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Giving four days to the government to form an independent commission for investigating the Abbottabad incident, Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Nisar Ali...

The Awami National Party (ANP)-Sindh has issued a 72-hours ultimatum to the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) to reinstate 4,500 employees or prepare for...

Germany took an early lead over defending champions Argentina in the World Team Cup final on Saturday after Florian Mayer sealed a straight-sets win...

LAHORE - Leadership Colleges Network (LCN) celebrated the Leaders Day at Rawalpindi Arts Council during which also included annual prize distribution ceremony. Dr Jamal Nasir, the chairman of green task force, was the chief guest while Waseem Ahmed, CEO of LCN, was the guest of honour. The LCN gave away three prizes of Rs 500,000, 150,000 and 100,000 for scholarship. Four other prizes of Rs 20,000 each were also distributed among the students.

LAHORE - Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Liu Jian gifted ten latest computers, software and other accessories to the Government College University (GCU) with which the university has established a high-tech computer laboratory for students at the GCU Postgraduate Library for online access of electronic journals, books and other digital material. GCU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Ikramul Haq on Tuesday inaugurated the laboratory, while Dean of Arts and Social Sciences Prof Dr Khalid Perviaz,

KARACHI - Students of Abdullah Faysal School, Shah Faisal Colony have been saved in the nick of time: the Board of Secondary Education Karachi (BSEK) had barred them from taking their Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Part I & II exams over a wrangle with the school administration, but a Sindh High Court (SHC) division bench on Monday ordered the Board to allow 29 students of the school to appear in SSC Part I examinations that start from today (Tuesday) even without any admit

PARIS - Petra Kvitova beat Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 Sunday to bring the Czech Republic within one match of reaching the final of the Fed Cup. In a battle of the team's top players, Kvitova came from behind to give Wickmayer her first defeat in her last 10 Fed Cup singles.
The Czechs are now heavy favorites to reach the final after finishing as semifinalists the past two years. Belgium's hopes now rest with Kirsten Flipkens, ranked 106th in the world, and

STUTTGART - Australian Open quarter-finalist Andrea Petkovic gave Germany a 1-0 lead in the opening rubber of their Fed Cup play-off aginst the United States with a win over teenager Christina McHale. The 18-year-old from New Jersey had her serve broke on four occasions, while Petkovic, 23, only conceded her own delivery twice, to seal a 6-3, 6-4 victory in one hour 35 minutes.
The Americans are missing a trio of injured names here including both the Williams sister -- Serena and

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday directed two illegitimately married foreign nationals to resolve the case of the custody of their son, and adjourned the hearing of a habeas corpus petition, which was filed by the child's mother, who sought her child's recovery from the child's father in Pakistan. The petition was filed by Roshni Desai, a Canadian national of Indian origin, against Jahanzeb Niazi of Sialkot, a Canadian national. Desai, through her counsel Aftab Ahmad

KARACHI - The Awami National Party (ANP)-Sindh has issued a one-month ultimatum to the PPP-led Sindh government to solve the outstanding issues of party and its electorate. Following a meeting of the party's provincial executive committee, ANP-Sindh President Shahi Syed told reporters during a media briefing that If "our demands are not met during this one month, ANP-Sindh can take any decision to safeguard the interests of our party."
Syed said a verdict on continuing with the

MUMBAI - Reigning champions Australia may not have made it through to the World Cup final but their failure has been good news for one Australian -- umpire Simon Taufel.
The repeated success of his compatriots in winning three straight World Cup titles, in 1999, 2003 and 2007 denied the 40-year-old Taufel the chance to stand in a final even though he has been regarded as the world's best umpire. That status was officially recognised by his being named the International Cricket

ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice of Supreme Court Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said on Friday that respecting the institutions would ensure strengthening of the system, as he allowed two provincial leaders of the Pakistan People's Party facing contempt of court charges for allegedly ridiculing a court verdict to submit their replies in 15 days.
A three-member bench comprising Justice Iftikhar, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali and Justice Ghulam Rabbani ordered that the reply be submitted

KARACHI - The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Training Centre has become the first aviation training centre in South Asia to be authorised by the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
The PIA Training Centre will offer IATA courses for the aviation sector in collaboration with IATA to provide quality training that will benefit the travel and cargo agencies as well as regional airlines. The IATA certified training courses offered initially will include airline

LAHORE - Cricket or fashion? It's no contest in Lahore - cricket has bowled all the model-maidens over. The second day of Pakistan Sunsilk Fashion Week was cancelled because of the Cricket World Cup semi-finals match between Pakistan and India.
The crucial game, nicknamed 'clash of the titans' struck a body-blow to the city's premier fashion event. On the same day, six of Pakistan's leading designers were due to present their luxury ready-to-wear collections on the Lahore

SYDNEY - Ricky Ponting quit as Australia's Test and one-day captain Tuesday, bowing to pressure after their World Cup exit, but said he hoped to extend his career as his country's most prolific batsman. Ponting, 36, who led Australia in more than 300 Test and one-day matches, insisted there was no "tap on the shoulder" to step down and said he remained available for selection.
He endorsed deputy Michael Clarke as his successor. "I have thought long and hard about what Australian

KARACHI - Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Ali Mirza has given formal approval for bringing reforms in the policing system through a public-private partnership. An official statement on Monday said that Mirza has asked Home Affairs Consultant Sharfuddin Memon to convene a joint meeting with the Karachi Capital City Police officer (CCPO) and a non-governmental organisation (NGO) at the earliest. Mirza observed that the public-private venture is very much in line with the concept of

KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Qaim Ali Shah on Monday issued an end-May deadline for the completion of strengthening and restructuring protective bunds. Presiding over a high-level meeting on Monday, he said time is of the essence since the next flood season is near and from people in interior Sindh are unhappy with the slow pace of repair works. The CM added that the Federal government had assured Sindh of providing Rs 5 billion, of which Rs 2.5 billion are to be released