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News for Friday, 1 Jun 2012

Gen Bikram Singh takes over as Indian army chief

General Bikram Singh, an infantry officer, on Thursday took over from Gen VK Singh as the 27th Indian army chief. Bikram, only the second Sikh to be elevated to the coveted...

Gilani says not stepping down after budget

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday said he had no plans to resign after the presentation of the next budget this week in the wake of his conviction of...

Head over heels in debt

The public debt of the country has increased 12.3 percent or Rs 1.315 trillion to Rs 12.024 trillion during the July-March period of the current fiscal year, which will have...

SBP governor vies to erase the writing on the wall

Governor State Bank of Pakistan Yaseen Anwar Thursday said Pakistan would not face any risk in making repayments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Also, the governor said despite domestic...

‘No Smoking Walk’ held

The Punjab Social Welfare Department in collaboration with the Safe Child Organisation, held a ‘No smoking Walk’ on Thursday. The walk started from the Lahore Press Club and concluded on...

Light rain likely in Punjab, KP, Kashmir, GB

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Thursday forecast very hot and dry weather for most parts of Punjab and Islamabad during the next 24 hours. However dust-thunderstorms and light rains...

LGH doctors strike against colleague’s murder

Lahore General Hospital Neurosurgery Department doctors observed a black day on Thursday and held a token strike against the brutal murder of Dr Aftab Qureshi, a neurosurgeon from the Jamshoro...

US seeks clarity on ‘the Afridi mystery’

Reacting to revelation of new details in the mysterious Dr Shakil Afridi case, the United States has said it is seeking clarity on the basis of his conviction. The State Department...

5 cases reported in ‘dengue-free’ Punjab

In the last three months, 299 suspected cases of dengue have been reported throughout the Punjab out of which five have been confirmed so far. A seminar, titled, ‘Prevention and...

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