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RIKUZENTAKATA - Temporary housing is taking shape next to an evacuation centre in this northern Japanese town, among the first places where rebuilding from the devastating earthquake and tsunami 10 days ago has begun.
Authorities aim to start moving families out of the cramped shelters where they have lived on mats - separated from neighbours by only cardboard - and into the houses by the end of the month.
"They have no privacy. They can't even stretch their legs at night

KARACHI - Followed by the extreme supermoon event on Saturday, a Hindu pundit and expert on celestial bodies has foreseen natural disasters throughout the world in the next seven days. Besides that, the pundit also predicted massive changes in Pakistan in the next few months.
Maharaj Premchand Giyanchandani said that the extreme supermoon was observed on Saturday - the day of Shani, the deity of death - and as per Hindu astrology, this would cause a lot of destruction around the

LAHORE - PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Friday was shifted from the intensive care unit to a private room after gaining fast recovery from a heart surgery in a local hospital in London. PML-N's Senator Pervaiz Rashid told Pakistan Today that Nawaz Sharif, who went through an operation, was now quite well and had attained full consciousness.
"Doctors will conduct various tests and there is no need to worry about the medical checkups as they are a part of the routine procedure," he

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has taken note of the fact that a number of retired officers are using official vehicles without authorisation while a large number of employees i.e. gardeners, drivers and police constables are also serving them. Similarly, the serving officers are using vehicles and services of such employees beyond their entitlement.
Punjab CM has directed that all administrative secretaries, heads of attached departments; autonomous,

KARACHI - Additional District and Sessions Judge (East) Afzal Roshan on Thursday remanded four Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan suspects, who were arrested by the Crime Investigation Department on Wednesday, for seven days. The accused men - Musharraf, Sherz Ali, Hameedullah and Ahmad Ali - were brought before the court amid tight security, escorted by a heavy contingent of law enforcers. Police produced the accused men before the trial court and sought their physical remand for conducting

ISLAMABAD - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday agreed to extend for another three days the ongoing talks for setting new benchmarks for Pakistan to revive the $11.3 billion standby arrangement facility that is suspended since May last year.
The government had invited the IMF mission for talks to revive the suspended programme by finalising new benchmarks. However, both sides, led by Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and IMF Mission Chief for Pakistan Adnan

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Punjab government to withdraw all shoulder promotions given in the police department and observed that there was no concept of such promotions in the law and police rules. The court said the mechanism was an invention of politicians who used the process for political purposes. The bench of Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed and Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa directed the government to abolish the policy of shoulder

RAWLPINDI - The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) hearing Benazir Bhutto murder case on Saturday gave Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) 15 more days to deliver arrest warrant to former president Pervez Musharraf at his London residence. The court, during two previous hearings, had issued arrest warrant of the former president after his name was included in the charge-sheet.
FIA officials took the plea before ATC Judge Rana Nisar that the warrants could not be served on former

DHAKA - Former West Indies captain Richie Richardson said on Wednesday he looked forward to another era of Caribbean domination in world cricket, saying the journey had already begun.
"The glory days will be back soon," Richardson told AFP ahead of his team's crucial World Cup game against hosts Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium on Friday. "I can never forget those days when we dominated the world. Every team has its up and downs, but I am confident we will get there

KARACHI - The gory rape tale of a five-year-old Hindu girl, M*, surfaced on Wednesday: raped multiple times on Saturday (February 26) in Dost Muhammad Goth, her plight remained under wraps for five days as the father mulled over whether his shame was sufficient to kill his own flesh and blood.
M* comes from a family of Bagris - low-caste groups, who are supposed to be guardians of orchards but who usually migrate from place to place in search of seasonal employment. Her family

Lahore - Bishop Andrew Francis, chairman of National Commission for Interreligious Dialogue and Ecumenism as well as Bishop of Multan strongly condemned as "brutal barbarism" the "senseless assassination" of Federal Minorities Minister Shahbaz Bhatti by extremists on Wednesday at 11:00am, announcing three days of mourning during which all Christian institutions such as schools etc would be closed in protest. Bishop Andrew appealed to all bishops around the world and said "With deep

LAHORE - The rainy season is all set to continue, as the Met Office on Tuesday predicted more isolated rains from today (Wednesday) in various parts of the country. According to the Met Office, isolated rain with snowfall on hilltops is expected at various places of Islamabad, Gujranwala, Sargodha, North East Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and AJK while the situation would also continue on Thursday and Friday.
Met Office officials claimed that there is no chance of heavy rains

ISLAMABAD - The Standing Committee of the National Assembly on Railways was informed on Tuesday that trains in the country could stop at any time as Pakistan Railways (PR) had diesel reserves for a day only. Muhammad Shafi, Railways member finance, told the committee that met with Sardar Ayaz Sadiq in the chair that PR purchased diesel on credit from Pakistan State Oil (PSO) and now total credit had exceeded the amount Rs 900 million.
"We have diesel reserves for one day only,

KARACHI - The Sindh government on Monday imposed a two-day ban on motorcycle pillion riding and carrying weapons in the city ahead of 12th Rabiul Awal. According to a notification issued by the Sindh Home Department, the pillion-riding ban would be enforced from Monday midnight and remain effective until midnight February 16.
It would not be applicable to women, children below the age of 12 years, senior citizens, disabled persons, journalists, law enforcing agencies personnel in

KARACHI - The Sindh government has announced on Monday that its offices would remain closed for two days - today (Tuesday) and tomorrow (Wednesday) - on account of Eid Miladun Nabi (PBUH).
The University of Karachi has also announced that the university and its affiliated colleges will remain closed on Wednesday on account of Eid Miladun Nabi (PBHU). The registrar of the university issued a notification on Monday to make this announcement.

ISLAMABAD: The government has asked the PML-N to give it four days to come up with an implementation plan on the party's 10-point agenda. The eighth round of the parleys between the PPP ministerial team, led by Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh and the PML-N committee led by Senator Ishaq Dar was held on Friday. The government's team included newly-appointed ministers, Raza Rabbani, Naveed Qamar and Babar Awan. Two members of the government team - Raja Pervez Ashraf and Hina

ISLAMABAD - Hearing a petition against the Railways land scam, allegedly worth more than Rs 25 billion, the Supreme Court on Monday directed the remaining respondents to furnish their replies within three days.
A four-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday said its short order that "as far as the remaining respondents who have not submitted replies are concerned, ordinarily the