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Print - 2013-05-20
SocGen chief executive's 2012 bonus rises 75 percent

SocGen chief executive's 2012 bonus rises 75 percent

Societe Generale Chief Executive Frederic Oudea's bonus rose 75 percent last year to 1.2 million euros ($1.56 million), even as France's No. 2 bank moved to cut costs and sell assets. The disclosure follows a rise in pay for Jean-Laurent Bonnafe, the head
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Japan's electronics giants still bleeding

Japan's electronics giants still bleeding

Japan's electronics giants suffered another dreadful earnings season with Panasonic and Sharp saying they lost a combined $12.8 billion last year as they scramble to staunch the bleeding.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Amazon gets help to lure big business to the cloud

Amazon gets help to lure big business to the cloud

As Amazon.com Inc seeks to transform itself into a leading provider of technology to the world's largest corporations, it's discovering that it needs help. The online retailer, which since 2006 has moved aggressively into the business of renting remote co
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Li wins world title, completes grand slam

Li wins world title, completes grand slam

China's Li Xiaoxia claimed her maiden world championship title in Paris on Sunday to complete a career grand slam after defeating compatriot Liu Shiwen in an enthralling final. Runner-up to Ding Ning in 2011 and four years earlier to Guo Yue, Li went one
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Bradley clings to PGA lead with Bae on his heels

Bradley clings to PGA lead with Bae on his heels

Keegan Bradley, trying to win the Byron Nelson Championship for the second time in three years, fired a two-under par 68 Saturday and clung to a one-stroke lead over South Korea's Bae Sang-Moon. In windy conditions at the par-70 TPC Four Seasons Resort co
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Williams sweeps Azarenka aside in Rome

Williams sweeps Azarenka aside in Rome

World number one Serena Williams swept Belarusian Victoria Azarenka aside 6-1, 6-3 to win the Rome Open title on Sunday. Williams broke Azarenka's serve three times in a one-sided first set and despite a tighter second set the American prevailed to stretc
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Arsenal win race for fourth, Fergie bows out

Arsenal win race for fourth, Fergie bows out

Arsenal won the race for fourth place in the Premier League with a 1-0 victory at Newcastle, while Alex Ferguson's extraordinary career ended in remarkable fashion as Manchester United drew 5-5 at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Brilliant Ashour seeks to end 50-year jinx

Brilliant Ashour seeks to end 50-year jinx

World number one Ramy Ashour will try to become the first Egyptian to win the British Open in nearly 50 years when the world's oldest tournament starts in Hull on Monday. The 25-year-old from Cairo may be a strong favourite to succeed after winning seven
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Indian police say more players involved in fixing

Indian police say more players involved in fixing

Indian police said Sunday they had widened their probe into cricket spot-fixing after the arrest of three players and 11 bookmakers, warning that more teams were under the microscope. Test discard Shanthakumaran Sreesanth was among a trio of players from
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Rain washes out Pakistan's Scotland clash

Rain washes out Pakistan's Scotland clash

Pakistan's one-day international against Scotland was washed out on Sunday due to a waterlogged playing surface in Edinburgh. The match was due to start at 0945GMT but heavy rain in the Scottish capital in the preceding 24 hours had left the outfield sodd
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Pedrosa wins in France, takes MotoGP lead

Pedrosa wins in France, takes MotoGP lead

Honda's Dani Pedrosa won the French MotoGP at Le Mans on Sunday from Cal Crutchlow to take the lead in the world championship standings. The Spaniard, following up his win in Spain last time out, made light of the tricky early wet conditions to cross the
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Tearful Beckham bids farewell to Paris

Tearful Beckham bids farewell to Paris

David Beckham, skipper for the night, bade a tearful Parisian farewell on Saturday as the former England star made his final appearance at the Parc des Princes for Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint Germain before heading into retirement.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Etoile Sahel fight back to force CAF Cup draw

Etoile Sahel fight back to force CAF Cup draw

Multi African title winners Etoile Sahel of Tunisia hit back twice to hold JSM Bejaia of Algeria 2-2 in a CAF Confederation Cup play-off this weekend. Etoile, the only club to win all five CAF club competitions, are now favoured to win the return game at
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Mourinho could leave Real this week: reports

Mourinho could leave Real this week: reports

Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho could leave the club as early as this week according to reports in the Spanish press on Sunday. A 2-1 defeat to Atletico Madrid in Friday night's Copa del Rey final meant Real will end the season without a major trophy an
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Seven-up Broad leads England rout of New Zealand

Seven-up Broad leads England rout of New Zealand

Stuart Broad bowled England to victory in the first Test as New Zealand suffered a dramatic fourth-day collapse at Lord's on Sunday. New Zealand, chasing 239 for victory, were dismissed for just 68 in under two hours, with Broad taking seven wickets for 4
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Israel to open private seaport to break state-owned monopoly

Israel to open private seaport to break state-owned monopoly

Prime Minister Benjamin said on Sunday Israel would issue a tender to build a privately run seaport in the coming months, a move that would break up the monopoly controlling the country's main trade artery.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Bankia compensation qualms signal loss of faith in Spain's banks

Bankia compensation qualms signal loss of faith in Spain's banks

Many duped savers at Spanish lender Bankia are shunning a state-supervised compensation scheme in favour of expensive lawsuits, prolonging a mis-selling scandal and complicating efforts to restore faith in the banking system.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Saudi oil exports fell in March as power use rose: JODI

Saudi oil exports fell in March as power use rose: JODI

Saudi crude exports fell to 7.42 million barrels per day (bpd) in March, 34,000 bpd less than in February, as Saudi power sector oil use rose and output edged lower, official figures released via the Joint Oil Data Initiative (JODI) show. The kingdom prod
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
UK lawmakers consider probe into transparency of mining firms

UK lawmakers consider probe into transparency of mining firms

Britain's parliament will this week consider whether to probe the transparency of oil and mining firms listed in London, an issue highlighted by corruption probes at emerging market miners which lawmakers fear have dented the stock market's reputation.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
German minister calls EU move on China solar 'grave mistake'

German minister calls EU move on China solar 'grave mistake'

German Economy Minister Philipp Roesler said the European Commission made a "grave mistake" by agreeing to impose punitive import duties on solar panels from China and urged the Commission to work to prevent the eruption of a trade conflict. He said China
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Toyota plans to increase lithium-ion car battery output: Nikkei

Toyota plans to increase lithium-ion car battery output: Nikkei

Toyota Motor Corp is planning to increase production of lithium-ion batteries by six times, as the automaker prepares to eventually use them in its flagship Prius gasoline-electric hybrid cars, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Independent Scotland open to Cyprus-style bank risks: Britain

Independent Scotland open to Cyprus-style bank risks: Britain

An independent Scotland would have a vastly oversized financial sector that would leave it vulnerable to a Cyprus-style banking crisis, Britain's finance ministry says. Before a referendum due in September 2014 on whether Scotland should split from the Un
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Greece to sell Postbank, Proton in July

Greece to sell Postbank, Proton in July

Greece's bank rescue fund will aim to sell Hellenic Postbank and Proton by mid-July with big banks continuing to absorb small lenders as part of plans to revive the battered sector, the country's foreign lenders said in an inspection review.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Google boss defends British tax affairs

Google boss defends British tax affairs

Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt on Sunday defended the US Internet giant's tax arrangements after claims it has unethically dodged paying vast amounts of British tax. Writing in Britain's Observer newspaper, Schmidt insisted that Google "has alwa
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
UAE economy grows at fastest rate since 2006

UAE economy grows at fastest rate since 2006

Economic growth in the United Arab Emirates accelerated to 4.4 percent in inflation-adjusted terms in 2012, the fastest clip since 2006, as activity picked up across all sectors, its statistics office said on Sunday.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
France in talks with US, Israel to buy drones: minister

France in talks with US, Israel to buy drones: minister

France is in talks with the United States and Israel to buy intelligence-gathering drones to build up a modern fleet, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Sunday. France's existing hardware is outdated and its military intervention in Mali this yea
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Thousands rally against nuclear power in Taiwan

Thousands rally against nuclear power in Taiwan

Thousands of Taiwanese marched through the capital Taipei Sunday urging the government to halt construction of a nearly completed nuclear power plant, citing the Japanese atomic crisis. The demonstrators chanted slogans like "No Nuke for Our Children" dur
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Slovenia seeks bond cash to buy time, avoid bailout

Slovenia seeks bond cash to buy time, avoid bailout

Slovenia returned to international bond markets on Thursday in search of cash needed to recapitalise its banks and stave off a bailout, resuming a bond issue it had aborted two days ago after Moody's downgraded it to junk. The Thomson Reuters market servi
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Slovenia seeks bond cash to buy time, avoid bailout

Slovenia seeks bond cash to buy time, avoid bailout

Slovenia returned to international bond markets on Thursday in search of cash needed to recapitalise its banks and stave off a bailout, resuming a bond issue it had aborted two days ago after Moody's downgraded it to junk. The Thomson Reuters market servi
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
China IPO resumption likely to be delayed

China IPO resumption likely to be delayed

The resumption of initial public offerings in China, expected this month or next, will likely be delayed until July in part due to concerns over the strength of the economy, the official China Securities Journal reported on Monday.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Dubai may get creative to finance looming debt hump

Dubai may get creative to finance looming debt hump

Dubai may use a wide range of strategies, from asset sales to increased bond issues and continued support from Abu Dhabi, to get through a looming period of debt repayments - but it may cause its bankers a few sleepless nights on the way.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Dubai may get creative to finance looming debt hump

Dubai may get creative to finance looming debt hump

Dubai may use a wide range of strategies, from asset sales to increased bond issues and continued support from Abu Dhabi, to get through a looming period of debt repayments - but it may cause its bankers a few sleepless nights on the way.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
CEE currencies seen recovering despite monetary easing

CEE currencies seen recovering despite monetary easing

Central European currencies are seen firming in the next 12 months due to expected recovery in the region's main trade markets in the euro zone, a recent Reuters poll of analysts showed. Median forecasts in the poll see the zloty gaining 1.1 percent in th
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
India to kick-off sales of inflation-linked bonds in June

India to kick-off sales of inflation-linked bonds in June

India is set to start the long-awaited sale of inflation-linked government bonds next month, while Larsen & Toubro Ltd became the first domestic company to issue such debt, offering higher effective yields in an economy plagued by high inflation.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
India to kick-off sales of inflation-linked bonds in June

India to kick-off sales of inflation-linked bonds in June

India is set to start the long-awaited sale of inflation-linked government bonds next month, while Larsen & Toubro Ltd became the first domestic company to issue such debt, offering higher effective yields in an economy plagued by high inflation.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Toscafund bullish on UK economy, stock market

Toscafund bullish on UK economy, stock market

A booming population, fuelled by immigration, will help Britain's economy to grow more strongly than Germany's later this decade and could drive its stock market much higher, according to one of the UK's biggest equity hedge funds.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Families edging out private equity in consumer deals

Families edging out private equity in consumer deals

From ketchup to hot drinks, family-run investment firms are shaking up the consumer deals market, squeezing out private equity players and forcing them to change strategy. Families, some of whom made their money from the consumer sector, have deep pockets
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Families edging out private equity in consumer deals

Families edging out private equity in consumer deals

From ketchup to hot drinks, family-run investment firms are shaking up the consumer deals market, squeezing out private equity players and forcing them to change strategy. Families, some of whom made their money from the consumer sector, have deep pockets
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Tokyo market seen to stay bullish on recovery hopes

Tokyo market seen to stay bullish on recovery hopes

Japanese shares are likely to gain further next week on robust investor appetite as confidence grows in the government's ability to deliver economic growth, analysts said on Friday. In the week to May 17, Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index surged 3.63 per
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Pope warns Church against closing in on itself

Pope warns Church against closing in on itself

Pope Francis warned the Catholic Church to not close in on itself at a Mass to mark Pentecost Sunday attended by more than 200,000 people, urging the faithful to be open and present in a new and changing world. The Church should ask itself daily whether i
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
EU says worried by Russia's human rights record

EU says worried by Russia's human rights record

The European Union criticised Russia's human rights record on Sunday, saying it was increasingly concerned at a wave of restrictive legislation and prosecutions against activists. The 27-nation bloc cited the cases of protesters arrested at a demonstratio
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
29 killed in South Sudan cattle raid

29 killed in South Sudan cattle raid

At least 29 people were killed when cattle raiders from a South Sudanese minority group opened fire on members of another minority in a village in Upper Nile state, a local official said Sunday. The gunmen crept into Tolleri village in Ulang county in the
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Kuwait deports 'hundreds' for traffic offences

Kuwait deports 'hundreds' for traffic offences

Kuwait has deported hundreds of expats for traffic offences in the past month, a report said on Sunday, drawing condemnation from a human rights group. The Al-Anbaa newspaper cited a senior interior ministry official as saying that as many as 1,258 foreig
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Thousands of Thai Red Shirts mark deadly crackdown

Thousands of Thai Red Shirts mark deadly crackdown

Around 20,000 Red Shirt protesters rallied in Bangkok Sunday to mark the third anniversary of a bloody crackdown on anti-government protests which exposed Thailand's deep divisions, police said.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
India's weakened Congress wondering if early elections will help

India's weakened Congress wondering if early elections will help

India's Congress party is debating holding a general election in November, six months ahead of schedule, senior party leaders said, reflecting an internal discussion over whether to pull the plug on the shaky ruling coalition or have it serve a full term.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Netanyahu takes aim at weapons 'leakage' in Syria

Netanyahu takes aim at weapons 'leakage' in Syria

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held out the prospect on Sunday of further Israeli strikes inside Syria, pledging to act to prevent advanced weapons from reaching Hezbollah and other militant groups. Although Israel has not publicly taken sides in the c
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Bangladesh bans rallies for a month

Bangladesh bans rallies for a month

Bangladesh on Sunday slapped a ban on rallies for a month in the wake of deadly protests by Islamists that left dozens of people killed earlier this month. Home Minister Muhiuddin Khan told reporters the government "will not allow any parties to hold rall
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Morsi rules out talks as hostage video appears

Morsi rules out talks as hostage video appears

Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday ruled out negotiating with the kidnappers of three policemen and four soldiers who appeared to plead for their release in an online video. The abductions on Thursday in the Sinai Peninsula prompted angry police to
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
North Korea fires short-range missiles for two days in a row

North Korea fires short-range missiles for two days in a row

North Korea fired a short-range missile from its east coast on Sunday, a day after launching three of these missiles, a South Korean news agency said, ignoring calls for restraint from Western powers. Launches by the North of short-range missiles are not
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Denmark takes Eurovision crown

Denmark takes Eurovision crown

Twenty-year-old barefoot singer Emmelie de Forest was the toast of Denmark Sunday after winning this year's Eurovision Song Contest in the Swedish city of Malmoe Her song, "Only Teardrops" confirmed its status as the bookmakers' favourite to register a co
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Iran hangs two spies working for Israel and US

Iran hangs two spies working for Israel and US

Iranian authorities executed two men on Sunday convicted of working for Israeli and US spy agencies, Iran's Fars news agency reported. Mohammad Heidari, accused of passing security-related information and secrets to Israeli Mossad agents in exchange for m
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Obama rides high in US poll, despite scandals

Obama rides high in US poll, despite scandals

President Barack Obama was riding high in a new opinion poll released Sunday showing that 53 percent of Americans approve of the way he's doing his job, despite a flurry of recent scandals. The survey of 923 adults by CNN and the ORC International polling
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
PTI activists hold protest demo against killing

PTI activists hold protest demo against killing

Hundreds of activists of Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday staged a demonstration against the assassination of Zahra Shahid, Vice-President of PTI's Sindh chapter. More than 200 PTI activists including women vehemently condemned the killing of Zahra
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
PTI leader condemns Zahra Shahid's murder

PTI leader condemns Zahra Shahid's murder

President PTI Lahore Abdul Aleem Khan has strongly condemned murder of PTI Sindh Vice President Zahra Shahid and demanded immediate arrest of the culprits. He said the state machinery has totally failed in Karachi and the city captured by a gangster party
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
CDA's Clean and Green Islamabad to reach I-8 today

CDA's Clean and Green Islamabad to reach I-8 today

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) announced to launch phase-wise "Clean and Green Islamabad" campaign in Sector I-8 of the Federal Capital today (Monday), after successful accomplishment in Sectors I-10, G-10, G-11, G-9, I-9, G-7 and G-8. The campai
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
APHC reiterates call for Eidgah march on May 20

APHC reiterates call for Eidgah march on May 20

The All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) reiterating the call for march towards Eidgah, occupied Srinagar, on May 21 (Tuesday) has appealed the people to make it successful. According to KMS, the APHC spokesman condemned the occupation authorities for p
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Residents seek to abolish car parking, entry fees at airport

Residents seek to abolish car parking, entry fees at airport

The residents of the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Sunday demanded of the authorities concerned to bring an end to car parking and collection of entry fee at Benazir Bhutto International Airport.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
ECP should accept its failure in conducting polls: PESA

ECP should accept its failure in conducting polls: PESA

General Secretary of Pakistan Ex-Servicemen Association (PESA) Brig Syed Masud-ul-Hassan (retd) on Sunday said election process was far from satisfactory and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) is not paying attention to the complaints of rigging. C
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Wheat demand likely to be 29.06 million tons by 2015

Wheat demand likely to be 29.06 million tons by 2015

Pakistan would have to feed more than 200 million people in 2015 and expected wheat demand at that time would be 29.06 million tons. It could never be fulfilled without making tangible governing interventions of ensuring timely provision of irrigating wat
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
'Sun stroke can cause instant death'

'Sun stroke can cause instant death'

Sun stroke can cause instant death during the scorching summers if preventive measures are not adopted. Principal Khawaja Safdar Medical College Professor Dr Zafar Ali Chaudhary told APP here on Sunday that sun stroke occurs due to failure of body's heat
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Residence express anguish at prolonged loadshedding

Residence express anguish at prolonged loadshedding

Reacting to prolonged power suspensions, residents of various localities here on Sunday held protest demonstrations and shouted anti-government slogans. The angry protesters set ablaze tyres and shouted slogans against the government at the Chungi No.9, K
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Divided Punjab betrays a dangerous tendency: Mowahid

Divided Punjab betrays a dangerous tendency: Mowahid

Division of Punjab province and degrading Pakistan Army are very dangerous tendencies. Assassination of Shah Faisal was the most damaging act for Islamic world in Muslim history. Proper and effective representations of Muslims at world forums are lacking.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Concern over increase in power tariff

Concern over increase in power tariff

Exporters and manufacturers of the city have expressed concern over the increase in electricity tariff saying that it will negatively affect the industrial production. They said that Sialkot, which was the hub of cottage industry, was already facing 18-20
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Body of Hafiz Saeed's security chief found

Body of Hafiz Saeed's security chief found

The body of Khalid Bashir, chief security officer for Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD)'s Hafiz Saeed, was found near Sheikhapura canal on Mureedkay Road in Lahore. The JuD is the charity wing of Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group which India has accused of masterminding
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Health department defends quality of anti-measles vaccine

Health department defends quality of anti-measles vaccine

A spokesman of Punjab Health Department Sunday clarified that the vaccine being administered to children for protection against measles is of international standard and there is no question of its being substandard.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Country in grip of severe heat wave

Country in grip of severe heat wave

The country is in grip of severe heat wave, with temperatures reaching up to 48.1 degrees Celsius on Sunday. Sunday's highest temperatures was recorded in Dadu 48.1 followed by Larkana, Moenjodharo, Shaheed Benazirabad, (Nawab Shah), Jacobabad, Noorpur Th
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Officials directed to restore previous prices of flour

Officials directed to restore previous prices of flour

Using his powers, Commissioner Karachi Shoaib Ahmed Siddiqui on Sunday directed officials to restore previous prices of flour in the metropolis so as to provide relief to the citizens. He issued these directives after taking notice of media reports about
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Reforms scheme on traffic management chalked out

Reforms scheme on traffic management chalked out

The Karachi Traffic Police chalked out an elaborate reform scheme focussed on traffic management with equal attention towards jams, parking and welfare of cops associated with the department. DIG Traffic, Abdul Khaliq Shaikh sharing details of the report
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
20 hours' long power outages make life miserable in Faisalabad

20 hours' long power outages make life miserable in Faisalabad

Scorching sun, drenching heat and blazing breeze coupled with excruciating power outages for 20 hours made life unbearable in the industrial city. The sun shone with all its strength to make it the hottest day on Sunday, so far pushing the mercury up to 4
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Loadshedding may worsen in coming days, minister warns

Loadshedding may worsen in coming days, minister warns

Caretaker Water and Power Minister Dr Musadik Malik on Sunday admitted failure in resolving energy crisis and warned that load shedding will worsen in the coming days as overall circular debt surged to Rs 700 billion. He was talking to reporters here at W
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Sethi congratulates Mirza Ali, Samina Baig

Sethi congratulates Mirza Ali, Samina Baig

Punjab Chief Minister Najam Sethi on Sunday congratulated mountaineer brother and sister of Gilgit-Baltistan Mirza Ali and Samina Baig on climbing the world's highest peak Mount Everest. In a felicitation message, the Chief Minister Najam Sethi said that
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Loadshedding delays operations in Jinnah hospital

Loadshedding delays operations in Jinnah hospital

About 20 operations are put off every day and around 60 have been postponed so far in few days in a 1400-bed Jinnah Hospital. Hospital sources said 1000 patients including 300 visit the emergency department of the hospital for treatment every day and arou
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Sindh CS visits polling station in NA-250

Sindh CS visits polling station in NA-250

Sindh Chief Secretary, Mohammad Ijaz Chaudhry and IG Police, Shahid Nadeem Baloch visited and reviewed the polling arrangements in constituency NA- 250 here on Sunday afternoon.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Free speciality medical camp organised in Korangi

Free speciality medical camp organised in Korangi

Pakistan Red Crescent Society Sindh Provincial Branch in collaboration with Rotary Midtown Club Karachi conducted one-day free medical camp at Government Boys & Girls School, Muhammad Ali Goth, Bilal Colony, Korangi Industrial Area Karachi.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Delay in construction of Kalabagh dam termed a serious crime

Delay in construction of Kalabagh dam termed a serious crime

Rehmat Khan Wardag, President Tehreek-e-Istaqlal on Sunday said plunderers of national wealth should not be spared so that no opportunist can follow their suit in future. The corrupt cabal that ruled country for five years brought economy to its knees and
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Girl killed in road accident

Girl killed in road accident

A girl was killed while five others were seriously injured in a collision between two motorcycles at Pull Mauj Darya in Chahliek police limits. According to Rescue 1122, Fayaz was riding a motorcycle along with his wife and three daughters when it collide
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Blind professor calls for use of audio recording in exams

Blind professor calls for use of audio recording in exams

A blind professor, Dr Muhammad Iqbal Sheikh, former Associate Professor of English, Government College, Sargodha, has asked the Vice Chancellor Punjab University to allow audio recording to all blind students in examinations on the pattern of Punjab Publi
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Wife kills husband

Wife kills husband

A security guard, Aurangzeb 38, presently residing at Bhara Khau was axed to death by her wife Fatima and daughter Kulsoom on Sunday. Police have arrested both alleged killers and started investigation.
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Slain PTI leader laid to rest

Slain PTI leader laid to rest

The slain Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) leader, Zahra Shahid Hussain, was laid to rest at Defence Phase-IV graveyard here on Sunday. Her funeral prayer was offered at Sultan Masjid after Asr prayers, which was attended among others by senior PTI leaders i
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
JI candidates allege 'mass rigging' in May 11 polls

JI candidates allege 'mass rigging' in May 11 polls

Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) candidates for National Assembly and Sindh Assembly on Saturday filed complaints with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Fakruddin G Ebrahim against alleged "rigging, manipulation, capturing of polling stations, forcible eviction of p
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
Demonstration held against high-handedness of wardens

Demonstration held against high-handedness of wardens

Residents of Ichra, Fazlia Colony and Shah Jamal on Sunday held protest demonstration against an inappropriate attitude of Inchage ra circle wardens and blockage of their crossing from Muslim Town to Shama Cinema on Ferozpur Road hundreds of people were s
Published 20 May, 2013 12:00am
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