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News for Friday, 1 Jun 2012

Shahbaz shifts office to Minar-e-Pakistan in protest against power outages

The Punjab government shifted its camp office to the Minar-e-Pakistan on Friday to express solidarity with public against the chronic power outages. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif addressed the media...

4 Dadu peasants climb tree, threaten self-immolation

Four Dadu-based peasants Friday threatened to commit self-immolation over alleged prosecution of a local landlord. The four persons, including a woman, climbed a tree in front of Islamabad press club...

Water tanker crushes bike riders

Water tanker crushed to death two motor cycle riders and injured one person in Saddar area of the city, police said. According to police, three persons were riding on a motorbike...

PM takes notice of torture on Saudi official

The top government functionary has come into motion over the clash between Saudi official and ASF personnel at Islamabad airport. ASF personnel at Benazir International Airport allegedly thrashed the defence attaché...

No US trainers in Pak: Pentagon

The Pentagon said there are no American trainers in Pakistan, and clarified that it was two liaison officers, who had returned to Peshawar for coordination purposes, after being removed following...

Supply from Tarbela restored

A fire that engulfed 20 workshops in the Tarbela Power House in Haripur district was brought under control on Friday. According to the spokesman of the Ministry of Water and...

Faisalabad strike over power outages

A complete shutter-down strike was observed in Faisalabad Friday against long and persistent power cuts. Business activities remain suspended while police was put on high alert to prevent any untoward...

Tokyo stocks end down 1.20%

Tokyo stocks fell 1.20 percent on Friday amid concerns over the US economy and the yen's surge against the euro, driven by Europe's fiscal woes. The Nikkei 225 index at the...

US slams Russia over Syria arms sales

The United States Thursday lashed Moscow for arming the Syrian government and warned of the threat of civil war, as it stepped up diplomatic pressure on President Bashar al-Assad. US Secretary...

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