April 05 , 2010


Peshawar blasts: Six including two security men dead

PESHAWAR: Two security men martyred and four attackers were killed when heavily armed militants in two vehicles tried to storm the US consulate in Peshawar on Monday.......Full Story

Shoaib Malik grounded in Hyderabad Deccan
NEW DELHI: Shoaib Malik cannot leave Hyderabad Deccan without permission, Hyderabad police chief said Sunday....Full Story

HC directed to collect information about Shoaib case: FM
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan High Commissioner to India has been directed to collect information about the case registered....Full Story

Power shortfall reaches to 5,200 MW
LAHORE: The duration of load shedding has been increased with the increase in power shortfall, which has been reached to 5,200 MW. However, PEPCO officials said the...Full Story

Deputy AG Shah Khawar ‘sacked’
LAHORE: The federal government has removed Deputy Attorney General Shah Khawar from his office and appointed him as a Tax Tribunal member in Peshawar, a private..Full Story

Hunza landslide lake threatens to engulf valley
LAHORE: A seven-mile lake formed by a massive landslide in the country’s northeast is threatening to burst its banks and sweep through a valley, wiping out villages and...Full Story

FATA-Balochistan scholarships programme : Red-tapism puts future in doldrums
ISLAMABAD: Wrangling within the bureaucracy has put the future of the Rs 481.38 million-education project for students of Balochistan and FATA in jeopardy.....Full Story


US aims to ease Pakistan-India tension: report
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama issued a secret directive in December to intensify American diplomacy aimed at easing tensions between India....Full Story

President to address joint session today
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari will address the members of Senate and National Assembly at a joint sitting of the Parliament, convened on April 5 (today)....Full Story

Three massive blasts rock Peshawar within 20 min
PESHAWAR: A series of powerful explosions and gunfire rocked Peshawar area of Saddar on Monday as heavy grey smoke spewed into the sky, witnesses and a security official...Full Story

We’ll serve masses at the cost of our lives, says Zardari
GARHI KHUDA BUKHSH: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and its leaders will continue to serve the country and the people, even if it means laying down their lives for this.....Full Story

Khyber residents not okay with NWFP’s proposed name
LANDIKOTAL: Some Khyber Agency residents have opposed the attachment of word ‘Khyber’ with the new name of North-West Frontier Province (NWFP).....Full Story

First e-village set up in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: A remote village of Capital City Mira Bagwal has been converted into e-village as it has been provided 2 MB Broad Band Internet Connection and its people have.....Full Story

Is the mystery girl Dr Aafia’s daughter?
KARACHI: A 12-year-old girl was abandoned outside the residence of Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s sister on Sunday, leading to speculations that the girl might...Full Story

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