6th November, 2010
Health ministry braces itself for likely Congo attack
LAHORE, Nov 5: The federal health ministry has issued an advisory to combat the likely outbreak of Congo Crimean Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) across the country…
6th November, 2010
JI protests hike in POL prices, power tariff
LAHORE, Nov 5: Countrywide protests were observed on Friday against an increase in the prices of petroleum products and electricity tariff that are causing a…
6th November, 2010
HRCP for planning to deal with IDPs
LAHORE, Nov 5: Pakistan needs to shun the practice of dealing with internal displacement crises piecemeal and largely reactive manner and must urgently devise a…
6th November, 2010
Wheat stock liability: Food dept`s desperate steps to ease burden
LAHORE, Nov 5: In a desperate move to clear the wheat stocks, the Punjab Food Department on Friday allowed the millers “bulk buying, purchases from…
6th November, 2010
Warden`s audacity `embarrasses` govt
LAHORE, Nov 5: The city traffic police higher authorities on Friday felt ‘embarrassed’ after a traffic warden issued a fine ticket to the chauffer of…
6th November, 2010
`Tolerate democracy for five years`
LAHORE, Nov 5: Lamenting that dictatorship is tolerated for 10 years, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday urged those opposing the central government to…
6th November, 2010
10 senior CDA officials allotted plots, Senate told
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: Amid debate over allotment of plots to judges, journalists, politicians and bureaucrats in Islamabad, Senate was told on Friday that 10 former…
6th November, 2010
When children become target of human brutality
Crime in the city reached a new height during the last one-and-a-half weeks but more troubling was the fact that minors became target of human…
6th November, 2010
Colleges stop sports activities
RAWALPINDI, Nov 5: The absence of health and physical education teachers in city`s four government degree colleges for boys has forced the administration of the…
6th November, 2010
Diwali celebrations start
RAWALPINDI, Nov 5: The three-day celebrations of Diwali festival started on Friday, marking the beginning of the New Year in the Hindu calendar and return…
6th November, 2010
Girl `sold` by parents recovered
RAWALPINDI, Nov 5: Police on Friday claimed to have recovered a teenage girl who was allegedly sold by her parents for prostitution. A couple was…
6th November, 2010
58 stone crushers issued notices
RAWALPINDI, Nov 5: The Punjab Environment Protection Agency (Punjab-EPA) on Friday issued notices to the owners of 58 stone crushing machines installed on Margallah Hills…
6th November, 2010
Former district nazim rejoins PML-N
GUJAR KHAN, Nov 5: Raja Jawaid Ikhlas, former city district nazim of Rawalpindi, on Friday rejoined Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), indicating efforts to pool together…
6th November, 2010
New touch to Saidpur`s old tradition
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: A cattle-raiser is out to turn the Saidpur heritage village into a cattle market for the coming Eidul Azha, the festival of…
6th November, 2010
Terrorists attack Juma congregation in Darra, Isha prayers in Badbher: Carnage in mosques
KOHAT / PESHAWAR, Nov 5: Terrorist attacks on two mosques, one in Darra Adamkhel and the other near Peshawar, left at least 68 people dead…
6th November, 2010
IMF assured on RGST; talks put off till 13th
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: The disbursement of $3.6 billion from the International Monetary Fund remained elusive after the final round of talks held with the IMF-led…
6th November, 2010
All 21 on board killed: Plane crashes inside arms depot
KARACHI, Nov 5: A chartered plane carrying employees of a foreign oil company crashed soon after takeoff here on Friday morning, killing all 21 people…
6th November, 2010
Pakistan level series 2-2
DUBAI, Nov 5: Pakistan paced its chase perfectly to beat South Africa by one wicket with one ball left in a thrilling fourth ODI on…
6th November, 2010
`US interests don`t align completely with those of Pakistan`
WASHINGTON, Nov 5: A senior Republican lawmaker warned Pakistan on Friday that its alleged links to terror groups could lead to a direct conflict with…
6th November, 2010
PML-N rejects `alliance for power`
ISLAMABAD, Nov 5: In a veiled reference to the unification of Pakistan Muslim League’s different factions, the Nawaz League has decided, in principle, that it…