January 19, 2011


Explosion near school kills one, hurt 10
PESHAWAR: A bomb planted in a horse cart exploded near a school in Peshawar on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding 11 others, officials said....
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Quake shakes Pakistan, no damage reported
ISLAMABAD: A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.2 shook various parts of country early on Wednesday, jolting residents of cities as far apart as Delhi and Dubai, but the ....Full Story

Youth who fell from plane, identified
LAHORE: Youth, who died of falling from a plane in north cantonment Al-Faisal Town area of Lahore, has been identified as Qasim..Full Story

Justice Javed’s brother nabbed in parents murder case
LAHORE: Brother of Justice Javed Iqbal, Naveed Iqbal has been arrested in a case relating murder of their parents here....Full Story

Nawaz, Khosa agree over better relations in Punjab
LAHORE: Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa on Tuesday called on Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif at his residence in Raiwind, where the two agreed...Full Story

Zardari seeks UN role in promoting religious harmony
ABU DHABI: President Asif Ali Zardari made an impassioned plea on Tuesday to the United Nations to work out special plans for promoting cultural and religious harmony...Full Story

Pakistan Bar Council to meet on 24th
ISLAMABAD: The first meeting of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) will be held on January 24 in Islamabad. PBC executive body in its first meeting will elect its vice chairman....Full Story


Panic as major quake hits Pakistan
QUETTA: A powerful earthquake rocked southwest Pakistan early Wednesday, sending panicked people rushing from their...Full Story

Deficit at 3pc, subsidy unlikely, govt tells PML-N
ISLAMABAD: The economic committees formed by government and Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) stressed on whittling...Full Story

Blasphemy law cannot be changed: Musharraf
LONDON: Former President Pervez Musharraf has said that Pakistan’s blasphemy laws could not be changed, but that...Full Story

Over 300 arrested, cache of arms recovered
KARACHI: Around a thousand security personnel on Tuesday went house-to-house rounding up dozens of men in Orangi Town as part of a crackdown on soaring violence...Full Story

Techno Power returns Rs1.08 billion on SC order
ISLAMABAD: The counsel for Techno Energy, a Sialkot-based firm, on Tuesday informed the apex court that Rs 1082.5 million had been returned to the government for the firm’s...Full Story

Pakistan to provide qualified nurses to Portugal
ABU DHABI: The governments of Pakistan and Portugal decided on Tuesday to set up a joint task force to examine the possibility of exporting trained nurses to Portugal.....Full Story

Pakistan seeking to restructure debt: Malik
ABU DHABI: Pakistan may not be able to implement tax reforms needed this year to ensure funds from an emergency IMF loan, its Interior Minister said on Tuesday...Full Story

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