Tag: may

MQM’s opposition stance may cost it 3,000 Sindh govt posts

The ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has decided not to share the 7,600 vacancies available in different Sindh government departments with the Muttahida Qaumi...

Pillion riding ban may be lifted: Wasan

Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wasan said on Wednesday that the government will lift pillion riding ban, if peace is restored in the city in...

Doha may bid for 2020 Olympics

Qatar has expressed an interest in hosting the 2020 Summer Olympics which falls just two years before the football World Cup is held in...

Arctic may be ice-free within 30 years

Sea ice in the Arctic is melting at a record pace this year, suggesting warming at the North Pole is speeding up and a...

Burney may be the new Sindh governor

President Asif Zardari is likely to announce an independent and non-political personality as the new governor within the next two weeks to run the...

Austrian may be senior al Qaeda figure

Prosecutors in Vienna have opened an investigation into a young Austrian suspected of being a senior member of al Qaeda, according to a report...

Militants may try bomb implants to attack: US official

Militants may be planning to use a surgically implanted bomb to blow up a commercial flight, though there is no indication that an attack...

Japanese output sees 2nd biggest rise in May

Japan's industrial output rose at the second fastest pace on record in May, signalling a continuing recovery for the economy from the impact of...

‘Greek woes may eclipse Lehman’

Deutsche Bank's CEO has described the situation in Greece as critical and warned contagion to other euro zone members could lead to a crisis...

Saudi reformers may get verdicts next week

Some of 16 Saudi reform activists being tried on security and sedition charges may receive their verdicts next week after spending more than four...

Bin Laden’s widow may soon return to Yemen

The youngest widow of slain al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden could return home to Yemen from Pakistan within days, a security official confirmed...

Exports hit $2.3b in May

Textile and Food sectors which have exhibited dramatic growth in exports has helped in pushing overall exports over the $22 billion mark during the...

Re-structuring of May 2, journalist murder probe commissions approved

Law ministry’s summary regarding re-structuring of the commissions to probe the recent issues of American incursion into Abbottabad and the murder of journalist Saleem...

Power tariff may go up by 6% in next fiscal

The government is likely to increase power tariff by up to 6 percent during the next fiscal year to bridge the gap between the...

Dawood may have fled Pakistan: report

Notorious don of the Indian underworld Dawood Ibrahim may have temporarily fled Pakistan fearing for his safety, according to latest inputs available with Indian...

Weakened Qaeda may speed US withdrawal: NYT

Drone strikes and covert operations have weakened Afghanistan's al Qaeda network and could justify a White House decision to withdraw troops quicker than planned,...

Pakistan may pick T20 specialist team for Worlds

Chief selector Mohsin Khan has said that he has been working upon the formation of a ‘separate specialised team’ for the Twenty20 format of...