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ISLAMABAD - Foreign Office (FO) spokesman Abdul Basit Thursday said two special flights would be sent to Egypt within 24 hours to evacuate the stranded Pakistani diplomatic staff and other nationals Egypt. The assurance came as the family members of the people trapped in the strife-torn Egypt are worried over the lack of arrangements on the part of government for their evacuation.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the special plane would reach Cairo

LONDON - Iran would need at least two years to produce its first nuclear weapon but is not involved in an all-out "crash effort" to build a bomb, a respected think tank said on Thursday. In a new report analysing the available evidence, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said it believed the timescale should give more time to international efforts to negotiate a solution.
The report by the London-based body said Iran's nuclear capability had been growing

LOS ANGELES - CBS has ordered two additional episodes of Monday sitcoms 'Mike and Molly' and 'Rules of Engagement' to help cope with scheduling issues arising from the absence of Charlie Sheen from the hit show 'Two and a Half Men,' according to sources.
These extra shows will fill in a schedule with sudden holes caused by the absence of Sheen, who reportedly is attempting a rehabilitation program at home with a trained expert in addiction. (Sheen's spokesman declined comment on

KARACHI - A court on Monday convicted a man for two robberies and sentenced him to eight years of rigorous imprisonment (RI). Additional District and Sessions Judge Sarwat Sultana handed down the sentence to accused Dilbar in two different cases of robberies, after the prosecution proved its case. The court also fined Rs 20,000 for each case.
According to the complaints filed by Arif and Shoaib, the accused had looted valuables from their houses in 2008 and 2009, within the

QUETTA - Two NATO supplies containers were set on fire in Khuzdar district on Sunday. According to police three containers were returning Karachi after unloading NATO supplies in Kandahar when some armed attackers opened indiscriminate fire at Wadh area of Khuzdar district, some 360 KM south of Quetta on RCD Highway.
The driver of the first container attempted to speed away but the vehicle turned turtle. However the rest of two containers were halted. The attackers disembarked

KARACHI - The chief executive on behalf of the board of directors of Arif Habib Investments Limited (AHI) Management Company has announced monthly dividends for two of its funds. Pakistan Income Enhancement Fund (PIEF) has announced an interim dividend of Rs 0.43 per unit.
An investor holding 100 units as of 25 January, 2011 get 0.8466 units on the ex-bonus price of Rs 50.79 per unit with the proportionate applying to actual holdings. The highest rated Money Market Fund, Pakistan

LAHORE - An American national associated with the US Consulate in Lahore shot two young motorcyclists while another vehicle used by the US Consulate ran over a man in a bid to rescue the diplomat near Qartaba Chowk on Thursday.
The Old Anarkali Police managed to arrest the American, identified as Raymond Davis, after a brief chase following information that the US officials were involved in a shooting and rescue incident. Davis told police that he opened fire at the two

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court chief justice on Thursday issued transfers/postings orders of two civil judges-cum-judicial magistrates. They include Chaudhry Umar Hayat from Kharian to Narowal and Samina Ijaz Cheema from Narowal to Kharian.
The CJ also made postings/transfers among four deputy registrars of the high court. According to a notification in this regard, Pervez Khalid, deputy registrar (G&T) at principal seat was transferred to Multan bench as deputy registrar

MANILA - At least two people were killed and 15 injured when a bomb exploded on a crowded bus in the Philippine capital's financial district on Tuesday, authorities said.
The attack occurred two months after the United States and several other Western governments warned a terrorist attack in Manila was imminent, and followed a bus hijacking last year that left eight Hong Kong tourists dead. "The explosive must have been placed underneath the passenger seat," Metropolitan Manila

QUETTA - Two Bugti tribesmen were killed in a landmine explosion in Dera Bugti district of Balochistan on Sunday. According to Levies officials, a landmine laid by unknown militants in Gandari near Loti area of Dera Bugti exploded with a huge explosion when two persons riding a motorbike rolled on it. As a result, both were killed on the spot.
Soon after the blast Levies and other law enforcement agencies rushed to the site and shifted victims to hospital where they were

LAHORE - The United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has forecast that the world rice trade in 2011 will contract by two percent to 30.5 million tonnes. The FAO latest Rice Market Monitor (RMM) states that the reduction in global rice trade is expected to follow a tightening of exportable quantities in major rice supplying countries.
It concludes that several rice exporting countries had reduced harvests owing to harsh weather conditions, while some have heavily

QUETTA - Two gas supply pipelines were blown up by resistance groups in Dera Bugti district on Saturday. Militants attached an explosive device to a 24-inch diameter pipeline in Sui area which went off with a bang.
As a result gas supply to the purification plant from the damaged pipeline was also suspended. In another similar incident, an 18-inch diameter gas pipeline was also exploded in Loti area of Dera Bugti, suspending the supply to the plant. No loss of life was reported

ISLAMABAD - The Judicial Commission of Pakistan for appointment of judges to superior courts will meet today (Saturday) with Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in the chair to discuss appointment of two judges in the Supreme Court.
Two senior-most judges have been included in the commission, who will give their input for the appointment of new judges to the superior courts.
After the approval of the 19th Amendment, it will be for the first time when

GUJRANWALA - Additional District and Sessions Judge Raja Arshad Mahmood has awarded capital punishment to the two killers and molesters of a boy. The convicts will also have to face rigorous imprisonment of seven years and Rs 420,000 fine to each. Rehmat alias Goga, Irfan and Faryad of Mominpura Kamoke on July 12, 2009, sodomised a boy, Faraz, and stabbed him to death to hide their crime. City Kamoke Police arrested all of them later and presented
challan in the court.
The

lahore - In a clear violation of Supreme Court orders, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif inaugurated two "fake" medical colleges on Monday, as the Health Department has yet to apply to the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) for their recognition, sources told Pakistan Today.
In its verdict in 2004-05, a full SC bench had declared all medical colleges not recognised by the PMDC as "fake". Sources said the Health Department had not even applied to the PMDC for the

LAHORE - Lahore City Division Anti Vehicles Lifting Staff (AVLS) on Monday arrested two members of the Ijaz Ali Khan gang including its ringleader Ijaz Ali Khan and Khawaja Tehseen Mustafa, data operator Excise Office, Kasur, involved in fake registration and preparing bogus documents of stolen vehicles after tempering, and recovered six cars from their possession. The criminals have confessed to abovementioned crimes during preliminary interrogation.
According to details, on

LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board is likely to hand out central contracts to players for the year by the end of this month, it was learnt on Monday. The contracts are to be handed over after scrutiny of certain players for alleged corruption.
Sources in the board said that former captain Shoaib Malik or Test leg-spinner Danish Kaneria were unlikely to be included in the new central contracts list until they satisfied the PCB's integrity committee and got unofficial clearance to