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News for Thursday, 24 May 2012

PIA flight escapes disaster at Lahore airport

An oxygen cylinder booked in luggage of a Karachi-bound flight exploded just before loading in Allama Iqbal International Airport here on Thursday. According to details, an oxygen gas cylinder booked in...

TAPI pipeline ‘perfect example’ of energy diversification: US

Voicing strong support to the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline, the US has called it a "perfect example" of energy diversification, saying it is a positive step towards realising the New Silk...

Allen sees progress in US-Pakistan relations

America’s relationship with Pakistan has been battered by a string of recent setbacks, but a top US general said on Wednesday that the fact that the two countries have finally...

Bill Gates invites Pak student who set world record

Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has invited an intelligent Pakistani student Shayan Anique Akhtar who set a world record in Microsoft Professional Certificate programme. According to sources, Shayan Anique Akhtar,...

PM discusses political situation, development projects with CMs

Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Barrister Masood Kausar, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mr Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raeesani, Chief Minister...

US should respect decision to imprison doctor who helped CIA: FO

The United States should respect a Pakistan court's decision to imprison a doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden, the Pakistan foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday. "I...

Bid to kidnap private bank’s CEO foils in Karachi

The attempt to kidnap a chief of a private bank was foiled here while the kidnappers fled from the scene, police said. According to details, Hussain Lawai, head of a private...

Drone revisits NWA, 10 killed

At least 10 people were killed and two others were injured on the second consecutive day of US drone attack. An unmanned aircraft fired two missiles at a compound believed...

Yemen needs urgent help, aid groups tell meeting

Seven aid groups on Wednesday warned Western diplomats that Yemen was on the brink of a “catastrophic food crisis” and urged them to bolster efforts to salvage the situation as...

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