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India can win England series: HarbhajanSports

India can win England series: Harbhajan

Key spinner Harbhajan Singh said Tuesday that a full-strength India had the resources to overcome tough conditions in England and clinch the upcoming four-Test series."From what I have read and hear

Jul 12, 2011
Taliban claim assassination of Karzai’s brotherForeign

Taliban claim assassination of Karzai’s brother

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the assassination of President Hamid Karzai’s younger brother on Tuesday, calling it “one of our biggest achievements” in nearly a decade of war. Taliban spokesman Usuf Ahmadi<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/12/taliban-claim-assassination-of-karzai-brother/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jul 12, 2011
15 burnt alive as bus catches fire in IslamabadNATIONAL

15 burnt alive as bus catches fire in Islamabad

At least 15 persons were burnt alive while several others were injured as a passenger bus caught fire after a CNG cylinder blast here on Tuesday, police said. The incident occurred near<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/12/15-burnt-alive-as-bus-catches-fire-in-islamabad/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jul 12, 2011
Health department to initiate anti-mosquito campaignLAHORE

Health department to initiate anti-mosquito campaign

Directing the Health Department officials to launch an anti-mosquito and fogging campaign, Punjab Health Secretary Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan said that the campaign should be directly monitored by the district coordination officers (DCOs).<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/12/health-department-to-initiate-anti-mosquito-campaign/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jul 12, 2011
NATIONAL

Cross-border mortars kill two Pakistani women

Two mortar shells fired from across the border in Afghanistan slammed into a Pakistani house on Tuesday, killing at least two women and wounding 12 other people, officials said. It was the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/12/cross-border-mortars-kill-two-pakistani-women/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jul 12, 2011
Mohsin sees great progress in Fast Track campSports

Mohsin sees great progress in Fast Track camp

Pakistan cricket chief selector Mohsin Hasan Khan believes that the PCB has been partially successful in removing the flaws of some players in the Fast Track Coaching Camp underway here at the Nationa

Jul 12, 2011
Miscreants plant bomb on railway tack: 5 bogies derailed, driver injuredNATIONAL

Miscreants plant bomb on railway tack: 5 bogies derailed, driver injured

Unknown miscreants planted a bomb on the railway track near Lal Shah area of Dera Murad Jamali on Tuesday that exploded and derailed 5 bogies of the train while the driver got<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/12/unknown-miscreants-plant-bomb-on-railway-tack-5-bogies-derailed-driver-injured/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jul 12, 2011
French President pays suprise visit to AfghansitanForeign

French President pays suprise visit to Afghansitan

French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday, an Afghan official said. Sarkozy is going to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Tuesday, said Afghan Presidential Palace deputy<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/12/french-president-pays-suprise-visit-to-afghansitan/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jul 12, 2011
Business

Flour price increases by Rs20 per bag

Increase in electricity tariff and imposition of 0.2 per cent turnover tax has pushed the prices of 20 kg wheat flour bag by Rs20 to Rs560 per bag.Former Chairman of All Pakistan Flour Millers Assoc

Jul 12, 2011
Business

Political unrest weighs down on Karachi Stock Exchange

Political unrest in Karachi continued to weigh down upon the local bourse for a fourth consecutive trading session. Volumes were restricted to 31.6 million shares as the index nosedived 98 points to<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/12/political-unrest-weighs-down-on-karachi-stock-exchange/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jul 12, 2011
US drone kills eight militants in South WaziristanNATIONAL

US drone kills eight militants in South Waziristan

US missiles killed eight militants early Tuesday in an attack targeting a rebel compound in a tribal district of South Waziristan, security officials said. The strike, which came less than 12 hours<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/12/us-drone-kills-eight-militants-in-south-waziristan/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jul 12, 2011
Pakistan must take steps to ensure military aid: ClintonForeign

Pakistan must take steps to ensure military aid: Clinton

Pakistan must take certain steps which the United States administration has often “outlined” to ensure the delivery of American military assistance to Islamabad, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. “The government of<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/07/12/pakistan-must-take-steps-to-ensure-military-aid-clinton/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jul 12, 2011