAMABAD (Online)- The federal government has decided to cancel the project of establishing clinics in seven major cities to the ...

Pindiites have no place for burial, 90pc graveyards overcrowded

May 26, 2008

ISLAMABAD  (APP) - The mushrooming construction of the residential and commercial buildings continue to annex the space, ...

Karachi
Dialogue to be initiated on constitutional package: Sherry

Dialogue to be initiated on constitutional package: Sherry

May 26, 2008

KARACHI - A stakeholders dialogue would be initiated with regard to the constitutional package prepared by the Pakistan Peoples ...

Nawaz needs no clearance to visit Sindh, says Shazia Marri

Nawaz needs no clearance to visit Sindh, says Shazia Marri

May 26, 2008

KARACHI - Sindh Minister for Information Shazia Marri has said that Mian Nawaz Sharif does not need to get clearance from Sindh ...

Reshuffle in PPP Karachi on the cards

Reshuffle in PPP Karachi on the cards

May 26, 2008

FAHEEM RAZA & NISAR MEHDI  KARACHI - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Karachi Division has decided to reshuffle the ...

Burning of robbers shows lack of justice, police inefficiency

May 26, 2008

Hue out cry in the society over the unfortunate burning of two alleged robbers by an angry crowd in Karachi recently was mere ...

15 fishermenrescued

May 26, 2008

KARACHI - A massive ocean current overturned two fishing boats packed with 15 fishermen at Ibrahim Hydery Point but the local ...

Minister for elimination of contract system

May 26, 2008

KARACHI - Sindh Labour Minister, Ameer Nawab Khan, has assured the legal rights of labour unions and eliminate contract system ...

Lahore
Solid waste station planned at fertile land

Solid waste station planned at fertile land

May 26, 2008

LAHORE - The City District Government has picked lush green fields and fertile land in the close vicinity of hundreds of houses ...

Lawyers, civil society stage demonstration

Lawyers, civil society stage demonstration

May 26, 2008

LAHORE - Lawyers, civil society members and other parties on Sunday staged a protest demonstration for the restoration of deposed ...

Protest against mounting prices, loadshedding

Protest against mounting prices, loadshedding

May 26, 2008

LAHORE - To criticise the rulers for mounting inflation and price-hike in the country the Jamat Islami took out a protest rally ...

Communion with Allah only panacea: Prof Akhtar

May 26, 2008

LAHORE Communion to The Creator - Allah Almighty through frequent remembrance with sincerity and devotion  must be the ...

A "tissue paper tiger"?

May 26, 2008

Buk-up It may sound funny as usual, but this time is looks real. This time there is something big and serious otherwise ...

The tsunamis that are coming

May 26, 2008

CITY NOTES BY M.A. NIAZI The big tsunami that awaits us is not the shock when the judiciary is restored, or when the ...

Pakistan take on Rot-Weis Koln today

May 26, 2008

LAHORE - Pakistan will play their last match in Germany against Rot-Weis Koln on Monday, the contest which has been billed as a ...

Golden girl Ana into French Open second round

May 26, 2008

PARIS (AFP) - Ana Ivanovic, who crumbled to defeat in the 2007 Roland Garros final, took a first nervous step towards erasing ...

Billu Pehalwan is new Sher-i-Punjab

May 26, 2008

LAHORE - Billu Pahalwan downed Achi Pahalwan in a sensational bout and was declared the Sher-i-Punjab here at the Punjab Stadium ...

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