January 24, 2011


FIA freezes foreign currency accounts of Kazmi
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) has sealed off foreign currency account of former Minister for Religious Affairs Hamid Saeed Kazmi..
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SC summons commerce secretary in PSM case
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has summoned the Secretary Ministry of Commerce and Industry during hearing into the case of corruption in Steel Mills.....Full Story

MQM for military control on Punjab
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Sunday urged the Supreme Court of Pakistan to take suo motto notice of what it called increasing number of serious crimes..Full Story

Bus, oil tanker collide; 32 killed
HYDERABAD: At least 32 passengers including women and children were burnt to death when the bus carrying them hit an oil tanker and caught fire in the early hours on Sunday ....Full Story

No timeframe for changes in cabinet: Rehman Malik
LAHORE: Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that a timeframe regarding changes in the federal cabinet could not be given, a private TV channel reported on Sunday. Talking to...Full Story

PML-Q, MQM agree to form electoral alliance
LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) have reached an understanding to convert their strategic relationships for Sindh...Full Story

PPP likely to come under fire over Karachi in NA
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party-led (PPP) government may come under fire today (Monday) from its rival parties over the issue of deteriorating law and order...Full Story


Culture of not bringing influential to justice be ended: CJ
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftilhar Muhammad Chaudhary, during the hearing of National Insurance Corporation Limited (NICL) scandal case, remarked that the culture of not ...Full Story

Severe quake hit upper parts of country
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: A severe earthquake, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, rocked upper parts of the country including federal capital..Full Story

Loadshedding to stay for years: DG PEPCO
LAHORE: DG PEPCO Engineer Muhammad Khalid Saturday ruled out possibility of overcoming the problem of loadshedding for many years in future, however....Full Story

No decision yet to downsize cabinet
LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Sunday although the government was not downsizing the cabinet immediately, strength of ministers would...Full Story

KESC reinstates 4,000 sacked employees
KARACHI: The management of Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), after hours-long nerve wrecking meeting with a team of federal government, decided to withdraw its....Full Story

First ever horse & cattle show to be held in Karachi on Feb 7-8
KARACHI: The citizens of Karachi could visit and see the Horse & Cattle Show, being organised here first time in the history of Pakistan, on February 7-8, 2011 at Karachi....Full Story

JI against dialogue with India until Kashmir issue resolved
PESHAWAR: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Syed Munawar Hassan on Sunday asked the federal government not to resume dialogue with India until it ended terrorism in Pakistan...Full Story

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