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Lawyers say they will thwart PPP’s strikeNATIONAL

Lawyers say they will thwart PPP’s strike

ISLAMABAD - The legal fraternity on Friday stood united against the PPP's strike call against the Supreme Court's judgment against the appointment of Justice (r) Deedar Hussain Shah as NAB chairman.Ev

Mar 12, 2011
High food prices linked to global warmingBusiness

High food prices linked to global warming

OSLO - Leaps in food prices linked to drought in Brazil or floods in Australia may be a foretaste of ever greater shocks to be caused by climate change, according to a commission named on Friday to fi

Mar 12, 2011
Rally held against women’s heart disease’LAHORE

Rally held against women’s heart disease’

LAHORE - An awareness walk was organised in collaboration with Allama Iqbal Medical College (AIMC), the Women's Chamber of Commerce and the World Heart Federation on Friday to increase awareness about

Mar 11, 2011
PAC orders NAB to speed up casesNATIONAL

PAC orders NAB to speed up cases

ISLAMABAD - Expressing concern over the slow speed with which corruption cases were being disposed of by accountability courts, the monitoring and implementation committee of the Public Accounts Commi

Mar 10, 2011
Zimbabwe wary of Murali, Malinga threatSports

Zimbabwe wary of Murali, Malinga threat

PALLEKELE - Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura has pinpointed Muttiah Muralitharan and Lasith Malinga as a double danger when they meet Sri Lanka in the World Cup on Wednesday. The African nation, who

Mar 10, 2011
Blind Pakistani journalist dreams of peaceSports

Blind Pakistani journalist dreams of peace

COLOMBO - Sania Zaidi sits in the R. Premadasa stadium press box as the World Cup drama unfolds beneath her. Nothing unusual about that except the 28-year-old Pakistani journalist has been blind since childhood and is on a mission to promote better relations between Pakistan and India. "I want cricket to promote peace, courtesy and courage which we have been lacking in our wonderful world. I can't see it but I can sense it and am here at this World Cup to promote my mission," Sania

Mar 10, 2011
Lawyers observe ‘Youm-e-Iftikhar’KARACHI

Lawyers observe ‘Youm-e-Iftikhar’

KARACHI - The lawyer fraternity on Wednesday observed 'Youm-e-Iftikhar' on the fourth anniversary of former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf's illegitimate dismissal of Chief Justice of Pakistan

Mar 10, 2011