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• SHC issues notice to CS, others on petition of SCCDP employees
• Prime Minister calls on President
• Maulana Sami-ul Haq calls on PM
• 51% Pakistanis claim to have a Cable connection at their home,Poll
• SHC allows 2-week time to FUUAST officials for filing comments
• Firing incidents claim two lives in Karachi
• 46 suspects held in Rangers’ raids
• Pakistan sharia court appoints first female judge in 33 years
• Egypt Arrests Al Jazeera Journalists
• Deadline on Syria Chemical Weapons Unlikely to be Met
• Mideast Turmoil Prompts Worries of Long-term Mental Trauma
• Iraq Police Start Removing Sunni Protest Camp
• Poll: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton Again Ranked as Most Admired
• New York Times Benghazi Report Disputed
• US Government Urged to Name CEO to Run Obamacare Market
• Washington Week: Renewed Focus on ‘Obamacare’
• Thailand’s Army Moves to Ease Coup Fears
• Eight Killed in Attack on Chinese Police Station
• Burma Releasing Remaining Political Prisoners
• IOC Assures Russia’s Security After Attacks

SHC issues notice to CS, others on petition of SCCDP employees Posted: 31 Dec 2013 03:02 AM PST KARACHI : The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday issued notice to chief secretary, additional chief secretary planning and development department, director general Sindh Coastal Community Development Project (SCCDP) on a petition calling for regularization of services of SCCDP employees. The petitioners Dr Syed Waqar Ali Shah, deputy director Coastal Resource Development (CRD), Muhammad Hassan […]

Prime Minister calls on President Posted: 31 Dec 2013 03:02 AM PST Islamabad : Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif called on President Mamnoon Hussain at the Aiwan-e- Sadr on Tuesday.Overall situation was discussed during the meeting.

Maulana Sami-ul Haq calls on PM Posted: 31 Dec 2013 03:01 AM PST Islamabad : Maulana Sami-ul-Haq head  of  Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam (S) called on the Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif at PM house. Both the leaders remained together for some time and discussed matters relating to national Importance.

51% Pakistanis claim to have a Cable connection at their home,Poll Posted: 31 Dec 2013 03:00 AM PST Islamabad : According to a Gilani Research Foundation Survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan, 51% Pakistanis claim to have a Cable connection at their home. A nationally representative sample of men and women, from across the four provinces was asked "Do you have a cable connection at your home?" Responding to this, 51% claim that […]

SHC allows 2-week time to FUUAST officials for filing comments Posted: 31 Dec 2013 02:59 AM PST KARACHI :  The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday allowed two-week time to registrar and vice chancellor of Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology (FUUAST) to submit their comments on a petition seeking appointment of dean Faculty of Business Administration, Commerce and Economic at the university. A division bench of SHC headed by […]

Firing incidents claim two lives in Karachi Posted: 31 Dec 2013 02:59 AM PST Karachi : Two people were killed and two others injured in separate incidents of violence in the city on Tuesday. According to police, one person was killed and five others injured when unidentified men barged into a house in Baldia Town and opened indiscriminate fire, here on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning when […]

46 suspects held in Rangers’ raids Posted: 31 Dec 2013 02:58 AM PST Karachi : Pakistan Rangers Sindh on Tuesday arrested 46 criminals in various raids carried in the city and recovered arms from their possession. Rangers spokesman said targeted raids were  conducted in Green Town, Golden Town, Bilal Colony, Bin Qasim, Metroville, Gulshan e Iqbal Block 13-D, Ghareebabad – Malir, Banaras, Qauidabad and Usmanabad areas in wee hours. […]

Pakistan sharia court appoints first female judge in 33 years Posted: 31 Dec 2013 02:57 AM PST Islamabad : Pakistan's sharia court has reportedly appointed a female judge to hear proceedings under the country's Islamic legislation for the first time in its 33-year history. Ashraf Jehan, who was serving as an additional judge at the high court in Sindh, made history as she took the oath in Karachi. Chief justice of the […]

Egypt Arrests Al Jazeera Journalists Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:48 PM PST CAIRO — Qatar-based Al Jazeera television reports that four of its journalists were arrested after the Egyptian interior ministry accused them of broadcasting illegally from a Cairo hotel. It’s not the first time Egyptian security forces have detained journalists from Al Jazeera TV, but the latest arrests are creating anxiety among the international press corps. […]

Deadline on Syria Chemical Weapons Unlikely to be Met Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:46 PM PST International efforts to remove and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons are hitting more roadblocks.  December 31 for the most deadly chemicals to ship out of the country is fast approaching but many of those toxins have not yet been transported. Norwegian ships off the coast of Cyprus waiting for the call to head to Syria to […]

Mideast Turmoil Prompts Worries of Long-term Mental Trauma Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:45 PM PST WASHINGTON — The violent aftermath of the Arab Spring is taking a toll on the mental health of people in the Middle East. And with no end in sight to turmoil, some psychiatrists warn that the numbers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorders and severe depression will climb. In the northern Lebanese town of Tripoli, a […]

Iraq Police Start Removing Sunni Protest Camp Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:44 PM PST RAMADI — Fighting broke out when Iraqi police moved to dismantle a Sunni Muslim protest camp in the western Anbar province on Monday, leaving at least 13 people dead, police and medical sources said. The camp has been an irritant to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s Shi’ite Muslim-led government since Sunni protesters set it up a […]

Poll: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton Again Ranked as Most Admired Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:38 PM PST Americans named President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the world’s most admired living man and woman in 2013, according to a Gallup poll released on Monday. Obama topped the annual list for the sixth consecutive year, a typical ranking for a sitting U.S. president, the polling organization said. But the […]

New York Times Benghazi Report Disputed Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:37 PM PST WASHINGTON — A top Republican lawmaker is disputing a report in the New York Times asserting no connection between al-Qaida and the 2012 attack in Benghazi that killed America's ambassador to Libya. The attack that overran the U.S. compound in Benghazi and left four Americans dead, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, has been the focus of […]

US Government Urged to Name CEO to Run Obamacare Market Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:36 PM PST WASHINGTON — The White House is coming under pressure from some of its closest allies on healthcare reform to name a chief executive to run its federal health insurance marketplace and allay the concerns of insurers after the rocky rollout of Obamacare. Advocates have been quietly pushing the idea of a CEO who would set […]

Washington Week: Renewed Focus on ‘Obamacare’ Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:34 PM PST The coming week will see renewed focus on President Barack Obama's signature health care law amid a reported end-of-year surge in people who have signed up for coverage. The news constitutes the most concrete sign to date that technical problems plaguing the Affordable Care Act have subsided, although the long-term success of the program remains […]

Thailand’s Army Moves to Ease Coup Fears Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:32 PM PST BANGKOK — Thailand’s powerful but politicized army sought to ease fears on Monday it might step in to resolve a festering political crisis, while anti-government protesters entrenched positions around Bangkok as they seek to disrupt a February election. The latest round of an all-too-familiar political conflict in Thailand has dragged on for weeks. It flared […]

Eight Killed in Attack on Chinese Police Station Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:31 PM PST Police in China’s restive far western region of Xinjiang say eight attackers were shot dead during in assault on a police station, raising the death toll from violent clashes in the province to at least 35 since November. Authorities also said one of the nine attackers was captured in Monday’s pre-dawn attack. There was no […]

Burma Releasing Remaining Political Prisoners Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:28 PM PST Burma’s government says it will release its remaining political prisoners on Tuesday. Hmu Zaw, a senior official in the presidential office, told VOA’s Burmese service on Monday the amnesty includes not only those convicted of political offenses, but those whose cases are still being prosecuted. Hmu Zaw says there are five reasons for the amnesty: […]

IOC Assures Russia’s Security After Attacks Posted: 30 Dec 2013 02:22 PM PST The International Olympic Committee says it remains confident the upcoming Winter Games in Sochi will be "safe and secure" despite terrorist bombings in the Russian city of Volgograd that have killed more than 30 people. The IOC says its president, Thomas Bach, has written to Russian President Vladimir Putin expressing condolences for the Volgograd attacks […]

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