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Print - 2009-02-02
No answer at Davos forum to global meltdown

No answer at Davos forum to global meltdown

Mired in indecision and uncertainty, the world's foremost gathering of the best and brightest in government and business failed to come up with any new plan to stem, much less reverse, the global financial meltdown.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
German railway firm extends wireless connectivity

German railway firm extends wireless connectivity

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn has introduced a wireless Internet service on its Hamburg-Frankfurt route. The route is 1,500 kilometres in length and is serviced by Deutsche Bahn's high-speed ICE locomotives. Passengers require a WLAN capable laptop,
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
MagtiCom launches high-speed service

MagtiCom launches high-speed service

MagtiCom, Georgia's largest mobile phone operator, has launched the HSDPA service in Georgia, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. HSDPA, which stands for High-Speed Downlink Packet Access, is an advanced 3G mobile technology that enables faster
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Cell phones offer convenience but may pose risk

Cell phones offer convenience but may pose risk

Children chatting on mobile telephones are more likely to get hit by cars while crossing the street, according to study results released by US university researchers.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Apple gadget ecosystem plants new roots

Apple gadget ecosystem plants new roots

As Macworld loses Apple, makers of accessories for iPhones, iPods and Macintosh computers are flocking to an "iLounge" that will make a Consumer Electronics Show (CES) debut next year. The international gadget extravaganza held annually in Las Vegas has h
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Data Privacy Day spotlights online dangers & defences

Data Privacy Day spotlights online dangers & defences

As Data Privacy Day dawned on Wednesday, Microsoft released research indicating that people want to defend themselves online but are looking for a little help. The Council of Europe designated January 28, 2007 as the first day devoted to spotlighting comp
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Google out to expose Internet traffic chokers

Google out to expose Internet traffic chokers

Google on Wednesday began offering tools to expose Internet service providers (ISPs) that choke traffic or shift users into slow lanes while allowing others to zip along at high speeds.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Youths rule Internet, but elderly making gains

Youths rule Internet, but elderly making gains

Growing numbers of American seniors are going online, chipping away at the dominance of 18- to 44-year-olds who comprise half the Web population, according to a study released on Wednesday. Since 2005, the population segment that has made the largest onli
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
British government promises broadband access for all

British government promises broadband access for all

Every home in Britain will be guaranteed access to broadband Internet under plans unveiled by the government on Thursday, which put the technology on a par with telephones as an essential service.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Public radio goes hi-tech to raise cash

Public radio goes hi-tech to raise cash

US public radio stations are looking to thumb-sized, high-tech gadgets to help raise money and make it easier for on-the-go listeners to access their programming. A small device known as the Radio Bookmark allows listeners to electronically jot down speci
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Smart email figures out who to get messages

Smart email figures out who to get messages

Stanford University scientists are perfecting an email system that figures out who messages are intended for and finds them whether or not senders know the addresses. Semantic technology that understands phrases and relationships between words instead of
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Global warming 'irreversible' for next 1000 years: study

Global warming 'irreversible' for next 1000 years: study

Climate change is "largely irreversible" for the next 1,000 years even if carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions could be abruptly halted, according to a new study led by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
EU scientific body raises health alarm on MP3s

EU scientific body raises health alarm on MP3s

Up to 10 million young Europeans are in danger of damaging their hearing by playing their MP3 personal music players too loud, a European Union body on health risks told a conference on January 27.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Prostate cancer may cause neglect of other illness

Prostate cancer may cause neglect of other illness

The majority of men with early-stage. low- or moderate-grade prostate cancer die from causes other than prostate cancer, researchers report in the Journal of the American Geriatric Society. Therefore, prevention and management of other health conditions i
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Drastic action needed as Zimbabwe cholera hits 60,000: WHO

Drastic action needed as Zimbabwe cholera hits 60,000: WHO

The World Health Organisation on January 30 called for drastic national and international action to tackle Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak, after the number of victims soared past the worst case threshold of 60,000.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
China to provide clean water for 60 million in 2009

China to provide clean water for 60 million in 2009

China plans to provide clean water for 60 million people in 2009, addressing one of the main public health issues facing the vast nation, state media said on January 28. Currently, more than 200 million Chinese do not have access to safe drinking water, d
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Coffee can protect from dementia in old age

Coffee can protect from dementia in old age

Drinking moderate amounts of coffee may protect people from dementia in later life, according to a study by Finnish and Swedish researchers. Coffee drinkers ran a lower risk of dementia in middle age and Alzheimer's disease later in life compared to those
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Researchers develop all-round flu vaccine

Researchers develop all-round flu vaccine

Researchers in Japan said on January 29 they had developed a flu vaccine that works against multiple viruses and could prevent a deadly pandemic of bird flu mutations. The research team has tested the vaccine on mice implanted with human genes, confirming
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Indian Prime Minister discharged from hospital

Indian Prime Minister discharged from hospital

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was discharged from hospital early Sunday, one week after undergoing heart bypass surgery. The 76-year-old is expected to resume some official duties within two weeks, and doctors say he will need six weeks to return t
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Thousands in Madrid protest against Castro regime

Thousands in Madrid protest against Castro regime

Thousands gathered Sunday in central Madrid to protest against Cuba's Communist regime, one day after a large rally in support of President Raul Castro's leadership was held in the Spanish capital.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Sudan asks UN peacekeepers to leave Darfur town

Sudan asks UN peacekeepers to leave Darfur town

Sudanese officials have asked international peacekeepers to leave a town in Darfur, the UN and Sudanese officials said Sunday. The challenge to the fragile international mission could pose a serious challenge to peace in the troubled region, observers sai
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
UN says Afghan opium crop to shrink

UN says Afghan opium crop to shrink

Afghanistan's production of opium poppies will likely decrease in 2009, but cultivation of the illegal crop remains entrenched in the country's most unstable southern provinces, the UN said in a report released Sunday.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Zimbabwe amends constitution for unity government

Zimbabwe amends constitution for unity government

Zimbabwe is preparing to table crucial constitutional amendments this week, paving the way for a unity government amid calls for international sanctions to be lifted to assist the stricken nation.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Muslim cult boss held for blasphemy: Jakarta police

Muslim cult boss held for blasphemy: Jakarta police

Indonesian police were holding the head of a Muslim cult on a preliminary charge of blasphemy after allegations that the group held rituals involving sex orgies and adultery, a police spokesman said on Sunday.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Early signs show Iraq's Maliki sweeps south in poll

Early signs show Iraq's Maliki sweeps south in poll

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's candidates look set for sweeping victories in provincial polls, a result that could overturn the post-Saddam political order and strengthen the hand of a leader once seen as weak.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Floods in southern Brazil kill 12, uproot 3,600

Floods in southern Brazil kill 12, uproot 3,600

Floods have killed 12 people in Brazil's southernmost state Rio Grande do Sul and forced some 3,600 people from their homes, a state emergency co-ordinator said on Sunday.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Wreck of renowned British warship found in Channel

Wreck of renowned British warship found in Channel

Florida deep-sea explorers who found $500 million in sunken treasure two years ago say they have discovered another prized shipwreck: A legendary British man-of-war that sank in the English Channel 264 years ago. Odyssey Marine Exploration has not found a
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
North Korea's Kim named to run in parliamentary polls: South Korea

North Korea's Kim named to run in parliamentary polls: South Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il was Sunday nominated to run in next month's parliamentary elections, a requirement if he to stay on as supreme army commander, a South Korean official said. Elections for the rubber-stamp Supreme People's Assembly should ha
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Malaysian scientists find stone tools 'oldest in South-east Asia'

Malaysian scientists find stone tools 'oldest in South-east Asia'

Malaysian archaeologists have announced the discovery of stone tools they believe are more than 1.8 million years old and the earliest evidence of human ancestors in Southeast Asia. The stone hand-axes were discovered last year in the historical site of L
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Austrian man survives 250 metre headlong chairlift ride

Austrian man survives 250 metre headlong chairlift ride

Hanging on with one leg, an Austrian ski-lift worker survived a 250 metre ride dangling upside down from a chairlift on Saturday, Austrian broadcaster ORF reported Sunday. The man had loaded a sledge onto the lift in the Tyrolean ski resort of Imst, when
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Anti-EU treaty Libertas party sets up in Warsaw

Anti-EU treaty Libertas party sets up in Warsaw

The eurosceptic Libertas party is setting up a branch in Poland ahead of June's European parliamentary election, its leader, Irish multi-millionaire Declan Ganley, announced on Sunday. "We want the 2009 EP elections to be a referendum against the Lisbon T
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Punjab Assembly session today

Punjab Assembly session today

The 11th session of the Punjab Assembly would be held today (Monday) at (3:00 pm) chaired by the Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal. The session, besides putting up a bill on health sector, would also deal with the issue of the doctors. In this session, it would
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Mumbai attacks: response to Indian dossier soon, says Gilani

Mumbai attacks: response to Indian dossier soon, says Gilani

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday said that army action is not only solution in Swat and he would himself soon visit to the valley and look into the situation. He was addressing a press conference after coming from attending World Economic
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Mumbai attacks: response to Indian dossier soon, says Gilani

Mumbai attacks: response to Indian dossier soon, says Gilani

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday said that army action is not only solution in Swat and he would himself soon visit to the valley and look into the situation. He was addressing a press conference after coming from attending World Economic
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Your rupee last week

Your rupee last week

Following currency fluctuations took place in foreign exchange rates during the last week. (January 26 to 31 January, 2009).

Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Trade improving initiatives to remain suspended: India

Trade improving initiatives to remain suspended: India

Indian Minister of State for Commerce, Industry and Power Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday that new initiatives to enhance trade with Pakistan would remain suspended. "Trade improving initiatives with Pakistan cannot be resumed till the conspirators of Mumbai
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Trade improving initiatives to remain suspended: India

Trade improving initiatives to remain suspended: India

Indian Minister of State for Commerce, Industry and Power Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday that new initiatives to enhance trade with Pakistan would remain suspended. "Trade improving initiatives with Pakistan cannot be resumed till the conspirators of Mumbai
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
The Weather

The Weather

The weather report on Sunday (February 01, 2009) and the forecast for Monday (February 02, 2009).

Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Trade improving initiatives to remain suspended: India

Trade improving initiatives to remain suspended: India

Indian Minister of State for Commerce, Industry and Power Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday that new initiatives to enhance trade with Pakistan would remain suspended. "Trade improving initiatives with Pakistan cannot be resumed till the conspirators of Mumbai
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
PML-N leader killed, wife and children injured

PML-N leader killed, wife and children injured

The PML (N) leader, Sher Azam Khan was killed and his wife and two children injured when some unknown assailants ambushed his vehicle in Kalabat village in Haripur district on Sunday night.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
PML-N leader killed, wife and children injured

PML-N leader killed, wife and children injured

The PML (N) leader, Sher Azam Khan was killed and his wife and two children injured when some unknown assailants ambushed his vehicle in Kalabat village in Haripur district on Sunday night.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
113 dead, 200 injured in Kenya petrol blaze

113 dead, 200 injured in Kenya petrol blaze

Rescuers combed a scorched forest for corpses Sunday and burn victims overwhelmed hospitals after an overturned gasoline tanker exploded as hundreds of people were trying to scoop up free fuel. At least 113 were killed and nearly 200 hurt, officials said.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
113 dead, 200 injured in Kenya petrol blaze

113 dead, 200 injured in Kenya petrol blaze

Rescuers combed a scorched forest for corpses Sunday and burn victims overwhelmed hospitals after an overturned gasoline tanker exploded as hundreds of people were trying to scoop up free fuel. At least 113 were killed and nearly 200 hurt, officials said.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Obama says US can work with Muslims: OIC

Obama says US can work with Muslims: OIC

President Barack Obama told the Organisation of Islamic Conference that he has full confidence that the United States can work together with the world's largest grouping of Muslims, the OIC said on Sunday. In a letter to OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin I
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Obama says US can work with Muslims: OIC

Obama says US can work with Muslims: OIC

President Barack Obama told the Organisation of Islamic Conference that he has full confidence that the United States can work together with the world's largest grouping of Muslims, the OIC said on Sunday. In a letter to OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin I
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Anti-globalisation activists plan protest against G20

Anti-globalisation activists plan protest against G20

Anti-globalisation activists meeting at the World Social Forum in Brazil on Sunday said they are organising international protests against a G20 meeting in London on March 28 that is meant to find solutions to the economic crisis.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Anti-globalisation activists plan protest against G20

Anti-globalisation activists plan protest against G20

Anti-globalisation activists meeting at the World Social Forum in Brazil on Sunday said they are organising international protests against a G20 meeting in London on March 28 that is meant to find solutions to the economic crisis.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Narcotics minister quits cabinet in protest

Narcotics minister quits cabinet in protest

Minister for Narcotics Control Nawabzada Khawaja Mohammad Khan Hoti announced here on Sunday he is quitting the federal cabinet in protest over differences with Awami National Party (ANP) leadership and poor law and order situation in the NWFP. Addressing
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Narcotics minister quits cabinet in protest

Narcotics minister quits cabinet in protest

Minister for Narcotics Control Nawabzada Khawaja Mohammad Khan Hoti announced here on Sunday he is quitting the federal cabinet in protest over differences with Awami National Party (ANP) leadership and poor law and order situation in the NWFP. Addressing
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Pakistan is key to fixing Afghanistan: UK army chief

Pakistan is key to fixing Afghanistan: UK army chief

Peace will only come to Afghanistan if Pakistan can sort out the militants on its side of the border, where US strikes are not helping, the head of Britain's armed forces told The Sunday Times newspaper.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Pakistan is key to fixing Afghanistan: UK army chief

Pakistan is key to fixing Afghanistan: UK army chief

Peace will only come to Afghanistan if Pakistan can sort out the militants on its side of the border, where US strikes are not helping, the head of Britain's armed forces told The Sunday Times newspaper.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
THE RUPEE: fall may continue in coming days

THE RUPEE: fall may continue in coming days

The rupee moved down versus the dollar during the week, ended on January 31, 2009. It is likely that the rupee may face further decline in days to come. On the interbank market, the rupee fell 5 paisa in relation to the dollar for buying at 79.05 and it a
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
THE RUPEE: fall may continue in coming days

THE RUPEE: fall may continue in coming days

The rupee moved down versus the dollar during the week, ended on January 31, 2009. It is likely that the rupee may face further decline in days to come. On the interbank market, the rupee fell 5 paisa in relation to the dollar for buying at 79.05 and it a
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
No answer at Davos forum to global meltdown

No answer at Davos forum to global meltdown

Mired in indecision and uncertainty, the world's foremost gathering of the best and brightest in government and business failed to come up with any new plan to stem, much less reverse, the global financial meltdown.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
16 militants, soldier killed in Swat clashes

16 militants, soldier killed in Swat clashes

At least 16 suspected militants and one soldier were killed in clashes in Swat Valley, the military said Sunday as it escalated its offensive against insurgents in the one-time tourist haven.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
English speech competitions conclude

English speech competitions conclude

Chief Minister Punjab Speech Competitions from primary to degree levels have been completed by holding intermediate level English speech competition here on Sunday. These competitions were held at MAO college, Government Islamia College for Women Cooper R
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
UAF to set up Rs three billion Entrepreneurship Centre

UAF to set up Rs three billion Entrepreneurship Centre

In order to overcome the problems of price hike in agricultural inputs and rapidly increasing cost of production, we have to shift our focus towards entrepreneurship in livestock and agricultural sectors so that the goal of poverty elevation may be achiev
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Mass prayers for welfare of Pakistan at Biswa Ijtema

Mass prayers for welfare of Pakistan at Biswa Ijtema

Large number of Muslim devotees from Pakistan joined mass prayers on Sunday at the concluding session of the three-day 45th Biswa Ijtema (World Congregation) attended by over two million devotees along the banks of the Turag river at Tongi north of Dhaka
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
SSP man killed in Jhang

SSP man killed in Jhang

Jhang city remained in severe tense and traders kept close their shops and businesses to mourn the death of Muhammad Yousuf Mujahid, Ex-Secretary General of banned Sipah-i-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP). Unidentified attackers killed Muhammad Yousuf Mujahid when h
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Reinstated SSGC employees hail government

Reinstated SSGC employees hail government

The sacked employees of Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) have termed the government's decision of reinstating them as highly pro-worker policy and said that this sets aside the economic and political victimisation of the previous regime. Expressing sense o
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
'Massive funding needed to fight poverty in Punjab'

'Massive funding needed to fight poverty in Punjab'

'South Punjab can never address the issue of poverty reductions and development without massive funding and uplifting of agriculture sector,' the President, Mango Growers Association (MGA) Pakistan, Zahid Hussain Gardezi said. He was speaking to a meeting
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Elahi for assemblies to complete five-year tenure

Elahi for assemblies to complete five-year tenure

'The ruling alliance will soon fall victim to their 'personal interests' but the PML-Q always supports and wishes that the current assemblies should complete their constitutional tenure of five years.' The Pakistan Muslim League (Quaid-i Azam) (PML-Q) lea
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Actionaid to screen 'Voices Unheard' on February 3

Actionaid to screen 'Voices Unheard' on February 3

Actionaid would screen a film titled "Voices Unheard- Beyond the politics of conflict" on Tuesday (February 3). A 17-minute documentary film is a story of the people unheard, traumatized and largely neglected in the wake of 'war on terror' and insurgency
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Pak-Japan committee meetings: Tarin to represent Pakistan

Pak-Japan committee meetings: Tarin to represent Pakistan

Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance and Economic Affairs, Shaukat Tarin would represent Pakistan in week-long meetings with Pak-Japan Business Cooperation Committee and other state dignitaries in Tokyo from February 4.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
'New medical colleges to be set up in country'

'New medical colleges to be set up in country'

Director General (DG) Health Dr Rasheed Jooma has said that federal government is considering to establish new medical colleges in cities and towns of the country. This he said while talking to newsmen after delivering his keynote address at the inaugurat
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
ESA to participate in lawyers long march

ESA to participate in lawyers long march

The Ex-Servicemen Association (ESA) has decided it would participate in Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz backed long march planned by lawyers' community on March 9 for the reinstatement of sacked judges.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
SM Zafar hopeful of reintroduction of 'Biden-Lugar Bill'

SM Zafar hopeful of reintroduction of 'Biden-Lugar Bill'

Prominent lawyer S M Zafar said he expected that new Congress of the United States would soon reintroduce the bill S-3263, popularly known as 'Biden-Lugar Bill', which was legally dead due to the expiration of the previous Congress before it was debated.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Sleaze row: UK seeks House of Lords reform

Sleaze row: UK seeks House of Lords reform

Britain's Labour government said on Sunday it wanted to reform parliament's unelected House of Lords to allow any member found guilty of corruption to be expelled.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
British police detain protesters during Wen visit

British police detain protesters during Wen visit

British police detained five pro-Tibet protesters who jumped over security barriers outside the Chinese Embassy in London during a visit by Prime Minister Wen Jiabao. The demonstrators were led away as Wen's car arrived at the building. Police said the fi
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
UAF to set up Rs three billion Entrepreneurship Centre

UAF to set up Rs three billion Entrepreneurship Centre

In order to overcome the problems of price hike in agricultural inputs and rapidly increasing cost of production, we have to shift our focus towards entrepreneurship in livestock and agricultural sectors so that the goal of poverty elevation may be achiev
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Gas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti

Gas pipeline blown up in Dera Bugti

A joint pipeline supplying gas from two separate wells to Sui purification plant was blown up by unknown men in Dera Bugti district on Sunday, police told APP by phone here. Explosive material placed under the pipeline supplying gas to the purification pl
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
IDA to provide $300 million for poverty alleviation project

IDA to provide $300 million for poverty alleviation project

International Development Association (IDA) will provide $300 million for "Third Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund Project", which will be designed to reduce poverty and empower both the poor and poorest of the poor by providing savings support, financial
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Pakistan's economy to turn around: Wajid

Pakistan's economy to turn around: Wajid

Pakistan's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Wajid Shamsul Hasan is optimistic about a quick turnaround of Pakistan's economy by the year's end despite the global downward trend.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Improper distribution aggravates urea crisis

Improper distribution aggravates urea crisis

Poor farmers of Punjab are seen standing in long queues in front of trailers selling urea fertiliser at fixed price but at the end of the day return empty-handed.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Improper distribution aggravates urea crisis

Improper distribution aggravates urea crisis

Poor farmers of Punjab are seen standing in long queues in front of trailers selling urea fertiliser at fixed price but at the end of the day return empty-handed.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Improper distribution aggravates urea crisis

Improper distribution aggravates urea crisis

Poor farmers of Punjab are seen standing in long queues in front of trailers selling urea fertiliser at fixed price but at the end of the day return empty-handed.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
India wary of Obama's South Asia focus

India wary of Obama's South Asia focus

With US President Barack Obama still in the early days of his presidency, India is keeping a wary eye on policy changes that could irritate what has become a key strategic relationship. Approaches to terrorism and the Kashmir dispute have been flagged as
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
India wary of Obama's South Asia focus

India wary of Obama's South Asia focus

With US President Barack Obama still in the early days of his presidency, India is keeping a wary eye on policy changes that could irritate what has become a key strategic relationship. Approaches to terrorism and the Kashmir dispute have been flagged as
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
ICC moving Champions Trophy out of Pakistan

ICC moving Champions Trophy out of Pakistan

Pakistan will not host the Champions Trophy this year after several teams voiced concerns about playing in the country, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Sunday. The tournament was postponed from 2008 to September/October this year after fiv
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
ICC moving Champions Trophy out of Pakistan

ICC moving Champions Trophy out of Pakistan

Pakistan will not host the Champions Trophy this year after several teams voiced concerns about playing in the country, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Sunday. The tournament was postponed from 2008 to September/October this year after fiv
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Prime Minister disapproves naming a university after him

Prime Minister disapproves naming a university after him

Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, had reportedly short listed his own name with another two as the proposed name of a University in Multan but did a volte face during a Cabinet meeting, highly reliable sources told Business Recorder.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Prime Minister disapproves naming a university after him

Prime Minister disapproves naming a university after him

Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, had reportedly short listed his own name with another two as the proposed name of a University in Multan but did a volte face during a Cabinet meeting, highly reliable sources told Business Recorder.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
One killed in Khuzdar grenade attack

One killed in Khuzdar grenade attack

A man was killed and six people were injured when unidentified attackers lobbed a hand grenade at a police patrol in Khuzdar, police said Sunday. The grenade attack occurred late Saturday in the town of Khuzdar, some 330 kilometres (205 miles) south of Qu
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
Anomalies body''s recommendations blocked by ministries

Anomalies body''s recommendations blocked by ministries

The Ministries of Commerce and Industries have blocked the recommendations of the anomalies committee with the argument that their suggestions were ignored without reason, official sources told Business Recorder.
Published 02 Feb, 2009 12:00am
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