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Aug 24, 2011

  • 86 fresh dengue cases registered on 2011-08-24 03:01:35

    LAHORE (INP): At least 86 new cases of dengue fever have been registered in Punjab during the last 24 hours. According to Punjab Health Department, 78 new dengue patients have been registered from Lah More

  • SHC issues notices on 2011-08-24 03:02:00

    KARACHI (INP): The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday issued notices to the country’s top p More

  • Power shortfall drops on 2011-08-24 03:02:19

    ISLAMABAD (APP): The electricity shortfall in the country on Tuesday slightly dropped to 3,385 MW from 3,887 MW as the total power generation was More

  • Earthquake jolts Ghizer on 2011-08-24 03:02:39

    GHIZER (INP): Earthquake jolted Ghizer, district of Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) and adjoining areas on Tuesday causing cracks in the walls of houses and triggering landslides at various pl More

  • ANP deplores govt’s decision on 2011-08-24 03:02:58

    KARACHI (NNI): Awami National Party (ANP) termed as “deplorable” the government More

  • Six killed in Russian blast on 2011-08-24 03:03:18

    MOSCOW (APP): Six Russian servicemen were killed and 12 others injured Tuesday in a muni More

  • PoL prices likely to be decreased on 2011-08-24 03:03:38

    ISLAMABAD (NNI): The price of petroleum products likely to be reduced by Rs 3 per liter from September 1. Finance Ministry has rejected the proposal of decrease in POL prices despite decrease in POL p More

  • No CNG load shedding on 2011-08-24 03:03:58

    LAHORE (INP): Managing Director (MD) Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL), Arif Hameed on Tuesday declared that on the occasion of Eidul Fitr supply of gas to the CNG stations will continue uninterr More

  • Abbas to meet top US official on 2011-08-24 03:04:24

    RAMALLAH (AP): Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will on Tuesday meet the US Assistant Secretary for Ne More

  • US to release up to $1.5b Libya assets on 2011-08-24 03:04:43

    WASHINGTON (Reuters): The United States is seeking to release in the coming days between $1 billion and $1.5 billio More

  • COAS meets officers, troops at AFIRM on 2011-08-24 03:05:06

    F.P. Report RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine More

  • Raza Hayat steps down on 2011-08-24 03:05:29

    ISLAMABAD (INP): State Minister Raza Hayat Hiraj on Tuesday stepped down from the o More

  • Load shedding crisis continues on 2011-08-24 03:05:55

    LAHORE (NNI): People are facing hardships as load-shedding crisis continues across the country. The urban areas are facing eight hours power shut down while this duration is 10 to 12 hours in rural ar More

  • Eidul Fitr likely on 31st on 2011-08-24 03:06:15

    LAHORE (APP): If there is no cloud, the Eid moon may be sighted on the evening of Tuesday, 30th Aug (29th Ramazan), in almost all cities of Sindh and Balochistan and Eid-ul-Fitr may fall on Aug 31. Se More

  • Malik, Wasan resigns sought on 2011-08-24 03:06:33

    KARACHI (NNI): Ulema Amn Council (UAC) has called for resignation of federal and provincial interior ministers for their failure to maintain law and order situation More

  • Cabinet meets today on 2011-08-24 03:07:08

    ISLAMABAD (INP): The federal cabinet will meet here at the Prime Minister Secretariat today to review the worsening situation in Karachi and other important issues. Prime Minister Syed More

  • India spills more water in River Satluj on 2011-08-24 03:07:33

    ISLAMABAD (APP): The water level at Gandasingh Headworks is constantly mounting up as I More

  • Body rejects report on Balochistan on 2011-08-24 03:07:53

    ISLAMABAD (APP): The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on Tuesday rejected the More

  • Police, Rangers activated on 2011-08-24 03:08:15

    F.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: Senior Sindh Minister Zulfiqar Mirza has said police and rangers have been activated to restore law and order situation in Karachi. Talking to the More

  • 10 more lose lives on 2011-08-24 03:08:38

    F.P. Karachi Office KARACHI: Despite a successful day of mourning against Karachi bloodshed at the appeal of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), another 10 people lost their lives in t More

  • HEC being merged with Professional Training Ministry on 2011-08-24 03:09:16

    ISLAMABAD (INP): The federal Government More

  • MQM shedding crocodile tears on bloodshed: JI on 2011-08-24 03:09:49

    LAHORE (INP): The Jamaat e Islami Secretary General, Liaquat Baloch, has said that the MQM itself was responsible for the bloodshed in Karachi and it wa More

  • Castro showing impatience at slow reform pace on 2011-08-24 03:10:06

    HAVANA (Reuters): Cuban President Raul Castro has sounded increasingly impatient in recent months with the slow imp More

  • Pakistanis delivering better after Osama raid: Panetta on 2011-08-24 03:10:20

    WASHINGTON (INP): US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has said that Pakistan has done better about going after some terrorist targets given by the US since the raid that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin More

  • Military action no solution to Karachi problem: Firdous on 2011-08-24 03:10:43

    ISLAMABAD (INP): Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Tuesday that the military action in Karachi could not deliver any positive r More

  • UN nuke watchdog visits Iran sites on 2011-08-24 03:12:40

    TEHRAN (Reuters): A senior United Nations official visited all of Iran’s main atomic sites last More

  • Pakistan, US share common regional objectives: Zardari on 2011-08-24 03:13:01

    F.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday said that Pakistan shared comm More

  • Seminaries issue fatwa against actors-run charities on 2011-08-24 03:13:17

    LAHORE (INP): Five top seminaries in Pakistan have iss More

  • CJ warns of action if Asghar not transferred on 2011-08-24 03:13:35

    F.P. Islamabad Office ISLAMABAD: The Secretary Interior on Tuesday apprised the Supreme Court that More

  • Qaim, Malik discuss law, order situation on 2011-08-24 03:13:54

    F.P. Karachi Office KARACHI: Chief Minister Sindh Sye More

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