Saeed wants Pakistan, India talks over water issue
July 31st, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 31 (IANS) Warning the government about an alleged Indian plan to turn Pakistan barren by impeding the water flow in the rivers feeding the country, Jamaat-ud Daawa (JuD) ... Read more...
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Infant mortality cases rise in Pakistan
March 31st, 2012 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 31 (IANS) Pakistan has seen a steady increase in the number of deaths of infants less than a year old, according to a report by a non-governmental organisation.In ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Swine flu vaccines go waste in Pakistan
January 22nd, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 22 (IANS) District health officials in Pakistan are "not very keen" to use swine flu vaccines donated by the World Health Organisation (WHO), thus resulting in the country's failure to ... Read more...
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Meeting between Zardari, Nawaz expected soon: Raja Riaz
November 25th, 2010 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
Sahiwal, Nov 25 (ANI): The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) will continue its policy of reconciliation, and a meeting between PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari is expected soon, ... Read more...
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Haryana farmers can now own ‘imported’ calves
November 16th, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Nov 16 (IANS) Farmers in Haryana can now choose the sex of the calf in a cow's womb, that too by using bull's semen imported from US, officials said Tuesday.The Haryana ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
Pak women still facing harassment despite legislation
August 4th, 2010 - 6:45 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug 4 (ANI): A survey has found that crimes against Pakistani women are still continuing at workplaces, as the provincial government is unable to implement the Protection Against Harassment of Women ... Read more...
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Terrorists feasting on fresh chicken, beef, eggs, and milk in Pak prisons!
November 27th, 2009 - 3:30 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Nov.27 (ANI): Its not all that bad to be a prisoner in Pakistan, as one can enjoy sumptuous meals consisting chicken and farm fresh milk while in custody.There may be overcrowding ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Madan Lal Dhingra: A forgotten martyr (Comment)
August 13th, 2009 - 2:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Chaman Lal
Madan Lal Dhingra was perhaps the first Indian freedom fighter to be executed on British soil. He died in London on Aug 17, 1909. It is strange that no one ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
PPP may quit Punjab govt. as PPP-PML-N rift widens
August 25th, 2008 - 10:19 am ICT by ANI
Lahore , Aug 25 (ANI): In clear signs of rift widening between the PPP and PML-N after former president Pervez Musharrafs removal from Pakistan s political scene, the bigger coalition partner ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Kashmir Singh walks out of Pakistani jail a free man
March 3rd, 2008 - 10:43 pm ICT by admin
(Second Lead)
By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, March 3 (IANS) Kashmir Singh, an Indian who has languished in a Pakistani prison for 35 years on espionage charges, was released Monday evening from Lahore's Central Jail. ... Read more...
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Kashmir Singh alias Ibrahim will be home Tuesday
March 3rd, 2008 - 4:03 pm ICT by admin
(Lead)
By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, March 3 (IANS) Kashmir Singh, an Indian who has languished in a Pakistani prison for 35 years on espionage charges and is known to jail inmates as Ibrahim, will ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Low voter-turnout in Pakistan amidst sporadic violence
February 18th, 2008 - 4:55 pm ICT by admin
Lahore, Feb 18 (ANI): A low voter turnout was witnessed in the initial hours of the general elections in Pakistan today.
Voting will continue till 5 p.m.
Monday's elections were overshadowed by violence ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Pakistani-American in race for New Jersey’s county chief
November 14th, 2007 - 3:00 am ICT by admin
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Posted in World |