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News for Friday, 10 Jun 2011

Food availability

The Economic Survey of Pakistan for the year 2010-2011 released recently shows revealing figures for different food items. It shows per capita food availability from 1949-50 to 2010-11,...

Exta-judicial killings: whither justice?

The whole nation has gone into a shock after seeing our law enforcing personnel killing a youth in cold blood in Boat Basin, Karachi on Wednesday, 8th June.

Katich lashes selectors and bats on

Simon Katich hit out at selectors and Cricket Australia as he vowed Friday to bat on after the contentious loss of his Test contract for next season. The 56-Test veteran was...

Nadal in Queen’s last eight after Stepanek test

Rafael Nadal had to dig deep to reach the quarter-finals at Queen’s with a hard-fought 6-3, 5-7, 6-1 win against Czech veteran Radek Stepanek on Thursday. Few players have made the...

Pragmatic China wades into Libya conflict

After months of calls for dialogue in Libya, China has waded into the diplomatic fray, but is courting both sides more to safeguard its interests than to bring an end...

Suicide attack hits Afghan police, four killed

A suicide bomber targeted prayers for a prominent assassinated Afghan police chief on Friday, killing four policemen but another top officer escaped unharmed, officials said. Eighteen other people were wounded...

Punjab govt presents Rs 654.96b budget

Provincial Minority Affairs Minister Kamran Michael, with additional charge of finance presented over Rs 654.96 billion tax free provincial annual budget for 2011-12 on Friday. Kamran Michael belonging to a group...

600 arrested in Asia-wide crime bust

Nearly 600 people, mostly Taiwanese and Chinese, were rounded up across Asia for suspected massive online fraud in a rare example of regional police coordination, officials said Friday. Taiwanese police...

China floods kill 44 in drought-hit provinces

Torrential rain in two drought-stricken central China provinces triggered landslides and brought down houses, killing at least 44 people and leaving 33 missing, state media said on Friday. The number...

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