Wed 10 February, 2010

Allahabad High Court will now decide in four months the legality of over Rs 2,000 crore spent by Mayawati government on building memorials for dalit leaders and installing their statues in numerous projects at Lucknow.

Natwar Singh's security has been withdrawn while other VIPs, including Buta Singh and Amar Singh, have been downgraded from the elite Z-plus category to Z.

The CBI has unearthed a passport racket being run from the Madurai and Chennai passport offices and arrested four officials for allegedly issuing travel papers on the basis of "forged" documents.

A huge tract of land -- 50,000 bighas or 31,250 acres to be precise -- in the prime location of Chhattarpur in south Delhi will now be available for planned development of the Capital.

Nitin Gadkari, who was acting president of BJP since December, was on Tuesday formally elected to the top party post in the presence of senior party leaders.

The hunt for the new director of National Council for Educational Research and Training has taken a curious turn with the search committee divided on shortlisting of one candidate.

A week before West Bengal announced 'Muslim quota', the Centre had rapped the state on the knuckles for giving mere 7% reservation to OBCs which was at least 20% less than the provision made by other states.

Iran has come out strongly against a reconciliation package for the Taliban in Afghanistan. "We don't believe in good or bad Taliban," Iranian envoy Seyed Mehdi Nabizadeh said.

A police force along with 300 SPOs on Tuesday was trapped in a landmine and then ambushed by naxals in a village in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district.

Overseas Indian affairs minister Vayalar Ravi, who suffered injuries after meeting with a road accident on Feb 4 while on an official visit to Liberia, will be flown to Chennai on Wednesday in a special aircraft.

Worried by the damage to its reputation in India and bilateral ties, Australia has for the first time acknowledged that some of the attacks on Indians were racial in nature, and has promised to punish those responsible.

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Tuesday called for a judicial inquiry into terrorism and target killing incidents in Karachi. The Lower House of Parliament resumed debate on bomb blasts in Ashura an...

The top United Nations humanitarian official in Pakistan has called on the international community not to forget the vulnerable civilians displaced in the country?s northwest, urging donors to contrib...

Avalanches around a mountain tunnel in Afghanistan kill at least 28 people and leave hundreds more stranded, officials say.

England's hockey team criticises the sport's governing body for failing to detail its security plans for the World Cup in India.

For the past few months we had the ldquo;honourrdquo; to read many articles and news reports in which above countries have been described as mayor threats and terrorism/terrorist supported states without an...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday warned terrorists to prepare for death if they did not abandon nefarious acts of terrorism and adopt the right path. Addressing a ...

The govt on Tuesday decided to put the commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal on hold, bowing to protests from activists, resistance from opposition as well as Cong govts and suspicions about the genetically modified crops.

The United Nations led an appeal yesterday for millions of dollars to feed and assist more than one million people displaced by conflict in Pakistan#039;s northwest and in border areas with Afghanistan.Th...

In cricket-obsessed Pakistan, last year#039;s attack on foreign players left the country more divided internally and isolated internationally

It's a myth that recession left India unscathed. The country is the biggest victim of financial crisis-induced poverty, according to the data obtained by TOI from the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

Lahore, Feb 9 : The Lahore High Court Tuesday ordered the government to allow disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, whose movements have been restricted, to meet his relatives and friends and...

Even as P Chidambaram met the CMs of naxal-affected states to strategise on anti-Maoist operations, the ultras made a renewed pitch for peace talks on the condition that some of their top jailed leaders be released.

Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa dissolves parliament to set up early elections, a day after his main rival was arrested.

The leaderless and outmanoeuvred Sri Lanka opposition

The Chinese activist jailed for asking too much over Sichuan

Lahore, Feb 9 (IANS) The Lahore High Court Tuesday ordered the government to allow disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, whose movements have been restricted, to meet his relatives and friends and to get him medically examined.

Islamabad, Feb 9 : Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has decided to take parliament and the national political leadership on board on the proposed foreign secretary-level talks with India, a...

Guantanamo man stars in protest play in Australia

The status of a coal deal between Australian mining firm Roadhouse and a Chinese energy firm is thrown into question

In cricket-obsessed Pakistan, last year#039;s attack on foreign players left the country more divided internally and isolated internationally

Islamabad, Feb 9 (IANS) The Pakistani Taliban confirmed Tuesday that its chief Hakimullah Mehsud had died of injuries sustained in drone strike last month, ending weeks of speculation over his fate. Noor Jamal has been named the new acting leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.

Campaigners fighting for the rights of indigenous peoples have appealed to the makers of the movie Avatar to help an Indian tribe protect its home from a real-life threat.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/edition_asia/~4/hB99daA_u-4" height="1" width="1"/

Islamabad, Feb 9 (IANS) Pakistan will set its agenda for the proposed foreign secretary-level talks with India at a high-level meeting Wednesday chaired by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, a media report Tuesday said.

Controversial Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has returned to India seeking extension of her visa. The 47-year-old, who has been a target of Islamic fundamentalists, is staying at an undisclosed destination, sources said.

An activist who questioned why so many died in a huge quake in China in 2008 is jailed for five years for subversion.

Toyota's president apologized profusely Tuesday as he announced the global recall of more than 400,000 of the automaker's 2010 hybrid models, including the popular Prius, for problems in their anti-lock braking systems.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/edition_asia/~4/Z-NEU7v3JCM" height="1" width="1"/

Islamabad - The United Nations on Tuesday appealed for 537-million-dollar aid for thousands of Pakistanis affected by the military assault against Taliban militants in the country#039;s north-west region....

Toyota recalls thousands of Prius cars in Japan because of braking problems, in the latest blow to the world's largest carmaker.

Lahore, Feb 9 (IANS) Pakistani actress Meera has challenged a marriage certificate filed in a court here by a man claiming to be her husband, saying it was a fake.

A former Sri Lankan general who ran against President Mahinda Rajapaksa in January has been arrested on charges of plotting to overthrow the country's government, authorities announced.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/edition_asia/~4/eKaoi-iBqK4" height="1" width="1"/

Islamabad, Feb 9 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has decided to take parliament and the national political leadership on board on the proposed foreign secretary-level talks with India, a media report Tuesday said.

As the Sri Lankan government declared it would court-martial its most decorated former soldier on conspiracy charges, main opposition parties said they would stage nationwide protests over his arrest.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/edition_asia/~4/w_9bmk_UF3s" height="1" width="1"/

Toyota fights back as its problems escalate

India's battle over whether to grow GM aubergines

Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has died while on his way to a treatment center in Karachi, three Taliban sources say.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/edition_asia/~4/Nj3bLsn1Zqs" height="1" width="1"/

International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday appealed for 16 million U.S. dollars in 2010 to contribute to relief and rehabilitation activities for families displaced by military operatio...

Islamabad, Feb 9 (IANS) Pakistani security forces have arrested three men said to be agents of Indian intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), a media report said Tuesday.

India defers the cultivation of what would have been its first genetically modified vegetable crop because of safety concerns.

The wife of arrested former presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka pleads with Sri Lanka's government to release him.

The sad story of Shazia - a Christian girl who was raped, tortured, and killed by her employer, a wealthy Muslim lawyer in Lahore, Pakistan ndash; is quot;a reminder to the public and the internatio...

(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)Elderly Pakistani men line up to get a ration of rice during a donated food distribution in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010.

Islamabad - Heavy rains in Pakistan killed 11 people over the past 24 hours, while a lake formed by an earthquake five years ago burst its banks and destroyed dozens of houses in the Pakistani part of...

Gunmen opened fire on Monday at the election office of a former Pakistani government minister, killing four people and wounding two, officials said.The identity of the gunmen, who opened fire at Sheik...

Renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, this year's Grammy winner in the best classical crossover album category, will tour Taiwan in April with the Silk Road Ensemble,

Unstable financial conditions and marginal profits are top barriers to Taiwan's small businesses seeking to expand cross-border business, according to the results of a biannual

The medical research department of the Taichung City-based China Medical University Hospital (CMUH) was in mourning yesterday after a genetics expert and a medical technologist

There are palm groves here, not heather on the heath, but that hasn't stopped a company in northeastern Taiwan from trying to produce a whisky

Chu said energy conservation and carbon reduction are the most important human missions in the 21st century.

The Taiwanese representative for Japan's Toyota announced yesterday it would recall 630 hybrids to repair faulty brakes.
The recalls are part of a worldwide action by

From Jan. 16 on, Taipei Fullerton Hotel East provided a wide variety of seafood cuisine from Southeast Asian countries for customers who enjoy tasting varied

TANDBERG (OSLO: TAA.OL) announced it has successfully demonstrated telepresence interoperability between TANDBERG Telepresence and the Cisco CTS 3000. This demonstration, the first of its kind,

Former Premier Su Tseng-chang could be elected mayor of Taipei if the opposition Democratic Progressive Party nominates him for the year-end election, a poll said

Singapore Airlines will be introducing new cabin products on some of its Boeing 777-200 aircraft from later this month.
A total of 11 B777-200s will be

While the number of influenza A(H1N1) cases has continued to wane, cases of seasonal influenza B have continued to increase, the Department of Health (DOH)

Nissan Motors signs Mercer as global retirement consultant for second consecutive year
Nissan Motors has appointed Mercer as their global retirement consultant for the second year

President Ma Ying-jeou confirmed the validity of widespread worries over whether his rightist Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) administration has the acumen to negotiate a comprehensive

TAMUNING, Guam - The "We Are Yigo" mural begins production on Saturday, February 6, 2010 in the island's northernmost village. As part of the Guam

The government of President Ma Ying-jeou was planning to remove Taiwan-origin top managers from the top of state-run enterprises, reports said. The moves would happen

Look around the Internet for music zealot Lin Tai-wei and you will find no shortage of articles on his vast collection of Taiwanese phonograph records

BANGKOK, Thailand - Global hospitality management conglomerate Golden Tulip has continued its strategic expansion into South-east Asia with the recent signing of two hotels in

CPC Corporation Taiwan and Formosa Petrochemical Corporation should be investigated for pocketing a total of NT$1.37 billion in excess air pollution fees last year, the

An Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with China will help Taiwanese people do business and will raise the country's competitiveness, President Ma Ying-jeou said yesterday.
He was

Taiwanese drivers will be able to obtain international driving permits (IDPs) with a fixed term of validity of three years and will no longer need

The Legislative Yuan needs to form a taskforce to supervise the eventual Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement with China, the opposition Democratic Progressive Party reiterated yesterday.
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Tue 09 February, 2010

Aid groups in Pakistan need nearly $538 million over the next six months to help hundreds of thousands of people displaced by army clashes against the Taliban, the U.N. said in an international appeal...

The death of a British soldier on an explosives-clearing operation in Afghanistan has pushed the British death toll there past that of the 1982 Falklands War, the Ministry of Defence announced Tuesday.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/edition_asia/~4/eu16OZm15yY" height="1" width="1"/

Elderly Pakistani men line up to get a ration of rice during a donated food distribution in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Feb. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Last Updated: February 09. 2010 4:13PM UAE / February 9. 2010 12:13PM GMT ISLAMABAD // Aid groups in Pakistan need nearly $538 million (Dh1.98bn) over the next six months to help hundreds of thousands...

Last Updated: February 09. 2010 4:13PM UAE / February 9. 2010 12:13PM GMT ISLAMABAD // Aid groups in Pakistan need nearly $538 million (Dh1.98bn) over the next six months to help hundreds of thousands...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Aid groups in Pakistan need nearly $538 million over the next six months to help hundreds of thousands of people displaced by army clashes against the Taliban, the UN said i...

Lahore, Feb.9 : The Lahore High Court (LHC) has directed the Foreign Ministry to consult the Law Ministry and take necessary action for safe and early release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, who was recently indicted by a US court on terrorism charges.

Islamabad, Feb 9, and IRNA -- Tanvir Ahmed Khan Director General of Institute of Strategic Studies here on Tuesday termed baseless the concerns of West against peaceful nuclear program of Iran.

Government officials too have confirmed his death and have said that he was killed in a Shaktoi drone strike last month. American and Pakistani officials had been saying Mehsud was dead since the past...

A Kazakhstan court overturns a ruling banning the media from criticising President Nursultan Nazarbayev's son-in-law.

A former governor and 196 other people are charged with murder over an election-linked massacre in the Philippines.

(RTTNews) - A court in Pakistan on Tuesday directed the federal government to provide medical care and other facilities to disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadir Khan after he complained that author...

argument is gaining ground in Washington at all levels that New Delhi needs to be more flexible ... towards Pakistan ... on its eastern borders.quot; The Holbrooke brief was seen in Pakistan not as bend...

Dale Steyn secures match figures of 10-108 as South Africa beat India by an innings and six runs in the first Test in Nagpur.

Islamabad, Feb 9 (DPA) Heavy rains in Pakistan#039;s north-western region and the Himalayan territory of Kashmir that is divided between India and Pakistan killed at least 11 people over the past 24 hours, officials said Tuesday.

Adrian Sutil is aiming for a consistent season as Force India unveil the car he will drive for them in 2010.

Lahore, Feb.9 : Iran has once again urged Pakistan to take strong actions against the hardcore Islamic militant group, Jundullah.

Australia beat West Indies by eight wickets in the second one-day international in Adelaide.

Dhaka, Feb.9 : Pakistan#039;s Naseem Akhtar has become the fastest woman in South Asia as she clocked 11.81seconds to win the 100-metre sprint gold medal at the South Asian Games here.

Authorities in the Philippines have filed murder charges against the former governor of southern Maguindanao province and 196 others in connection with last year's election-related massacre there.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/edition_asia/~4/HtXE6WhIhZ8" height="1" width="1"/

Srinagar, Feb 9 : Another army soldier was killed in a second avalanche on Tuesday, even as 13 out of the 14 already trapped, were rescued from an Army forward post in Jammu and Kashmir Tangdhar District.

Japanese carmaker Nissan has reported a return to profit for the last three months of 2009.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan The Pakistani military has retaken the key town of Damadola, in the Bajaur area of the tribal belt, where the army has been fighting

At least 15 Indian soldiers were killed after an avalanche smashed into a military training camp near the countryrsquo;s disputed border with Pakistan on Monday, the army said. The accident occurred ...

TEHRAN: Iran said on Monday it has formally told the UN nuclear watchdog of its plan to produce higher enriched uranium, sparking fresh warnings by world powers of new sanctions against the defiant Is...

LAHORE: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram has been appointed to a Pakistan Cricket Boardrsquo;s (PCB) six-member inquiry committee looking into the national teamrsquo;s poor performance on their just conc...

Islamabad, Feb.9 : Former Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri has rejected his successor Shah Memhood Qureshi#039;s view on there being no progress on the Kashmir issue for several years.

Islamabad, Feb.9 : Pakistan is looking to adopt a tough stance over India#039;s offer to resume foreign secretary level talks, as it is worried about engaging New Delhi in #039;open-ended#039; talks, diplomatic sources said.

Islamabad, Feb.9 : As the foreign secretary level talks between India and Pakistan are expected to resume later this month, Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) officials are sceptic about New Delhi#039;s overtures and believe the offer has landed Islamabad in a #039;fix#039;.

Lahore, Feb.8 : Pakistani intelligence agencies have warned that the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has sent eight female suicide bombers to target strategically important establishments in the province.

Suspected militants Tuesday morning shot dead an Indian policeman in India-controlled Kashmir, police said. The attack took place around 10:30 a.m. local time in Sopore town, 50 km northwest of Srinag...

An alumina refinery in east India run by a UK-based firm causes pollution threatening the health of locals, a rights group says.

North Korea tells China it is committed to a non-nuclear peninsula, say reports, as a top UN envoy heads to Pyongyang.

A senior Pakistani politician survives an attempt on his life after gunmen fire at him in the city of Rawalpindi.

Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Asif has been refused entry to the UAE for two Twenty20 games next week after authorities refused to lift a ban imposed on him for an alleged drug offence.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has begun efforts to create consensus on repealing the 17th Amendment before presidential address to the joint sitting of the parliament.

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Q, Parliamentary leader in the National Assembly, Makhdoom Faisal Saleh Hayat while urging the government to take up the issue of lsquo;water terrorismrsquo; with New Delhi...

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik while responding to an accusation from a PML-N parliamentarian told the National Assembly that Blackwater was not providing security to the president and the ...

ISLAMABAD: The protest of the students of the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) against thrashing of Professor Malik Tahir by Registrar Brigadier (R) Obaidullah Ranjha entered its fifth c...

ISLAMABAD: Tension between Punjab and Sindh over opening of the Chashma-Jhelum and Taunsa-Punjnad link canals has touched a new high as the former has sought the Centrersquo;s intervention.

ISLAMABAD: Twelve soldiers embraced martyrdom while two others were injured in a clash with militants during the ongoing operation Rah-e-Nijat in South Waziristan Agency (SWA), the ISPR said on Monday...

At least 23 people are killed when a vehicle overturns in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, police say.

Pakistani authorities have arrested six suspected Taliban fighters who were allegedly plotting to attack a five-star hotel and kill Americans. Zulfikar Hameed, a senior police official, said the figh...

PAKISTAN -- Authorities arrested six suspected Taliban militants Monday with a suicide vest and hand grenades allegedly on their way to attack a five-star hotel in Lahore, Pakistan#039;s cultural capital,...

Desperate Burmese find ways to cross the Thai border

Rawalpindi, Feb 9 (IANS) A former minister of Pakistan was shot and four of his body guards were killed when a group of armed assailants attacked the opposition Awami Muslim League#039;s office in this district of the country#039;s north.

Pakistani police claim to have prevented an attack on a five-star hotel in Lahore, the country#039;s second largest city.

Former Pakistani minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed was injured and his two guards and two supporters were killed on Monday when unidentified gunmen opened fire at his election office in the garrison city o...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 HELD SRINAGAR: The held Kashmir authorities deployed thousands of police and troops on Monday to prevent a protest outside the UN office here over the recent killing of two...

FIRs of 21 missing MQM workers to be lodged after 15-year wait Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By Salis bin Perwaiz KarachiFollowing directions of the Supreme Court of Pakistan regarding the ascerta...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By M Waqar Bhatti Karachi The Vehicular Inspection Control Programme (VECOP) experts on Monday resumed inspection of smoke-emitting vehicles plying on city roads after a...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By our correspondent KarachiAn additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) acquitted two suspects allegedly belonging to a banned outfit for want of evidence.Qasim Too...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By our correspondent Karachi Under the influence of mild westerly systems, some parts of the city received a drizzle on Monday in the daytime. The weather remained large...

Teachers form ASA to protect rights Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By Umar Cheema ISLAMABAD: The uproar over public beating of a professor in the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) got ...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By Shahid Husain KarachiIn the death of Ajmal Khattak, who passed away on February 7, Pakistan in general and North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in particular lost one ...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By our correspondent ISLAMABAD: On the first day of the February session, the National Assembly adopted a bill enabling the State Bank of Pakistan to strengthen bank reg...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By Imtiaz Ali KarachiMembers of the provincial assembly (MPAs) of Sindh on Monday sought a check on fuel prices, claiming that increase in the price of petrol and diesel...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By Faizan Bangash LAHORE: Another Punjab minister was exposed on Monday after he failed to satisfy the legislators and relied merely on the textual answers sent to him b...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By our correspondent LAHORE: Iranian Counsel General Saeed Khirazi has said the Iranian government has handed over all evidence regarding Jundallah to the Pakistan gover...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 KarachiDue to load shedding of Karachi Electricity Supply Company (KESC) the city was deprived of 30 million gallons of water on Monday.A Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology here on Monday directed the Ministry of Information Technology and its attached departments, particularly...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By our correspondent KarachiThe Pakistan Rangers Sindh claimed to have arrested 95 suspects during their crackdown in different parts of city against terrorists and crim...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By Momin Iftikhar Those with interest in the military history would know that withdrawal in face of mounting enemy pressure is one of the most difficult operations to ex...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By our correspondent Karachi Ismat Siddiqui and Dr Fauzia Siddiqui, mother and sister of Dr Aafia Siddiqi, called on Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday at ...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By Gibran Ashraf KarachiDozens of lives were lost in the incidents of terror late last week that heralded a black chapter in the history of the City of Lights yet again....

Both pay visit to Pir of Chakwal who made it possible Tuesday, February 09, 2010 ISLAMABAD: The longstanding enmity between Chief Executive Bahria Town Malik Riaz Hussain, former deputy speaker Na...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By our correspondent KarachiPakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) will launch a campaign for the restoration of River Indus and raise a voice against mega water projects on th...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 KARACHI 10 years backKarachi, February 9, 2000Sindh cabinet on Thursday decided to consider restarting Karachi Circular Railway (KCR), keeping in view its importance to the...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By our correspondent NOWSHERA: Veteran nationalist politician, noted poet, writer and former president of the Awami National Party (ANP) Mohammad Ajmal Khattak was laid ...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 KarachiGulshan-e-Iqbal Town has declared rain emergency and deployed special staff to deal with sewerage, cleanliness and other problems in the town in the wake of rain for...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By our correspondent KarachiAt least four people, including an older woman were killed and 15 others injured in two different mishaps on Monday.Samia, 60, and her son Ab...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By our correspondent HANGU: A shop and a post office were partially damaged in a bomb explosion in the main bazaar here early on Monday. Sources said the bomb disposal u...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By Zeeshan Azmat KarachiThe concerned authority at the Sindh Board of Technical Education (SBTE) will not be taking any action against teachers who were served a show ca...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 By our correspondent KHAIRPUR: The 19th senate meeting of the Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur on Monday approved a Rs 676.110 million budget for 2009-10. The senate...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Noor Aftab IslamabadPhysical disability can be sidelined provided one has the will and determination. A brilliant example of this is the life and academic achievements o...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Our crime correspondent IslamabadThe police cops are being provided better facilities to enhance their performance, said Inspector General of Police, Syed Kaleem Imam, w...

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 IslamabadAllama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) on Monday launched a collection of poetry, thoughts and teachings of Renowned Sindhi poet, Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai.The launchin...

Why surprise plays little part in latest Afghan operation

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