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Print - 2011-11-21
Australia probes Obama security slip

Australia probes Obama security slip

Australian officials were working Sunday to trace how a top-secret dossier containing detailed plans for US President Barack Obama's recent visit to Australia came to be found in a gutter.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Activists press closure of US military training school

Activists press closure of US military training school

Thousands of activists on Saturday marched on the controversial training base for soldiers from Latin American militaries formerly known as the School of the Americas, at Fort Benning, Georgia, to demand its closure.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Support for Monti government conditional, says Berlusconi

Support for Monti government conditional, says Berlusconi

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Sunday Mario Monti's technocrat government might not survive until scheduled elections in 2013 if it promoted reforms opposed by his centre-right party.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Israel delays foreign funding bill

Israel delays foreign funding bill

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put on hold on Sunday legislation to limit foreign funding of non-governmental organisations, a government source said, after critics denounced the bill as a bid to mute left-wing groups.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
African refugees to Israel report threats of organ theft in Sinai

African refugees to Israel report threats of organ theft in Sinai

African refugees attempting to reach Israel have claimed that the Egyptian Bedouin people-smugglers have threatened to steal their organs, unless they or their families paid money, a spokeswoman for a human rights charity said Sunday.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Hundreds protest in Sudan, displaced by dam

Hundreds protest in Sudan, displaced by dam

Hundreds of Sudanese protested in the city of ad-Damir on Sunday, demanding the government do more to help villagers whose homes were flooded by an electricity-generating dam, witnesses said. Witnesses said up to 1,200 protesters gathered outside a govern
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Exiled Iran opposition warns of 'massacre' if Iraq camp shut

Exiled Iran opposition warns of 'massacre' if Iraq camp shut

The leader of an exiled Iranian opposition movement claimed Sunday that moves to close a camp in Iraq housing thousands of her supporters were part of a plot by Tehran to have them killed. Maryam Rajavi, France-based leader of the People's Mujahedeen Orga
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Israel foreign minister, Mossad in row over powers

Israel foreign minister, Mossad in row over powers

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called in Israel's top diplomat and the Mossad spymaster on Sunday to try to end a feud that has harmed ties between their agencies, Israel Radio said.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Armenian soldier killed on Karabakh frontline

Armenian soldier killed on Karabakh frontline

Azerbaijani forces killed an Armenian soldier on the frontline in Nagorny Karabakh on Sunday, the separatist Karabakh defence ministry said. The shooting of the 19-year-old conscript followed the killing of another teenage Armenian conscript on Saturday,
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Sri Lanka war probe report delivered to president

Sri Lanka war probe report delivered to president

The Sri Lankan panel investigating the end of a quarter-century war with Tamil Tiger separatists delivered its report to President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday, a step awaited by Western nations urging investigations into war crimes allegations.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Strong quake jolts northern Japan, felt in Tokyo

Strong quake jolts northern Japan, felt in Tokyo

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 jolted the Ibaragi Prefecture near Tokyo on Sunday, Japanese public broadcaster NHK said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injury. The earthquake also had no impact on the tsunami-cri
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
US debt panel nears 11th hour with no deal seen

US debt panel nears 11th hour with no deal seen

A US Congress "supercommittee" grew more pessimistic Sunday about reaching a deal to shrink swollen US deficits as it remained unable to close partisan gaps on cutting social programs and raising taxes on the rich.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Saudi Almarai gets approval for Islamic bond sale

Saudi Almarai gets approval for Islamic bond sale

Saudi Arabia's Almarai Co has received shareholder approval for its planned Islamic bond sale, the dairy firm said in a statement on Sunday. The approval was obtained at an extraordinary general assembly meeting on Saturday, the bourse statement said. Las
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Saudi Almarai gets approval for Islamic bond sale

Saudi Almarai gets approval for Islamic bond sale

Saudi Arabia's Almarai Co has received shareholder approval for its planned Islamic bond sale, the dairy firm said in a statement on Sunday. The approval was obtained at an extraordinary general assembly meeting on Saturday, the bourse statement said. Las
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Investcorp buys three US real estate assets for $100 million

Investcorp buys three US real estate assets for $100 million

Bahrain-based Investcorp has acquired three real estate assets in the United States for around $100 million, a source familiar to the matter said, bringing its total property buys this year to $300 million.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Egypt resumes natgas supplies to Israel

Egypt resumes natgas supplies to Israel

Supplies of natural gas from Egypt to Israel, which were halted on November 10 after saboteurs blew up a Sinai pipeline, have resumed, a shareholder in the consortium that exports the gas to Israel said on Sunday.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Protesters occupy DC building before eviction

Protesters occupy DC building before eviction

A small group of protesters backed by the Occupy DC movement took over a former school building in Washington on Saturday for several hours before being removed by police.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
High oil prices may hit economic recovery: IEA

High oil prices may hit economic recovery: IEA

Economic growth could be hindered unless crude oil prices fall from the current levels, the director of the International Energy Agency said on Sunday. "Prices are still quite high," IEA director Maria van der Hoeven told reporters at an energy conference
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Gul says Turkey can be EU's 'growth engine'

Gul says Turkey can be EU's 'growth engine'

Turkey is still determined to join the European Union despite the current crisis in the eurozone and can become the bloc's economic "growth engine", President Abdullah Gul said in an interview published on Sunday. Gul rejected concerns that the economic p
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Greek electricity workers threaten strike over reforms

Greek electricity workers threaten strike over reforms

Workers at Greece's biggest power producer PPC threatened on Sunday to call a wave of strikes in opposition to plans to loosen the company's grip over the country's coal reserves, Greece's most abundant and cheapest source of energy.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Deutsche Bank chief executive says euro wide bonds not solution

Deutsche Bank chief executive says euro wide bonds not solution

Proposals for euro wide government bonds would leave more prudent countries such as Germany funding countries like Italy and mean there would be no incentive for fiscal reforms in countries whose budget deficits have ballooned, Deutsche Bank Chief Executi
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
UBS sees billions in assets outflow amid tax deals

UBS sees billions in assets outflow amid tax deals

The boss of Swiss banking giant UBS said Sunday that clients could withdraw up to 30 billion francs in assets due to deals between Bern and EU states to regularise untaxed funds hidden in Swiss banks. "This is an estimation that covers possible accords in
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Poll shows British economic confidence sliding

Poll shows British economic confidence sliding

Economic confidence among British voters has slumped, a poll out Sunday showed, with a majority believing that the economy will show no signs of improvement any time soon. The survey by pollsters ComRes for The Independent on Sunday and Sunday Mirror news
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
China, US grapple with tensions at trade talks

China, US grapple with tensions at trade talks

Chinese and US officials started meeting on Sunday to grapple with trade disputes that have strained ties between the world's two biggest economies, carrying forward concerns exchanged between leaders at back-to-back Asian summits in the past week.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
South Korea's STX Heavy Industries wins $2 billion Saudi deal

South Korea's STX Heavy Industries wins $2 billion Saudi deal

STX Heavy Industries Co Ltd, an unlisted unit of South Korea's STX Group, said on Sunday it has obtained a $2 billion deal to construct and operate a large-scale industrial complex in Saudi Arabia. The complex comprises iron ore production and power gener
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Record number of foreign workers in Taiwan

Record number of foreign workers in Taiwan

A record 421,000 foreign workers are being employed in Taiwan where demand for live-in carers has surged due to the ageing population, local media reported Sunday. There are 172,000 workers from Indonesia, 93,000 from Vietnam, 82,000 from the Philippines
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Chelsea title hopes take another hit from Liverpool

Chelsea title hopes take another hit from Liverpool

Chelsea's faltering Premier League title challenge suffered another blow on Sunday when they lost 2-1 at home to Liverpool whose defender Glen Johnson struck the winner three minutes from time.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
India aim for West Indies clean sweep

India aim for West Indies clean sweep

India are looking to keep the pressure on the beleaguered West Indies in the third and final Test of their series starting in Mumbai on Tuesday as they seek to seal a 3-0 series whitewash. The hosts have cantered to a 2-0 lead, winning the opening Test in
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Sharjah cricket stadium gets entry into Guinness Book

Sharjah cricket stadium gets entry into Guinness Book

The Guinness Book of Records acknowledged the achievement of Sharjah cricket stadium for hosting the most number of one-day matches during the Pakistan and Sri Lanka encounter here on Sunday. Sharjah stadium, built in the early 1980s, was the hub of one-d
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Argentina mourns death of Maradona's mother

Argentina mourns death of Maradona's mother

Argentine football legend Diego Maradona was due to arrive home in Buenos Aires from Dubai on Sunday after learning of the death of his 81-year-old mother Dalma.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
PCB to talk with India for improving sports ties: Zaka Ashraf

PCB to talk with India for improving sports ties: Zaka Ashraf

Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf has said that talks between the officials of the sports board of Pakistan and India would be held in the next month for boosting cricket ties. Talking to a private television channel, he said that crick
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Women's World Cup: Pakistan defeats Japan by 246 runs

Women's World Cup: Pakistan defeats Japan by 246 runs

Pakistan has defeated Japan by 246 runs in the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier round in Dhaka and qualified for the semi-finals. For Pakistan‚ Nida Dar scored 124 runs while Sadia Yousuf captured six wickets.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Pakistan blind cricket team defeat India

Pakistan blind cricket team defeat India

Pakistan Blind Cricket team defeated Indian Blind team by six wickets in the 3rd T-20 match in Lahore. Pakistan also won the series by two-one.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Goal-scorer Ballack leaves retirement open

Goal-scorer Ballack leaves retirement open

Bayer Leverkusen's ex-Germany captain Michael Ballack has left the question of his retirement at the end of the season open as he prepares to face Chelsea on Wednesday in the Champions League. The 35-year-old scored in Leverkusen's 2-0 Bundesliga win over
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Federer defeats Tsonga at ATP Tour Finals

Federer defeats Tsonga at ATP Tour Finals

Roger Federer started his bid for a record sixth title at the ATP World Tour Finals with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 victory over France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Sunday.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Cummins takes six as Australia push for win

Cummins takes six as Australia push for win

Teenage fast bowler Pat Cummins took six wickets on debut and said Australia were favourites to win after the fourth day of the second and final Test against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium on Sunday.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Augsburg stay bottom after Bundesliga referee drama

Augsburg stay bottom after Bundesliga referee drama

Augsburg remained rooted to the bottom of the German league on Sunday after their 2-1 defeat at VfB Stuttgart as the Bundesliga comes to terms with the attempted suicide of a top-level referee.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Japan's Kizaki wins Yokohama marathon

Japan's Kizaki wins Yokohama marathon

Ryoko Kizaki won a toe-to-heel battle against fellow Japanese runner Yoshimi Ozaki in the last two kilometres (one and a quarter miles) to win the Yokohama women's marathon on Sunday.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Tiger clinches The Presidents Cup for US

Tiger clinches The Presidents Cup for US

Tiger Woods clinched The Presidents Cup for the US team with the winning point over the Internationals in the singles of the teams match play event at Royal Melbourne on Sunday. The former world number one thrashed Australian Aaron Baddeley four and
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
US money funds seen at risk from Europe's debt storm

US money funds seen at risk from Europe's debt storm

When Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008 and shattered the belief that US money market funds would never "break the buck," Washington rushed to limit the damage. But as Europe's debt crisis threatens to put the US financial system under strain again, US pol
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
US money funds seen at risk from Europe's debt storm

US money funds seen at risk from Europe's debt storm

When Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008 and shattered the belief that US money market funds would never "break the buck," Washington rushed to limit the damage. But as Europe's debt crisis threatens to put the US financial system under strain again, US pol
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Japan's 'stealth' intervention a sign of new tactics, necessity

Japan's 'stealth' intervention a sign of new tactics, necessity

Japan's low-key dollar buying seen in the immediate aftermath of last month's record intervention seems to reflect both a change in tactics in dealing with the yen's strength as well as restraints that make repeated heavy strikes difficult.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Japan exchanges to merge in 2013

Japan exchanges to merge in 2013

Japan's two major bourses have agreed to merge in about January 2013, creating the world's second-largest stock exchange, reports said Saturday. The presidents of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) and Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE) reached a basic agreement
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Tokyo bourse braces for nervous week ahead

Tokyo bourse braces for nervous week ahead

Japanese shares will remain at the mercy of investor fears over eurozone debt next week, analysts said, having closed Friday at a nearly two-month low with a stronger yen denting exporters. Tokyo's Nikkei index has fallen in line with plummeting investor
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Wall Street Weekahead: a rally could happen but some big 'ifs'

Wall Street Weekahead: a rally could happen but some big 'ifs'

Wall Street is in for a volatile week as escalating problems in Europe's debt crisis continue to keep investors on their toes. With light trading volume expected next week due to the US Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, intraday swings are likely to be wi
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
SEC targets low-level bankers, spares top executives

SEC targets low-level bankers, spares top executives

The US government is not taking advantage of an enforcement tool that could potentially hold top Wall Street figures accountable for their role in the recent financial crisis, despite its prior success. Broker-dealers, investment advisers, and others regu
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Vodafone India to prepare for IPO

Vodafone India to prepare for IPO

The head of Vodafone's India operations said the firm will start preparing for a possible initial public offering, but a listing was unlikely to happen soon. Marten Pieters, managing director and chief executive of Vodafone India, also said he expects con
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Global Markets Weekahead: all eyes on Europe's 7 percent yields

Global Markets Weekahead: all eyes on Europe's 7 percent yields

In some cultures, the number 7 is mystical and magical; in the eurozone, it's a Mayday call. Yields on the bonds of two of the currency bloc's largest economies - Italy and Spain - were either at or within a whisker of 7 percent in the past week, creating
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Middle East markets: Egypt tumbles on violence; most other bourses down

Middle East markets: Egypt tumbles on violence; most other bourses down

Egypt's benchmark index tumbled to a six-week low on Sunday after renewed street violence in central Cairo and in other cities, and Kuwait fell after protesters stormed its parliament. The clashes represent one of the biggest security challenges yet for t
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Danish crown favoured as hedge against euro break-up

Danish crown favoured as hedge against euro break-up

Buying the Danish crown against the euro has become popular among hedge funds and other speculative investors looking to protect themselves against a break-up of the single currency, though some warn it could be a risky bet. Denmark is not in the eurozone
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Danish crown favoured as hedge against euro break-up

Danish crown favoured as hedge against euro break-up

Buying the Danish crown against the euro has become popular among hedge funds and other speculative investors looking to protect themselves against a break-up of the single currency, though some warn it could be a risky bet. Denmark is not in the eurozone
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
London investors await British growth data

London investors await British growth data

British growth data and fresh developments in the eurozone debt crisis are expected to be key influences on London stock market trading next week. London's FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed at 5,362.94 points on Friday, down 3.29 percent from a week
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Qadhafi spymaster taken, Saif to be tried in Libya

Qadhafi spymaster taken, Saif to be tried in Libya

Moamer Qadhafi's spymaster Abdullah Senussi was arrested on Sunday, Libyan officials announced and said that the dead dictator's son captured the previous day would face trial in Libya. Ignoring world pressure, Libya's interim rulers insisted that Saif al
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Thousands of Moroccans call for election boycott

Thousands of Moroccans call for election boycott

Thousands of Moroccans protested in cities across the country on Sunday calling for a boycott of a parliamentary election later this week which they say will not be truly democratic.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Settlers attack shop of freed Palestinian prisoner in Hebron

Settlers attack shop of freed Palestinian prisoner in Hebron

Dozens of Jewish settlers attacked a shop in the West Bank belonging to a Palestinian freed as part of a prisoner swap deal last month, locals said Sunday. The settlers threw objects and rocks at the shop in Hebron, according to Palestinian residents.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Riots break out in northern Jordan over detainee death

Riots break out in northern Jordan over detainee death

Fresh riots broke out on Sunday in the Jordanian town of Ramtha, near the Syrian border, over the ambiguous death of a detainee three days ago, witnesses said. Scores of rioters burnt tyres and cut off roads in the town, 90 kilometres north of Amman, over
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Nato commander insists Afghan security has improved

Nato commander insists Afghan security has improved

The Nato-led coalition commander in Afghanistan has said that Afghan and foreign forces have been able to achieve a permanent improvement in security - which now needs to sustain over the long-term.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Israel shuts 'peace' radio

Israel shuts 'peace' radio

Israel's communications ministry has shut down an Israeli-Palestinian radio station, accusing it of operating a pirate broadcast because it is licensed in the Palestinian territories. Mossi Raz, the co-director of the "Kol Hashalom" or "All for Peace" rad
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Progress seen in talks on power transfer in Yemen

Progress seen in talks on power transfer in Yemen

Diplomatic efforts to ease Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh from power and end months of protests have made some headway, an opposition official said on Sunday, with differences narrowed down to who controls the army during a transitional period.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
'Time has come' to act on Iran: Israel

'Time has come' to act on Iran: Israel

The "time has come" to deal with Iran, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday, refusing to rule out military action to curb the Islamic republic's nuclear ambitions. Barak, speaking on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS program, indicated that Israel's pat
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Iran's parliament to review ties with UN nuclear body

Iran's parliament to review ties with UN nuclear body

Iran's parliament will review relations with the UN nuclear watchdog over its latest report that said the Islamic state's nuclear activities appeared to have military dimensions, speaker Ali Larijani was quoted as saying on Sunday.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Iran ready to cooperate 'further' with IAEA

Iran ready to cooperate 'further' with IAEA

Iran is ready to cooperate "further" with the UN atomic energy watchdog if it "balances its approach" to the Islamic republic, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Sunday, according to the ISNA news agency.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
China launches two satellites

China launches two satellites

China placed two satellites in orbit on Sunday, including a spacecraft that will collect and relay data for disaster relief efforts, state press reported. The two satellites were successfully launched aboard a Long March carrier rocket, China's main space
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Two teachers die in fire at Saudi girls' school

Two teachers die in fire at Saudi girls' school

A fire broke out at a girls' private school in the Saudi port city of Jeddah, killing two teachers and injuring 44 other people, a local civil defence official said on Sunday.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Jail for Ahmadinejad media aide over news articles

Jail for Ahmadinejad media aide over news articles

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's media advisor has been sentenced to a year in prison for overseeing news articles on women and the Islamic headscarf, the news agency Mehr reported on Sunday. Ali Akbar Javanfekr, who is to appeal the sentence, also
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
First phase of Tableeghi Jamaat congregation concludes

First phase of Tableeghi Jamaat congregation concludes

The first phase of annual congregation of Tableeghi Jamaat in Raiwind concluded on Sunday afternoon with the final prayers calling upon Muslims to purge themselves of mundane pursuits and devote more time to ameliorate their infinite life in the world her
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
PML-N should wait till 2013 elections: PPP

PML-N should wait till 2013 elections: PPP

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa senior minister and PPP leader, Rahimadad Khan said on Sunday that country can't afford to repeat 1990's politics and expressed the optimism that PML-N would support the government to carry forward the process of democracy and strengthe
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
'JI to get 50 percent seats in next KP election'

'JI to get 50 percent seats in next KP election'

KP Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Senator Ibrahim Khan on Sunday claimed that his party would get 50 percent seats in the next general elections in the province, saying that keeping in view the prevailing situation in the country all options are open for seat
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Jalal Mehmood twice contested election for Nazim slot

Jalal Mehmood twice contested election for Nazim slot

Jalal Mehmood Shah, Head of Sindh Bachayo Committee, now opposing the SLGO 2001, had himself contested elections for District Nazim slot twice under the said system of local bodies, Business Recorder has learnt. Sindh Bachayo Committee, an alliance
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Bomb defused

Bomb defused

The security forces with the help of bomb disposal squad here on Sunday averted a bid of terrorism by defusing a bomb planted at the bank of a canal in Baha area of Tehsil Matta. On a tip-off that a bomb has been planted near a canal, the security forces
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
World Fisheries Day today

World Fisheries Day today

This year Pakistan's fishermen communities are marking the World Fisheries Day today (Monday) with a theme "Food Sovereignty for Fishing Communities", to highlight the need to protect the marine life from over-exploitation.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Anwar Mansoor re-elected SHCBA president

Anwar Mansoor re-elected SHCBA president

The incumbent president of Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA) Anwar Mansoor Khan was re-elected in the annual elections of SHCBA held here on Saturday. Mansoor bagged 512 votes to defeat his rivals Amir Raza Naqvi and Yawar Faruqui, who got 352 and
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Third Indonesian solo exhibition concludes

Third Indonesian solo exhibition concludes

The Republic of Indonesia Karachi consulate is holding the three-day exhibition at Carlton hotel. The exhibition provided the opportunity to the businessmen of both the countries to explore the possibilities of entering new markets with a long-term vision
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Sindh IGP meets Shia leaders, scholars

Sindh IGP meets Shia leaders, scholars

Inspector General Police (IG) Sindh, Mushtaq Shah chaired on Sunday a high level meeting with 70-member committee of Shiite Ulema, Zakireen and leaders along with senior officers of Sindh Police to discuss law and order situation during Muharram-ul-Haram.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
MQM announces formation of CEC

MQM announces formation of CEC

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) formally announced on Sunday formation of its Central Executive Committee (CEC) with members drawn from Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Sindh. MQM chief Altaf Hussain had a
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Dengue fever under control in Rawalpindi

Dengue fever under control in Rawalpindi

Though a downward trend in dengue fever cases started here with the start of this month but now, the situation is under control in the town as at present there is no patient admitted with positive dengue fever in allied hospitals of the town.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Fair weather likely

Fair weather likely

The Met office on Sunday forecast a fair weather with misty morning in the metropolis for next 24 hours. The minimum temperature will remain in the range of 18 to 20 degrees celsius. Mainly dry weather is likely to prevail in the region, the weather repor
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
PPP accuses Nawaz of dragging judiciary into politics

PPP accuses Nawaz of dragging judiciary into politics

Pakistan People's Party (PPP) strongly reacted to the criticism of the government by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and accused Nawaz Sharif of trying to drag judiciary into politics.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Deadline looms on 'obscene' text message ban

Deadline looms on 'obscene' text message ban

Mobile operators were Sunday scrambling to block text messages containing any of over 1,600 "obscene" terms banned by the country's telecoms authority ahead of a Monday deadline.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
'Identification system for eunuchs being developed'

'Identification system for eunuchs being developed'

National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) has devised a procedure to establish identity of eunuchs for their speedy registration, though no medical proof is demanded from them.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
Accused in Saudi Consulate attack dies

Accused in Saudi Consulate attack dies

Tabish, son of Taufiq Hussain, who was injured in an encounter with police here on Sunday morning died in Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Center (JPMC). He was wanted in grenade attack at Saudi Consulate in May last. The deceased had received serious injurie
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
PTI terms PML-N meeting government employees show

PTI terms PML-N meeting government employees show

Pakistan Tahrik-e-Insaaf (PTI) alleged that PML(N) public meeting at Faisalabad on Sunday was arranged by government employees and failed to make any impact on the public mind.
Published 21 Nov, 2011 12:00am
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