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Foreign

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday denounced last week’s NATO airstrike that killed two children in the Charchino district of central Uruzgan province. The deaths occurred in Dowan area on Thursday, when<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/03/target-real-terrorist-hideouts-karzai-tells-nato/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Three children of a family died on Saturday while two others were injured a collision between a car and trolley. According to Shahpur Police, Sheikh Muhammad Mushtaq of Shahpur along with four<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/02/three-children-killed-in-a-road-accident/" title="Read more" >...</a>

ISLAMABAD

The City Traffic Police on the directives of Rawalpindi Chief Traffic Officer Syed Ishtiaq Hussain Shah launched a grand operation against one-wheelers on Friday, confiscating 9 motorcycles and detaining 10 one-wheelers. “The<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/01/ctp-launches-operation-against-one-wheelers-10-held/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Arts / Entertainment

Marissa Mayer’s decree requiring that Yahoo employees stop working from home and instead schlep to the office has set off a wave of pro and con arguments. Count Katie Roiphe of Slate, who has experi

NATIONAL

Former president and military dictator, Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf announced on Friday that he would return to the country within a week after the interim government takes control. The ex-strongman made the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/01/musharraf-says-will-return-to-pakistan-soon-contest-polls/" title="Read more" >...</a>

NATIONAL

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Mumtaz Ali Bhutto on Friday said that the rulers need to respect the courts and refrain from violating the constitution of the country. In an issued statement<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/01/executive-are-duty-bound-to-respect-courts-mumtaz-bhutto/" title="Read more" >...</a>

World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Polio drive head Dr Bruce Aylward on Friday said it was crucial to push on with the fight to eradicate the disease despite the rising death toll among<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/01/polio-drive-to-continue-despite-attacks-on-workers-who/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Chinese television has broadcast live footage showing four foreigners being led to their executions for murdering 13 Chinese sailors. State broadcaster CCTV showed live pictures of a Myanmar drug smuggler and three<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/03/01/china-parades-prisoners-ahead-of-execution/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Arts / Entertainment

State media has been mostly silent following the news of the film’s Best Picture award at the Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles. On the streets of Tehran, however, residents gave the film mixed reviews

Thailand’s government has agreed to start talks with a major Muslim rebel group, marking a breakthrough in efforts to end a worsening conflict in the country’s south that has claimed more than 5,000 lives<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/02/28/thailand-and-rebels-agree-to-peace-talks/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Foreign

Less than a week after the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring African nations signed a peace accord to hold off hostilties, a fresh wave of violence has erupted in the central<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/02/28/fresh-violence-threatens-dr-congo-peace-deal/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Business

The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) has listed the Privately Placed Term Finance Certificates (PPTFCs) worth Rs 1 billion of Jahangir Siddiqui and Co.The listing has been made under Regulation No. 3(