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News for Tuesday, 17 Jan 2012

1-10 residents protest against toxic water supply

Residents of I-10 Sector have strongly protested against supply of toxic water through filtration plants owing to negligence of the authorities concerned, saying the plant is causing health hazards. The...

KARCPP to fund water supply schemes in Balochistan

King Abdullah’s Relief Campaign for Pakistani People (KARCPP) will provide funds amounting to US$ 1.6 million to UNICEF to provide clean drinking water to nearly 84,000 flood-hit people of Balochistan....

Britain cuts thousands of armed forces jobs

Up to 2,900 members of the British army including 400 Gurkhas will lose their jobs along with 1,000 air force personnel in the latest round of defence cuts, the government...

Medical staff still on strike for revised BPS

The staff of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Poly Clinic and the National Institute of Rehabilitative Medicine observed a complete strike on Tuesday against the privatisation of the...

Ukraine’s Tymoshenko gets massage in jail

The personal masseur of Ukraine’s former premier Yulia Tymoshenko visited her in jail Tuesday after supporters of the opposition leader complained she was confined to bed with back pain. Ukraine’s prisons...

BISP is a success story: Farzana

Federal Minister and Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Chairperson Farzana Raja on Tuesday said despite facing various economic challenges, the BISP was committed to ensuring poverty reduction and equal rights...

Rushdie in doubt for India festival after threats

British author Salman Rushdie’s planned appearance at a literary festival in India was thrown into doubt on Tuesday due to security concerns caused by protests from influential Muslim clerics. Rushdie was...

Iran digs in with oil warning to Saudi Arabia

Iran on Tuesday warned US ally Saudi Arabia to rethink plans to compensate for Iranian oil exports cut by sanctions, and boosted security for its targeted nuclear workers as it...

Mubarak defence challenges death penalty call

Hosni Mubarak’s main lawyer on Tuesday challenged prosecution calls for Egypt’s former president to be hanged for the deaths of protesters, saying there is no evidence to show he ordered...

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