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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday once again reiterated that nobody would be allowed to derail the democratic process in the country.
"Internal situation of the country may be a point of concern for some of you, but let me assure you that the government is fully in control of the situation and will not allow anybody to pursue his personal agendas or derail the country from the path of economic prosperity and sustained democracy," said Gilani, addressing

KARACHI: All Russian aircraft that were impounded by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have left the country except for one at the Karachi airport.
Sources told Pakistan Today that the impounded aircraft were given unconditional permission to leave by the CAA and only one AN-21 is currently grounded at Karachi airport on technical grounds, but that too would leave very soon.
Two weeks back, the CAA's flight standard director had released three impounded Russian aircraft

AL KHOBAR: World number one Ramy Ashour gave up on his bid to win back the World Open title after only six minutes of the second round when a hamstring injury forced him to call a halt on Sunday. The 23-year-old from Cairo left the court in agony after losing one game which was so painful it suggested he might have been better never to have taken the court. It was won 11-2 by Aamir Atlas Khan, the Pakistan number one, and Ashour's retirement cost the tournament someone who was

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has directed that one dish law and the observance of fixed timings should be ensured strictly at the weddings.
CM, while presiding over a meeting, said that action should be taken against the marriage hall owners for violating fixed timings and should be sent behind the bars. He said that the action should be taken against the violators without discrimination and all articles of such halls should be confiscated.
He said

LAHORE: Researchers at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) have discovered a 25-year-old patient in Lahore with five types of tumours on his face and might need hundreds of surgeries in his life time; a case which is one of its kind in the world.
The team which is headed by UHS Histopathology Department Head Prof AH Nagi, consists of Dr Usman Shams, Dr Raees Abbas Lail and Dr Ehsan Ullah. The case, which has been recently presented at 31st Symposium of International Society

SEHWAN: The UN chief of humanitarian affairs said on Friday that more than one million displaced people still need emergency aid in southern Pakistan, around four months after catastrophic floods.
Sindh was one of the worst-affected areas and large swaths of the territory are still submerged in flood waters. "Initially more than seven million people were affected by the floods in Sindh and still one million of them need emergency response," Valerie Amos, the United Nations

TEHRAN: Two car bomb blasts killed an Iranian nuclear scientist and wounded another in Tehran on Monday in what Iranian officials called an Israeli or US-sponsored attack on its atomic programme.
The bombings, rare attacks in the Iranian capital, occurred ahead of a possible meeting between Iran and major powers next month to discuss its nuclear activity, which Western officials suspect is aimed at developing atom bombs. Iran denies this.
In the past few months, the

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that it had jurisdiction under the constitution to serve notices to intelligence agencies as no one was above the law.
"The Supreme Court has wider jurisdiction under Articles 184(3) and 185 of the constitution to issue notices to the respondents in cases of public importance," the court ruled.
A three-member Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and

LAHORE: LG Electronics (LG) recently announced that worldwide sales of its Optimus One smartphone have hit one million units just 40 days after the phone's initial launch. Now available in the Middle East after the global roll-out last month, the Optimus One is the fastest selling mobile handset in the company's history.
Powered by the Android 2.2 "Froyo" OS and optimised for google mobile services, the LG Optimus One has been a big hit with first-time smart phone buyers looking

LOS ANGELES: Harry Potter is on the way to his biggest magic act yet. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" conjured up $61.2 million domestically in its first day, positioning it for the best opening weekend ever for the series about the young wizard.
Friday's haul puts "Deathly Hallows" on track to shoot past the franchise's previous high, a $102.7 million opening weekend for "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" in 2005.
"Deathly Hallows" lands at No. 5 on the

MELBOURNE: Tiger Woods has just next month's Chevron World Challenge left to end his tormented year of win-less tournaments, after finishing fourth in the Australian Masters in Melbourne.
The former world number one, the winner of 14 majors among 95 tournament victories, is still without a victory going into his last event of the year, but there were encouraging signs at the Australian Masters on Sunday.
Woods thrilled his fans when he peeled off two eagles and two birdies

QUETTA: A man was killed and another injured in separate attacks on trucks carrying supplies for NATO forces Afghanistan. The attacks came in Khuzdar and Kalat districts of Balochistan on the main Quetta-Khuzdar highway on Friday.
According to details, unidentified attackers opened indiscriminate fire on a trailer carrying NATO supplies in Baghbana area of Khuzdar. As a result, the driver was killed and his 13-year-old cleaner was seriously injured. The assailants set the vehicle

KARACHI
All set and ready, the opening of the American consulate in Quetta and the shifting of the Karachi consulate to its new building has become a victim of the Pakistan bureaucracy.
"US authorities have made all arrangements for the establishment of a consulate in Quetta and the prime minister's secretary has also issued an official approval, but the Pakistani bureaucracy is a major barrier in implementing this plan," US Consul General William Martin said in an

ISLAMABAD
A rivals' clash at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) on Friday left one dead and six injured, exposing the security arrangements of the hospital as well as local police apparatus.
The incident occurred outside the gate of the emergency ward in a broad daylight in the presence of hundreds of patients and visitors. The two rival groups, led by Naeem and Chaudhry Riaz, clashed over a land dispute in the Tarlai area in the limits of Koral police

A man was killed and three injured when two men on a motorcycle hurled a grenade at them near Mauripur Road on Tuesday. Two groups had clashed earlier over the possession of a plot of land. According to the SHO Kalri, the deceased was identified as Zubair. The body and the injured were shifted to Civil Hospital Karachi.

LAHORE
At least one person died and three others sustained injuries in a stampede which occurred after a police baton charge to control unruly flood victims during the issuance of Watan Cards in Nawabshah on Tuesday, a private TV channel reported.
According to the report, during the distribution of Watan Cards at DC High School, Nawabshah, a few flood victims tried to enter the premises by jumping over the walls, which created disturbances in the crowd. The police started

KARACHI:
The country's domestic debt has risen by Rs 813 billion (20 percent) over the last year, indicating massive borrowings by the government to control the widening fiscal deficit.
The domestic debt stood at Rs 4.05 trillion in August 2009, but expanded to Rs 4.863 trillion by August 2010.
In the first two months of this fiscal year, the domestic debt expanded by Rs 211 billion or 4.53 percent, mounting to Rs 4.863 trillion, the highest-ever mark in the country's