NATIONALLawyers 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
KARACHI‘Peace committees’ another unfulfilled promise by Sindh government
KARACHI - Sindh government's announcement of constituting 'peace committees' in all parts of Karachi at town and union council levels to thwart terror activities has apparently reduced to just another
Mar 12, 2011
KARACHIFIA DG’s statement recorded in forex scam case
KARACHI - The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) director general (DG) Waseem Ahmed appeared before Justice Sajjad Ali Shah of the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday to record his statement on the acqui
Mar 12, 2011
BusinessHigh 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
LAHORERally 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
KARACHIJimmy Engineer – Pakistan’s untiring crusader of the oppressed
KARACHI - Jimmy Engineer was born in 1954 in Loralai in a Parsi family. He grew up to break all barriers of caste and creed, and truly define multi-ethnicity through his art and altruism. He spent thr
Mar 11, 2011
NATIONALPakistan trying not to let Davis issue strain ties with US: FO
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan on Thursday said it was working with the US to ensure that the diplomatic row with Washington over suspected CIA contractor Raymond Davis, arrested in January for killing two Paki
Mar 11, 2011
NATIONALPAC 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
ForeignMoroccans welcome king’s reform vow, expect results
RABAT - Moroccans largely welcomed on Thursday King Mohammed VI's promise of sweeping reforms, announced as uprisings rock the Arab world, but said they wanted to see if concrete changes would result.
Mar 10, 2011
SportsZimbabwe 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
SportsBlind 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
KARACHILawyers 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