Tag: Northern
Northern Parisian municipality recognises Palestine state
PARIS: The municipality of Gennevilliers, a northern suburb of Paris, has decided to recognise the state of Palestine, citing a 2014 French parliament vote.
Gennevilliers...
Northern Ireland churches suspend handshake to curb ‘Australian flu’
BELFAST: A Catholic diocese in Northern Ireland has suspended the “sign of peace” handshake in its masses due to the risk of infection from a strain of...
Punjab CNG stations closed till Jan 31
The Sui Northern Gas Company (SNGC) has announced that CNG stations will remain closed in Punjab till January 31. According to SNGC officials, the...
No gas supply for CNG stations, not much for domestic users...
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) Managing Director (MD) Arif Hameed on Saturday announced suspension of gas supply to CNG stations for an indefinite...
Violent Belfast flag riots flare again
At least eight police officers have been injured as rioting broke out in Belfast in the latest flare of violence in Northern Ireland.
Tensions have...
CNG stations to close for 72 hours
CNG stations in several cities of Punjab have been closed for three days from Monday. Stations in various cities of the provinces including Lahore...
Foreign jihadists pour into northern Mali
Hundreds of jihadists poured into northern Mali over the weekend to help armed Islamist groups hang on to the territory as the country's neighbours...
SSGC issues schedule for CNG shut down
Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has announced the schedule for closure of CNG stations for the current week.
A news release issued by SSGC here...
Earthquake shakes northern Afghanistan
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 struck in the northern Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports...
Blackout hits 300 million in northern India
A massive power cut blacked out a vast swathe of northern India on Monday, leaving more than 300 million people without power in the...
Black out hits 300 million in northern India
A massive power cut blacked out a vast swathe of northern India Monday, leaving more than 300 million people without power in the worst...
Let’s capitulate collectively, shall we?
SNGPL-based fertiliser plants face collective revenue loss of Rs 5.5 billion
In first half of year 2012 all SNGPL based plants that include Agritech,...
Bombs rock churches in northern Nigeria
Bombs rocked three churches in neighbouring cities in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna state on Sunday, injuring dozens of worshippers, emergency services and residents said. The...
SNGPL earns Rs2,361m profit
The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) earned a profit of Rs. 2,361 million and paid an amount of Rs 1,228 million in corporate...
Germany pumps in $312 million aid to Afghanistan
Germany would roll out $312 million (15,450 million afs) worth of development aid to Afghanistan this year that would be spent in Kabul, Kunduz,...
Turkish jets bomb northern Iraq
Turkish air force jets bombed Kurdish rebels camps in northern Iraq overnight, in response to the attacks which killed 24 soldiers in the southeast,...
SNGPL disconnects gas connections
The Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) has disconnected the illegal meter of Yasir Broast at Allama Iqbal Town Main Boulevard. Another gas meter...
