News Desk

LAHORE

Inclusion of the department of electronics in faculty of information technology (IT) at the University of Lahore (UoL) has sparked anger among students of the department, which might affect their futu

The executive at General Motors who, with the authority of GM’s top management behind her, brought Cadillac back to top-ranked quality ratings for luxury cars after they had dropped to 14th world<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/20/strategic-tolerance-cultivate-it-to-survive-and-grow/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Foreign

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad pledged on Monday political reforms within months to address a wave of protests against his rule, but blamed saboteurs for the unrest and warned that no deal could<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/20/assad-blames-unrest-on-saboteurs-pledges-reforms/" title="Read more" >...</a>

At least 426 IDPs families have returned to their homes in recently cleared areas (Bar Chamarkand and Alif Gar) of Mohmand Agency by Security Forces on Monday. According to a press release<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/20/426-idps-families-return-homes-in-mohmand-agency-ispr/" title="Read more" >...</a>

NATIONAL

Some 1,200 tribesmen Monday staged a demonstration in North Waziristan tribal region against the U.S. drone strikes and threatened to block the NATO supply line if the government failed to stop the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/20/tribesmen-call-for-halt-to-u-s-drone-strikes/" title="Read more" >...</a>

NATIONAL

The government has formally approached Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry with a request to nominate a Supreme Court judge to head the Abbottabad incident inquiry commission. According to<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/20/cjp-requested-for-sc-judge-to-head-commission/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Foreign

The US ambassador to Kabul has issued a thinly veiled warning to Afghan President Hamid Karzai that harsh criticisms of the West could jeopardise the troops and funding critical to the Afghan governme

NATIONAL

Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s 58th birth anniversary would be marked on Tuesday and the main ceremony in this connection would be organised at Naudero. The Quran Khawani would be held, blood<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/20/58th-birth-anniversary-of-benazir-bhutto-to-be-observed-tomorrow/" title="Read more" >...</a>

The Pakistan Cricket Board is likely to chose the neutral venues of Dubai and Abu Dhabi to host their “home series” against Sri Lanka later this year after the Lankan cricket authorities<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/20/pcb-to-play-sri-lanka-series-in-dubai-and-abu-dhabi/" title="Read more" >...</a>

NATIONAL

The 22 crew members, including six Indians, of Egyptian merchant vessel MV Suez will reach here before being sent back to their respective countries, Pakistani human rights activist Ansar Burney has said.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/20/indian-sailors-would-fly-back-home-after-reaching-pak-burney/" title="Read more" >...</a>

NATIONAL

Suspected US drones fired missiles at a vehicle and a house here, killing at least seven people. The first attack in the Kurram tribal area hit a vehicle, killing five suspected militants,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/20/7-killed-in-us-missile-attack-in-parachinar/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday that the country plans to launch bigger satellites to the altitude of 35,000 km above the earth’s surface in future, the semi-official ISNA news agency<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/06/20/iran-to-launch-satellites-35000-km-away-from-earth/" title="Read more" >...</a>