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LAHORE - Dr Ishrat Ul Edab Khan, Governor Sindh and Dr Syed Mohammad Ali Shah, Sindh Sports Minister have hailed the Pakistan Cycling Federation for organising the Tour de Pakistan cycle race from Karachi to Abottabad. The race will be held from March 8 to 20 and 14 teams, including five international teams, are expected to participate in the event.
In separate messages, both the Sindh government officials facilitated the officials for arranging the event. Mohammad Ali Shah said

LAHORE - The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) has urged the government to immediately announce the rehabilitation plan for the victimised traders of Shah Alam market inferno. These views were expressed by the PIAF Chairman Sohail Lashari, while talking to a delegation of Shah Alam market businessmen here on Thursday.
He grieved that the government had not taken any steps for the rehabilitation of the sufferers of Shah Alam market fire. In addition, no

LAHORE - Nine days after the Shah Alam market fire, smoke still rises from the rubble of the collapsed buildings, Pakistan Today has learnt. Rescue workers are yet to have extinguished the fire. Rescue 1122 officials along with other City District Government agencies have claimed to have removed the debris but are still unable to determine the fire's cause.
Rescue 1122's response is facing question marks as the DG Rescue 1122 had claimed the day after the fire that they had

ISLAMABAD - The fate of former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi hangs in the balance, as the PPP leadership is still undecided over taking any disciplinary action against the PPP veteran. Qureshi had made headlines after his refusal to be part of the new cabinet to protest the change in his portfolio.
A PPP insider told Pakistan Today that the president was against any strict action against Qureshi and the harsh statements made against the former minister was a planned move

LAHORE - Rescue officials found four bodies and some limbs from debris of Shah Alam Market plazas. The bodies were identified as Eesah Masih, 60, Naeem Iqbal Masih and Sohail Khan, residents of the Lakar Mandi, Mochi Gate and Shangla respectively while one body remains unidentified.
Rescue officials said two victims worked as sweepers at the Behria Plaza. Rescue officials said the bodies were identified by their ID cards. The bodies were removed to the morgue for autopsy while

LAHORE - The City District Government Lahore (CDGL) on Thursday issued a report on reasons for eruption for the fire at the Shah Alam Market on Monday. According to the report, rescue teams reached the spot late, which enabled the fire to engulf nearby buildings.
The report revealed that congested streets of the Shah Alam Market helped spread the fire, which created hurdles for rescue teams in extinguishing it. Illegal chemicals were stored in plazas, the report said adding that

LAHORE - "Forget about the house, just run along with a hand bag and fill it with little but costly items", a local resident was ordering his wife and other relatives after seeing the fire engulfing near by buildings after damaging 11 plazas, two houses and three mosques located at the Shah Alam Market.
Akbar, a local resident, was sleeping inside his house when the fire erupted inside the Baheria Plaza. He immediately came out of his house, thinking that rescue officials will

LAHORE - Former IB director general Brig (r) Ejaz Shah has strongly denied media reports that he had become an approver against former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf in the Benazir Bhutto murder case.
"I have nothing to do with the case. I am neither a respondent nor a witness in the case. How could I become an approver?" Shah said. He said he reserved a right to take legal action against the TV channels running such false and fabricated stories.
On Monday, the FIA

LAHORE - A massive fire gutted at least 11 plazas, two houses and two mosques in Shah Alam Market on Monday afternoon, killing three people, destroying goods worth billions of rupees and forcing people to evacuate houses in the surroundings. Firefighters were struggling to put out the fire until the time this report was filed.
At least 25 people were injured in the incident, Edhi officials said. Per details, the fire started on the ground floor of Bahria Plaza owned by one

LAHORE - Tanzim-i Fiqr-i-Waliullahi (TFW), a religious organisation following the ideology of Jamaat Ulema-e-Hind, Shah Waliullah and Maulana Obaid Ullah Sindhi, has split into two parts, Pakistan Today has learnt.
In a convention at Rawalpindi, about five to seven hundred workers and leaders belonging to different cities had launched a second faction, Tanzim-i-Fiqr-i-Waliullah (Nazriati). Old stalwarts of the party, Asloob Qureshi (Ex Central President), Saif ul Islam Khalid (Ex

LAHORE - A blast takes place at Urdu Bazar Chowk through a Shia procession near the Karbala Gamay Shah, private TV channels reported.
At least 15 people including mourners injured, according to the Rescue 1122. Out of injured people, about 10 were rushed to nearby hospital.

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday sought reply from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) director general (DG) on a petition filed by Pir Syed Sibtul Hassan Gilani alias Double Shah seeking directions to NAB to decide his application for reduction of surety bonds from Rs 3 billion to 100 million to finalise his plea bargain. A division bench consisting of Justice Sheikh Ahmad Farooq and Justice Yawar Ali issued the order on a petition filed by Double Shah submitting

In 2010, Shah Rukh Khan scored many goals as he partnered Karan Johar on My Name is Khan, a film that went on to become the highest overseas Bollywood grosser, in which his superlative performance silenced critics who have often accused him of using only his charisma on screen.
He led his IPL team to better averages than in previous years and his team is also one of the most cash-rich cricket franchises. When a political party tried to bulldoze him, he simply refused to bow to

Last Wednesday, Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit had a terrific reunion of sorts at Filmistan. The moment Khan saw her on the sets of a dance reality show, he walked up to her, hugged her tight and kissed her hand.
As Madhuri blushed and turned away, Mallaika Arora Khan, SRK's friend-turned-foe Salman Khan's sister-in-law, rushed to meet him too. Their 'intended' air-kiss however ended up looking rather odd. It so happened that SRK was in Filmistan to shoot for RA.One.