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News for Thursday, 28 Jun 2012

12 pilgrims drown as boat capsizes in Thatta

At least 12 pilgrims were drowned as an overloaded boat capsized in the Indus River near Thatta on Wednesday. As many as 20 people were rescued out of the river...

Warsi given clean chit!

Conservative Party Co-chairperson Baroness Warsi has been cleared of any serious breach of the ministerial code over an official trip to Pakistan, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The prime minister’s...

NTDC head Rasool Mehsud removed

Rasool Mehsud has been removed as the managing director of the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC), an official notification said on Wednesday. Mehsud will be replaced with Naveed Ismail....

Peace lashkar chief, bodyguards gunned down

Chief of a 1,500 member peace lashkar force and former nazim of Union Council Bazed Khel Peshawar, Faheem-Ur-Rehman was assassinated along with his bodyguards. Their bullet-ridden bodies were found dumped...

PM says will get rid of load shedding but gives no timeline

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that the government believed the country would get rid of load shedding and 2,000 megawatt of electricity had already been added to the...

Could Mohenjo Daro be lost forever?

Officials say they are doing their best to save one of the most important archaeological sites in south Asia, Mohenjo Daro. But some experts fear the Bronze Age site could...

NEPRA ups power tariff by Rs 1.51 per unit

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has raised power tariff by Rs 1.51 per unit on account of fuel adjustment for the month of May 2012. The Central Power...

Balochistan are you ready?

Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani called on Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Wednesday, and congratulated him on assuming the responsibilities of the prime minister of Pakistan. Raisani was...

Let the contempt proceedings against Babar Awan begin!

The Supreme Court has summoned the attorney general of Pakistan as prosecutor in the contempt of court case of Babar Awan. During the hearing on Wednesday, exchange of hot...

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