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News for Monday, 30 Jul 2012

NA forms committee on foreign, domestic loans

Speaker National Assembly has constituted a committee on foreign and domestic loans in pursuance of the motion adopted by the National Assembly on July 13. A notification has been issued by...

Dozens of wild peacocks die in Pakistan’s Thar desert

Dozens of wild peacocks have died, feared to be a result of an outbreak of the highly contagious Newcastle disease. Officials on Monday confirmed the deaths of at least 60 peacocks...

NATO trucks suspended for 5th day at Pakistan crossing

Pakistani officials said on Monday that a ban on NATO trucks at the main border crossing into Afghanistan will last until the government promises to safeguard security . Officials closed the...

Govt to pay Rs 24 billion floating loans of IPPs

Government has assured the Independent Power Plants (IPPs) that it will pay their outstanding dues in terms of floating loans worth Rs 24 billion in coming three months. According to...

Land scam: Malik Riaz, eight others declared absconders

The Anti-Corruption Court (ACC) of Rawalpindi on Monday declared Malik Riaz, the real estate tycoon, along with eight others absconders in a land corruption case. The ACC Judge Chaudhry Amir Mohammad...

Four accused in passport scandal exonerated

A local court on Monday acquitted four accused in passport scandal case. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) produced four accused, two each from the passport and visa offices, and told the...

Black out hits 300 million in northern India

A massive power cut blacked out a vast swathe of northern India Monday, leaving more than 300 million people without power in the worst outage in over a decade, officials...

Romania’s Basescu survives impeachment vote

Romanian President Traian Basescu escaped impeachment Monday when a referendum on his removal from office fell short of the 50 percent turnout threshold, despite a resounding vote for his dismissal. Official...

3 killed, 2 dead bodies recovered from Swat River

In Swat three persons were killed in different incidents on Monday. In Mingora, police registered a case against unknown criminals who at Gujar Abad Rahim Abad slaughtered one man, resident of...

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