August 19, 2011


Death toll climbs to 11 in Karachi mayhem

KARACHI: The death toll in Karachi violence has increased to eleven who were killed in firing and torture incidents since midnight while four others are injured...Full Story

Industrialists demand Army intervention in Karachi
KARACHI: Industrialists of the metropolis have demanded that the Army be deployed by the government in the city to...Full Story

Meeting at Presidency discusses Karachi
ISLAMABAD: A high level meeting chaired by President Asif Ali Zardari is discussing the security situation in Karachi...Full Story

Sutlej water level rising
LAHORE: The villagers already marooned by surrounding water keep their fingers crossed, while waiting for the second flash flood coming from India in river Sutlej....Full Story

Reassigning of NICL case to Zafar Qureshi
ISLAMABAD: Moonis Elahi, central leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), has challenged the Supreme Court’s (SC) August 8 verdict of reassigning investigation into...Full Story

US lawmaker terms killings in drone strikes as ‘extra-judicial’
ISLAMABAD: US Congressman Dennis J Kucinich has strongly criticised drone strikes by the United States against militants in Pakistan and elsewhere, terming...Full Story

PEMRA warns TV channels on content violations
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Thursday issued a warning to TV channels, including Royal TV, Play TV, OYE TV, Oxygen TV and....Full Story


Handover Khi to army: FPCCI

KARACHI: Given the grave circumstances, where civil law enforcement agencies have failed in appeasing Karachi --which has now become a bloodshed hub-- the Army must be
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30 killed, 100 injured in Jamrud mosque explosion
JAMRUD: At least 30 people have been killed as a result of a blast targeting a mosque located in the Jamrud Tehsil...Full Story

Situation deteriorates at Badin relief camps
BADIN: Water accumulated due to the rains has started to subside in Badin, but problems continue for affectees
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Gilani rejects Nawaz’s call for early elections
ISLAMABAD: Expressing concern over the latest statement of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz President Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza....Full Story

Nisar, Nawaz differences still unresolved
ISLAMABAD: Differences between the top leadership of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and opposition leader...Full Story

Malik vows to control Karachi situation
KARACHI: The government would take strict action against the miscreants without any discrimination to control the lawlessness in the metropolis....Full Story

World population will reach 7 billion this year: study
PARIS: The world population will reach seven billion later this year, with increases in the number of people in Africa offsetting birth rate drops elsewhere, according to a new..Full Story

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