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LAHORE - Hundreds of Indian Christians held a demonstration at the Pak-India border against the death sentence given to Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman, on the charges of committing blasphemy, The Times of India reported on Saturday. The activists of Christian Front Punjab (CFP), who gathered at Attari, demanded the Pakistani government to revoke the orders of capital punishment.
They also urged the world community to pressure Pakistan to scrap the controversial blasphemy law. The

KARACHI - A shutter-down strike was observed in some towns of Sindh by Ghousia Jamaat to support former Foreign Affairs minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and protest the media trial against him. Shops remained close in Umerkot and a rally was staged by Aijaz Palee, Idress Palee and others.
A shutter-down strike was observed in Khipro. A rally in Kunree culminated into a large gathering in front of the press club, where speakers delivered speeches to support Qureshi. Businesses

LAHORE: The Ijaz Butt-led management of the Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday launched efforts to seek support of the country's cricket fraternity in a bid to prolong its stay in the office.
Very much like the political set up in the country, the PCB management is facing widespread criticism for its handling of a number of issues including the recent spot-fixing scandal.
It has been learnt that the timeframe given to the PCB chairman for his stay in office ends soon after

ISLAMABAD: Engineering Development Board (EDB) and SME Business Support Fund (BSF) have agreed to collaborate in the promotion of the engineering industries of Pakistan to cultivate greater productivity and competitiveness in local industry to allow it to develop a stronger presence in international markets. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard was signed between EDB CEO Aitazaz A Niazi and the Fund's Chief Syed Saquib Moyuddin. The objective of the partnership is to

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama said on Thursday Washington would support an "orderly and genuine" transition to democracy in Egypt, a key ally in the Middle East, after reports that President Hosni Mubarak may step down imminently after weeks of protests.
The Obama administration has tried to walk a fine line during the evolving crisis in Egypt, the most populous Arab country. Egypt's powerful military gets about $1.3 billion a year in aid from Washington. "What is

WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met the minister for Minorities Affairs in a show of support for religious freedom as tensions mount in Pakistan, he said Friday. Minorities Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti, who has faced a wave of threats, said he spoke with Clinton on Thursday and explained his initiative to set up local committees around Pakistan to promote interfaith harmony.
"She was very supportive of religious freedom," Bhatti told AFP. "She said religious

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League (PML)-Likeminded Secretary Information Kashmala Tariq on Thursday said her party's three-member committee, headed by Senator Salim Saifullah Khan and mandated for alliance with other parties, received positive response which would be disclosed to the media in near future.
According to a press release, a party meeting was held in the federal capital Thursday which was attended by Humayun Akhtar Khan, Kashmala Tariq, Humayun Saifullah Khan, Kabir

KARACHI - The Consul General of Switzerland in Karachi Didier Boschung, organised an event for the heads of the Bilateral Business Forums in Karachi to introduce them to the UN Global Compact Pakistan Local Network (UNGCPLN).
The event was attended by Business Forums of Switzerland, Japan, Belgium, USA, France, Thailand, Russia, Sri Lanka and the Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Introducing the UN Global Compact to the audience, the Swiss envoy said that it

ISLAMABAD - Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Athar Abbas on Monday said that armies can only win wars if their nations support them.
Speaking at a Seminar entitled, "Role of education broadcasters in eradication of growing tendencies of intolerance and violence in the Society", held at Allama Iqbal Open University, he said that wars were fought and won by the nations not only by armed forces.
General Athar said that Pakistan army's battle

LAHORE - Thousands of demonstrators responded to a call by the Tehreek-e-Tahaffuz-e-Namoos-e-(TNS) Risalat (SAW) to rally from Nasir Bagh to Faisal Chowk on The Mall on Sunday to protest against government's plans to amend blasphemy laws.
Demonstrators from the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) held banners in support of Mumtaz Qadri - the police commando who shot dead former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer. Leaders

LAHORE - Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) Vice Chairman Taufiq Ahmed Khan has pointed out that despite limited source, REAP members had exported 4.6 million tonnes of rice to different parts of the world in 2009-10.
He was addressing a delegation of 34-member newly inducted officers of Commerce and Trade Group, along with Pakistan Institute of Trade And Development (PITAD) Assistant Director Shafiq Haider Virk and Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP)

LAHORE - Former information minister Muhammad Ali Durrani called on the Jamiat Ulema Pakistan (JUP) Secretary General Qari Zawar Bahadur in his office and asked to support the Bahawalpur's movement as a separate province.
Zawar announced to support the movement for the establishment of further provinces in order to improve administrative matters and to facilitate people. He said that the restoration of Bahawalpur's status as a province was a part of their manifesto.
He also

KARACHI - Pakistan is keen to join the Association of South East Nations (ASEAN) and is looking forward to Indonesian support in this regard. This was stated by Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) President Saeed Shafiq, in a discussion with Consul General of Indonesia Rossalis Rusman Adenan, at the second sub-committee meeting of diplomatic affairs here on Monday.
Rossalis Rusman said that volume of bilateral trade had hit a high of $1.2 billion in 2008. However, it

NEW DELHI - Asia, facing some of the highest food inflation in the world, may support the broad thrust of France's push for G20 to tame volatile commodity prices but it is also seen as only part of the solution to ensuring the world can afford to eat.
South Korea said it supported the plan but an Australian farming body said the proposal put forward on Monday by French President Nicolas Sarkozy was avoiding the "elephant in the room" - the need to reduce trade barriers. "To

KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Monday asked the army and the judiciary to support "the oppressed people's revolution" and urged those "who repeatedly imposed martial law in the past" to come forward and bring an end to the growing crime in Punjab.
"The oppressed people's revolution is the fate of Pakistan. I am sure that the army and the judiciary will extend their support to this revolution against landlords and capitalists. If there is a need to

WASHINGTON - US public support for the war in Afghanistan has dropped to the lowest level since Barack Obama became president, a poll showed on Tuesday. The survey by Quinnipiac University showed voters said by a 51 to 41 percent margin than the United States should not be involved in Afghanistan. The support level in the survey in early January was down from 44 percent in November and well below the peak of 59 percent a year ago. Still, the respondents said by a 46 to 40 percent

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama on Friday offered to look at new ways to help Pakistan's troubled economy as he showed support for President Asif Ali Zardari at a White House meeting on Friday, officials said.
Zardari held a closed-door meeting with Obama after flying into Washington for a memorial service for Richard Holbrooke, the late US envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan which has been a top priority for the US administration.
Obama "underscored the importance of