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May 11, 2012

  • UK asks PM to restore NATO supplies on 2012-05-11 01:34:40

    LONDON (INP): Britain has forcefully asked visiting Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to restore the NATO supplies while the US government has stated that if Pakistan opened the NATO supply r More

  • Asif for drastic efforts to end load shedding on 2012-05-11 01:34:40

    ISLAMABAD (INP): President Asif Ali Zardari during an emergency meeting on Thursday night to discuss the increasing energy crisis in the country, ordered immediate end by taking all remedial measures. More

  • PML-Q threatens to quit coalition on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    ISLAMABAD (NNI): The Pakistan Muslim League-Q (PML-Q) has warned government to quit if it doesn't end massive power outages. During the Senate session on Thursday, PML-Q threatened to part ways from More

  • Cop killed in blast on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    QUETTA (APP): One policeman was killed and three others including a civilian sustained injuries in a bomb blast on Kamrani Road of Metro Police here on Thursday. Police told APP that unidentified men More

  • ICRC reviewing operations on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    GENEVA (NNI): The IICRC is reviewing its presence and activities in Pakistan following the murder of Khalil Rasjed Dale, a health program manager working for the organization, it said Thursday. "The r More

  • PM invites British cos on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    LONDON (Online): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Thursday urged the British power companies to invest in country's energy sector and help Pakistan meet its energy shortfall. Talking to the Secre More

  • 3 gunned down in Quetta on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    QUETTA (Online): Three persons were gunned down by unknown men in two different incidents. In the first incident, a man Ghulam Mohiuddin was shot dead by unknown assailants while he was standing in fr More

  • Hizb-i-Islami stops talks with Kabul on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    PESHAWAR (AIP): The Hizb-i-Islami Afghanistan political committee in-charge, Dr Ghairat Baheer Thursday said they had stopped all kinds of negotiations with the Afghan government because it signed str More

  • 55 killed in Syrian suicide blasts on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    DAMASCUS (AP): Two suicide car bombs ripped through the Syrian capital Thursday, killing 55 people and shaving the facade off a military intelligence building in the deadliest explosions since the cou More

  • Pakistan not complicit in sheltering Osama: Gilani on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    ISLAMABAD (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has insisted that Pakistan had not been "complicit" in sheltering Osama bin Laden and said the fact the late al-Qaida leader was able to live und More

  • Lawyers beat police official in courtroom on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    F .P. Lahore Office LAHORE: Disgracing the whole legal fraternity a group of lawyers on Thursday thrashed a police officer for not investigating a theft matter as per their desire. The incident took More

  • NA body rejects increase in Haj expenses on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    ISLAMABAD (INP): National Assembly Standing Committee for Religious Affairs rejecting increase of one lakh rupees in Hajj expenses summoned Director General Hajj with detailed report of hiring of buil More

  • LHWs case: SC seeks report from IPC Secretary on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    ISLAMABAD (APP): The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday sought report from Secretary Inter-Provincial Coordination (IPC), Chief Secretaries of all provinces and Deputy Chairman Planning Commission regardi More

  • Dual nationality: SC seeks certificate from Malik on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    Fazal-ur-Rahman ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday has directed the Interior Minister, Rehman Malik to submit certificate providing he did not hold British nationality anymore. A two-member be More

  • US panel cuts $800m in aid to Pakistan on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    WASHINGTON (Online): A House of Representatives panel moved on Wednesday to cut the foreign aid budget by some 9 percent, targeting economic aid and contributions to the United Nations and the World B More

  • Memo commission gets 4-week extension on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    ISLAMABAD (INP): The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the term of the judicial commission probing the memogate scandal for four weeks to complete its investigation. A 10-member bench of the apex co More

  • HEC seeks donations on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    ISLAMABAD (INP): The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has asked public for financial aid to pay the salaries of universities' employees and for completion of development projects. According to detai More

  • JI supports protests against load shedding on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    LAHORE (INP): Ameer Jamaat e Islami Syed Munawar Hasan has appealed to the masses to continue their peaceful protest against increasing load shedding of electricity but avoid to damage public property More

  • NA Speaker to decide PM's fate: Naek on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    ISLAMABAD (APP): Minister for Law Farooq H Naek Thursday said Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani is still constitutional head of the government and only the office of speaker National Assembly has More

  • Indictment of Babar put off on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    ISLAMABAD (Online): Disregarded PPP leader Babar Awan got five-day breather on Thursday as the Supreme Court of Pakistan adjourned his indictment in contempt case till Tuesday, May 15. Awan on Monday More

  • Business train to pay Rs230m on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    LAHORE (INP): The business train that runs between Lahore and Karachi is defaulter of Rs 230 million and the Federal Government is taking a serious notice has sought a report from Railways officials More

  • 5 killed in armed clash on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    FAISALABAD (APP): Five people were killed while two others including a minor girl sustained bullet injuries when two rival groups traded fire, in the jurisdiction of Saddar Sammundri police station he More

  • Two bookies held in Lahore on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    LAHORE (INP): The police arrested two bookies bidding on cricket matches here late Wednesday night and took the computers and other materials into custody. According to details, Noulakha police on a t More

  • Younis' plea bargain report on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    ISLAMABAD (INP): The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday presented a report before the Supreme Court (SC) about Younis Habib's plea bargain in an accountability case. A three-member bench More

  • Imtiaz promoted Rear Admiral on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    ISLAMABAD (INP): Commodore Imtiaz Ahmad has been promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral in Pakistan Navy with immediate effect. Rear Admiral Imtiaz Ahmad was commissioned in the Electrical Branch of Pak More

  • Chishti allowed to visit Pakistan on 2012-05-11 01:34:41

    NEW DELHI (NNI): The Indian Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Pakistani scientist Dr.Khalil Chisti to go Pakistan. According to a private TV channel, the Indian apex court has directed Chishti to depo More

  • UK pledges stronger ties with Pakistan on 2012-05-11 01:36:08

    LONDON (APP): The United Kingdom Thursday vowed to build on a deeper and stronger relationship with Pakistan saying its future matters greatly to Britain and agreed on building up ties in trade, defen More

  • Ghaznvi launched successfuly on 2012-05-11 01:36:08

    Nuke deterrence capability achieved: Wynne RAWALPINDI (INP): Pakistan Thursday conducted a successful training launch of Short Range Ballistic Missile Hatf III (Ghaznavi), which can carry nuclear and More

  • Shahbaz joins protests against load shedding on 2012-05-11 01:36:08

    LAHORE (INP): Joining the protestors against load shedding, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif Thursday threatened to March to Islamabad if the power crisis was not controlled in the province. Shar More

  • Ignoring Security Agencies' services in Balochistan on 2012-05-11 01:42:53

    Sajjad Shaukat Since the Supreme Court of Pakistan has been hearing the cases of the missing persons in the country, the situation of Balochistan is more serious in this respect, where sense of depri More

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