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KARACHI - A local court on Wednesday granted interim pre-arrest bail to the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in an accidental murder case.
KESC CEO Tabish Gauhar and three other senior officials of the power utility are facing charges of carelessness and negligence, owing to which a young man was electrocuted in Malir last year. FIR No 163/2010 was registered against them under Section 319 of the Pakistan Penal Code on a complaint of the

Canadian teen pop idol Justin Bieber has become the latest celebrity to get his own wax figure, Madame Tussauds wax museum said on Tuesday, a day after the young pop star tweeted he had a new haircut. The wax figure of the 16-year-old pop phenomenon, who was as famed for his former bowl-cut as his soulful voice, will debut in March at Madame Tussauds in New York, London and Amsterdam. "To be immortalized in wax alongside some of my idols - Michael Jackson, Prince, Beyonce and my

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday granted protective pre-arrest bail to Moonis Elahi, son of former Punjab chief minister Pervaiz Elahi, against a surety of Rs 0.7 million in the National Insurance Corporation Limited (NICL) scam case.
A division bench of Justice Ghulam Sarwar Korai and Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar granted the plea for three weeks. The applicant approached the SHC to seek protective pre-arrest bail to avoid being arrested in Sindh after a red warrant

KARACHI - Sindh AIDS Control Programme's Provincial Programme Manager Dr Nafis Sohail has been transferred and another official has been appointed to take over his position, Sindh AIDS Control Programme BCC Coordinator Dr Munawar said. In a press statement issued on Saturday, Dr Munawar further said that Dr Sohail has relinquished his position with effect from February 14, 2011 and handed over the post to Dr Qamar Abbas on the advice of the competent authority.
He also said that

ISLAMABAD - The Indian General Court Martial (GCM) - trying former director general for supplies and transport Lt Gen SK Sahni - cashiered him from service and sentenced him to three years rigorous imprisonment for irregularities in the procurement of dry rations.
The court, presided over by Lt Gen Jatinder Singh, held Sahni guilty on six of the nine charges of professional impropriety levelled against him. He had been under arrest since July 31 last year when his trial commenced

KASUR - District and Sessions Judge (DSJ) Nazir Ahmed Ganjana awarded life imprisonment and a heavy fine to a drug pusher Imran. Reportedly, Mustafabad police raided a village Malakwal and recovered 18 kilogram charas from Imran's possession. The DSJ awarded life imprisonment and a fine of Rs 200,000 to Imran who was involved in the drugs' business for many years.
SUI GAS SUSPENSION PROTESTED IN KOT RADHA KISHAN: Hundreds of people protested against the suspension of Sui gas at

LAHORE - After the success of chamber road shows last year, Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT) is conducting chamber conferences across Punjab aimed at providing awareness to a wide range of entrepreneurs. Agribusiness and livestock are the main sectors of these road shows which will be focused upon and are primarily organised for the promotion of these sectors.
In this regard, the first road show was arranged at Lahore Chambers of Commerce and Industry yesterday, while

ISLAMABAD - The Malaysian exploration and production company, Petronas, has been granted a No Objection Certificate (NOC) by the government to exit Pakistan. An informed source said that the government had finally accepted the request of the Malaysian company and had granted the NOC for its exit.
Petronas had sought NOC from the Ministry of Petroleum, after signing a sale and purchase agreement with the Austrian company OMV, selling its entire oil and gas exploration and

KARACHI - After much lobbying and swaying opinions through the media, officials of the Sindh Health Department on Thursday managed to get the provincial government to extend the Hepatitis Prevention and Control Programme for another three years - a project that will cost Rs 5 billion.
The last three-year term, worth Rs.2.70 billion, was set to expire soon, and the Health Department had recently started hepatitis screening of different areas to prove the efficiency of the

KARACHI - After much lobbying and swaying opinions through the media, officials of the Sindh Health Department on Thursday managed to get the provincial government to extend the Hepatitis Prevention and Control Programme for another three years - a project that will cost Rs 5 billion.
The last three-year term, worth Rs.2.70 billion, was set to expire soon, and the Health Department had recently started hepatitis screening of different areas to prove the efficiency of the

These days, guns are more popular than guitars, at least when it comes to video games. The company behind 'Guitar Hero' said that it is pulling the plug on one of the most influential video game titles of the new century. Activision Blizzard Inc., which also produces the 'Call of Duty' series, is ending the 'Guitar Hero' franchise after a run of more than five years.
The move follows Viacom Inc.'s decision in November to sell its money-losing unit behind the 'Rock Band' video

LONDON - Manchester United and England legend Bobby Charlton is to be asked to help bring together a Great Britain football team to compete at the 2012 London Olympics. To date all attempts to forge a unified team have met with stiff opposition from the the Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish football associations leaving open the prospect of only English players being involved.
But London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe believes that Charlton has the clout and prestige to bring the

KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah spoke at the Livestock, Fisheries, Dairy and Poultry Exhibition and Seminar at Karachi Expo Centre organised by Sindh Board of Investment.
On the occasion, he said that particularly Sindh was an agricultural oriented province and besides food items, orchards, and vegetables, it is famous for prominent breeds in cattle, dairy farming, having vast area in coastal belt with fisheries, shrimps and poultry.
He said that the best

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan People's Party (PPP)'s Central Executive Committee (CEC) on Friday finally gave Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani a go-ahead to dissolve his cabinet when he considered it appropriate and form a new team of ministers in accordance with Article 92 of the constitution which provided that the size of the cabinet should not exceed eleven percent of the total strength of the parliament.
Although this constitutional provision will be applicable after the next

LAHORE - The four-day Annual Royal Palm Floodlit Cricket Tournament endorsed by Coke, Highland, GNC and FR Cables took off at the superbly lit cricket arena of the Royal Palm Golf and Country Club.
At the end of the first day, four out of the 16 teams, Warriors, Lahore Eagles, Giants and Punjab Warriors stood eliminated after some fascinating battles with the winning teams, like Lahore Strikers, Punjab Kings, Lions and Royal Eagles.
Dejection was visible among the losers

KARACHI - A court on Monday convicted a man for two robberies and sentenced him to eight years of rigorous imprisonment (RI). Additional District and Sessions Judge Sarwat Sultana handed down the sentence to accused Dilbar in two different cases of robberies, after the prosecution proved its case. The court also fined Rs 20,000 for each case.
According to the complaints filed by Arif and Shoaib, the accused had looted valuables from their houses in 2008 and 2009, within the

LAHORE - The federal government has sanctioned Rs 120 for the Pakistan Hockey Federation and has promised to increase the amount in the next year to meet the PHF's demand of Rs 500 million. The PHF executive board in its last meeting approved a budget of Rs 500 million with a deficit of Rs 300 million.
PHF secretary Asif Bajwa had said that they will raise the deficit amount from different quarters and would ask the government to come to its support. It has been learnt that the