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Aug 3, 2012

  • India plans space mission to send satellite to Mars on 2012-08-03 19:17:02

    NEW DELHI (Agencies): India plans to send a satellite via an unmanned spacecraft to orbit Mars next year, joining a small group of nations already exploring the red planet, a government scientist said More

  • Romanian court to rule on president’s impeachment on 2012-08-03 19:17:38

    BUCHAREST (Agencies): Romania's Constitutional Court will decide on August 31 if a referendum to impeach the president is valid, it said on Friday, bringing the decision forward by nearly two weeks an More

  • North Korea’s new leader makes diplomatic debut on 2012-08-03 19:18:15

    SEOUL (Agencies): North Korea's new leader hosted a dinner in Pyongyang for senior political officials visiting from China, state media said Friday, in what marked Kim Jong Un's diplomatic debut and a More

  • Ashraf optimistic about PPP victory in elections on 2012-08-03 23:24:26

    Nasir Butt LAHORE: The negative propaganda being done by the opposition political forces has proved not more than a political stunt against the government and miserably failed to deviate masses from More

  • CJ warns of action if IS failed to appear on 2012-08-03 23:24:26

    F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday warned that action would be taken against Interior Secretary Khawaja Siddiq Akbar if he failed to appear before the bench at the upcoming hearing of More

  • PPP to continue following reconciliation policy on 2012-08-03 23:24:26

    ISLAMABAD (APP): Reiterating the PPP's commitment to take along all the political forces, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Friday said that all the problems faced by the country could only be reso More

  • Balochistan doctors to resume emergency services on 2012-08-03 23:24:26

    QUETTA (INP): Doctors in the government and private hospitals of Balochistan continued strike in the out patient departments (OPDs) but temporarily resumed emergency services following the call of Pak More

  • JI observes solidarity day with Myanmar Muslims on 2012-08-03 23:24:26

    F.P. Report LAHORE: On the appeal of Jamaat e Islami (JI), people across the country on Friday expressed complete solidarity with the Myanmar Muslims facing extinction at the hand of the Burmese gove More

  • SKCH denies embezzlement charges on 2012-08-03 23:24:26

    F.P. Report LAHORE: Beyond all types of politics, Shaukat Khanam is a cancer hospital providing health services of international standards and without discrimination to all patients belonging to eith More

  • LHC suspends PML-N MPA over dual-nationality on 2012-08-03 23:24:26

    Fida Hussnain LAHORE: The Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Friday suspended assembly membership of PML-N MPA Rana Asif Mehmood on the charges of having dual nationality. Chief Jus More

  • PML-N losing Lahore throne, claims Qureshi on 2012-08-03 23:24:26

    F.P. Report LAHORE: Vice Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Shah mahmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) is a sinking ship and throne of Lahore is slipping from its gri More

  • ATC reserve judgment in Sufi cases on 2012-08-03 23:24:26

    PESHAWAR (INP): The Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) on Friday reserved the decision after the completion of arguments in cases of banned Tehreek-e-Nafaza-e-Shariyat-e-Mohammadi chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad. More

  • Fazl opposes mud-slinging by politicians on 2012-08-03 23:24:26

    ISLAMABAD (Online): JUI (F), Ameer, Maulana Fazlur Rehman has expressed disappointment at the way politicians were busy in mud slinging against each other. Talking to journalists outside the Parliam More

  • 4 bodies recovered in Karachi on 2012-08-03 23:24:26

    KARACHI (Online): Violence has continued to grip the city even in the holy month of Ramazan, four mutilated bodies have been recovered in the last hour fm Karachi. According to details, two sack-pack More

  • Load shedding: Body takes notice on 2012-08-03 23:24:26

    ISLAMABAD (INP): National Assembly Standing Committee on Water and Power has taken serious note of the unscheduled load shedding and said that the commitment for exemption of Sehar and Iftar timings f More

  • Elite Force AD escapes blast on 2012-08-03 23:24:26

    LAHORE (INP): Elite force Assistant Director was narrowly escaped in an attempt on his life as he remained unhurt despite a devastating blast in Murghzar Colony on Friday. According to the details a t More

  • Shujaat defers references on 2012-08-03 23:24:26

    ISLAMABAD (APP): PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on Friday deferred the matter of filing of references against the party's eight lawmakers and decided to do the same after going through the r More

  • ‘Shujaat violates Constitution’ on 2012-08-03 23:24:26

    ISLAMABAD (INP): Secretary Information Pakistan Muslim League and Member National Assembly Kashmala Tariq said that Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain was unconstitutional President of the party and he could no More

  • Blast hurts two militants on 2012-08-03 23:24:26

    QUETTA (INP): Bomb blast left two persons, presumably militants were severely injured here at Mekangi Road during late Thursday night. According to the Bomb Disposal Squad, the bomb weighting one poun More

  • Centre convenes CCI meeting on 2012-08-03 23:24:26

    PESHAWAR (Online): The Federal government has convened meeting of Council of Common Interests (CCI) on August 8 on the issue of power outage in the country. Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti would More

  • Govt to revive Railways: PM on 2012-08-03 23:24:26

    ISLAMABAD (APP): Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Friday said the government is committed to revival of Railways and would take all steps to make it a vibrant organization. The Prime Minister was More

  • Ali Gilani held on 2012-08-03 23:24:26

    ISLAMABAD (APP): The Indian police arrested the veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani, in Srinagar and lodged him at Humhama Police Station to prevent him from leading a demonstration in S More

  • Malik offers to send MPs for talks with Brahamdagh on 2012-08-03 23:24:34

    Anwer Abbas ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister Rehman Malik on Friday has offered to send a parliamentary delegation to negotiate Brahamdagh Bugti-calling those sons of soil-during a four hours long policy More

  • US releases $280m for energy projects on 2012-08-03 23:24:34

    F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The US Congress has released $280 million in new assistance to support Pakistan's energy sector, a US embassy statement, issued here, said. "The funds will support improvemen More

  • Pakistan beaten by 4-1 on 2012-08-03 23:24:34

    LONDON (Agencies): Missing out on a number of chances to score, Pakistan lost against Great Britain (GB) in the men’s hockey tournament on Friday. Playing at the Riverbank Arena in London, GB took More

  • Imran challenges Nawaz for debate on 2012-08-03 23:24:34

    F.P. Report ISLAMABAD: The preemptive strike by PML-N leaders Khawaja Asif and Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan against Imran Khan has now dragged in the PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif into the fire, as Pakistan Te More

  • Action against criminals soon: Zardari on 2012-08-03 23:24:34

    F.P. Report LONDON: A telephonic conversation was held between the MQM founder and leader Altaf Hussain and President Asif Zardari on Thursday night. Both the leaders exchanged views on national and More

  • Junior Khosa follows father on 2012-08-03 23:24:34

    F.P. Report LAHORE: Following the footsteps of his father, the former chief minister Punjab, Dost Muhammad Khosa tendered his resignation from the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) membership on F More

  • ISI DG, US officials discuss Afghan border security on 2012-08-03 23:24:34

    WASHINGTON (INP): DG ISI Zaheerul Islam met with US special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan Marc Grossman and US State Department's officials in Washington, discussing security situation o More

  • Brig Ali, four Majors sentenced on 2012-08-03 23:24:34

    RAWALPINDI (DNA): Field General Court Marshal (FGCM) proceedings against Brigadier Ali Khan, Major Inayat Aziz, Major Iftikhar, Major Sohail Akbar and Major Jawad Baseer have been completed. All four More

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