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Following in the footsteps of their Punjab’s counterparts, three main hospitals of Peshawar and Ayub Medical Complex, Abbottabad of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province have gone on...

Unknown miscreants set more than eleven cars including passenger buses on fire in various areas of Karachi. All the markets are closed and all...

A complete shutter-down strike was observed in various towns of Balochistan, including Khuzdar, Awaran and Mashkay on Wednesday to condemn the killing of five...

KARACHI - Cricket diplomacy between Pakistan and India started bearing fruits as two IT companies of Pakistan have started working with Indian companies. TATA group of India and Infosys Technologies of Pakistan have struck a deal to work jointly in Saudi Arabia and, in this regard, some 12 Pakistani IT professionals would go to Saudi Arabia and start work with the said Indian group, under the joint programme venture.
This was disclosed by the IBM Country General Manger Humayun

LONDON - West Ham's hopes of avoiding relegation from the Premier League suffered a huge blow as Gabriel Agbonlahor's stoppage-time goal gave Aston Villa a 2-1 win at Upton Park on Saturday.
Avram Grant's team now head into matches against Chelsea and Manchester City stuck in the bottom three and with just five games to save their season. At least Grant will be back from his touchline ban for the rest of the season, barring more action from the Football Association for his

SAHIWAL - The Sahiwal CNG Association observed a complete strike in protest against two-day gas load shedding carried out by the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL). A protest rally was also carried out from Chowk Yadgar to Sui gas office that was led by association's President Haji Muhammad Riaz.
Offices bearers Ch Suleman Ahmad, Mirza Jafar, Ch Muhammad Akram, Rana Nisar Ahmad, Mian Amjid Munir, Ch Rashid Hameed, Muhammad Tariq and Ch Muhammad Usman were also present in the

KARACHI - Flour mills across Sindh have gone on a three-day strike against ongoing ban on inter-district movement of wheat in province.
Sindh Floor Mills Association (SFMA) argued that the ban has increased the price of flour by Rs.100 per bag.
On the other hand, the Food Department said that there was no wheat crisis in the province.
The ban, it said, has been imposed to curb smuggling of wheat.

LAHORE - After failing to put any credible pressure on the government, the All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) on Thursday decided to withdraw its call for an indefinite strike across Punjab. APCNGA Supreme Council Chairman Ghiyas Paracha said that the strike had been called off in Lahore, Gujranwala and Multan.
However, CNG stations in Attock, Jehlum, Sargodha, Jhang, Bhawalpur Region, Rahim Yar Khan and Sadiqabad would continue the closure. Sources within the association said

LAHORE - Most CNG stations across Punjab remained shut for the second consecutive day as a result of the strike announced by the CNG Association and the Petroleum Retailers Association.
President of the association Ghayas Paracha, announced the strike on Tuesday and said that a shortage in Gas supply is highly unlikely during this season and despite the orders of the president and prime minister, the Sui Northern Gas was still persistent with gas load shedding.
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PESHAWAR - At least six militants were killed and several others injured when a US drone targeted a compound and vehicle in Baghar Camp near Angora Ada in South Waziristan on Wednesday.
Reports from Wana reveal that the US drone fired three missiles on a house, occupied by local and foreign militants, and razed it whereas two vehicles were also damaged. Soon after the missile attack, the site was cordoned off by other militants and they took the bodies and the injured to an

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD - Only a partial closure of CNG stations was seen in Lahore on Wednesday, while a mixed response was seen in the twin cities as petrol was being sold in the federal capital by the evening.
The strike call was given by the All Pakistan CNG Association for an indefinite closure against the two-day-a-week holiday of CNG stations in Punjab. A majority of CNG stations In Lahore remained open, resulting in the reported failure of APCNGA strike in the provincial

ISLAMABAD - Four missiles fired by two U.S. pilotless aircraft struck a moving vehicle in Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region on the Afghan border on Wednesday, killing six militants, residents and officials said.
It is the first strike since March 17, when a similar attack killed 38 suspected militants and drew very rare condemnation from the country's powerful military chief.

ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE - After the government's failure to convince the All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) to continue the two-day gas curtailment, the association announced an indefinite strike across the country from 12 midnight today (Wednesday). The Petrol Retailers Association (PPRA) will also support this strike and will keep their petrol pumps closed in Lahore. APCNGA Supreme Council Chairman Ghiyas Abdullah Paracha told reporters that all CNG stations in Punjab would go on an

LAHORE - The CNG association has announced an indefinite strike effective Wednesday.
Chairman of the CNG association Ghayas Paracha has asked the President and Prime Minister to intervene on the issue of weekly gas outages at CNG stations.
He further said that all CNG stations of all cities in Punjab, including Lahore, will be closed for an indefinite period of time Wednesday onwards.
"The petrol pumps association will also support our strike by suspending petrol

QUETTA - Lawyers in Quetta continued their token hunger strike for the fifth consecutive day on Monday against the government's failure to recover two of their colleagues, Munir Ahmad Mirwani and Agha Zahir Shah. Balochistan High Court Bar Association Secretary General and Lawyers' Committee Spokesman Bashir Ahmed Qazi told reporters that despite lawyers' hunger strike lasting five days, the rulers were doing nothing for the recovery of Mirwani and Shah. Separately two mine workers

KARACHI - The Karachi Transport Ittehad (KTI), which was supposed to go on a wheel-jam strike from today (Monday), has postponed its call for another three day - till the 13th - in the hope that the government will soon accede to its demands and allow a two-rupee increase in fares.
KTI President Irshad Bukhari, in a statement issued on Sunday, said that the Sindh government had assured him of soon issuing a notification to publicize the two-rupee hike in transport fares. He

LAHORE - Various teaching hospitals of Punjab are returning to normal after a 38 days strike called by young doctors demanding a substantial increase in their salaries came to end. Patients were treated in emergencies and outdoor patients departments while major and minor surgical procedures were also performed by doctors expect at Services Hospital and Children's Hospital, where a number of patients faced a lot of difficulties during treatment.
According to sources, around 2,200