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News for Saturday, 9 Oct 2010

Bughti offers Rs 1 billion for ‘mad’ Musharraf’s head

Talal Akbar Bugti demanded the arrest and a trial of former dictator Pervaiz Musharraf through Interpol, saying that his true face had unveiled before the people. He had committed unforgivable...

CM shelves Metro Train Project

After scrapping the Sasti Roti scheme, the Punjab government has shelved the metro train project called the Lahore Rapid Mass Transit System (LRMTS) in order to divert Rs 5.2 billion...

Inefficiencies, victimization a decade-old NAB habit

During the last ten years, five accountability courts in Lahore dismissed 105 cases on the request of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), on the basis of lack of evidence against...

CJ takes notice of dilapidating Badshahi Mosque

During his visit at the Badshahi Mosque and the Allama Iqbal's mausoleum on Saturday, the chief justice Lahore High Court (LHC) took notice of the poor maintenance at the mosque...

Secular environment needed for educational growth: HRCP chairman

Secular academic environment is needed for educational growth in Pakistan, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) Chairman Dr Mehdi Hassan said on Saturday.
He made these remarks while addressing a...

Telecom firm spreads breast cancer awareness in Pakistan

Pakistan has the highest rate of breast cancer for any Asian population in the world. Breast cancer accounts for 38.5 percent of all female cancers, making it the most frequent...

Mithai meets automation

From family concerns to multi-million rupee corporations, the mithai-making industry is coming of age in Pakistan
Starched kurta, checkered dhoti and handle-bar moustaches. Halwais and mithai-makers still persist as slivers...

Book remembers student politics

Punjab University Department of History Lecturer Mahboob Hussain's new book entitled "Students' Politics in Pakistan" has been published from Germany.
The book addresses the issues of political consciousness of the...

Overseas Banks despair after non-performing loans almost double

Foreign banks in Pakistan have reported 91 percent increase in their ratio of non-performing loans (NPLs) to total loans during the last year.
In June 2009-10 the NPL ratio...

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