NATIONALLawyers boycott courts, demand colleague’s recovery
PESHAWAR - Lawyers boycotted courts on the call of Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa Bar Council and Peshawar High Court Bar Association to protest the abduction of Zain Khan Khalil advocate and demanded his safe re
Jan 13, 2011
LAHOREOn Ibn-e-Insha and Nazarul Islam’s death anniversaries
LAHORE - Ibn-e-Insha and Nazr-ul-Islam share a common date of death; January 11, although with an almost two-decade difference in their years of death. Their anniversaries were celebrated by their beloveds and followers across the globe.<br />OF INSHA ... Urdu literature has rarely produced a writer and poet who had the skills that Ibn-e-Insha had. Known for his sense of humour which varied from wit, to satire, Insha was the writer of books, letters and poems, all of which gained fame
Jan 13, 2011
Arts / Entertainment‘Green Hornet’ premiere features Rogen’s slim look
LOS ANGELES - Seth Rogen shed a few pounds and packed on the muscle to star in the new "Green Hornet" film. He plays Britt Reid, the playboy son of a wealthy newspaper publisher who inherits a media e
Jan 13, 2011
NATIONALGovt finalising LNG imports this month
ISLAMABAD - The government has decided to settle the issue of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) imports within the current month, Pakistan Today has learnt. If the present proposal of awarding tender to the
Jan 13, 2011
NATIONALBaloch lawyers to boycott courts today
QUETTA - Balochistan lawyers' community strongly condemned the brutal killing of Supreme Court senior Judge Justice Javed Iqbal's parents in Lahore and announced a boycott of courts across the provinc
Jan 13, 2011
LAHOREPunjab Seed council okays 18 wheat varieties
LAHORE - Punjab Seed Council has approved for general cultivation eighteen new varieties of various crops including one wheat variety ARRI-10, one sugarcane variety CPF-246 and one paddy variety Basma
Jan 13, 2011
LAHORECitizens use compressors to boost gas pressure
LAHORE - Citizens have discovered a new way to circumvent the low gas pressure and Sui gas load-shedding. A number of domestic, commercial and industrial gas consumers in the city have installed pressure pumps or compressors on their gas supply lines to boost gas pressure, Pakistan Today has learnt.<br />IT'S SAFE AND AFFORDABLE: Muhammad Ramazan, a refrigerator mechanic at College Road, said one could easily avoid low gas pressure by installing a used or new refrigerator compressor
Jan 13, 2011
LAHOREMet office predicts light rain, dense fog
Lahore - Met Office predicted rain of light to moderate intensity at scattered places of upper parts of the county on Thursday/Friday, resulting some relief in the prevailing cold / foggy weather cond
Jan 13, 2011
SportsKhayaban-e-Amin Media Cup – Pakistan Today off to flying start
LAHORE - Pakistan Today launched its Khayaban-e-Amin Media Cup Cricket Tournament campaign with thumping nine-wicket win in the opening match of the event here on Wednesday. Pakistan Today bowlers fir
Jan 13, 2011
NATIONALST warns Taseer’s daughter for making statements against Qadri
RAWALPINDI - Leaders of the Sunni Tehreek (ST) on Tuesday warned the daughter of the slain Punjab Governor, Salmaan Taseer, for making statements against Taseer's murderer, Mumtaz Qadri, warning her t
Jan 12, 2011
NATIONALTNR to observe black day on Friday
LAHORE - The Tehreek-e-Namoos-e-Risalat (TNR) would observe Friday, January 14, as a black day against Pope Benedict's statement for repeal of blasphemy laws. Maulana Amjad Khan, Amirul Azeem, Malik B
Jan 12, 2011
NATIONALImam, son convicted of blasphemy
MULTAN - A court has jailed a prayer leader and his 20-year-old son for life on controversial blasphemy charges in Muzaffargarh, court officials said on Tuesday. Muhammad Shafi, 45, and his son Muhamm
Jan 12, 2011