Tag: People

LAHORE - Taliban kidnapped 24 tribesmen and also took away 15 vehicles from a festival in Kurram Agency on Tuesday while another four people were whisked away in a similar fashion from the same area, reported a private TV channel.
The incident has been reported from the Baggan area of Lower Kurram where militants attacked the weekly festival and shifted the tribesmen to their hideout in the central parts of the agency. Sources claimed that the rebels belonged to the Sattar group

KASUR - People are suffering because of suspension of train service in Kasur. As per details, Pakistan Railways administration had suspended the services of four trains namely 321up, 322 down, 257 up and 258 down due to non availability of diesel. Many passengers had been waiting for their desired trains for many hours because they were not informed about the suspension of the service. This step would severely affect the passengers from those areas which lie around the railway track

ISLAMABAD - Against the backdrop of Raymond Davis' release, scores of people belonging to various political and religious parties took to the streets on Wednesday against the government. A large number of protesters gathered at various areas of the capital including Abpara Market, National Press Club, Kashmir Highway and the Peshawar Morr area.
In front of the NPC, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) jointly staged a protest and slammed the government for releasing

SEOUL - Twenty-seven North Koreans who drifted into South Korean waters aboard a fishing vessel last month will be returned home on Wednesday, the South said, but the fate of another four defectors from the group remains unresolved.
Pyongyang, which has previously demanded all 31 North Koreans be returned at the same time, said that taking into account "the feelings of the family members who are waiting for them" the 27 could return, the South Korean Red Cross said in a

LAHORE - Minhaj-ul-Quran International (MQI) women's league organized a seminar on the International Women's Day at the central secretariat of MQI on Monday. MQI women league secretary general advocate Sumaira Rafaqat said, "People with narrow mindset deprive women of their rights in the name of religion, which is violation of Islamic teachings." She said Islam bestowed respect and sanctity on the women in every relationship. She urged the women to play their due role in educational,

KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari directed the PPP MPAs of Sindh on Wednesday to reach out to people in their respective constituencies and address their problems.
"You may not be able to give a job to every jobless youth, but you can assuage their hurt feelings by reaching out to them, listening to their grievances and addressing them as much as you can," he said while presiding over a meeting of the MPAs held at the Bilawal House.
Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah,

KARACHI - Around 2,500 health conscious people, including professors, doctors, sportsmen and the disabled, participated on Sunday in the annual marathon that was organised by the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA). The slogan of this year's marathon was 'Cancer Kills, Early Diagnosis Saves Life' and it commenced from the PMA House that is located at the Garden Road.
According to a press release issued by the PMA, Sindh Health Secretary Dr Hashim Raza attended the event as the

PESHAWAR - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday said corrupt rulers of the country would be ousted as had been witnessed in Tunisia and Egypt. Addressing Insaf Students Federation (ISF), Peshawar chapter youth convention, at Shahi Tehmas Ground, he warned, "Our leaders are helpless before the US, but if they try to release Raymond Davis, they will not escape from the anger of the masses.
Thousands of ISF activists hailing from different public and

ISLAMABAD - Hundreds of poor patients visiting the government run hospitals in the capital city suffer immensely because of faulty x-rays and test machines and the doctors remain oblivious to their condition. A large number of patients are forced to visit government hospitals daily because of abject poverty as they cannot afford private hospitals or clinics.
During a survey of two major government run hospitals in Islamabad, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and

TRIPOLI - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday said he would not step down despite a nationwide revolt against his rule, vowing to die in Libya as a martyr and threatening tougher action against protesters.
A visibly angry Gaddafi called protesters rats and mercenaries who wanted to turn Libya into an Islamic state. "I am not going to leave this land. I will die here as a martyr ... I shall remain here defiant," Gaddafi said in a speech on state television.
"Muammar

SAHIWAL - Sahiwal Division Commissioner Qazi Muhammad Ashfaq has urged the revenue officers to solve the problems being faced by the common man on priority basis and save them from corrupt patwaris. He was addressing a meeting of the revenue officers which was also attended by DCO Sahiwal Waqas Ali Mahmood and Additional Commissioner Nasir Jamal Hotiana.
He said most of the problems being faced by the common man are related to the revenue department, so the revenue officers

PARIS - France on Monday called on Algeria to allow anti-government protests, inspired by uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, to take place freely and without violence. "What is important in our eyes us is that freedom of expression is respected and that the demonstrations are able to take place freely and without violence," foreign ministry spokesman Bernard Valero told reporters.
France welcomed as a "step in the right direction" the Algerian government's promise of political

LAHORE - A large number of people from Northern Lahore were given free medical treatment and facility of hepatitis B and C screening at the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Medical Camp on Sunday.
The medical camp organised by the Ataullah Khan Bangash Foundation at residence of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Federal Council Member and former member of the Punjab Assembly (MPA) Dr Ziaullah Khan Bangash was visited by a large number of people and party activists of the NA-123 constituency.

LAHORE - People are fed up of corrupt politicians who have only looted the national exchequer and pushed the country towards lawlessness and chaos, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Thursday while addressing a public gathering at Malikwal.
He said that politicians have succeeded in only increasing poverty, lawlessness, unemployment and corruption and now people are desperate for a change. Imran said that corrupt people will get "clean bold" on his one

SAHIWAL - Sahiwal Division Commissioner Qazi Muhammad Ashfaq has urged the public servants in the division to provide maximum relief to the general public and take steps to eradicate corruption and mismanagement from all government offices. "The government servants should dedicate themselves to the welfare agenda of the Punjab government and redress public complaints," he added.
He was addressing the government officers of all provincial and district government departments in his

HAFIZABAD - Punjab Chief Minister's Task Force on Education Chairman Saira Afzal Tarar said the provincial government was committed to providing all basic needs of life to the people in the Punjab with out any discrimination.
She was addressing a meeting held in the meeting room of Hafizabad Tehsil Municipal Administration on Monday.
She said that Punjab government was spending more than Rs 2 billion on the completion of different development schemes in district. She said

ISLAMABAD - With sugar prices having risen astronomically in the past one year, the country's annual sugar consumption is expected to decline by up to 1 million tonnes to 3.2 million tonnes. An official source said this assessment had been made by the Ministry of Industries when it noticed that monthly sugar consumption had gone down from 350,000 tonnes to 270,000 tonnes.
The decline in sugar consumption is attributed to the commodity's high price, currently Rs 75 per kilogramme,