NATIONALUS House gets ready to consider aid cut to Pakistan
A US House of Representatives panel unveiled a bill that would block aid to Pakistan unless the Obama administration reassures the Congress that Islamabad is cooperating in the battle against terroris
Jul 20, 2011
Arts / EntertainmentPiers Morgan rejects accusation of phone-hacking involvement
Piers Morgan, host of CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight” and a former editor of two British tabloid newspapers, rejected as “nonsense” a British lawmaker’s allegations Tuesday that he participated in phone hacking. Morgan<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/20/piers-morgan-rejects-accusation-of-phone-hacking-involvement/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Jul 20, 2011
NATIONALSindh governor meets President Zardari
Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Bilawal House late on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by President’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar, President Zardari welcomed Ebad on<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/20/sindh-governor-meets-president-zardari/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Jul 20, 2011
Arts / EntertainmentBritish Museum to stage Hajj exhibition
The world’s largest exhibition on the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, is to be staged at the British Museum, it has been announced. Manuscripts, diaries, historic photographs and contemporary art will be<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/20/british-museum-to-stage-hajj-exhibition/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Jul 20, 2011
Arts / EntertainmentRapper DMX released from Arizona prison
Rapper DMX was released from an Arizona prison on Tuesday after spending seven months behind bars for violating probation, his manager said. The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, walked out<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/20/rapper-dmx-released-from-arizona-prison/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Jul 20, 2011
NATIONALEight NGO workers abducted in Pishin
Eight Pakistani aid workers of US NGO American Refugee Committee (ARC) were abducted on Tuesday by unidentified armed men from an Afghan refugee camp along the Quetta-Chaman Highway in Pishin district
Jul 20, 2011
NATIONALNine killed in security check post attack
At least 9 people were killed in an attack by miscreants on a security check post in Kurrum Agency on Tuesday. According to information, some miscreants attacked a check post in central<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/19/9-killed-in-security-check-post-attack/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Jul 19, 2011
Arts / EntertainmentAtlantis shuttle undocks from space station
The US shuttle Atlantis has undocked from the International Space Station and is bound now for a final landing at the Kennedy Space Center. When the orbiter reaches Earth on Thursday morning, it will
Jul 19, 2011
KARACHIPakistan Fisherfolk Forum claims activist abducted, tortured
The land mafia involved in mangroves cutting in Keamari Town kidnapped an activist of Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) on Monday morning and after mercilessly beating him up, lodged a fake FIR against
Jul 19, 2011
NATIONALMQM returns … as always
In yet another political about-turn, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain told Dr Ishratul Ebad, who had recently resigned as Sindh governor following his party’s decision to quit the federal and<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/19/mqm-returns-as-always/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Jul 19, 2011
LAHOREHRCP slams barring of Sikhs from temple
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Tuesday noted the barring of Sikhs from a gurdwara in Lahore and called the restriction by the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) scandalous and a vi
Jul 19, 2011
LAHOREFrom ballads to heavy metal
Octave Project, organized by The Curtain Call Society and Hang Ten has now become a monthly attraction in Pakistani music. It is a platform for all kinds of aspiring musicians to come up and showcase
Jul 19, 2011