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News for Thursday, 12 Jan 2012

Arms-twisting won’t work

Pakistan’s ban on NATO supplies is the longest blockade by far since the start of the Afghan war in 2001. It blocked the supply trucks from entering Afghanistan...

Drone strikes resume amid tense US-Pak ties

The US resumption of drone strikes against militant targets in Pakistan does not signal an improvement in deeply frayed relations between Washington and Islamabad, US officials and experts said on...

ECP announces Senate polls for March 02

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Thursday announced schedule for holding Senate elections on March 02, 2012. According to a notification, the ECP has set February 13 and 14, the dates...

Fertilisers and crops

The fertiliser manufacturing industry has been cut short of the gas supply, therefore leaving the farmers with a dearth. Farmers claim that their land is losing fertility. The...

Warsak Dam affectees demand increase in royalty for area

The population affected by the construction of Warsak Dam on Thursday demanded an increase in royalty for the area, saying 52 villages were badly affected on account of the construction...

Don’t act against judiciary, Hoti warns government

Former federal minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf leader Khwaja Muhammad Khan Hoti has warned the government that if it takes any step against the judiciary, his party “will come out on...

Land mafia’s attempt to demolish Haveli Sardar Mahan Singh thwarted

Land mafia’s attempt of demolishing a part of Haveli Sardar Mahan Singh, renowned for the birth place of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, was thwarted by local traders and the City District...

Hafizabad jeweller loses over Rs 100m in major robbery

In a major robbery in the city centre on Thursday, a gang of robbers broke into a jewellery shop and escaped with Rs1.5 million in cash and ornaments worth Rs...

US aid to Sunni Ittehad Council ‘double-edged’ sword

The US embassy in Pakistan has said that Washington gave money to a Pakistani Muslim group that organised anti-Taliban rallies, but which later demonstrated in support of Mumtaz Qadri, the...

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