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KARACHI - Karachi traders announced a strike on April 5 against increasing incidents of extortion in the city, as both the federal and the provincial government failed to control criminal activities.
Karachi Chambers of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) announced a strike after the attack on two auto parts traders by extortionists on Tuesday. KCCI President Muhammad Saeed Shafiq told Pakistan Today that in the face of the government's failure to curb extortion, the chamber finally

LAHORE - The Young Doctors Association called off its strike in all hospitals throughout the Punjab on Thursday but more than 23 patients expired over the last 36 hours due to doctors' absence from their duties. The doctors had refused to attend emergency, indoor and outdoor patients as part of their strike, resulting in multiple casualties in different hospitals. Young doctors while addressing a press conference said that they had called off their strike in public hospitals and now

LAHORE - The PCS Officers' Association has finally called off its strike after the Punjab chief minister agreed to meet them on Friday to listen to their grievances, PCS Officers' Association President Rai Manzur Nasir announced in a press briefing on Thursday. Talking to journalists, he said the provincial service officers had announced the strike against the 'accesses' by the District Management Group (DMG) officers. He further said that Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has already had a

KARACHI - Karachi traders announced a strike on April 5 against increasing incidents of extortion in the city, as both the federal and the provincial government failed to control criminal activities.
Karachi Chambers of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) announced a strike after the attack on two auto parts traders by extortionists on Tuesday. KCCI President Muhammad Saeed Shafiq told Pakistan Today that in the face of the government's failure to curb extortion, the chamber finally

LAHORE - Hundreds of patients suffered as the strike of Punjab's doctors continues for an increase in salaries on Thursday.
The ongoing strike has completed a month of protests in which the Young Doctors Association (YDA) demonstrated outside hospitals and administered treatment to patients in medical camps there.
Routine duty in several teaching hospitals of the province, including those in Lahore, is suspended due to the strike.
The YDA said the strike will continue

ISLAMABAD - The Lady Health Workers Association (LHWA) announced a countrywide strike from today till 50 lady health workers (LHWs) arrested for staging a sit-in at the National Highway near Obaro, Sindh were released.
LHWA head Bushra Arain announced at a press conference on Sunday that the LHWs would continue the protest till their demands were met. She demanded the government release the arrested LHWs and increase their salaries as ordered by the Supreme Court. She said the

GAZA CITY - An Israeli air strike killed two people in the Gaza Strip, medics said, a day after Palestinian militants said they were committed to calming tensions if Israel reciprocated.
"Two Palestinians were killed and another wounded Sunday morning in an Israeli air raid on targets east of Jabaliya," said Adham Abu Senmya, spokesman for the Gaza emergency services.
An army spokeswoman confirmed the raid, saying "an air force plane attacked on Sunday morning a terrorist

MIRANSHAH - The government will pay compensation to the families of 39 people who died in a US drone strike in North Waziristan, an official said on Saturday. Civilians and police were among those killed when missiles hit a compound in Datta Khel, 40 kilometres west of Miranshah, on March 17.
Tribal administration official Asghar Khan told AFP a compensation package was ready for the victims' families. "Three hundred thousand rupees ($3,530) each will be paid to 39 families,

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Saturday issued contempt notices to Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leaders Taj Haider and Sharjeel Memon for calling strike in Sindh on March 11, 2011 against the court's decision on the appointment of Justice (r) Deedar Hussain Shah as the NAB chairman.
The court directed the two to appear on April 1. Around seven people, including a teenaged boy, were killed in Karachi and 18 vehicles, several roadside stalls and a container set

KABUL - Seven civilians, three of them children, were killed and five others wounded in a NATO air strike targeting insurgents in restive southern Afghanistan, a local official said Saturday. The governor of Helmand province said the two men, two women and three children died when the car they were travelling in was hit by NATO fire late Friday.
Earlier, NATO said its International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) called in an air strike on two vehicles believed to be carrying a

JERUSALEM - Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip landed in Israel on Saturday after a brief lull in violence along a frontier where tension has risen this week.
An Israeli general responded with a warning that Israel would not allow its citizens to remain under repeated fire and Gaza's Islamist Hamas rulers should "come to their senses" to prevent an escalation of hostilities.
Witnesses and a military spokeswoman said one rocket damaged an Israeli home before dawn while the

HAFIZABAD - The Hafizabad District Bar will observe complete strike against the Holy Quran's desecration committed by a Pastor Terry Jones in Florida, a state of America. It was stated in a press release issued here the other day. Meanwhile, Jamaat-e-Islami Hafizabad Amir Dr Yaseen Insari and Secretary General Amanullah Chatta said that American government was involved in the desecration of the Holy Quran. They criticised Pop Benedict's favour to blasphemy accused Asia and demanded

LAHORE - India struck three late goals in the second half to beat Pakistan 3-1 in the fourth AFC Challenge Cup Qualifiers Group B match on Wednesday at MBJP Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Pakistan led 1-0 lead until the 67th minute but conceded three goals in the last 23 minutes. India dominating the early proceedings and in the fifth minute, nice exchange of passes between Jagpreet Singh and Steven Dias saw Sunil Chhettri get past his marker but his attempt deflected for a corner.

LONDON - Oil prices rose by over $2 a barrel on Monday as a wave of U.N.-mandated airstrikes on Libya and proliferating unrest in the Middle East fanned concerns about oil supply from the region. Brent crude for May was up $1.80 to $115.73 a barrel by 1234 GMT after earlier trading over $116, while U.S. crude for April gained $1.81 at $102.88 a barrel.
"With the nature of the external military involvement becoming clearer, there is a further escalation of the situation, and the

LAHORE - Pakistan Canvas Tents Manufacture and Exporters Association (PCTMEA) and Power Looms Association (PLA) Kasur have jointly called for a strike against the recently imposed reformed GST and flood surcharge.
In a joint statement issued on Monday, PCTMEA and Power Loom Association Kasur condemned the imposition of a 17.5 percent reformed GST and a 15 percent flood surcharge on income tax, saying that the move will prove detrimental for the business sector.
They said

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE/KARACHI - Thousands of people took to the streets across the country on Friday to protest a US drone strike that killed 44 people this week and the release of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contractor Raymond Davis, who had been held for murdering two Pakistanis in Lahore on January 27.
Security was tight and the US embassy in Islamabad and its consulates in Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar were closed in anticipation of public anger, but fears of violence proved

ISLAMABAD - Thursday's deadly drone strike in North Waziristan in which 44 people were killed, occurring only a day after Raymond Davis' release, has once again highlighted the simmering tensions between Islamabad and Washington on the contentious issue despite the 'tacit understanding' between the crucial anti-terrorism allies on American spy planes' repeated attacks.
The United States government, led by the Central Intelligence Agency's Special Activities Division, has made a