| Rehman Malik, Tahir Ashrafi meet President Zardari | | Feb 22, 2013 05:52:23 PM | | Staff Report ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari today directed Interior Minister Rehman Malik to take all possible steps to protect life and property of the Hazara community in Quetta. According to sources, Malik met President Zardari and briefed him about .... |  | |
| US Senate’s foreign relations committee head concludes Pakistan visit | | Feb 22, 2013 05:28:50 PM | | Web Desk ISLAMABAD: US Senator Robert Menendez, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, concluded his three-day visit to Pakistan on Friday. While in Pakistan, Senator Menendez met with President Asif Ali Zardari, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Kh.... | | |
| ASWJ to observe shutter-down strike in Balochistan | | Feb 22, 2013 05:14:46 PM | | Staff Report QUETTA: The Ahle-Sunnat Wal Jamat (ASWJ) announced it would observe a shutter-down strike on Saturday against an operation conducted by security forces at Nawankali area in Quetta. ASWJ activists are staging a sit-in on Zarghoon Road against the Na.... | | |
| Peshawar: Ten dead as bus plunges into canal | | Feb 22, 2013 05:10:20 PM | | Web Desk PESHAWAR: At least 10 people were killed and several others wounded when a bus carrying wedding guests plunged into a canal on Charsadda Road here on Friday. Five women are also among thoe dead. Rescue teams shifted the dead and injured to Lady Rea.... | | |
| KSE benchmark index closes above historic 18,000-point level | | Feb 22, 2013 04:36:00 PM | | Web Desk KARACHI: The Karachi Stock Exchange’s benchmark 100-share index on Friday closed above 18,000-point level for the first time in country’s history. The KSE 100-share index closed at 18,051.06 points, up 0.73 percent or 130.04 points with a healthy turno.... | | |
| Khuhro signs Local Govt Bill 1979 into law | | Feb 22, 2013 04:00:22 PM | | Staff Report KARACHI: Acting Sindh Governor Nisar Khuhro signed the Local Government Bill 1979 into law on Friday. The Local Government Ordinance 1979 stands restored from Karachi to Kashmore after Khuhro’s signing. A few hours earlier, Khuhro appointed MQM M.... | | |
| Punjab starts crackdown to net kite-flyers | | Feb 22, 2013 03:41:27 PM | | Staff Report LAHORE: With the onset of spring season, police sprang into action to round up kite-flyers in different cities of Punjab where enthusiasted people enjoy kite-flying on rooftops while dancing on drum beats and shouting “Bo kata”, SAMAA reported. Pol.... | | |
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