NATIONALSaifullah demands Kala Bagh dam
ISLAMABAD - Senator Salim Saifullah demanded the government construct Kala Bagh dam on Saturday and said that rulers were inclined to send the nation back to the Stone Age.<br />Addressing a party meeting, he said that gas and electricity load shedding has not only disturbed the life of a common man but also brought industries on the edge of disaster.<br />The meeting was also attended by Javed Iqbal Khan, Muhammad Ayub Khan Khattak, Col (R) Khalid Munir, Ajab Gul Surani, Dr Tasneem
Jan 9, 2011
NATIONALMemo of a Western diplomat by a diplomat
Date: December 31, 2010Re: Pakistan the first quarterHaving been in Pakistan since October, I am forwarding a brief review of my first personal impressions.1) View about America: Survey
Jan 9, 2011
SportsAsian Cup – We can play better, says Uzbek coach
DOHA - Pundits in Uzbekistan have rated Vadim Abramov's team as the country's best in a decade and their victory against hosts Qatar in their Asian Cup opener underlined those credentials. Goals from
Jan 9, 2011
SportsKvitova downs Petkovic to claim Brisbane title
BRISBANE - Petra Kvitova stamped herself as an Australian Open contender after she overpowered Germany's Andrea Petkovic 6-1, 6-3 to claim the Brisbane International here Saturday. Although most peopl
Jan 9, 2011
SportsPetkovic, Kvitova glorious at Brisbane
BRISBANE - Germany's Andrea Petkovic played one of the matches of her career to overpower Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli 6-4, 6-2 to reach the final of the Brisbane International here Friday.Petkovic has
Jan 8, 2011
NATIONALSuspect arrested for having contact with Qadri
LAHORE - Law enforcement agencies late on Thursday night arrested an activist of a banned outfit from Sabzazar area after screening the cellular phone records of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer's murde
Jan 8, 2011
BusinessRecord handling of oilseed at PQA grain terminal
KARACHI - Pakistan's first fully automated dry bulk cargo terminal Fauji Akbar Portia Marine Terminals Limited (FAP) at PQA, has created a record by discharging 16,500 metric tonnes of canola oilseeds
Jan 8, 2011
NATIONAL‘PM has not given statement about next year’s Haj operation’
ISLAMABAD - The prime minister has not given any statement that the Haj operation would be conducted by the Foreign Affairs Ministry from next year, Federal Labour and Manpower Minister Syed Khurshid
Jan 8, 2011
NATIONALQadri is a killer not a hero: QAU students
ISLAMABAD - Punjab Governor Salman Taseer's killer Mamtaz Qadri should not be given the status of a hero, instead he must be treated like a killer, said Quaid-i-Azam University students on Friday. The
Jan 8, 2011
Sportsspot-fixing scandal – Different statements may land trio in trouble
LAHORE - Pakistan players Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif have submitted different statements over the bowling of no-balls at the ICC tribunal hearing the trio's case in a spot-fixing sca
Jan 8, 2011
NATIONALTop Saudi cleric sees ‘devil’ behind suicide attacks
RIYADH - A top Saudi cleric has slammed suicide attacks by Islamist martyrdom-seekers as devilish acts that do not qualify as jihad, a Saudi newspaper reported on Friday."He (a suicide bomber) claims
Jan 8, 2011
NATIONALQadri lied about being tortured
ISLAMABAD - The administration of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences on Friday handed over the Punjab governor's killer Malik Mumtaz Qadri's medical examination report to the Kohsar Police Sta
Jan 8, 2011
