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News for Wednesday, 5 Jan 2011

Science students prefer matric to O-level

Lahore - Students seeking professional education have started preferring Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) system and have started opting for Matriculation and Intermediate instead of General Certificate of...

Madrassa sodomy victim still awaits justice

LAHORE - Sabzazar police has not yet arrested the three accused who sodomized an 8-year-old eight days ago, police sources said on Wednesday.
Sources said that the victim Umer Shahzad,...

Four injured in car CNG cylinder blast

LAHORE - As many as four people received minor injures as the CNG-gas cylinder exploded in the precincts of the Munawah police precincts here on Wednesday.
According to Edhi...

Struggle for Labour declares 2010 ‘Year of anti labour’

Lahore - Struggle for Labour forum's President Abdur Rauf and General secretary Ashfaq termed 2010 as the year of anti labour, they said that through the implementation of Punjab Industrial...

CM approves grant for PU Jehlum

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has approved a supplementary grant of Rs 70 million during the current fiscal year 2010-11 for completion of establishment of Punjab University, Jehlum...

ARCHAIC WISDOM – Factual errors found in science textbooks

Lahore - The spectrum of education revolves around the quality of teachers and the textbooks and the situation becomes hopeless when the children are taught obsolete and even factually incorrect...

Film producers, writers solidify Oscar race

LOS ANGELES - Film producers and writers on Tuesday jumped into Hollywood's Oscar race with their choices of 2010's best movies, including "The Social Network," "The Fighter" and "Black Swan,"...

Veena denigrating Pakistani women: Meera

LAHORE - Pakistani actress Meera is not happy with the way her fellow actress Veena Malik conducted herself on Colors' reality show 'Bigg Boss 4' and accuses her of portraying...

‘Usual Suspects’ actor Pete dies

LONDON - British actor Pete Postlethwaite, who was once described by Steven Spielberg as "probably the best actor in the world," has died at the age of 64.

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