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Aug 1, 2012

  • ICAP inks MoU with KCDR on 2012-08-01 00:00:13

    KARACHI (APP): A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) and the Karachi Center for Dispute Resolution (KCDR).An announcemen More

  • Deadly dengue attacking again on 2012-08-01 00:00:34

    KARACHI (Online): Once again, the dengue fever has started attacking and killing people in the country as several people have died recently.As many as thirteen more people have been declared dengue pa More

  • Body found from Gadani on 2012-08-01 00:00:50

    KARACHI (Online): Karachi violence continues, as a tortured dead body of a youth was found from Gadani area on Tuesday, officials said.According to police, the body of an unidentified youth was found. More

  • VC must probe illegal promotions: minister on 2012-08-01 00:01:13

    F.P. ReportKARACHI: Senior Minister Sindh for Education & Literacy has taken serious notice of the statement of SUTA leader Arfana Mallah and warned her that she must not forget that she is still More

  • Altaf warns he will reveal Bhatta mafia patrons on 2012-08-01 00:01:41

    KARACHI (INP): Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain has warned that he would reveal the names of influential people patronizing criminal elements before the nation if city traders were More

  • Action committee wants teachers' appointment on 2012-08-01 00:03:58

    HYDERABAD (APP): The meeting of IBA Action Committee Hyderabad was held here on Tuesday.According to a press release issued here on Tuesday, General Secretary IBA Action Committee Hyderabad Mohammad A More

  • Shehla visits Fatima Jinnah’s mausoleum on 2012-08-01 00:04:29

    KARACHI (APP): In connection with the 119th birth anniversary of Madar-i-Millat Mohtarma Fatima Jinnah, the Acting Governor of Sindh, Ms. Shehla Raza, visited her mazar here on Tuesday.She laid a flor More

  • Ration distributed among the needy on 2012-08-01 00:04:46

    KARACHI (PPI): Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) Administrator Muhammad Hussain Syed Hassain has said helping and supporting the disabled, widows, orphans and low income people was like doing jih More

  • PML-N, PTI will be defeated in elections: Chawla on 2012-08-01 00:05:07

    F.P. ReportKARACHI:  Provincial Minister for Excise & Taxation Mukesh Kumar Chawla has said that Imran Khan and Chudhary Nisar should give up to criticize President Asif Ali Zardari for nothi More

  • Rabbani, Qaim review 18th Amendment implementation on 2012-08-01 00:05:24

    KARACHI (APP): Senator Mian Raza Rabbani, on Tuesday called on Chief Minister Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, at CM House here.They discussed matters of mutual interest especially the implementation of the More

  • SHC directs investigation into police torture on 2012-08-01 00:05:46

    KARACHI (PPI): Sindh High Court (SHC) Tuesday directed Ali Sher Jakhrani, AIG (Legal) Sindh to conduct an enquiry into the matter of allegations of maltreatment on one Peeral, a detenue, at the hands More

  • CNG stations’ closure riles commuters on 2012-08-01 00:06:40

    LAHORE (APP): CNG filling stations of Lahore, Gujranwala and Sahiwal regions remained closed on Tuesday, posing problems for passengers.People suffered due to hot weather as they had to wait for publi More

  • PEMRA must take note of intolerance, says Asma on 2012-08-01 00:07:06

    LAHORE (INP) Former President of Supreme Court Bar Association Ms Asma Jehangir has said that TV channels are spreading religious intolerance and PEMRA should take notice of such portrayals.In a state More

  • Traffic jams on city roads the norm now on 2012-08-01 00:07:21

    LAHORE (APP): Owing to execution work on most of the city roads, the gridlock of vehicles has become a norm causing a nuisance for motorists as well as daily commuters in the sultry weather. On Tuesda More

  • ‘PEF providing free education to 40,000 students’ on 2012-08-01 00:07:39

    F.P. ReportLAHORE: The Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) is providing free education upto Matric level to 40,000 deserving students through 419 partner schools under its New School Programme (NSP) in More

  • Federal govt facing resistance from within: CM n Says 700MW of power being exported from Punjab on Zardari’s orders on 2012-08-01 00:07:56

    F.P. ReportLAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that Zardari gang has resorted to extreme cruelty and highhandedness against Punjab and besides people of the province even t More

  • Education sector most neglected, says Mujahid on 2012-08-01 00:08:11

    LAHORE (Online): Punjab University Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran has said that government should have to pay special attention for the development of education sector as it was the most negle More

  • Agha experiment a revolution: Musharraf on 2012-08-01 00:08:32

    F.P. ReportLAHORE: Chief of All Pakistan Muslim league (APML) Pervez Musharraf has felicitated engineer Aga Waqar on successfully running a vehicle using water for fuel and called him the pride and jo More

  • Meetings between YDA and government inconclusive on 2012-08-01 00:08:52

    LAHORE (APP): Four meetings of Young Doctors Association (YDA) office-bearers and Punjab government representatives remained inconclusive over the service structure of doctors.YDA spokesman Dr Aftab A More

  • Water scarce at railway station on 2012-08-01 00:09:09

    LAHORE (APP): Non-availability of cold drinking water facility at Lahore Railway station forced passengers to buy bottled water. While, on the other hand, the stalls at the railway station are minitin More

  • Police raid counterfeit medicine factory, owner held on 2012-08-01 00:09:40

    LAHORE (Online): Reacting to an application filed by the legal attorney, M/S Ali & Associates of Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Pakistan, police conducted a raid of a manufacturing unit at Mochi Gate More

  • N-Leaguers maligning federal govt: Shujaat on 2012-08-01 00:09:57

    F.P. ReportLAHORE: Political allies have finally come out to rescue the federal government and Pakistan Muslim League(PML-Q) President Shujat Hussain has termed N-leaguers responsible for an increased More

  • CDGL plans to preserve city landscape on 2012-08-01 00:10:13

    LAHORE (APP): City District Government Lahore will initiate work on a new master plan to preserve landscaping and a green look of Lahore. This was stated by DCO Noorul Amin Mengal while addressing a m More

  • Explosion in scrap shop leaves 1 dead on 2012-08-01 00:12:47

    JALALABAD (AIP): An explosion in a scrap shop killed a teenager and wounded four others in Mehtar Lam, capital of eastern Laghman province, this morning, an official said Tuesday. An unexploded m More

  • Forces seize 300 kg of opium on 2012-08-01 00:13:02

    HERAT (AIP): Security forces seized 300 kg of opium and arrested three alleged smugglers in western Farah province last night, an official said Tuesday. The opium was recovered from two motorcars More

  • US, UK trying to create new country on 2012-08-01 00:13:26

    KABUL (INP): The United States and the United Kingdom are being accused of trying to create a new country within and between Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and Tajikistan borders by Afghan lawmakers.Bad More

  • Salahuddin Rabbani to visit Pakistan on 2012-08-01 00:13:38

    KABUL (NNI): Pakistan has invited key Afghan leaders and former Northern Alliance members to visit the country, ToloNews reported Tuesday.The politicians and former Northern Alliance members will be l More

  • Kabul seeks list from diplomats in anti-graft fight on 2012-08-01 00:13:59

    Kabul (Newswire): Afghanistan has asked major Western backers and diplomats to furnish a list of contractors they use with close ties to top Afghan officials as part of efforts to crack down on rampan More

  • District rights chief gunned down Police officer’s son shot dead on 2012-08-01 00:14:26

    JALALABAD/SHEBERGHAN (AIP): Taliban shot dead rights chief of Pacheer Agam district, Ningarhar province, today, police said Tuesday. The gunmen opened on Said Abdullah Pacha, district rights chie More

  • US-backed militiamen joining Taliban on 2012-08-01 00:14:45

    KABUL (Online): Afghan militiamen working for the US-led occupation forces have started to join the Taliban, fighting against the NATO troops, Press TV reports.The militiamen were trained and funded b More

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