June 16 , 2010


Attabad lake outflow rises to 6100 cusecs

HUNZA: The Landslide-generated Lake in Attabad is continuously making cuts at the Spillway, enhancing the outflow to 6100 cusecs....Full Story

Funeral of Ali Raza slain in Kyrgyzstan offered
SHORKOT: The funeral prayer of deceased Ali Raza, slaughtered amid racial riots erupted in Kyrgyzstan, has been offered in his native town in Shorkot on Wednesday morning...Full Story

No grant for defunct ‘JuD’ in budget: Punjab govt.
LAHORE: Shooting down the media claims regarding allocation of grants for various institutes, schools, hospitals and organizations working under defunct outfit Jamaat-ud.....Full Story

Five more targeted in Karachi; total 14 killed
KARACHI: At least five more citizens have been targeted killed overnight in metropolis including a law enforcement agency’s personnel, mounting the killing tally to 14 during ....Full Story

Kalabagh Dam causes furore in NA
ISLAMABAD: The demand for the construction of Kalabagh Dam in the National Assembly on Tuesday saw the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and PML-Quaid (PML-Q).....Full Story

Pakistan and US agree to promote agriculture sector
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the US on Tuesday agreed on strengthening collaborative research and broadening the private sector support to achieve economic growth in the....Full Story

PSO refuses oil supply to KESC on discount rate
KARACHI: To avoid further burden of the circular debt, the Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has shown its inability to the federal government to supply furnace oil on natural gas tariff...Full Story


COAS on 5-day official visit to China
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaque Pervez Kayani Wednesday flown for China on a five-day official visit.....Full Story

Paying off taxes leaves Nawaz poor: Imran
LAHORE: Quaid Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI) Imran Khan has said Chief Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) Mian Mohammed Nawaz Sharif has now gone poor enough to lead....Full Story

PM, COAS discuss security situation
ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani called on Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani at Prime Minister House here Tuesday.....Full Story

Govt implementing SC decisions: Gilani
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, addressing course participants at the National Defence University (NDU) on Tuesday, said the government was....Full Story

Foreign elements behind Karachi violence: Malik
ISLAMABAD: Foreign elements are behind the ongoing sectarian violence in Karachi, Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik told the Senate on Tuesday. Briefing the senators.....Full Story

PM asks provinces to pay outstanding electricity dues
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday urged provincial governments to honour their commitments made during the energy summit and clear their outstanding....Full Story

Azeri FM calls on Qureshi
ISLAMABAD: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Dr Elmar Mamadyarov called on Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday....Full Story

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