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News for Wednesday, 13 Jun 2012

Syria rebels quit besieged town of Al-Haffe: NGO

Syrian rebels withdrew on Wednesday from the besieged town of Al-Haffe and nearby villages that had been under intense shelling by regime forces for eight days, a human rights group...

CJP summons full-court meeting on Friday

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has summoned a full-court meeting of all the 17 judges of the Supreme Court on Friday. The meeting will be chaired by Chief Justice Iftikhar...

Five children a day victims of Afghan war: UN

Child casualties in the conflict in Afghanistan rose by more than a quarter last year, the UN said Wednesday, with an average of nearly five youngsters killed or injured every...

Pakistan bat in third Sri Lanka ODI

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq elected to bat after winning the toss against Sri Lanka in the third one-day international in Colombo on Wednesday. The five-match series is currently tied 1-1, with Pakistan...

Police seizes suicide jacket and 10kg of explosives

Police has raided an empty house and recovered ten kg explosive material and one suicide jacket in the area of Gujrat. In the jurisdiction of Chora police station inspector Niaz Muhammad...

7 dead in Philippine ferry sinking, floods

Heavy storms in the Philippines killed at least seven people and left more than a dozen others feared missing at sea, rescuers said Wednesday. Five of the confirmed fatalities occurred when...

Lawyers observe strike to express solidarity with CJP

Lawyers across the country observed a strike against Malik Riaz’s remarks against Chief Justice Ifikhar Chaudhry and expressed solidarity with him. The strike was observed in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Multan and other...

Imran Khan stands by SC

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said that he will stand by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. In his statement issued on Wednesday, cricketer turned politician said that conspiracies against...

US has enormous stake in India’s emergence as global power

Noting that US President Barack Obama views India as one of his top foreign policy priorities, a senior White House official has said that the United States has an enormous...

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