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Pak entrepreneur Umar Anwar Jahangir youngest delegate at Davos

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:17 AM PST

London :  Entrepreneur Umar Anwar Jahangir is considered to be one of the 50 best young minds in the world – and he is only 21. Not many people get to set the global agenda at the age of 21, but for Pakistani entrepreneur Umar Anwar Jahangir, influencing policy has been the norm for the […]

PM‚ Army Chief discuss security situation

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:12 AM PST

Islamabad :  Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif called on Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad on Thursday. They discussed matters relating to situation in the country.

UN Chief supports Pak efforts for elimination of terrorism

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:12 AM PST

New York :  UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon while condemning recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan has reaffirmed the UN support to the efforts of the government to combat terrorism and extremism. In a statement in New York he expressed heart-felt condolences to the government and the people of Pakistan on the loss of precious […]

MoST and ICCI to join hands for improving competitiveness of local industry

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:11 AM PST

Islamabad :  Recognizing the importance of skilled manpower and entrepreneurship for strengthening the economy & society, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) and Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) have agreed to collaborate for the establishment of a Technical Business Incubation Center in ICCI. The facility would focus on promoting entrepreneurship in university graduates […]

Punjab govt starts implementation on its power energy conservation policies

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:10 AM PST

SIALKOT  :  The provincial government has started the initial work on project of establishing  3 megawatts each hydel power generation plants on main canals  Bambaanwala-Ravi-Badian (BRB) at Head Bambaanwala (Daska), Upper Chenab  Canal (UCC) at Head Marala (Sialkot) and  Marala-Ravi-Link (M.R.Link)  Canal at Mianwali Bangla (Daska) in Sialkot district. The Punjab government has successfully started […]

Posting/Transfer

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:09 AM PST

Peshawar :  The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has ordered posting/transfers of the following officers in the public interest with immediate effect. According to details, Perhizgar, BS-18 (Under Suspension), Deputy Commissioner Malakand has been asked to report to Establishment Department. Similarly, Muhammad Yahya Akhunzada BS-18, awaiting posting in Establishment Department has been posted as Deputy Commissioner […]

Seven inter-district gangs of criminals nabbed

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:08 AM PST

SIALKOT :  The local police have smashed seven inter-district gangs of notorious criminals, arresting 48 dangerous members of them. District Police Officer (DPO) Muhammad Gohar Nafees disclosed this while addressing a press conference at his office here Thursday. SP Investigation Asad Sarfraz Khan, DSP City Sialkot Maqsud Ahmed Lone and DSP Traffic Sialkot Muhammad Waseem […]

41 profiteers fined in Karachi

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:07 AM PST

Karachi : The divisional and district administration of Karachi raided different markets and fined profiteers, said a handout. Action was taken against 1 fruit seller, 1 vegetable seller, 1 grocer, 27 poultry traders, one fresh milk seller and one flour seller and a total fine of Rs33000 was collected by challenging 41 profiteers.

Kashmiri truckers stranded in new India-Pakistan row

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:06 AM PST

Salamabad (India) :  The 49 truck drivers, grizzled men from the mountains of Kashmir, were on a routine job dropping goods across the de facto border between Pakistan and India when a drugs bust left them stranded. For more than a week, the men from the Pakistani side of the divided region, one of the […]

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Doctors end strike in Nepal

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:04 AM PST

Kathmandu :  Hundreds of Nepalese doctors on Friday ended a five-day strike after the government agreed to meet their demands for medical education reforms, their professional association said. Hospitals and clinics across the Himalayan nation have been shut since Sunday in support of an orthopaedic surgeon who launched a hunger strike, leaving thousands of patients […]

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Men flee India gang-rape village as outrage intensifies

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:02 AM PST

Subalpur (India) :  Male residents fled an Indian village Friday after the alleged gang-rape of a young woman on the orders of tribal elders as police told of how locals tried to prevent her from reporting her ordeal. A total of 13 men have been arrested over the assault on the 20-year-old which was allegedly […]

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Five Afghan volleyball players shot dead

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 02:59 AM PST

Mihtarlam (Afghanistan) :  Unknown gunmen shot dead five young Afghan men playing volleyball, officials said Friday, but Taliban insurgents responsible for much of Afghanistan’s unrest denied any involvement in the killings. The players were gunned down in the eastern province of Laghman at about noon by attackers riding on a motorbike. “Armed men opened fire […]

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French First Lady Trierweiler heading to India Sunday

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 02:58 AM PST

Paris :  French First Lady Valerie Trierweiler will be in India on Sunday to back a charity after a two-week rest, including hospitalisation, following revelations of her partner Francois Hollande’s affair with a blonde actress. Trierweiler “is going to Mumbai”, an aide said, adding that the two-day trip was organised by French relief organisation Action […]

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India’s Ranbaxy hit by new ban from US drug regulator

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 02:57 AM PST

Mumbai :  Shares in one of India’s biggest drugmakers, Ranbaxy Laboratories, dropped 17 percent on Friday after the US Food and Drug Administration suspended imports from a fourth manufacturing facility of the firm. The FDA said it found significant violations from the expected “good manufacturing practice” requirements at Ranbaxy’s Toansa factory in the northern state […]

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Pakistan court sentences Briton to death for blasphemy

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 02:56 AM PST

Islamabad :  A court in Pakistan has sentenced a British man to death for blasphemy for claiming to be a prophet of Islam, a prosecutor and police said Friday. Mohammad Asghar, a British national of Pakistani origin, was arrested in 2010 in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, for writing letters claiming to be […]

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Japan PM to announce $2bn loan to India: report

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 02:55 AM PST

Tokyo :  Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will announce low-interest loans to India worth $2.0 billion when he visits his counterpart Manmohan Singh this weekend, a report said Friday. Tokyo will provide yen loans totalling about 210 billion yen for construction of subway lines and energy-conservation projects, the Nikkei economic daily said. The two leaders will hold […]

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Self-proclaimed Brit prophet in Pakistan sentenced to death for blasphemy

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 02:53 AM PST

Islamabad : A Pakistani court has sentenced a UK origin self-proclaimed prophet to death after convicting him of blasphemy. A 65-year-old British national, Mohammad Asghar, was also fined of INR one million by the Rawalpindi court, Dawn News reports. Asghar was arrested and booked under section 295-C of the PPC in Sadiqabad in 2010 after […]

Pakistan refuses to release Osama doc Shakil Afridi under US pressure

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 02:53 AM PST

Islamabad : Pakistan has said that it would not release Dr Shakil Afridi, who helped CIA track slain Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to his hideout in Abbottabad in 2011, due to pressure from the United States. Foreign Office FO spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam said the matter of Dr Afridi was sub judice, and it […]

Ukrainian Opposition Leaders Voice Optimism as Crisis Talks End

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 06:56 PM PST

Ukrainian opposition leaders emerged late Thursday from crisis talks with President Viktor Yanukovych, saying an opportunity exists to end weeks of political turmoil and violence gripping the capital, Kyiv. Ukraine’s Unian news agency quoted one opposition figure, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, as saying, “there is a very high chance” the ongoing police confrontation with protesters in Independence […]

Support Slipping for Iran Sanctions in US Senate

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 02:40 PM PST

BEIRUT — Libyans like to say their country will one day be seen as "Dubai on the Mediterranean" — rich, successful and advanced. But as their country struggles with a fitful political transition from autocracy to democracy amid storms of militia violence, political squabbling and lawlessness, they are now hearing for the first time talk […]

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