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President Barack Obama thanked the US intelligence community on Friday for helping track down and kill Osama bin Laden and warned remaining members of...

The Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) has announced a reduction of Rs 15 in the price of 20-kilogram flour bag from Wednesday (today) to...

Contrary to the perception that Pakistan is poised to adopt a pragmatic and realistic policy towards the United States, relations between the two countries,...

As per the usual routine thirteen Sunday Bazaars were set in the metropolis of Punjab. According to orders issued by the DCO, Senior Admin...

The United States and China will begin two days of high-level talks Monday on a gamut of political and economic issues, including thorny areas...

As tensions with the US mounts over the Abbottabad raid by the US Navy SEALs to kill Osama bin Laden without informing Pakistan, Lt...

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has ordered the central depositary company (CDC) to terminate and suspend the membership of a number...

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), on Friday, said that headline annual inflation exhibited a slight decline of 0.2 percent in the last month....

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan said on Wednesday he had toned down his image so that he could focus on his new and challenging role as the captain of the side. Dilshan, 34, has dyed his blond streaks back to black and removed his earring after selectors gave him the captaincy following the resignation of Kumar Sangakkara.
"Times have changed," grinned Dilshan when grilled by reporters as to why he has opted for a sober look. "I pierced my ear, when my daughter cried

LAHORE - The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) will sue Lahore DCO Ahad Cheema for blasphemy, Pakistan Today learnt on Wednesday. The decision was taken in a meeting of the SIC hierarchy in Lahore. A complaint in this regard will be submitted at a proper forum within two to three days. Blasphemy laws will be invoked for the purported desecration of the Holy Prophet's (PBUH) name inscribed on hoardings, billboards and banners of the organisation which were removed on the orders of the DCO

KARACHI - At least five more persons were killed during ongoing target killing incidents here in the city on Wednesday, police said.
Some unidentified armed persons opened fire on a car at Rashid Minhas Road killing three people.
A body of a police constable, Ayub, was found from Jalbani Goth, Malir. Sources said that he was kidnapped and then murdered.
Ayub's body was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC) for legal formalities.
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LAHORE - Four people killed a 35-year-old cable operator in the Baghbanpura Police Station precincts on Sunday. The victim was identified as Chaudhry Amanat Ali, a resident of Sirajpura. The deceased had started business of cable network in the area along with his friend Irfan Butt. A police official said that few months ago, both of them separated on a monetary dispute.
Notables of the area had settled the issue between the two partners some two weeks ago. On Sunday, Amanat was

KARACHI - At least nine people, including a policeman, were killed in in Karachi on Saturday. Routine life in parts of the city, particularly Malir, came to a halt after the latest killings. Police recovered the body of a 40-year-old man from Golden Ground in Malir.
Khokharapar police said the body of Abdullah was recovered from Malir Tanki. A 35-year-old man was shot dead in Gulistan-e-Jauhar. The body of a 31-year-old man was recovered form under the Shah Faisal Colony Flyover.

LAHORE - Afghanistan beat Nepal 19-11 in an interesting encounter of the first SAARC Baseball Cup at the Punjab Stadium here on Saturday. Both teams started their innings in aggressive way. Afghanistan made two scores. Mohammed Tahir and Mohammed Alam made a score each.
Nepal, however, took lead as they made four runs through Rajesh, Gowinda, Sandeep and Aneel. Afghanistan batters bounced back in the second innings and made five runs. Tahir, Alam, Samiullah, Nasir and Fazal Malik

LAHORE - PAF opened their onslaught with a 3-0 win over HBL in the opening match of the 21st NBP Football Cup on Thursday at Bohranwali Ground. HBL failed to create any impression as PAF scored thrice in the first session. PAF completely dominated the proceedings and their repeated attacks allowed them the opener in the 24th minute when midfielder Muhammad Arif Nawaz steered the ball into the net from close range. Soon after, Amir Khan gave tense moments to the bankers with the second

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected repeated requests of Additional Attorney General KK Agha to allow Dr Khalid Ranjha to represent the federation in place of Kamal Azfar in the review petition against the NRO verdict. The court directed Agha to get specific instructions from the government about the counsel until April 14. During the hearing, Azfar submitted that it appeared as if the government did not want to let the case proceed for fear of dismissal and was making

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC) declined the government's request to replace its counsel in the review petition against the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) verdict on Monday and ordered him to take instructions from the government and appear in court today (Tuesday).
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who was heading the 17-member full court hearing of the government's review petition against the NRO verdict, stated that the court could dismiss the review