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News for Thursday, 23 Feb 2012

KSE Dilemma 50 firms liquidate in Feb

Though the market participants are pinning hope in the SECP-backed tax reforms recently approved by the Ministry of Finance, the years-old negatives continue to take a heavy toll on the...

‘Punishment is important to discipline children’

Over 76 percent parents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa believe that moderate punishment is important to discipline children while child rights activists urge elimination of corporal punishment at schools. This was revealed...

Swat operation affectees still awaiting promised compensation

With their houses destroyed during the Swat operation and the promised monitory compensation denied, disappointed owners staged a protest with a sit-in outside the DCO office on Thursday. Residents of...

Tribesmen protest against US drone strikes

Hundreds of armed tribesmen on Thursday rallied against US drone attacks in Pakistan’s tribal belt, demanding compensation for damage and losses, witnesses said. Markets remained closed during the rally in...

Peshawar corps commander appreciates tribal people’s role

Peshawar Corps Commander Lieutenant General Khalid Rabbani on Thursday appreciated the tribal people for assisting the armed forces against terrorists. He was addressing participants of the De-radicalisation Emancipation Programme (DREP)...

24 Indian troops feared dead in two IHK avalanches

At least 24 Indian troops were feared dead in two avalanche tragedies in Bandipore and Ganderbal districts of Indian-held Kashmir. Sources said the first of the two avalanches hit the...

Give the defence a chance: SC

A three-member bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday directed Secretary Finance to submit a detailed report within a fortnight to a petition challenging the appointment of Muhammad Ali Ghulam...

UK not to play any role on Balochistan, says Thomson

British High Commissioner to Pakistan Adam Thomson on Thursday ruled out the UK’s role in the Balochistan issue. Talking to journalists, the high commissioner said that it would not be...

UK, Pakistan share a special bond, says Hina Khar

The UK and Pakistan have special bonds and the bilateral relations are consistent and based on mutual respect, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Thursday. “There are institutional linkages...

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