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Print - 2008-09-14
Paralympics: 'Blade Runner' wins 200 metre, China stretches clear

Paralympics: 'Blade Runner' wins 200 metre, China stretches clear

Oscar "Blade Runner" Pistorius Saturday won his second gold of the Paralympic Games as China stretched its lead at the top of the medals table. And there was controversy as Iran abruptly withdrew from their men's wheelchair basketball quarter-final with t
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Hantuchova slumps out of Bali Classic

Hantuchova slumps out of Bali Classic

Top-seeded Daniela Hantuchova slumped out of the Bali Classic on Saturday, beaten 6-2 5-7 6-4 by Austrian teenager Tamira Paszek in the semi-finals. In the other match, Switzerland's Patty Schnyder defeated Russian Nadia Petrova 7-5 6-1. Hantuchova strugg
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Super-sub Babel ends Liverpool's United misery

Super-sub Babel ends Liverpool's United misery

Ryan Babel ended Liverpool's four-year wait for a league victory against Manchester United as Rafa Benitez's team fought back from a goal down to win 2-1 at Anfield on Saturday.
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Pakistan urge West Indies to agree to Tests

Pakistan urge West Indies to agree to Tests

Pakistan are confident the West Indies will provide some much-needed international opposition by agreeing to play two Test matches in November, a senior official said on Saturday. Pakistan have struggled to find opponents after the eight-nation Champions
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Pakistan finally get matches with Canada T20 tourney

Pakistan finally get matches with Canada T20 tourney

Pakistan's cricket-starved side finally got some good news on Saturday when organisers confirmed a four-nation Twenty20 tournament to be played in Canada next month. The tournament, scheduled to run from October 10-13, will feature Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Palin defends record, husband subpoenaed

Palin defends record, husband subpoenaed

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin defended her record as governor of Alaska on Friday in the face of fierce Democratic attacks, while a state ethics panel subpoenaed her husband. In the last installment of an exclusive interview with ABC
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Typhoon Sinlaku pounds Taiwan

Typhoon Sinlaku pounds Taiwan

Typhoon Sinlaku lashed Taiwan on Saturday with powerful winds and heavy rains, disrupting flights and train services as well as celebrations for a major holiday. At least six people were injured and most rail services and hundreds of domestic and internat
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Nearly 150 Bangladeshis held for crossing into India

Nearly 150 Bangladeshis held for crossing into India

Indian border guards have arrested 150 Bangladeshis who sailed into India in what security officials Saturday called the biggest interception of illegal migrants in decades. The arrests were made Friday when the immigrants, who included 36 women and 40 ch
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Freight, passenger traffic resume in Channel Tunnel

Freight, passenger traffic resume in Channel Tunnel

Freight and passenger traffic resumed on Saturday in the Channel Tunnel linking Britain to continental Europe after a fire on Thursday that completely halted traffic and caused chaos for thousands of people. Eurostar, which runs passenger trains through t
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Sri Lanka tells outsiders to quit capital

Sri Lanka tells outsiders to quit capital

Sri Lanka has told thousands of people living in its capital "without any valid reason" to return to their villages, calling them a national security threat, a state-run newspaper said Saturday. Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse told the Daily News th
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Gunmen kill four Iraqi TV staff

Gunmen kill four Iraqi TV staff

Gunmen kidnapped and shot dead four staff members from Iraq's Sharqia TV station in the volatile northern city of Mosul on Saturday, the station and police said. The four went missing in the early hours and police said they recovered their bodies bearing
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Ten killed in Iraq bombings

Ten killed in Iraq bombings

Insurgents set off two bomb attacks in Iraq on Saturday, killing 10 people, most of them members of security forces, officials told AFP. A roadside bomb attack targeted a patrol of Kurdish peshmerga forces north-east of Baghdad and killed six of them incl
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Brown faces leadership challenge call

Brown faces leadership challenge call

A senior member of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour Party said on Saturday he should face a leadership challenge, piling more pressure on a premier struggling with economic downturn and weak poll ratings. Joan Ryan, a Labour vice chairm
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
China landslide death toll rises to 254

China landslide death toll rises to 254

The death toll from a landslide that engulfed a northern Chinese town jumped to 254 on Saturday with the discovery of dozens more bodies, state-run Xinhua news agency said, citing local authorities. State media on Thursday had quoted Minister of Work Safe
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
US soldier accused of murdering Iraqi in pre-trial hearing

US soldier accused of murdering Iraqi in pre-trial hearing

A pre-trial hearing was held on Saturday for a US soldier charged with murdering an Iraqi detainee by shooting him and then burning him with an incendiary grenade, in the latest scandal to rock the military in Iraq.
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Alitalia's licence at risk, may ground flights

Alitalia's licence at risk, may ground flights

Italian flag carrier Alitalia may start cancelling flights from Monday as it is having problems buying fuel and could lose its operating licence if it fails to seal a deal with unions to avoid total collapse. "There are difficulties relating to the supply
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
51 dead in China bus accident

51 dead in China bus accident

A bus careered off a road in mountainous south-west China and plunged into a valley on Saturday, killing all 51 people known to be aboard, state media reported, citing local officials. The bus, which was travelling from the city of Bazhong in Sichuan prov
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
15 more dengue fever patients hospitalised

15 more dengue fever patients hospitalised

Giving the latest position about dengue fever the Provincial Health Minister, Dr Saghir Ahmed said on Saturday that so far 571 patients suspected of having dengue fever have been brought to various hospitals in the Province and 163 of the cases stood conf
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Systems Limited obtains ISO Certification for ISMS

Systems Limited obtains ISO Certification for ISMS

Systems Limited and its US subsidiary Visionet Systems Inc's Business Process Outsourcing Centers in Lahore and Karachi recently underwent an audit of their Information Security Management Systems (ISMS).
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Security further beefed up in Karachi

Security further beefed up in Karachi

Security has been further tightened here in the wake of blasts in Indian capital of New Delhi. This was stated by Capital City Police Officer (CCPO), Karachi Wasim Ahmed on Saturday.
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Price hike keeping away Eid shoppers from markets

Price hike keeping away Eid shoppers from markets

Being almost in the middle of Ramazan and the countdown for Eidul Fitr has started, the city's markets should be buzzing with Eid shoppers, but only a thin presence of window-shoppers were seen and the festive mood was yet to be set in.
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
KCCI for reconstituting Ogra and Nepra

KCCI for reconstituting Ogra and Nepra

The President of Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), Shamim Ahmed Shamsi, has recommended to the government that the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) and National Electric and Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) should be reconstituted
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Irsa reduces water flow despite Punjab's opposition

Irsa reduces water flow despite Punjab's opposition

The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) reduced downstream Tarbela dam discharge from 1,40,000 cusecs to 1,11,000 cusecs on Saturday for Kharif crops despite Punjab's opposition. Irrigation engineers say that there would be 35 to 40 percent less water ava
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
TCP floats tender for sugar purchase

TCP floats tender for sugar purchase

Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has floated a tender for the purchase of 50,000 metric ton of refined sugar from local mills. A TCP official said here on Saturday that the tender would be opened on September 22. The Corporation is buying sugar from
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Hot and dry weather forecast

Hot and dry weather forecast

Meteorological department has forecast hot and dry weather during the next 24 hours for the city, ranging between 39-41 degree centigrade. Minimum temperature on Saturday was 28 degree centigrade and maximum 41.1 degree centigrade, while humidity in the a
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Strategy against terrorism to be further strengthened: foreign office

Strategy against terrorism to be further strengthened: foreign office

The two-pronged strategy to check the rise of fundamentalism and terrorism that was in effect during President Musharraf's regime, focused primarily on using military option and socio-economic development, will be further strengthened by a more proactive
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
'Pak-Afghan cooperation mandatory to win battle against terrorism'

'Pak-Afghan cooperation mandatory to win battle against terrorism'

Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan has no agreement with USA regarding the attacks on tribal areas according to which it can do such activities in the Pakistani territory. While talking to newsmen and delegations at Mult
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Republican Palin energising women voters

Republican Palin energising women voters

The crowd burst into cheers of "Sarah, Sarah, Sarah" as the Republican candidate for vice president waved alongside presidential nominee John McCain and their spouses. If Senator McCain meant to excite the conservative basis of his centre-right party by n
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
PSIC completes industries' survey in Punjab

PSIC completes industries' survey in Punjab

Chief Minister's Task Force for Industrial Development and SME Chairman, Yawar Irfan Khan has said that Punjab Small Industries Corporation (PSIC) has completed the survey of industries in Punjab. This survey has been conducted with the co-operation of re
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Warid launches new PCO scheme

Warid launches new PCO scheme

Warid Telecom recently launched a revolutionary new Public Call Office (PCO) scheme in ZEM Pocket PCO. This is a part of Warid's ongoing effort to promote corporate social responsibility through cultivating job creation while also focusing on ease for the
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Sewers working satisfactorily

Sewers working satisfactorily

The Project Director, Hyderabad Development Package, Syed Sarfraz Ali Shah in his letter addressed to Zila Nazim Hyderabad has denied that Sheedi Goth Pumping Station and related sewer lines were not functioning properly and said that this system is desig
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
EU to send observers into the Georgian minefield

EU to send observers into the Georgian minefield

If European Union foreign ministers approve a ceasefire observation mission to Georgia as expected on Monday, they will be stepping into a diplomatic minefield. Officials in Brussels say that if the bloc does not mandate its observers to cover the whole t
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Nice words

Nice words

Pakistan won't be going to IMF - Zardari: Nice words (BR 10.09.08) by the new Pakistan President, but would remain a big boast unless some concrete measures are taken to correct the economic downslide of the country. He did not elabourate as to how his go
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
US attack

US attack

On 3rd September 2008 one Haqqani (Jalaluddin) was the target of a swift US attack in Bajaur area of Pakistan. Since the series of US cross border activities were too much for the Government to push under the rug, specially with a vibrant media (as Mushar
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Google's Chrome: Browser destined for domination?

Google's Chrome: Browser destined for domination?

The problem: The things people want to do on the Internet are growing by leaps and bounds, but Internet browsers have advanced at a snail's pace. The solution, at least according to Google, is Google Chrome, a new browser from the Internet search giant th
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Crisis shows up uninvited to GM's 100th birthday party

Crisis shows up uninvited to GM's 100th birthday party

No one gets to choose their birthday. That goes for people as well as corporations. Next week, a US industrial giant will mark its centennial, but it couldn't be coming at a worse time. General Motors, once the largest US corporation and the world's leadi
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Energy woes: who is to be blamed?

Energy woes: who is to be blamed?

As of late, there has been much talk in the media about the failures of KESC, including the unsuccessful attempt at privatisation of the same. Most of us, however, are losing sight of the actual picture and fail to understand that KESC's problems are not
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
The Manora school tragedy

The Manora school tragedy

Four little boys, all of them cousins, were suddenly smashed to death, last Thursday in the 2.5 square km Manora Islands, off Karachi port under the debris of a worn out wall of the dilapidated and abandoned building of the Federal Government Public Schoo
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Disarray on the wheat front

Disarray on the wheat front

Incredible under normal circumstances would have been the abrupt increase in the price of wheat on Karachi grain market during the week's opening session on Monday. For it depicted an almost overnight jump of Rs 100 to Rs 2400 per 100-kg, with no trading,
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Discrimination against SMEs

Discrimination against SMEs

SMEDA chief executive officer Shahid Rashid has said in an interview with Business Recorder that discriminatory attitude of ministries, banks and other government organisations towards small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has become a major obstacle
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Green Tractor application date extended

Green Tractor application date extended

The last date for receiving applications under Green Tractor Subsidy Scheme has been extended by government of Punjab for further one week. Now applications under Green Tractor Subsidy Scheme will be received up to 22nd September 2008. The spokesman of ag
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
LHC issues notices to DCO, others

LHC issues notices to DCO, others

The Lahore High Court issued notices and sought reply from District Co-ordination Officer (DCO) Sialkot, Executive District Officer (Education) and Secretary Schools and Education Punjab by September 22, in a petition of a school headmaster Fazal Karim ch
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Agriculture sector performs poorly during 2007-08

Agriculture sector performs poorly during 2007-08

The agriculture sector has performed poorly in the financial year 2007-08, growing at 1.5 percent against the target of 4.8 percent. "The poor performance of agriculture can be attributed to an equally poor performance of major crops and forestry, registe
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Hayatabad Medical Complex to have 14 new wards

Hayatabad Medical Complex to have 14 new wards

The Chairman of the Institute of Management Committee (IMC) and Chief Executive of Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC), Professor Arshad Javed, has said that 14 new wards would be established in the hospital, and added that 729 doctors were completing their s
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
US raids to prove detrimental to entire region: analysts

US raids to prove detrimental to entire region: analysts

The unilateral action by the US troops to hit targets inside Pakistan can not only alienate Pakistanis from the US but might also prove detrimental for the entire region. The Nato has clearly distanced itself from the US strikes inside Pakistan borders, s
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Pakistan needs upgradation of F-16s to combat terrorism at night

Pakistan needs upgradation of F-16s to combat terrorism at night

Pakistan uses F-16 fighters to support a campaign against border militants and needs upgrades to be able to fly at night, a Pakistani official said on Friday. The official underlined equipment needs and listed recent achievements fighting al Qaeda and Tal
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Technical education courses to be revised: minister

Technical education courses to be revised: minister

Provincial Finance and Planning and Development Minister Tanvir Ashraf Kaira has said that modern courses are being introduced in technical institutions for male/female students and for this purpose it has been decided that technical courses to be revised
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Punjab government to set up 'Food Authority'

Punjab government to set up 'Food Authority'

The Punjab government has decided to establish 'Food Authority', in collabouration with the chambers of commerce and industry in the province to cope with adulteration that has reached the alarming levels in various food items.
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Anti-polio campaign inaugurated

Anti-polio campaign inaugurated

Secretary Health Punjab Anwaar Ahmad Khan inaugurated three days anti-polio campaign by administering polio drops to the children in Government Mian Munchi Hospital, here on Saturday.
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Aptma seeks 20 percent discount in power tariff

Aptma seeks 20 percent discount in power tariff

Akber Sheikh, Chairman Aptma (Punjab) has appealed to Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani and Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, to evaluate the feasibility of export oriented industry in the country while raising tariff for industry.
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
No power cuts since September 5: Pepco

No power cuts since September 5: Pepco

Spokesman of Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) has said that from September 5, 2008 onwards is no power deficit and hence no loadshedding in the country except Karachi which is served by KESC. He further said that the requirement for the load sheddi
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
PFUJ condemns attack on journalist by hospital staff

PFUJ condemns attack on journalist by hospital staff

Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), strongly condemned the attack on a senior journalist by doctors and staff of a Services Hospital in Lahore, with knives and hard blunt object and seriously injured him and expressed concern over the rising inc
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Mealy bug traced in cotton: agriculture department claims crop is robust

Mealy bug traced in cotton: agriculture department claims crop is robust

Compared with cotton production last year when it was severely damaged by the mealy bug attack, a healthier cotton crop sown over 5,800,000 acres in Punjab is growing robust and healthy, claims Agriculture Department, Punjab. Cotton output is expected to
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Bilour lauds NWFP police performance

Bilour lauds NWFP police performance

NWFP Senior Minister and Parliamentary leader of ANP Bashir Ahmad Bilour has lauded the role for Frontier Police for the protection of lives, properties and honour of the citizens and maintaining peace, said that they have set examples of their bravery an
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Dr Fehmida, first acting woman President

Dr Fehmida, first acting woman President

Dr Fehmida Mirza became first acting woman President of Pakistan as she took the charge in absentia of President Asif Ali Zardari and Chairman Senate Mohammadmian Soomro, who are abroad. Speaker National Assembly Dr Fehmida Mirza assumed the responsibilit
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Security of country government's top priority, says Fehmida

Security of country government's top priority, says Fehmida

Acting President Dr Fehmida Mirza has called the security of the country a top most priority saying that national security and internal stability were of paramount importance and no one would be allowed to challenge the writ of the state.
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Country can also be defended through peace: Mukhtar

Country can also be defended through peace: Mukhtar

Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar, underplaying the possibility of use of retaliatory force to deal with the US attacks in the tribal areas - a prospect raised by General Pervez Ashfaq Kayani on Thursday - has said that "it is not mandatory to defen
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
MLN project runs into bureaucratic snags

MLN project runs into bureaucratic snags

The Monitoring Labouratory Network (MLN) project is in the doldrums due to the delay in the release of Rs 147 million funds by the government for the year 2008-09. Talking to Business Recorder here on Saturday sources in Pakistan Environment Protec
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Emergency ward at NICVD inaugurated

Emergency ward at NICVD inaugurated

The new extension of the emergency ward at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) Jinnah Hospital was recently inaugurated by Jahangir Siddiqui, as part of the JS Group's strong commitment to corporate social responsibility. JS Group su
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Haj ballot on September 17

Haj ballot on September 17

The government has decided to hold balloting of the applications for Haj under government scheme on September 17. This decision was made in a meeting held under the chairmanship of Advisor to Prime Minister on Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi on Saturd
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Ali Gilani condemns use of force on peaceful protestors

Ali Gilani condemns use of force on peaceful protestors

In occupied Kashmir, senior Kashmiri Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Gilani has strongly condemned the use of brute force by Indian troops and police against peaceful protestors at various places. He in a statement in Srinagar said that drawing up a list of 600
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
All parliamentary groups to jointly raise Kashmir issue: Prime Minister

All parliamentary groups to jointly raise Kashmir issue: Prime Minister

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has stressed the need of constitution of a working group on the pattern of US Congress working group to resolve longstanding Kashmir issue. A Joint Parliamentary group consisting of all parliamentary parties will be
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Zardari arrives in UK today

Zardari arrives in UK today

President Asif Ali Zardari, who is reaching UK on today (Sunday), will hold important talks with the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on bilateral ties but more crucially on the emerging situation on the troubled Pak-Afghan border.
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Compensation announced for victims of Dir Mosque blast

Compensation announced for victims of Dir Mosque blast

The NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has approved compensation amounts of Rs 100,000 and Rs 50,000 each, respectively for the families of those killed and wounded in a grenade-and-gun attack in a mosque in the Maskanai area of lower Dir on Septe
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Customs official suspended

Customs official suspended

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has suspended Syed Ejazuddin Ashrafi, Principal Appraiser, Model Customs Collectorate of PACCS, Karachi, with immediate effect. According to a notification issued here on Saturday, the competent authority/member (Adminis
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
R&D support to home textile sector urged

R&D support to home textile sector urged

Towel Manufacturers Association of Pakistan (TMA) and Pakistan Bedwear Exporters Association (PBEA) have urged the government to restore R&D support to crisis-ridden home textile sector. In a statement here on Saturday, TMA Chairman Syed Usman Ali said an
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Media campaign to create awareness about diseases

Media campaign to create awareness about diseases

Sindh Health Minister, Dr Saghir Ahmed has said that a special media campaign will be launched against AIDS, Hepatitis B and C, TB, Polio, Dengue fever besides for mother and child care and treatment and care in Diahorrea. Chairing a meeting in his office
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
'Two dengue fever patients to be discharged soon from Pims'

'Two dengue fever patients to be discharged soon from Pims'

Two dengue fever patients admitted at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) will be discharged soon. Talking to Business Recorder here on Saturday, Waseem Khawaja, executive director Pims said that Ishrat (30) mother and her daughter Habiba
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
ECP Secretary inaugurates latest IT infrastructure

ECP Secretary inaugurates latest IT infrastructure

Election Commission of Pakistan's Federal Secretary Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad inaugurated the most sophisticated IT Infrastructure installed to cater the Computerised Electoral Rolls at Provincial HQs in Sindh. Addressing the participants on the occasion, K
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Rehmani urges Zardari to reaffirm support to Kashmiris

Rehmani urges Zardari to reaffirm support to Kashmiris

Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, Convenor, All Parties Hurriyat Conference AJK (Ali Gilani) has urged the newly elected President Asif Ali Zardari to reaffirm and reassure Pakistan's support to the right of self determination of Kashmiris and their ongoing popula
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Renewable energy sources vital to meet power needs

Renewable energy sources vital to meet power needs

Oil in some major producing countries will start declining after 2020, resulting the swift increase in the demand-supply gap, which is to be filled by renewable energy sources. In the wake of high cost of oil, developed as well as the developing countries
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Three accused acquitted

Three accused acquitted

Shaukar Ali Memon, Judge, Federal Anti Corruption Court, Central I on Saturday acquitted three accused from a case of corruption in import of computers. The accused acquitted are former chairman PIAC Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, former general manager Syed Nasir
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Kashmiri leader says peaceful struggle to continue

Kashmiri leader says peaceful struggle to continue

In occupied Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik has said the ongoing peaceful struggle would continue till the goal of liberation was achieved. Addressing a rally at Lal Chowk in Srinagar, Yasin Malik said that more t
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
AJI demands restoration of judges

AJI demands restoration of judges

Awami Jamhoori Ittehad (AJI) strongly demanded of the coalition government to restore all the deposed judges and 1973 constitution in its original form and say goodbye to the American policies. This was the view of the speakers expressed at a press confer
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
People want a strong parliament: PML-N

People want a strong parliament: PML-N

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Punjab vice president and MNA Malik Muhammad Afzal Khokhar has said that federal government's policy regarding Kashmir should be reflective of aspirations of people of Kashmir and in line with UN resolution on Kashmir
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Mills supplying less quantity of flour in 20 kg bags

Mills supplying less quantity of flour in 20 kg bags

DDO Revenue Khanewal has taken strict notice of complaints that some flourmills have been supplying less quantity of flour in 20-kg bags. District food controller Sajid Hussain, secretary market committee Abdul Ghaffar and DDO took five samples of flour b
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
SCBA election on October 28

SCBA election on October 28

The Executive body of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (SCBAP) here on Saturday issued details of the upcoming election to be held on October 28. The election schedule is as under: Last date of acquiring life membership and clearance of dues
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Seven IHC benches set up for next week

Seven IHC benches set up for next week

The Chief Justice of Islamabad High Court (IHC) has constituted five single benches and two division benches for the next week, starting from September 13. Five single benches include CJ Sardar Mohammad Aslam, Justice Mohammad Munir Paracha, Justice Dr Sa
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Modern courses planned in technical institutes

Modern courses planned in technical institutes

Punjab Minister for Finance, Planning and Development, Tanvir Ashraf Kaira has said that modern courses are being introduced in technical institutions for both male and female students. Talking to a delegation of industrialists at his office here on Satur
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
FBISE's supplementary exams from September 16

FBISE's supplementary exams from September 16

Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Supplementary Examination 2008 of the FBISE, Islamabad will be held from September 16. Roll number slips of the candidates appearing in the said examination have been dispatched at the addresses given by them in the admi
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Research body to conduct research on life of Shahbaz Qalandar

Research body to conduct research on life of Shahbaz Qalandar

Sindh Government has constituted a research committee of scholars and academics to conduct in depth research on the life and times of Hazrat Usman Marvandi Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. With Dr Ghulam Ali Allana as its Chairman, the committee comprises Dr Nawaz A
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
MPs asked to submit assets' statements by September 30

MPs asked to submit assets' statements by September 30

Chief Election Commissioner former Justice Qazi Muhammad Farooq has asked the Members of the Parliament (MPs) and Provincial Assemblies to submit yearly statements of assets and liabilities of their own, their spouses and dependants to the Election Commis
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Peshawar building siege over: police

Peshawar building siege over: police

A siege by militants of a government building in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar late Saturday has ended without casualties, and the culprits fled, police said. "We have vacated the building and freed the hostages but the militants have manag
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
250 million tons of coal reservoirs discovered near Chakwal

250 million tons of coal reservoirs discovered near Chakwal

About 250 million tons of coal reservoirs have been discovered near Chakwal. Punjab government is considering generating energy on cheaper rates from these reservoirs. This was revealed during a meeting held to review various proposals and options regardi
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Minor girl's rape case: arrest warrants for doctor, policemen issued

Minor girl's rape case: arrest warrants for doctor, policemen issued

An additional district and sessions judge Qamar Ijaz on Saturday issued fresh arrest warrants for a doctor and three other prosecution witnesses for delaying in recording their statements in a trial of a rape case of seven years old orphan girl. On previo
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Food Support Scheme: over one million deserving people identified

Food Support Scheme: over one million deserving people identified

On the instructions of Punjab Chief Minister, Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, 1.485 million deserving people have been identified under Food Support Scheme in 297 constituencies in Punjab and 5000 poor families from each constituency have been chosen to ben
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
PML-Q to file references against dissenting legislators

PML-Q to file references against dissenting legislators

In a move to persuade the dissenting legislators of Pakistan Muslim League-Q to return into party's folds, the PML-Q leadership has decided to file references against the party legislators, who not only formed a forward block but also openly violating par
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Three polio cases detected in NWFP and Sindh

Three polio cases detected in NWFP and Sindh

Three more polio cases have been detected in NWFP and Sindh raising the number of poliovirus affected children up to 46. According to the sources of World Health Organisation (WHO), one case each in Peshawar, Dir (NWFP) and one in district Jaccababad (Sin
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
PTCL asked to refund 19 months' line rent to consumer

PTCL asked to refund 19 months' line rent to consumer

District Consumer Court Judge Maruf Ahmedali has directed the PTCL authorities to restore land line within ten days and refund line rent of 19 months amounting Rs 4,560 along with costs of Rs 10,000 to a consumer Muhammad Ishaq Khan. The petitioner submit
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
'Constitutional Package' sent to allied parties: AGP

'Constitutional Package' sent to allied parties: AGP

Attorney General of Pakistan, Sardar Latif Khan Khosa has said that PPP would get the constitutional package passed after getting two-third majority in the parliament. Talking to reporters at Multan Airport here on Friday night on his first ever visit to
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
No China steel duties in EU for now, probe ongoing

No China steel duties in EU for now, probe ongoing

European Union trade watchdogs have decided not to hit Chinese steel imports with anti-dumping duties for the time being but will continue investigating, the EU's executive said on Saturday. In the first of three high-profile cases involving China's surgi
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
OIC special representative to visit Islamabad, AJK

OIC special representative to visit Islamabad, AJK

Special Representative of OIC Secretary General on Kashmir would visit Islamabad and Muzaffarabad from September 14 to 16 to implement OIC resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir. Ambassador Ezzat Kamel Mufti will meet the top leadership of Pakistan and Azad Jam
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
OIC special representative to visit Islamabad, AJK

OIC special representative to visit Islamabad, AJK

Special Representative of OIC Secretary General on Kashmir would visit Islamabad and Muzaffarabad from September 14 to 16 to implement OIC resolutions on Jammu and Kashmir. Ambassador Ezzat Kamel Mufti will meet the top leadership of Pakistan and Azad Jam
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
Government encouraging production of low-cost cars: Prime Minister

Government encouraging production of low-cost cars: Prime Minister

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the government, as part of its overall transport policy, is encouraging production of low-cost, fuel-efficient vehicles in the country to cater the needs of the growing middle class in Pakistan.
Published 14 Sep, 2008 12:00am
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