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KARACHI - A delegation of the Bin Qasim Association of Trade and Industry, along with prominent industrial members held a detail meeting with Chairman of the Port Qasim Authority (PQA) Muhammad Shafi to discuss the prevalent law and order situation, completion certificate, sewerage connection and conservancy charges, deplorable roads, exorbitant water charges, removal of bushes and other important problems. The Port Qasim Authority chairman realised the serious issues and referred

KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah approved the summary for merging 44 government departments into 28 on Friday, sources told Pakistan Today.
The Services, General Administration and Coordination Department of the provincial government recently proposed a summary for merging 44 existing administrative departments into 28 new ones to the chief minister. After the "right-sizing" of the federal cabinet, the Sindh government had also decided to shorten the cabinet by

LAHORE - Jamaat-e-Islami Chief Syed Munawar Hasan has said that Federal Minister Shahbaz Bhatti's murder was a conspiracy to create bad blood between the Muslims and the Christians. In his Friday's sermon at Mansoora, he said the 'murder's responsibility rested with the govt' because it could not provide adequate security to Bhatti. He said the Pakistani Muslims respected the minorities and their worship places, and the minorities were free to lead their lives in accordance with their

GENEVA - The UN human rights chief on Tuesday warned Yemeni authorities against the violent repression of peaceful protests, saying that people have the right to express their grievances.
"People have the legitimate right to express their grievances and demands to their government," Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a statement. "We have seen over and over again in the past few weeks that violent responses, in breach of international law, do not make the

GENEVA - Olympic chief Jacques Rogge has urged governments around the world to clamp down on illegal betting and license boomakers, warning that the credibility of spectator sports is at stake. "We need their support, they alone have the judicial powers, they can tap telephone calls, they can issue warrants, they can search baggage -- we cannot do that," Rogge told journalists ahead of a meeting on the issue at International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne on

KARACHI - The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has reshuffled its entire management with the chairman and two directors being forced to resign on February 24. PTCL told its shareholders in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad stock exchanges on Friday that PTCL Chairman Najeebullah Malik and directors Salman Siddiqui and Khursheed Ahmed Junejo had resigned, adding that Walid Irshad would continue to serve as chief executive officer for the next term.
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KARACHI - Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) President Senator Haji Ghulam Ali has appointed Tariq Mahmood Chaudhry as Chairman of FPCCI Standing Committee on "Afghan Transit Trade".
Tariq Mahmood Chaudhry is the former Chairman of Pakistan International Freight Forwarders Association.
Under his dynamic leadership, the association has achieved success in many fields in freight forwarding sector including solution of remittance issue and

MUMBAI - The Cricket World Cup's top official was severely criticised on Thursday after police battered hundreds of fans with bamboo sticks outside Bangalore's M Chinnaswamy Stadium as anger at the lack of tickets on sale for the clash between India and England boiled over.
In a memo leaked to the media, the governing body of the sport (ICC) accused its own president Sharad Pawar of mismanagement and said he was threaten(ing) to undermine the whole tournament with the way

WASHINGTON - Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Leon Panetta has said that the United States has a very complicated relationship with Pakistan and both the countries often have conflicting view points on various issues.
"I have to tell you that it (US-Pakistan) is very complicated and it does involve oftentimes conflicting viewpoints of how we deal with issues," Panetta told lawmakers at a Congressional hearing of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The

GUJRANWALA - Gujranwala Chief Traffic Officer Makhdoom Qaisar Bashir has warned encroachers to remove encroachments in a week otherwise an operation cleanup will have to be launched.
Addressing a meeting of Gujranwala Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), he said an educational wing had been established for traffic awareness, adding a traffic campaign would be started in the city soon. The GCCI president chaired the meeting while senior members and traffic officials were also

KARACHI - Justice Mushir Alam - a senior judge of the Sindh High Court (SHC) - took oath as the SHC chief justice (CJ) on Monday. Alam has been appointed the new chief justice after President Asif Ali Zardari appointed former SHC CJ Sarmad Jalal Osmany and Justice Amir Hani Muslim as judges in the Supreme Court on the recommendation of the Judicial Commission.
Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ibad administered the oath to Alam at an oath-taking ceremony which was held at the SHC

TEHRAN - Iran has appointed nuclear scientist Fereydoon Abbasi Davani, who survived a bomb attack in November, as the country's new atomic chief, state television reported on its website on Sunday.Abbasi Davani, a target of UN sanctions, replaces Ali Abkar Salehi who was endorsed as foreign minister last month. The announcement of his appointment was declared in an order issued by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the television website said.
"You are hereby appointed as a vice

LAHORE - Punjab Parliamentary Secretary for Health Dr Saeed Elahi has said that Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif is a great admirer of the services of young doctors and all out measures are being taken for the solution of their problems. During the last 16 years, first time the present government regularized the services of more than four thousand medical officers and two thousand consultants, he said.
These views were expressed by him while addressing a reception

LAHORE: Lahore Police chief Aslam Tareen said on Friday Raymond Davis did not act in self defence and killed the two Pakistani youths in cold blood. Addressing a press conference at his office, Tareen said Davis carried out an intentional and cold-blooded murder, adding that the investigation was carried out on merit, which led the police to the conclusion that Davis was guilty as charged. The CCPO said police had submitted a provisional challan, requesting the court to take action

KARACHI - Siddiq Abu Bhai is a lucky man to have Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Qaim Ali Shah as his friend: removed nine days ago from his position of adviser to the government, Abu Bhai was appointed on Wednesday as coordinator to the Sindh government on political affairs.
The Sindh government's Services and General Administration Department formally issued a notification about Abu Bhai's fresh appointment on Wednesday. PPP leader Rashid Rabbani is already working as Advisor to the

LAHORE - Government deficits, lack of both economic vision and political will are major challenges the country is facing on the economic front. Regulators have failed to make a tangible difference as the government has completely overlooked their prescribed role.
These observations were made by the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) former Chairman Khalid Mirza, while addressing the members of Lahore Economic Journalists Association (LEJA) here on Wednesday. He was

KIRKUK - Gunmen fired on a top anti-terror official in northern Iraq, killing two of his sons and leaving the officer and another son wounded, police said Friday. Colonel Abbas Nuri had been exiting a shop late Thursday in Tuz Khurmatu and walking to his car, where his three teenage sons were waiting, when gunmen opened fire on the family and fled, the town's police chief Colonel Ali al-Hamdani said.
Two of Nuri's sons, aged 15 and 16, were killed, while his 18-year-old boy was