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ISLAMABAD - The Jang Group of Publications was on Saturday served a legal notice by Mark Siegal on behalf of the Bhutto-Zardari family through Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell Attorney & Counselors, demanding a retraction and apology for the article published on February 2, 2011, entitled "Breaking News: Asif Zardari got married to Tanveer Zamani in Dubai".
"Unless such a retraction and apology is issued immediately, Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP will initiate legal action on

LAHORE - The third day of the second annual conference of Four Brothers Group Pakistan Biologic AG has ended. The conference was attended by more than 500 agricultural experts, the sales and marketing team of the Biologic division of the group and more than 300 traders from all over the country.
The first session of the conference was presided by Four Brothers Group Pakistan Chairman Engineer Jawed Saleem Qureshi. The chairman said his organisation is committed to introducing

LONDON - Ireland's largest dealer and distributor, Harris group, has arrived in Pakistan to conduct meetings with state officials proposing to build a truck manufacturing facility, reports The Times.
The paper said Robert Harris, the millionaire trucking magnate, is in negotiations with the Pakistani government to set up an entity that would import used Irish trucks into Pakistan, to be reconditioned and sold to local companies. Senior executives from the Harris group, Ireland's

ISLAMABAD - The Kingho Group, the largest private group of China, has expressed keen interest to invest in the Thar Coal project. A seven member delegation of China Kingho Group, headed by Executive Vice President Ma Xiaomin, visited Board of Investment to explore investment opportunities in Pakistan in the coal sector, particularly the development of coalfields in Thar and Badin, says a statement issued here.
Minister of State and BOI Chairman Saleem H Mandviwalla stressed that

KARACHI - The Bestway Group, a UK based conglomerate founded by Sir Anwar Pervez, has announced that it has boosted its shareholding in United Bank Limited (UBL) to 51.07 percent by acquiring an additional 20 percent of shares from the Abu Dhabi Group.
HSBC provided an integrated advisory and financing solution and acted as the sole bank in the deal. UBL is Pakistan's second largest private bank. In 2002, a consortium consisting of Bestway Group and Abu Dhabi Group acquired 51

TUNIS - Tunisia's new interim government should "urgently" investigate killings of protesters by security forces earlier this month under the country's ousted regime, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday. "Things are moving fast in Tunisia, but finding out who opened fire on demonstrators and why can't wait," Eric Goldstein, deputy Middle East and North Africa director for the watchdog, told reporters in Tunis.
"The units and commanders responsible for these apparently unlawful

ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has urged the government to form an 'Economic Revival Group' to deliberate on the key issues to implement permanent solutions to aid the faltering economy. ICCI President Mahfooz Elahi said that the economic revival plan and timely execution were key factors in whether Pakistan could break out of the current economic crisis.
He reasoned it only requires close coordination among various organisations and strong

BEIRUT - Outgoing Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri's movement asked Hezbollah-backed prime minister designate Najib Mikati on Thursday not to cut Lebanon's links to a UN-backed tribunal probing the killing of Hariri's father.
The tribunal is the heart of a dispute between Hariri and Shi'ite movement Hezbollah which says it will accuse some of its members in the 2005 killing. Hariri's bloc in parliament did not say whether the movement will join Mikati's government.

CAIRO - Egyptian Interior Minister Habib al-Adly said on Sunday that a Palestinian group was behind the New Year's church attack in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria that killed more than 20 people.
"The Palestinian Islamic Army, which has links to Al Qaeda, is behind the attack on the al-Qiddissin church in Alexandria," Adly said in a speech to mark Police Day, carried live on state television. President Hosni Mubarak took to the stage to congratulate the police "for finding

KARACHI - The PML-Q informed PML-F chief Pir Pagara on Saturday that the party is ready to mend ties with the Likeminded faction for the United Muslim League project.
The development came during a meeting of PML-Q leader Chaudhry Shujaat with Pagara held at the latter's residence, Kingri House. Mushahid Hussain, Ghous Bux Maher, Haleem Aadil Shaikh and other PML-Q leaders also accompanied Shujaat on the occasion.
Previously, the unification of different Muslim League

DUSHANBE - Tajikistan has sentenced eight members of radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir to between six and 18 years in prison, accusing them of "anti-state activities," a court official said on Saturday.
"Among the accused are both rank-and-file members as well as one of the local regional leaders who received an 18-year sentence," a court official in the Central Asian country's capital Dushanbe told AFP. They have been convicted of "organising and participating in a criminal

LAHORE - The second annual conference of Four Brothers Group Pakistan, a leading agricultural sector company, is being inaugurated at a local hotel. The three-day conference will be attended by a large number of foreign and national agriculture experts, technocrats, government officials, foreign diplomats and franchisees of Tarzan Sale Centers from all over the country. The inaugural and closing sessions of the conference will be presided over by the Four Brothers Group Pakistan

LAHORE - The Jamiat Ahle-e-Sunnat on Thursday said that it sticks to its decree against offering former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer's funeral. Addressing party workers in the Pegham-e-Hussain Conference at Alhamra, JAP chief Riaz Hussain said, "The West conspires to distort our faith by using aid as a tool but the Ahl-e-Sunnat will not succumb to such tactics. We advised our members to stay away from funeral of the desecrator because Islam advised us to do so. Our party fully

LAHORE - The members of the Technical Study Group (TSG) will help Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) develop strong national as well as age group teams for the future international assignments.
They will select 50 upcoming players from the 32-matches of ongoing PFF-KESC Lyari U-14 Football League that commenced at Karachi's Peoples Sports Complex on January 8. As many as seven matches are being completed in 17-day event so far whose final is scheduled for same venue on January

KARACHI - The Abu Dhabi Group (ADG), one of the largest investment groups in Pakistan, has rejected merger offers from over half a dozen banks, including Silk Bank, Pakistan Today has reliably learnt. The UAE-based investment group has been in the limelight since last week with local media coming up, with what the Group Chairman Shaikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan Monday, dismissed as "baseless, untrue" reports that Bank Alfalah Limited (BAFL) was either on sale or was to merge or

LAHORE - Four Brothers Group Pakistan has achieved International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 9001:2008 certification. The certification is another demonstration of Four Brothers Group Pakistan's commitment to meeting globally recognized quality management system requirements. "Achieving ISO 9001:2008 Certification is an important milestone for our corporation.
This certification illustrates to farmers and those in the field of agrochemicals our strong commitment to

lahore - Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) has announced its full support to Mian Misbah - ur -Rehman Group in the elections of Lahore Gymkhana.
This decision was taken in a meeting of PPMA which was attended by Vice Chairman (Central) Khawaja Shahzeb Akram, Mian Asad Shuja ur-Rehamn, Regional Chairman Mansoor Dilawar, Muhammad Zak ur- Rehman and other representatives of Pharmaceutical Industry.
Shahzeb Akram said that the contributions of Mian