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Jul 22, 2012

  • 3 children drown on 2012-07-22 03:00:03

      3 children drown KHAIRPUR (Online): Three children including 2 gypsies were drowned into Mirwah Canal on Saturday. As per details, some gypsy families were busy in making baskets for dates on More

  • Power shortfall surges on 2012-07-22 02:59:26

      Power shortfall surges LAHORE (Online): Pakistan's electricity shortfall reached its peak in start of Ramazan as the difference in the supply and demand of power hit 4,000 MW on Saturday. The More

  • Armed man’s bid to enter embassy on 2012-07-22 02:59:44

      Armed man’s bid to enter embassy  ISLAMABAD (DNA): The Security staff deputed outside the Belgian embassy in Islamabad foiled attempt of a person who tried to enter the embassy pre More

  • Tribal clashes take four lives on 2012-07-22 02:59:10

      Tribal clashes take four lives LARKANA (Online): Four people including a passerby killed  in the clashes over the old enmity between two rival tribes in Madeji Shikarpur district. Accord More

  • Unity at sighting of moon on 2012-07-22 03:00:52

      Unity at  sighting of moon F.P. Report LAHORE: The beginning of Ramazan on the same day in the country is being admired by everybody and they are hopeful to be united on the eve of Eid More

  • Advisory to Pakistanis on 2012-07-22 03:01:08

      Advisory  to Pakistanis ISLAMABAD (APP): Foreign Office on Saturday has imposed travel advisory on Pakistanis travelling to Syria and advised them not to travel to Syria in view of dete More

  • Young docs again give protest call on 2012-07-22 03:01:28

      Young docs again give protest call LAHORE (Online): Young Doctors Association (YDA) has once again given strike call over their demand regarding service re-structuring According to YDA call, More

  • Extortion being dealt with sternly: Malik on 2012-07-22 03:01:44

      Extortion being dealt with sternly: Malik KARACHI (INP): Federal Adviser for Interior Affairs Abdur Rehman Malik has said that extortion of money ‘parchi’ system would not be allo More

  • Govt borrows Rs 51b in 6 days on 2012-07-22 03:02:13

      Govt borrows Rs 51b in 6 days F.P. Report KARACHI: The government has borrowed Rs51 billion in six days from the State Bank of Pakistan. The central bank has issued new statistics of borrowi More

  • Iraq VP’s guard gunned down on 2012-07-22 03:02:30

      Iraq VP’s guard gunned down BAGHDAD (APP): A bodyguard of Iraqi Vice President Khudayr al-Khuzaie was gunned down in central Baghdad on Saturday, security and medical officials said. Kh More

  • Railway track blown up on 2012-07-22 03:02:47

      Railway track blown up  QUETTA (APP): Unidentified armed men blew up one and a half foot portion of the railway track in the provincial capital on Saturday. Police said that the unknown More

  • IED blast kills three in Dir on 2012-07-22 03:03:09

      IED blast kills three in Dir DIR (APP): At least three people were killed and seven others injured as a remote controlled bomb hit a passenger vehicle in Dir upper district on Saturday, local More

  • Wrong policies mounting external intervention: Fazl on 2012-07-22 03:03:55

      F.P. Report LAHORE: Chief, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Maulana Fazl ur Rehman Saturday said that the wrong policies of the PPP-led coalition government has mounted the external aggress More

  • Mumbai court remands Jundal in police custody on 2012-07-22 03:04:08

      MUMBAI (Online): Arrested allegedly Mumbai attack handler Abu Jundal was brought to Mumbai in the wee hours on Saturday after a Delhi court handed over his custody to Mumbai anti-terror force More

  • ANP conveys indignation over dual nationality bill on 2012-07-22 03:04:23

      ISLAMABAD (INP): The Awami National Party (ANP) formally conveyed its opposition to the dual nationality bill on Friday when the party’s lawmakers met Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf. More

  • Activists report heavy fighting in Syria on 2012-07-22 03:04:36

      BEIRUT (AP): Syrian troops clashed with rebels in the city of Aleppo for a second day Saturday, forcing inhabitants to flee to safer areas in some of the fiercest fighting to date in a key bas More

  • By-polls victory a referendum in PPP’s favour, says Kaira on 2012-07-22 03:04:52

      F.P. Report LALAMUSA: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Saturday said that by-polls in Multan were of a great importance which proved a public referendum More

  • US Senators urge Pentagon for closer defence ties with India on 2012-07-22 03:05:09

      WASHINGTON (INP): Top American Senators have asked Pentagon to develop a closer defence relationship with India, while emphasising that it is in the interest of both the US and India to contin More

  • No funds released for Sasta Bazaars on 2012-07-22 03:05:27

      Fida Hussnain LAHORE: Contrary to the claims made by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif no subsidiary funds have been allocated to Market Committee to organize and manage ‘Ramzaan Sas More

  • Polio immunisation still suspended in Karachi: WHO on 2012-07-22 03:05:41

      KARACHI/NEW YORK/GENEVA (NNI): Polio immunization activities were suspended in this area of Karachi earlier this week after a shooting incident injured two WHO staff members who were supportin More

  • Six killed in Karachi on first Ramazan on 2012-07-22 03:05:54

      KARACHI (Online): As many as six people were killed in ongoing violence in the city on the first day of holy month of Ramazan. At least two people wee killed and as many injured when two grou More

  • Eight dead in attack on coast guards check-post on 2012-07-22 03:06:07

      GAWADA (INP): At least eight security personnel were killed and three others injured when unknown miscreants fired rockets at security check post here on Saturday. According to Levies sources More

  • 8 killed, 20 injured in Orakzai bomb blast on 2012-07-22 03:06:24

      PESHAWAR (APP): As many as eight militants were killed and over 20 wounded as bomb blast ripped through compound of a militant Commander in Orakzai Agency on Saturday. The Official sources in More

  • Political leaders desire strong democracy: PM on 2012-07-22 03:06:36

      ISLAMABAD (APP): Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Saturday said he would contact the political leadership of the country to solicit their views on matters of national importance at an appropr More

  • Ramazan this year on 2012-07-22 03:07:26

      Ramazan this year Ramazan, the month of Allah's abounding blessings, has begun in Pakistan with a difference. This is the first time in decades that all regions of the country are observing f More

  • Will take century to build on 2012-07-22 03:07:49

      Will take  century to build The prime minister may have promised to release the funds for constructing the Lowari Tunnel, a project that has only seen broken official pledges, unkept sc More

  • Searching for clues to calamity on 2012-07-22 03:08:14

    Fred Guterl    SO far 2012 is on pace to be the hottest year on record. But does this mean that we’ve reached a threshold — a tipping point that signals a climate disaster? Fo More

  • Central banks face a giant bill coming due on 2012-07-22 03:08:42

    David Ignatius   Because of the breakdown of political decision-making in the United States and Europe during the Great Recession, the burden of response has fallen largely on two big central b More

  • Illusion of Missile Defence on 2012-07-22 03:09:22

    Saqib Mehmood   The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has chosen Delhi and Mumbai, the two vital cities of India, for the ballistic missile sheet.  This BMD system will More

  • A telling tale of two Koreas on 2012-07-22 03:09:55

    Gwynne Dyer   What has been happening in North Korea recently is straight out of the "Hereditary Dictatorship for Dummies" handbook. Kim Jong Un, the pudgy young heir to the leadership of one o More

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