Tag: Force

While forming a task force for swift implementation of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) imports, Petroleum Minister Dr. Asim Hussain on Tuesday assured that a...

Four NATO soldiers were killed Tuesday in two attacks in eastern Afghanistan. Three soldiers were killed in an improvised bomb explosion and the fourth in...

The International Cricket Council’s Pakistan Task Team (PTT) has found the PCB lacking in governance, cricket administration, playing structure, financial viability and communications. ...

An eight-year-old Pakistani girl was kidnapped by Islamist militants who forced her to wear a suicide vest to attack security forces, police said on...

England could find themselves playing two extra Twenty20 internationals against the West Indies at the end of their current season in a bid to...

Soldiers deployed in force in Lebanon’s main northern city Tripoli Saturday after seven people were killed in clashes between Alawites and Sunnis over a...

Bangladesh is setting up a special force to save the critically endangered Royal Bengal Tiger and other animals. The 300-member force will be deployed...

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani approved the promotion of Pakistan Navy officers and Pakistan Air Force officers as recommended by the respective Promotion...

KARACHI - A polio case has been reported in Manghopir Colony of Orangi Town, it was revealed during a meeting of the District Task Force for Polio Eradication held at the Civic Center on Wednesday. The meeting was chaired by Karachi District Coordination Officer (DCO) Muhammad Hussain Syed and attended by town administrators, Health Executive District Officer (EDO) Dr Nasir Javed, Education EDO Dr Ibrahim Kanbhar, Revenue deputy district officers, assistant education officers, a

KARACHI - In order to eradicate the menace of drugs and save innocent people from this anti-social habit, the provincial departments should join hands with the Anti-Narcotics Force, Sindh Chief Secretary Subhan Memon said on Monday. The chief secretary was presiding over a meeting to discuss the under-preparation Drug Control Master Plan Sindh in accordance with the Drug Control Master Plan 2010-14.
The meeting focused on controlling trafficking and distribution of narcotic

AVIGNON - A young woman left the southern French city of Avignon for Paris Monday wearing a niqab to defy a ban on full-face veils in public places on the first day it came into force.
"I had been invited to take part in a television programme which I am going for and I find that today is April 11, the first day of the application of the ban," Kenza Drider, 32, told reporters before boarding a train for Paris.
"This law infringes my European rights, I cannot but defend them

PESHAWAR - As extremists are hell-bent to eliminate culture and different forms of art, their fear has compelled famous singer of Pashto Nazia Iqbal to leave Peshawar, as she opted to shift to Islamabad. She is not the first singers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to leave the province, as least 15 well-known figures besides many others have earlier migrated to other areas and even abroad whereas several including Alam Zeb Mujahid left the showbiz world.
Some like Gulzar Alam and Shahinsha

MOHALI - Police were out in even greater numbers in and around the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium just 48 hours out from the India-Pakistan World Cup semi-final on Wednesday. An already high-profile encounter between the rivals was given added security status when Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani accepted an invitation from India counterpart Manmohan Singh to attend the match. It will be the first game between the two teams on Indian soil since the 2008 Mumbai

LAHORE - The task force against sexual harassment at universities under the Higher Education Commission (HEC) is planning to question Punjab University (PU) Vice Chancellor (VC) Dr Mujahid Kamran for not taking action against two faculty members allegedly involved in sexually harassing two female students and other corrupt activities, Pakistan Today has learnt.
According to HEC sources, the VC's repute has been damaged after academic corruption and sexual harassment at the

BENGHAZI/BRUSSELS - Libyan ground troops are being targeted by air strikes, coalition officials said on Wednesday, as a top British officer declared Moammer Gaddafi's air force effectively destroyed.
As bitter fighting raged in key rebel strongholds, NATO nations failed to agree on giving the Western alliance command of military operations in Libya, a NATO diplomat told AFP. "There was no agreement and the discussions continue," the diplomat said after a new round of talks among

KARACHI - After growing increasingly frustrated with extortion by criminal gangs and the persistent energy crisis, businessmen are shifting industries from Sindh to Bangladesh in a bid to secure and preserve their investments; it has been learnt from reliable souces. Criminals have forced the departure of many industrialists to shift their running business to Punjab as well, leaving Sindh's industrial areas empty and deserted, well placed sources in Sindh's industries and commerce

LONDON - Oil rose above $116 a barrel on Friday after the United Nations authorised Western-led attacks in OPEC member Libya and tension stayed high across the oil-producing Middle East. Efforts to subdue inflation in China, the world's second biggest oil user after the United States, only briefly wiped out gains. Brent was up $1.19 at $116.09 a barrel by 1202 GMT, after earlier climbing above $117. U.S. crude for April gained $1.67 to $103.09.
Oil markets reached their highest