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Blast in rickshaw kills three in Peshawar: police
PESHAWAR: An explosion ripped through an auto rickshaw Tuesday killing at least three people and wounding four others in Peshawar, officials said. The blast occurred at Chamkani, a suburb of Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. “At least three people were killed in an explosion in a rickshaw near a police check point,” local [...]
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Pakistan appoints first female judge to sharia court
KARACHI: National sharia court, which hears cases under the country’s Islamic legislation, on Monday appointed a female judge for the first time in its 33-year history. Ashraf Jehan, 56, who was serving as an additional judge at the high court in southern Sindh province, made history as she took the oath in Karachi. “It was [...]
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Delta to honor cheap flights sold in systems glitch
Delta Air Lines said Friday it would honor tickets sold at a fraction of their normal price because of computer glitch that afflicted the airline’s website the prior day.”For a portion of the morning yesterday, some prices on delta.com and other booking channels were incorrectly displayed, resulting in lower than usual fares for customers,” said [...]
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Iraq forces arrest MP, kill brother and five guards
Iraqi security forces on Saturday raided the home of a MP who backed anti-government protesters, sparking clashes that killed his brother and five guards before arresting him, police said. Another 18 people were wounded in the assault on the residence of MP Ahmed al-Alwani in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, the police said. Source: AFP
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Finance minister reviews performance of FBR
ISLAMABAD: The Finance Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar here on Friday reviewed the performance of Federal Board of Revenue at its Headquarters. The Chairman, FBR Tariq Bajwa apprised the Finance Minister on the efforts being made by FBR to achieve the Revenue targets set in the budget. During the four hour long meeting, the Finance [...]
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Ajmal bags most wickets for Pak in a calendar year
ISLAMABAD: Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has achieved another distinction as he has taken most wickets in a calendar year for Pakistan leaving behind Saqlain Mushtaq. The magician has taken 103 wickets in 47 matches and 52 innings during the year 2013. Previously the record was held by Saqlain Mushtaq who took 101 wickets in 42 matches [...]
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Christmas Day bombings in Iraq’s capital kill 37
Militants in Iraq targeted Christians in three separate Christmas Day bombings in Baghdad, killing at least 37 people, officials said Wednesday. In one attack, a car bomb went off near a church in the capital’s southern Dora neighborhood, killing at least 26 people and wounding 38, a police officer said. Earlier, two bombs ripped through [...]
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Five wounded in Rawalpindi firing
RAWALPINDI: At least five persons were injured in an incident of firing at Raja bazar area of Rawalpindi, here on Tuesday. Rescue teams reached at the incident site and injured people were shifted to nearby hospital. The attackers managed to escape from the scene. The reason of attack could not be ascertained.
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Aaj with Reham Khan – 23rd December 2013
Guests: Syed Zaeem Hussain Qadri PML-N, Liaqat Baloch JI, Allama Ameen Shaheedi MWM and Sharjeel Mir President AT Rawalpindi. Host: Reham Khan AajWithRehamKhan23Dec2013 by awaztoday101
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Suicide bomber blasts Libya checkpoint, killing 7
BENGHAZI: A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a security checkpoint outside eastern Libya’s restive city of Benghazi overnight, killing at least seven people, witnesses and security sources said Sunday. The blast left body parts strewn around the area, said Moetez al-Agouri, a police officer at the post, and the death toll was likely [...]
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Pakistan achieves big victory in Kishin Ganga Dam Case: Asif
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Muhammad Asif said on Saturday that Pakistan has achieved a significant victory in the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) in Kishin Ganga Dam Case. According to a press release which issued here, the minister said that Pakistan has achieved a big victory in terms that ICA has [...]
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Polio eradication government’s top priority: Mamnoon
ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain Friday said that polio eradication was a high national priority and vigorous steps and initiatives were being taken at all levels and would continue till complete eradication of the disease from the country. He said that various institutional mechanisms and innovative strategies including Prime Minister’s Polio Monitoring Cell, National Task Force [...]
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Govt working to create a secure trade corridor: Dar
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar said on Thursday that the government is working to create a secure trade corridor for economic development of the country. He stated this while inaugurating the, a conference on “Integrated Transit Trade Management” organized here Thursday by Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on “Integrated Transit Trade [...]
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KU B.Com exams to commence from Dec 23
KARACHI: University of Karachi (KU) on Wednesday issued the schedule of Bachelors of Commerce 2013 annual regular examination. The exams would commence from December 23 (Monday). Thirty-four exam centers have been set up at the varsity and its different affiliated colleges for 55,527 candidates. Source: APP
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PM’s youth loan scheme to boost economic activity: Maryam
ISLAMABAD: Chairperson of Prime Minister’s Youth Loan Scheme, Maryam Nawaz Sharif has said that the young people are fully capable to produce results and boost economy of the country. She said that the youth will change the lives after utilizing the loan money of the Prime Minister’s Scheme in a viable business. Talking to a [...]
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Pakistan to continue supporting Palestine cause: Ayyaz
ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayyaz Sadiq said on Monday Pakistan would continue its unequivocal and unwavering support to the Palestine cause. “The Palestinian issue should be resolved in a just and fair manner, which is acceptable to the people of Palestine”, he said talking to Palestinian Ambassador Walid A.M. Abu Ali, who called on [...]
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Railways revenue generation show 36pc increas
ISLAMABAD: The initiatives of incumbent authorities in Pakistan Railways have started bearing fruits as Rs. 9.182 billion of revenue was generated in almost five months of current fiscal year. This shows almost 36pc increase in revenue as compared to corresponding period of previous fiscal year when Rs. 6.76 billion of revenue was generated. A revenue [...]
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China’s first lunar rover lands on moon: State TV
BEIJING: A space module carrying China’s first lunar rover landed on the moon Saturday, state television showed, the first soft landing on the moon in nearly four decades and a major step for the emerging superpower’s ambitious space programme. Scientists burst into applause as a computer generated image representing the spacecraft was seen landing on [...]
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Govt to materialize dream of positive change in KP soon
PESHAWAR: Speaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Asad Qaiser has said that comprehensive development in the province was need of the hour thats why PTI government is trying level to bring change. He was addressing as chief guest at the concluding session of a workshop regarding Provincial Priority Reforms and Action Plan at Peshawar Friday. He said [...]
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Govt releases Rs143.027 billion for development projects
ISLAMABAD: The government has so far released Rs 143.027 billion under its Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for various projects against the total allocations of Rs540 billion for the fiscal year 2013-14. According to latest data of Ministry of Planning and Development, out of these allocations, Rs25,862 million have been released for various projects of [...]
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Sugar price reduced by Rs 5 per kg at Utility Stores
ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet Wednesday reduced the sugar price at Utility Stores Corporation’s outlets by Rs 5 per kilogram. While reviewing the key indicators of the economy, the ECC was informed that the sugar price had fallen in the market. The ECC, held here under the chairmanship of Federal Minister [...]
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Iran Ready to Export 19-Seat Passenger Plane
ISLAMABAD: The Iranian aviation industry is ready to build and export light-engine 19-seat passenger planes, official said. Head of the Aerospace Industries Association Iraj Ebrahimi pointed to Iran’s 100 percent readiness to build 19-seat passenger planes, and said, “We are planning to export these planes,” FARS news agency reported. He reiterated that Iranian experts and [...]
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PM capable to steer the country out of crisis: NA Speaker
ISLAMABAD: Speaker National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq has said that process of forming standing committees of National Assembly would be completed during the current session. Opposition would be given share in chairmanships of the standing committees according to their percentage in the house, he added. Taking to PTV, the speaker said that 88 parliamentary friendship [...]
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China exports grow strongly on demand from US, Europe
China’s exports grew far more strongly than expected in November while import growth weakened, official figures showed Sunday, fuelling the country’s biggest trade surplus in nearly five years. Exports increased 12.7 percent year-on-year to $202.2 billion, the General Administration of Customs said — compared with a forecast of seven percent in a poll of 11 [...]
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Sawal hai Pakistan ka – Episode No. 175
Views of religious scholars on Rawalpindi Incident. Host: Rizwan Jaffer Sawal hai Pakistan ka – Episode No. 175 by aajnews
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New development projects on cards for Gilgit Baltistan’s uplift: PM
GILGIT: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif Friday said a number of education and health projects would be started in Gilgit Baltistan to bring it at par with developed areas of the country. Addressing the party workers of Pakistan Muslim League (N) Gilgit chapter, the Prime Minister said the government would ensure provision of basic amenities of [...]
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PTI, Jamaat-e-Islami protest against US drone strikes outside parliament
ISLAMABAD: More than 100 national and provincial legislators staged a protest on Thursday in Islamabad against US drone strikes in tribal belt. “We will continue our protest against drone strikes and…we will not allow NATO supplies to pass through the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KPK),” Imran Khan told the gathering outside parliament. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) rules the KPK. [...]
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Senators demand concrete steps to control price hike
ISLAMABAD: Senators on Wednesday urged the government to take concrete steps for controlling high prices of petroleum products, electricity and essential items. Opening debate on the motion regarding the price-hike, Mian Raza Rabbani of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) said the high prices of various commodities have affected common people. He alleged that the proposed [...]
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Rangers recovered hijacked bus, hostages: arrest hijackers
KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers Sindh recovered an hijacked bus along with two hostages near NIPA, University Road, on Monday evening, said a statement issued by the rangers here on Tuesday. According to details six armed men identified as Malik Arif, Muhammad Sikander, Iqbal, Muhammad Suleman, Muhammad Nasir and Muhammad Jamil hijacked a bus and took the [...]
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KCR project to take concrete shape soon: Ebad
KARACHI: The Karachi Circular Railway (KCR) project would take some concrete shape soon, the Sindh Governor Dr. Ishrat- ul- Ebad Khan said on Monday. He was talking to the participants of the 43rd PN Staff Course who called on him at the Governor House here. The Governor further stated that the Lyari Expressway would be [...]
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Indian troops arrested 411, injured 104 Kashmiris in November
ISLAMABAD: Indian troops, in their continued acts of state terrorism, injured over 400 and arrested more than 100 civilians including Hurriyet leaders during the last month of November. According to the data issued by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service, 411 civilians were critically injured when Indian police and paramilitary personnel used brute force [...]
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PM urges all Afghan stakeholders to support peace efforts
KABUL: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Saturday urged all the stakeholders in Afghanistan to join hands for supporting the efforts aimed at establishing sustainable peace in the country. “It is imperative to reverse the destructive cycle of conflict. This is the time to take decisive steps for moving forward the dialogue process and bringing [...]
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Dry weather with hazy morning likely in Karachi
KARACHI: The Met Office on Friday forecast a dry weather with hazy or misty morning in the metropolis during the next 24 hours. The Met Office forecast that minimum temperature is expected to remain in the range between 15 and 17 degrees Centigrade. Mainly cool/ cold and dry weather is likely to prevail elsewhere in [...]
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Legislation to stem power theft on anvil: Abid Sher
HYDERABAD: State Minister for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali has said that legislation against power theft is in progress as the government is fully committed to root out the menace in order to overcome the crisis of load shedding. Talking to media persons after presiding over a meeting of the officers of Hyderabad Electric [...]
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PM appoints Rashid Mehmood CJCSC, Raheel Sharif COAS
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday approved appointments of country’s top military brass and named a new Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and Chief of Army Staff. “On the advice of the Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and in pursuance of Article 243/4(a) and 243/4(b) of the Constitution of Pakistan, President of [...]
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Karachi: Police arrest 99 suspects in last 24 hours
KARACHI: The city police have arrested 99 suspects in 60 targeted actions from different areas of the metropolis during the last 24 hours. A police report issued here on Tuesday said that 21 pistols were seized from the accused arrested for their alleged involvement in various crimes including extortions, robbery and street crimes. APP
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CM Sindh’s Coordinator Nadia Gabol visits Edhi’s `Apna Ghar’
KARACHI: The Coordinator of the Sindh Chief Minister, Ms. Nadia Gabol, here on Monday visited the `Apna Ghar’ established at the Edhi Centre. She met with the female inmates of the `Apna Ghar’ and ascertained their problems. The Coordinator’s visit coincided with the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women. Nadia Gabol said that [...]
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Deal does not give Iran ’right of enrichment’: Kerry
GENEVA: A landmark deal with Iran on its controversial nuclear programe does not give Tehran a right to enrich uranium, US Secretary of States John Kerry said Sunday. “This first step does not say that Iran has the right of enrichment, no matter what interpretative comments are made,” Kerry told reporters. He spoke shortly after [...]
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Pervaiz for end to drone strikes, Taliban violence
LAHORE: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Pervaiz Rashid Saturday asked US authorities to end drone attacks and urged the Taliban to resolve all issues through dialogue rather than violence. “Drone attacks are not acceptable to us in any circumstances and they must be stopped. People who use Pakistani soil to achieve their political [...]
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India east coast braces for Cyclone Helen
A severe cyclone gathered pace as it bore down on India’s east coast Friday, with local authorities evacuating villagers and fishermen a month after a killer storm forced another massive rescue effort, officials said. The storm packing sustained winds of up to 120 kilometres an hour (75 mph) was expected to make landfall on the [...]