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News for Friday, 7 Oct 2011

HEC to help Islamic countries develop quality assurance system

A two-day session of the Islamic Conference of Ministers of Higher Education and Scientific Research was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was attended by over 57 Higher Education Ministers...

‘Asia Foundation will continue serving civil society’

Asia Foundation President David D Arnold has said his organisation will continue assisting civil society in Pakistan and its presence for over five decades shows its deep involvement in making...

Islamabad a noisy city where calm is a rarity

Gone are the days when Islamabad used to be called Shehr-e-Khamoshan (the silent city) and an environment friendly city, but thanks to tremendous rise in city’ population, industry and the...

Female trio for Nobel Peace Prize

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian “peace warrior” Leymah Gbowee and Yemen’s Arab Spring activist Tawakkul Karman on Friday won the Nobel Peace Prize, the jury said. The three prizewinners share...

Work on Lowari Tunnel to restart soon: Gilani

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Friday that his government was alive to the national obligations and that the work on the Lowari Tunnel would soon restart. He also...

Police arrested 210 street criminals in current year

The capital police during the current year have arrested 210 alleged criminals in its special campaign to curb incidents of street crime and armed robberies and seized looted items worth...

Israel restricts access to Al-Aqsa mosque

Israel limited access to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday for fear of violence on the Muslim Sabbath, which leads directly into Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish...

Suspected Maoists kill three in India

Three Indian security forces personnel died on Friday when their vehicle ran over a landmine and then came under attack by suspected Maoist rebels in the state of Chhattisgarh, police...

Protests against Qadri’s sentence block city transport routes

A day after the nuisance created by the workers of a banned outfit, the supporters of Mumtaz Qadri on Friday made it almost impossible for the residents of the twin...

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