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Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was due to be released on bail Friday, but it remained unclear exactly when or how he would escape...

LAHORE - Hundreds of people participated in a walk arranged by the Lahore Chambers of Commerce (LCCI) on Wednesday. The walk titled 'Business Walk' is part of the ongoing LCCI Shopping Festival that is gradually reaching fever pitch. People from various sections of society turned up in large numbers to participate in the walk that started from the LCCI office and culminated at Governor's House.
The motive of the walk was to take people out of the gloom that has enveloped the

NEW DELHI - A dilemma worthy of Hamlet confronts all batsmen in the World Cup on whether they should walk or not after nicking the ball. Australia captain Ricky Ponting clearly belongs to the school that believes the man in the white coat decides when his time is up. Ponting stood his ground after edging the ball to Kamran Akmal on Saturday even though Pakistan's successful review appeal meant he had to go back. In stark contrast, Sachin Tendulkar, one century away from his 100th

Lahore - A walk was organised at the Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) on Monday in connection with the World Water Day. "Shortage of standard drinking water is a serious world problem and some LCWU societies are contributing to highlight the issue," LCWU Natural Sciences Dean Dr Kausar Jamal Cheema said. Environment Science Department Chairperson Dr Arifa Tahir was also present on the occasion.
The Lahore Environment Awareness Forum (LEAF) and the Society for

LAHORE - Dozens of government school students walked to support the recent anti-encroachment campaign on Saturday. The protectors raised banners, held placards and chanted slogans to denounce the encroachments that had caused difficulty for traffic and constricted public space. The rally started from Government High School Chistia Road, Islampura and ended at Government High School Mozang Road where the rally was addressed by Government High School Mozang Road Headmaster Syed Riaz

KARACHI - A walk would be organised in the metropolis to express solidarity with the quake- and tsunami-hit people of Japan, said a press release issued on Friday. The walk would be held under the auspices of the Pakistan-Japan Cultural Association Sindh and the Pakistan Japan Business Forum. The walk would commence near the Salt n Pepper Village restaurant in DHA.

KARACHI - The Sindh Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a private resolution to ascertain the root causes of domestic violence against women. PPP's Aisha Khoso presented the resolution that demanded constituting a special committee comprising female members of the assembly, eminent female social workers and legal experts for conducting a study to find out the root causes of domestic violence against women. Various MPAs expressed concern over the situation of women in Sindh and

LAHORE - All major doctors' associations have announced holding awareness walk today regarding a special salary package for doctors, office bearers of doctors' associations said on Friday.
All major doctors' association including Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Young Doctors Association (YDA), Pakistan Dental Association (PDA) and Punjab Rural Doctors Association (PRDA) will start the awareness walk from Mayo Hospital to The Mall.
The walk is a part of the first phase of

ISLAMABAD - Earth quake reconstruction and rehabilitation (ERRA) on Tuesday conducted an awareness walk for saving rainwater through rooftops in Balakot. According to press release issued here, the walk was organized by the mutual collaboration of ERRA, SERRA and a local NGO SUKHI to highlight need for saving rain water for daily household utilization.
It said that the local representatives, representatives of national assembly and officials of differing organizations of AJK and

MANAMA - Two protesters died in clashes with Bahraini police, sparking angry calls from young cyber-activists for regime change and a walkout on Tuesday of Bahrain's main Shia opposition bloc in parliament. The Islamic National Accord Association which has 18 seats in the 40-member house has suspended its membership in the parliament, said a member, MP Khalil al-Marzooq.
The decision was taken because of "the deterioration in security and the negative and brutal way in which (the

PESHAWAR: The women legislators of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly staged a walkout Friday when Deputy Speaker Khushdil Khan snubbed a ruling party female member to avoid cross talk during the proceeding, saying he could exercise his powers to send her out of the house.
The protest was triggered after Khushdil used harsh words while asking Munawar Sultana of Awami National Party (ANP) to follow the rules of the house. "I will kick you out; don't make the house the jock," he remarked

ISLAMABAD - The senators belonging to Balochistan province on Thursday walked out from Senate proceedings against the suspension of funds for under-construction road projects in their areas. JUI-F senator form Sindh, Khalid Soomro, also joined his protesting colleagues from Balochistan, to record his protest against the suspension of funds in Sindh.
Dr Ismail Buledi said that without any justification, the National Highway Authority had halted various under-construction roads

LAHORE - Citizens of Lahore, mostly the youth, gathered at the Liberty Chowk and later walked to the Kalma Chowk, rallying for 'peace and against religious extremism' on Sunday. This rally, titled 'rally to restore sanity and conscience', was organised over Facebook and the participants of this walk said that they did not want Pakistan to be 'hijacked by irrational hate mongers'.
People from all walks of life protested against intolerance and disharmony in the society and

LAHORE - A walk promoting peace against religious extremism will be held today by the civil society. The walk will begin from the Liberty Chowk and will end at the Kalma Chowk, during which balloons and banners will be held up, speaking out against the 'religious fascism.'
Diep Syeda, a social activist, told Pakistan Today that the walk will be against the religious fascism that is slowly bent upon destroying the society. "We will walk against this fascism and the murders that

LAHORE - Women members of the provincial assembly (MPA) from both the treasury and opposition benches staged a walkout from the Punjab Assembly (PA) session over non-allocation of development funds accusing the Punjab government of gender discrimination and humiliating their mandate.
Issue of non-provision of funds to female legislators remained under discussion in the House and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) MPAs also boycotted the House proceedings to register their protest

The honours keep coming for actor Colin Firth - he'll unveil the 2,429th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next week. The actor, who is an Oscars Best Actor favourite for his portrayal of King George VI in 'The King's Speech', will be saluted next Thursday.
It has been a great year for the star - Firth won the BAFTA Award in 2010 for his performance in Tom Ford's 'A Single Man', which also earned him nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors

QUETTA - Aman Etahad organised a walk on Saturday to promote peace in the province and demanded of the government to provide security to the citizens against terrorism and crimes in the country.
The walk started from Assembly Chowk and ended in front of the Quetta Press Club. The participants were carrying placards and chanted slogans for peace, recovery of missing persons, curbing abduction like arrests of Balochis and against the military operation in the province, besides