Thursday, February 23, 2012
- PML-N not serious in making alliance: Saifullah
- Imran wants Mohammad Amir back in team
- Argentine train slams into station, killing 49
- Two politicians beaten to death in India
- Imran misleading nation on 20th amendment: Kh Saad
- Mansoor Ijaz deposes before memo tribunal
- 3rd T20: SAfrica beat New Zealand by 3 runs to win series 2-1
- Barhamdagh Bugti supports US bill on Balochistan
- Nawaz conditions APC participation to missing persons' recovery, leaves for Umrah
- US presses Pakistan to allow bases near Iran: Report
The Nation in print for Thursday, February 23, 2012
Front Page
Ijaz opens BBM Pandora’s box
ISLAMABAD - The central character of Memo scandal, Mansoor Ijaz, Wednesday recorded his explosive statement via video link from London before the judicial commission probing the matter, while the commission held the hearing in Islamabad. The commission head, Balochistan High Court Chief Justice ...
Eight dead as protests flare in Afghanistan
KABUL - At least eight Afghans were shot dead and dozens wounded Wednesday in clashes between police and demonstrators ...
Gaining power by shedding power
ISLAMABAD – Following his ‘reconciliation policy’, President Asif Ali Zardari has surrendered some more key ...
Life-saving or -taking drugs?
LAHORE – Unsafe and dangerous drugs, banned across the globe for causing multiple complications, are doing roaring business ...
Nawaz sets conditions for attending APC
LAHORE – Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Mian Nawaz Sharif has set conditions for attending the All Parties ...
Nawaz paying lip service: PPP
LAHORE - PPP Parliamentary Leader in PA Shaukat M Basra on Wednesday said the PPP government was taking practical steps for ...
Who will repair PIA’s own planes?
LAHORE - Despite earning Rs1.1 billion through its maintenance, repair and overhaul business during the last year, the PIA has ...
CM vows to bring back ‘lost’ money
LAHORE – Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday vowed to bring back the money looted by the elite and recover the bank ...
Microsoft director calls on Shahbaz
LAHORE – Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that government is pursuing the policy of raising the living standard ...
Air Marshal (r) Nur Khan remembered
ISLAMABAD – A ceremony was held to mark the birth anniversary of Air Marshal (r) Nur Khan at the PAF Headquarters on ...
SC directs govt, KANA to file replies
ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the federal government and the Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas (KANA) to ...
PPP, allies seal deal for Senate seats
KARACHI - The Pakistan People’s Party and its allies - the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and PML-F - on Wednesday struck ...
400 shot dead in Karachi in 2011
KARACHI - Justice (r) Zahid Qurban Alvi, chief of the commission formed to ascertain the exact figure of the victims of targeted ...
Baloch for reining in spy agencies
ISLAMABAD – Secretary General Jamaat-e-Islami, Liaqat Baloch, on Wednesday said that role of spy agencies should be limited ...
MQM awards tickets
KARACHI - The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Wednesday allotted tickets to its candidates for the upcoming Senate elections ...
Nuclear talks failure heightens Iran tensions
TEHRAN - A fruitless visit to Iran by UN nuclear inspectors sparked anger and raised tensions on Wednesday, with Russia warning ...
Argentine train crash kills 49 people, hurts 600
BUENOS AIRES - A packed commuter train plowed into the buffers at a Buenos Aires station during morning rush hour on Wednesday, ...
Mubarak trial enters last day
CAIRO - The landmark murder and corruption trial of ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak entered its final day of hearings on ...
Karzai demands quick transfer of US-run jail
KABUL - President Hamid Karzai Wednesday urged the US military to speed up a transfer of the controversial Bagram prison to ...
Scientists name new iridescent lizard
PHNOM PENH - A new species of lizard with striking iridescent rainbow skin, a long tail and very short legs has been ...
Heart symptoms ‘differ in women’
NEW YORK - Women, especially younger women, are more likely than men to show up at the hospital with no chest pain or discomfort ...
Adele wins big again at Brit Awards
LONDON - Just over a week after her spectacular sweep at the Grammys, British soul diva Adele triumphed on home soil Tuesday at ...
Classic Snake game tops apps chart
A simple classic game has slithered to the top of the chart for free apps for the iPhone this week. Snake, launched in 1998, ...
Fazl urges world help against Indian atrocities in IHK
ISLAMABAD - Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir Chairman Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday urged the world community to ...
Tax offices to remain open on Feb 25, 29
Islamabad :The FBR Wednesday ordered all its field units to remain open on Saturday (25th February) in order to facilitate the ...
PIA’s MRO section fetches Rs 1.1b business in 2011
LAHORE - Deputy Managing Director PIA, Salim Sayani has claimed that the Pakistan International Airline has earned Rs1.1 billion ...
KSE gains 59 points on record earnings
KARACHI - Stocks on Wednesday closed bullish at KSE led by banks, selected blue-chip scrips on investor speculations after record ...
17.94 million tons cement produced in seven months
KARACHI - All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association Chairman Aizaz Mansoor Shaikh has said that industry produced 17.94 ...
Imran Nazir hit on the head
CHITTAGONG : Imran Nazir was hit on the head by a Peter Trego bouncer during a Bangladesh Premier League game. He had a hat ...
Imran Khan wants Amir back in team
LONDON - Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan has said that he wants to see Mohammad Amir back in the national team after he ...
South Africa clinch Twenty20 series in thriller
AUCKLAND - South Africa battled to a thrilling three-run win over New Zealand to claim the Twenty20 series 2-1 after the ...
Zaka calls for consensus on Woolf report
KARACHI - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has suggested the ICC executive board evolve a consensus among cricket boards on ...
International
Civil trial for Gaddafi loyalists
BENGHAZI - A Libyan military court ruled on Wednesday that 50 people accused of fighting for Muammar Gaddafi and helping a mass ...
Deal must be applied: Hamas
AZA CITY - A reconciliation deal between rival Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas must be implemented in a “thorough and ...
Explosions rock Nigerian city
KANO - Suspected Islamists threw explosives and fired at a Nigerian military checkpoint on Wednesday, igniting a gunbattle in the ...
Abkhazia leader survives attack
MOSCOW - The leader of the Moscow-backed breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia survived an assassination attempt on Wednesday ...
Four more bodies found on liner
ROME - Salvage workers have found four more bodies on the wreck of the Costa Concordia, bringing to 21 the confirmed number of ...
Somalia militants lose key town
MOGADISHU - Ethiopian and Somali troops captured a key Islamist militant stronghold in Somalia on Wednesday, as the rebels left ...
Separatists among new Yemen’s major challenges
SANAA - Yemen’s southern separatists have emerged as a major challenge for Yemen, which is facing uncharted waters as the ...
Israel approves 500 new West Bank homes
JERUSALEM - An Israeli committee on Wednesday approved construction of 500 new homes in the West Bank settlement of Shilo and ...
Assad forces try to bomb Homs into submission
MMAN - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces rained rockets and bombs down on opposition-held neighborhoods of the city ...
Russia urges to send UN envoy
UNITED NATIONS - Russia on Tuesday urged the United Nations to send a special envoy to Syria to help coordinate security issues ...
BYC to move ICJ against Herbyar Marri for bloodshed
LONDON - Chairman Baloch Youth Council, Mir Hazar Khan Baloch has announced that the Council would move the International ...
How Nasser shaped the Arab Spring
SARAH MOUSAThis week marks the 54th anniversary of the foundation of the United Arab Republic (UAR), a unity between Egypt and ...
Why Yemen’s election might actually matter
DANYA GREENFIELDWith daily massacres in Homs and prosecution of US non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Cairo, the simmering ...
Business
PTCL earns net profit of Rs 2.84b
KARACHI - Pakistan Telecommunications Company Limited (PTCL) has gained net profit of Rs 2.84 billion in its half-year earnings ...
KFC teachers training workshop
LAHORE – KFC Teachers Training was carried out at KFC Barket Market with all partner schools of Lahore region. The topic ...
Samsung at IT awards ceremony
LAHORE - Head of HHP & IT at Samsung, Mr Roy Yongil Chang was invited to chair an IT awards ceremony, organised by Decent ...
SAP to support SMEs
KARACHI - SAP AG has announced two new offerings that will deliver the benefits of the SAP HANA™ platform to Small and ...
Limton Watch’s new showroom
KARACHI – Limton Watch inaugurated its new showroom in DHA. Notable personalities from both, business and the social world ...
Nofel Izz’s first album
KARACHI – Nofel Izz, A 36-year old Canadian singer released his first album at a hotel in Karachi. This exciting and ...
Telenor agreement with Teradata
ISLAMABAD – Teradata Corporation (NYSE: TDC), the data analytic solutions company, has entered into an agreement with ...
Quality edu in Gadap school
KARACHI – Quality Education provides a fundamental base for a growth of a nation, while rural areas of Karachi are still ...
Nestlé to rebuild primary school
KARACHI - At a modest ceremony held at the office of Sindh Minister for Education, Nestlé Pakistan signed an agreement ...
Charity musical show
KARACHI – AJ Events is organising a charity musical show with Akcent an International Band from Romania Europe. They are ...
Ufone launches new offer
KARACHI – Ufone has recently launched a phenomenal one of its kind offer which allows its subscribers to save their ...
Formal listing of Nafa Money Market Fund at LSE
LAHORE - Lahore Stock Exchange (G) Ltd. (LSE) has approved the application for formal listing and quotation of the units of NAFA ...
LCCI seeks budget proposals from members
LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Wednesday urged its members to submit their evidence-based and solid budget ...
Furniture sale thru open tender demanded
LAHORE - The owners of the institutions of manufacturing of furniture for the provincial Education department have demanded of ...
Indus Motors profit surges 77pc to Rs 2.47b
LAHORE – SALMAN ABDUHU - Gross profit of the Indus Motor Company Limited has reached Rs2.47 billion as against the gross ...
open market forex rates on 22/02/2012
Country BUYING SELLINGEuro 119.50 120.70Japanese ...
Engro reduces DAP prices by Rs310 per bag
LAHORE - Engro Fertilizers Limited has announced a reduction in Di-Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) prices by Rs310 per bag from Rs4, 060 ...
Trading in sugar futures contract starts
LAHORE - Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited announced the commencement of trading in the Sugar Futures Contract this week. ...
Gold rises to Rs 59,550/tola
KARACHI (APP) - Gold price surged by Rs 214 to close at Rs 51,042 per 10 grams in the local market Tuesday as its international ...
Raza calls for strengthening investment banking
ISLAMABAD - Former governor of State Bank of Pakistan, Salim Raza on Wednesday said that debt markets in Pakistan are shallow as ...
Agri credit disbursement up by 20pc to Rs 149.65b
KARACHI - Agricultural credit disbursement by banks surged by 20 per cent on year-on-year basis to Rs 149.658 billion in the ...
NAB asked to present NLRC’s fraud report
ISLAMABAD - Expressing serious concerns over the investigation, the Senate sub committee on Finance and Economic Affairs on ...
Entertainment
Huge rare pink diamond found in Australia
SYDNEY - Mining giant Rio Tinto said Wednesday it has unearthed a “remarkable” 12.76 carat pink diamond in ...
Emma can use a washing machine
Emma Watson has said that she has learned how to cook and use a washing machine. The 21-year-old actress told The Independent ...
Bridge that ends in mid-air
A driver and her two passengers astonished rescuers when they survived after plunging 40ft off an unfinished bridge workers had ...
Aniston challenges boyfriend to breakdance
Jennifer Aniston left boyfriend Justin Theroux squirming after forcing him to breakdance for millions of viewers during a recent ...
Barrymore wants timeless wedding dress
Drew Barrymore has opened up about her upcoming nuptials to Will Kopelman. The Charlie’s Angels and Big Miracle actress, ...
Chef batters pancake stack record
An Australian chef battered his way into the world record books on Pancake Day. Andy Wrobel claimed the title for the ...
Justin Bieber to release new book
Justin Bieber is ‘’excited’’ about releasing another book. The 17-year-old singer - whose first tome ...
Obama sings at White House blues show
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama broke into song Tuesday at a White House blues show, as Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger ...
15 ‘used’ statuettes up for auction
LOS ANGELES Fifteen Oscar statuettes are to be auctioned off next week in what organisers said on Tuesday is the largest ...
Sports
Foreigners confirm entry in Jr Open Squash
KARACHI - ANISUDDIN KHAN - Canadian, Iranian and Indian juniors have conformed participation in the 4th edition of Roshan ...
Chelsea undone by Napoli as CSKA hold Real
PARIS - Chelsea's Champions League hopes are in the balance following a 3-1 loss to Napoli in the first leg of their ...
Punjab crush Sindh to lift Pentangular Cup
LAHORE – Punjab completed an emphatic 511-run crushing win over Sindh to clinch the Pentangular Cup title for the first ...
Ill-planning costs Pakistan series
DUBAI - Kevin Pietersen and Craig Keiswetter with a superb 109 runs fifth wicket stand deprived Pakistan of face-saving win in ...
Meeting held for sports promotion
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister M Shahbaz Sharif presided over a high-level meeting here on Tuesday which reviewed promotion of ...
Basketball trials
ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Basketball Association (IBA) will conduct trials to pick the Islamabad team for the Junior National ...
Master Paints win in Punjab Polo Cup
LAHORE – Master Paints, having half goal handicap advantage, defeated Pakistan Army/Nadra by 8½-5 in The Enterprise ...
Egypt name team for Six-nation Snooker
KARACHI - Egypt is among the six nations that have confirmed participation in the Six-nation Snooker Championship which will be ...
Subh-e-Nau Tennis
Karachi – Exciting matches were seen on Wednesday in Subh-e-Nau National Tennis Championships now in progress here at City ...
PHF gets snub from Punjab Sports Festival organisers
LAHORE – Former hockey Olympians which are in a tug-of-war with Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) officials got a boost when ...
Murtaza shines in NBP ICA Cricket
ISLAMABAD - Ghulam Murtaza grabbed seven wickets for 34 runs as Junoon Club thrashed CRA Club by eight wickets in the NBP-ICA ...
Dhoni, Sehwag divided over team selection
NEW DELHI ) - The public spat between Indian skipper MS Dhoni and Virender Sehwag took a new turn as reports on Tuesday confirmed ...
Greats back captain Misbah
KARACHI - Former players rallied round Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq on Wednesday despite his side's woeful showing in the ...
English cricket chief settles libel case
LONDON : England cricket chief Giles Clarke has settled a libel case against him stemming from allegations about secret plans for ...
columns
Openness and participation
Openness and participation, or transparency and inclusion, to use more fancy synonyms are key concepts in any society, which ...
Another landmark achieved
The government and the opposition have once again achieved a landmark by unanimously passing the 20th Amendment. Despite having ...
Sinister resolution
"Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one things in his heart, Utters another." – HomerWhen ...
Monkey business
The other day, I attended a birthday party in the extended family, complete with hi-tea, a magic show and a performing monkey. ...
letters
Energy crisis
When the present government took office, the first thing they had promised was that power loadshedding would be abolished soon ...
20th amendment: One of those rare moments
The 20th Amendment is the latest achievement of the government. They have managed to include a clause which takes away all the ...
Israel planning to attack Iran
Iran has been an eyesore for USA for no rhyme or reason. Although there are about a dozen nuclear powers in the world, the United ...
Monthly progress of Bhasha dam
We have been hearing news of Bhasha dam since 2006 with its first groundbreaking by Ex-President Musharraf and then its second ...
Help government servants
With rising inflation it has almost become impossible for the salaried Government Servants to maintain a minimum respectable ...
In the eye of the storm
The Nation in its February 22 issue, has reported that the United States is putting pressure on Pakistani authorities to allow it ...
Unfulfilled promise
When the present government took office, the first thing they had promised was that power loadshedding would be abolished soon ...
editorials
Benazir murder report
Interior Minister Rehman Malik briefed members of the Sindh Assembly on Tuesday about the joint investigation team’s ...
Interference in Balochistan
A report in this newspaper quotes a military source as disclosing that India, Israel and both Xe Services and the CIA, were ...
A win-win option
In the teeth of US opposition, the Russian gas company Gazprom has made an offer reportedly on behalf of the Russian government ...
National
AG files evidence against PM in SC
ISLAMABAD - Attorney General for Pakistan on Wednesday submitted before the Supreme Court certified copies of judicial verdicts ...
Brahmdagh for US, Nato intervention
QUETTA - Supporting the US Congress resolution on Balochistan, Baloch Republican Party (BRP) President Nawabzada Brahmdagh Bugti ...
NAB to sort out ‘political’ cases
ISLAMABAD - National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Chairman Admiral (r) Fasih Bokhari Wednesday constituted a special committee to ...
Solid Pak-India ties only thru talks
ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Wednesday said talks are necessary for permanent and solid relations ...
Pakistan to support, not lead, Afghan peace drive
LONDON - Pakistan will give its full support to any clear effort by the Afghan government to achieve a political settlement with ...
Khyber PK Assembly slams US Congress resolution
PESHAWAR - The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a condemnation resolution against the US Congress ...
ISI accused of picking up MI ex-major
ISLAMABAD –The wife of Major (r) Osaid Zahidi, a former officer of Military Intelligence (MI), has accused the ...
US, French journalists killed in Syria unrest
AMMAN/BEIRUT - American correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged Syrian city of ...
NA committee fails to agree on oil price cut
ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly’s Special Committee on Petroleum failed on Wednesday to evolve a consensus on reduction ...
Raisani hopes US Congress will reject resolution
QUETTA - Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani on Wednesday hoped that the US resolution on Balochistan would be ...
ECP fails to meet February 23 deadline
ISLAMABAD - The progress in the preparation of fresh voter lists remains stalled amidst the reported reluctance by the Election ...
Australian FM resigns amid leadership row
SYDNEY - Australia’s foreign minister Kevin Rudd resigned Wednesday, saying he was unable to continue without Prime ...
Three Georgian soldiers killed in Afghanistan
TBILISI - Three Georgian soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan while serving alongside Nato-led forces fighting the Taliban, ...
ATC frees man in Bhatti murder case
RAWALPINDI - A trial court acquitted a man in the Shahbaz Bhatti murder case after hearing the statement of eyewitness MPA ...
Man shot dead in Kech, 3 kidnapped in Pishin
QUETTA - A man was killed in Kech while three people were kidnapped from Pishin on Wednesday. According to police, ...
NYPD surveillance angers Muslim students
NEW YORK - Outraged Muslim students are calling for an investigation into the New York Police Department’s surveillance of ...
No talks held in Pakistan: Afghan Taliban
LONDON - The Afghan Taliban denied reports that the Afghan leadership had held talks with Taliban in Pakistan.Talking on BBC on ...
Irate students vent anger
MULTAN - Highly enraged at the recent result declared by the University of Health Sciences (UHS), the students of MBBS third ...
Missing people’s relatives protest against recovery of bodies
QUETTA - Scores of relatives of missing people on Wednesday staged a protest demonstration outside Quetta Press Club to protest ...
Four captives escape from custody
FEROZEWALA - Four captives Liaquat, Imran, Rafique and Waqas escaped from police custody near Factory Area police station on ...
Irate students vent anger on UHS office
MULTAN - Highly enraged at the recent result declared by the University of Health Sciences (UHS), the students of MBBS third ...
Paramedics threaten strike for indefinite period
MULTAN - The paramedics observed a complete strike against non-acceptance of their demands and staged a big rally here on ...
425-kanal state land being auctioned off in Hafizabad
HAFIZABAD - The District Privatisation Committee has decided to auction off the provincial land measuring 425-kanal and 15-marla ...
Section 144 imposed for polling day in Multan
MULTAN - The district administration has imposed Section 144 on and around 200 meter radius of all polling stations of ...
Police ‘condemn’ disabled boy to death
OKARA - The Pattoki Police allegedly threw a disabled boy into Lower Bari Doab Canal while declaring him a proclaimed offender. ...
SACHET implementing GEP advocacy project
NOORPUR THAL - Society for the Advancement of Community, Health, Education and Training, (SACHET) is a multi-dimensional, forward ...
Women role talked to enhance GDP growth
SIALKOT - The women entrepreneurs from Lahore, Sialkot, Gujranwala and Gujrat Wednesday urged the government to provide them ...
All-out efforts to be made for dengue control
TOBA TEK SINGH - DCO Javed Iqbal Bukhari said that all out efforts would be made to control dengue. He said that a campaign has ...
Use of iodised salt vital to prevent IDD
GUJRAT - District Coordination Officer Nawazish Ali has said that use of iodized salt is vital to prevent Iodine Deficiency ...
Three shops gutted in explosion
DASKA - As many as three shops were gutted after a heavy explosion in fireworks shop near Purani Sabzi Mandi here early on ...
Government urged to save agricultural sector
MAILSI - Prominent agriculturalist Mian Riaz Ahmad Sandhal has urged the govt to take effective measure to save agricultural ...
SI caught taking bribe
HAFIZABAD - The Anti-Corruption Establishment on Wednesday arrested Cooperative Societies Sub-Inspector Muhammad Arshad while ...
Anti-polio drive kicks off in Chiniot
CHINIOT – After following a polio case in Jhang, a three-day anti-polio drive has been launched in Chiniot district under ...
Malfunctioning dialysis facility irks patients
BAHAWALPUR - Kidney patients have been facing great hardships in availing dialysis facility at Bahawal Victoria Hospital here due ...
PML-N Bahawalpur leaders call on CM
AHMEDPUR EAST - The PML-N legislators, leaders and activists all have full confidence in the dynamic leadership of the party ...
Grand alliance likely before polls: JUI-F
OKARA - JUI-F Information Secretary and Maulana Fazalur Rehman’s spokesman Maulana Amjad Khan has said after successful ...
Punjab govt releases Rs3b for uplift work
BAHAWALPUR - The Punjab government has released a sum of more than Rs3 billion for the undergoing 150 development schemes as 40pc ...
‘State actors’ termed inimical to journalists
AHMEDPUR EAST - The state actors have proved more inimical to journalists in South Punjab than other secret agencies. This was ...
NPS sets up office in Ahmedpur
AHMEDPUR EAST - The Nazaria Pakistan Society has set up its Ahmedpur chapter at the Government SA Degree College Dera Nawab ...
Rs99m HDC unit for dengue on the cards
MULTAN - The Punjab government has launched a Rs99 million project in Nishtar Hospital to construct a High Dependency Unit (HDC) ...
Fazlur Rehman defying Noorani’s teachings: JUP
OKARA – The people who receive American visas and dollars are not the part of Jamaat Ahle Sunat (JAS).Jamiat Ulmai Pakistan ...
SSC annual exams from March 3
MULTAN - The Secondary School Certificate (Combined) Annual Examinations 2012 will commence from March 3 as roll number slips of ...
Two drown as boat capsizes
KHANEWAL - A boat carrying 12 persons capsized in Mailsi Link Canal here late the other night. The rescue teams managed to save ...
Month-long training for new teachers from 27th
HAFIZABAD - The newly-recruited 120 teachers will be imparted one-month training which will commence from Feb 27, according to DO ...
One killed, another falls to death
LALAMUSA - A man died after falling down from a moving train while another was killed by rivals separately here on o Wednesday. ...
One killed, two injured
HAVELI LAKHA - One killed and two injured in firing from rivals over a dispute here the other day.Reportedly, one Aziz Ullah ...
PPP leader sent on remand
SARGODHA - Pakistan People’s Party Tehsil President has been sent to jail by the court on judicial remand by District & ...
Oath-taking ceremony of PMA members
OKARA - Officiating Sahiwal Division RPO and Okara DPO Dr Abid Khan Raja has said the doctors must utilise their energy to save ...
Bike stolen
TOBA TEK SINGH - A motorcycle was stolen from outside Govt Middle School Rajana here on Wednesday. According to the Rajana ...
Lahore
CJ says police doing some other job
LAHORE - Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry on Wednesday said the courts get bad name after criminals are freed ...
Ill-legal occupants resist railway cops
LAHORE – Pakistan Railways staff faced severe resistance from the illegal occupants during its anti-encroachment campaign ...
Likeminded in hunt for likeminded
LAHORE – According to sources in the Likeminded Group, the chairman steering committee, Saleem Saifullah Khan has already ...
PEC sets up control room for by-elections
A control room has been set up to receive results of by-elections on February 25th. The polls will be held in constituency ...
Bullet takes wrong life!
LAHORE - A 27-year-old woman was killed on Wednesday after she was hit by a gunshot while trying to mediate a scuffle between her ...
Killers held after one year
The CIA police have claimed to have arrested the killers of a 45-year-old man, who was gunned down in Race Course area. ...
Punjab govt to extend Aashiyana housing scheme to 4 more cities
LAHORE – The Punjab Government has planned to accommodate the low salaried and poor people of all 36 districts of the ...
5,000 new yellow cabs ‘vanish’
LAHORE – Despite tall claims of the Punjab government that yellow cabs will provide better transport facilities to the ...
Escaped prisoner threatening many lives
LAHORE – Four hardened criminals involved in multiple cases of killings, kidnappings, and armed robberies escaped from ...
Turks told of friendly ties
LAHORE – Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that friendly ties between Turkey and Punjab stand further promoted through ...
Punjab providing killer drinking water to poor
MIAN DAWOODLAHORE – The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the performance of the Punjab ...
Mentally-retarted man kills wife, baby
LAHORE – A mentally-retarded man gunned down his wife and daughter over honour issue. The murders took place in the Sandha ...
Boy dies in supplication at Anarkali
LAHORE – A 22-year-old student died while offering prayer at a local mosque in Old Anarkali Police Precincts on Wednesday. ...
3,450 bottles of liquor recovered
LAHORE – The Punjab Highway Patrol claimed to have recovered 3,450 bottles of liquor, stolen wood and unhygienic meat on ...
PPP mulls caretaker set-up in July, polls in Oct
LAHORE – Against the backdrop of the dipping popularity graph of the ruling coalition, the PPP-led govt is shaping up the ...
Obituary
LAHORE - Mother of Nawa-i-Waqt staffer Muhammad Hanif died on Wednesday. Her funeral prayers will be offered after Zohr prayers ...
Girls shine at GCU annual convocation
LAHORE - Girls outshined boys in academics at the 10th Convocation of the Government College University, as they clinched top ...
US policy on Pakistan based on hypocrisy, says Munawar
LAHORE – Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Syed Munawar Hasan has said that the US policy on Pakistan was based on hypocrisy as was ...
PU declares results
LAHORE - Punjab University Examinations Department has declared the results of MBBS, MSc, M.Phil and BS honours programmes.The ...
‘Those who miss Senate elections should wait’
LAHORE – Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa on Wednesday said senators were elected directly on the basis of party ...
Journalist passes away
LAHORE – A senior journalist Arif Sheikh, father of Wajih Ahmed Sheikh, passed away on Wednesday. The funeral prayer of the ...
LDA to take over mortgaged plots' possession
LAHORE - Lahore Development Authority has started preliminary proceedings for taking over possession of mortgaged plots in 21 ...
Pakistani IT experts win int’l cyber drill
LAHORE – IFTIKHAR ALAM - For the first time in the country’s history an eight member team of computer experts has ...
Ottak-e-Iran Shanasi opens at LCWU
LAHORE - Punjab Governor and Chancellor Lahore College for Women University Sardar Latif Khosa inaugurated Ottak-e-Iran Shanasi ...
Factory owners get bail
LAHORE – The Lahore High Court on Wednesday granted interim bail to all the owners of Orient Labs Factory, which caved in ...
Police patronising rapist cop
LAHORE – Harbanspura Police are allegedly patronising the rapist cop and his four accomplices, who gang raped a girl ...
Rally against Quran desecration
LAHORE (PR) – Islami Jamiat Talba, Punjab University took out a rally against the desecration of the Holy Quran by Nato ...
‘Negligence in dengue drive will not be tolerated'
LAHORE - District Coordination Officer Ahad Khan Cheema has said that the implementation of dengue regulation would be ensured at ...
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