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LONDON - Lord Nazir Ahmed, member of Britain's House of Lords, asked British Prime Minister David Cameron in a letter on Thursday to send former president Pervez Musharraf back to Pakistan to face cases pending against him in Pakistani courts.
Ahmed demanded that Musharraf be extradited immediately because he was alleged to have been a part of a broad conspiracy to murder former prime minster Benazir Bhutto. He said that a Rawalpindi court had issued arrest warrants for Musharraf

Lahore - British House of Lords member Lord Nazir Ahmad attended the opening ceremony of an education project James's new campus at Ravi Block on Monday. He said, "No society can prosper without education; a homogenous education system for both rich and poor is the need of the hour." He said if the politicians wanted democracy they should prefer national interest to individual interests.
Pakistan Tehrek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Lahore President Mian Mahmood-ur-Rasheed, Cahirman, Zafar

LAHORE - UK House of Commons Member Lord Nazir Ahmed on Saturday visited the Punjab University (PU) and called on Vice-Chancellor (VC) Dr Mujahid Kamran at the varsity's New Campus.
Matters of mutual interest and academic and research collaboration between the PU and British universities were discussed in the meeting. The VC briefed Nazir about the ongoing academic and research projects of the varsity and said that special focus is being given to research promotion and huge funds

Lahore - UK House of Commons Member Lord Nazir Ahmed visited the Emergency Services Academy on Friday and lauded the services of the Rescue 1122 particularly its response time of seven minutes and pledged support in capacity building of Rescue 1122 staff from the UK.
According to details, Nazir along with Councilor Jahangir Akhtar and Councilor Rotherhan Westward visited the Emergency Services Academy where he was briefed on various emergency training being imparted to rescuers.

'The Lord of the Rings' director Sir Peter Jackson has left a New Zealand hospital after surgery for a perforated ulcer. Publicist Melissa Booth says Jackson was discharged from Wellington Hospital on Thursday and would continue his recuperation at home. He had surgery after being admitted Jan 26 with acute stomach pain.
Booth said a delay on filming of the two-part film 'The Hobbit' is expected to be minimal. Jackson is set to start filming the prequel to his 'The Lord of the

NEW YORK - Do not fear, the original Gandalf is here. Sir Ian McKellen, one of the first to be "attached" to the project (but that was so long ago, back when Guillermo del Toro was directing), has finally inked his deal to appear in 'The Hobbit'. And he's not the only one. Per the Hollywood Reporter, Andy Serkis will also be reporting back for motion-capture duty to reprise the role of Gollum, ne Smeagol, the decrepit creature who loses the One Ring to Bilbo Baggins in 'The Hobbit'

LAHORE: Aashiq Masih, with his stooped posture, frail body and dull yellow eyes, stands in a small compartment with his three daughters, Sidra, the eldest, followed by Eesha and Eeshum.
The girls are weeping silently. On the other side of the metal grille is Aasiya, the first woman to be given the death sentence for alleged blasphemy.
Eeshum, about twelve years old, whines like a baby for her mother, asking her when she will be back. The child suffers from retardation and

LAHORE: Students from the Institute of Mycology and Plant Pathology (IMPP) Punjab University Lahore not only forced their way in the Faisal Auditorium and protested, where Lord Nazir Ahmad from the British House of Lords was delivering a speech, but also lounged themselves in front of his car when he was leaving.
PU security guards, working under PU Chief Security Officer (CSO) Col. (r) Khalid Hasan, could do little to control the students and only roughed up a few after the