Govt constitutes 4-member committee on Karachi unrest
May 23rd
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: The Federal Cabinet constituted on Wednesday a four-member committee mandated to resolve the law-and-order issue in Karachi, SAMAA reports. Sources said the committee would be headed by federal minister and senior PPP leader Makhdum Amin Fahim, comprising Maula Bux Chandio, Naveed Qamar and Khurshid Shah as members
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بار ...Lab uses skin cells to help repair heart muscle
May 23rd
PARIS: Lab scientists on Wednesday reported that for the first time they had taken skin cells from patients who had suffered heart failure and turned them into cells that could repair damaged cardiac muscle. The technique has so far been tested on rats and it could take up to a decade of problem-solving before trials can go ahead on humans, the scientists cautioned.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Parents’ smoking deals long-term harm to kids: Study
May 23rd
SYDNEY: Children exposed to their parents’ cigarette smoke are at greater risk of suffering serious cardiovascular health problems later in life, a study showed Wednesday.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Indian army chopper crashes over Siachen; pilot killed
May 23rd
Staff Report NEW DELHI: An Indian army pilot was reported killed when a helicopter crashed over Siachen glassier, Indian media reports Wednesday. A New Delhi-based news TV reported that ‘Cheetah Helicopter’ was on a routine maintenance flight when met the incident
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Balochistan case: CJP signals emergency imposition in province
May 23rd
Staff Report QUETTA: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry said the government is not meeting constitutional requirements, adding if Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani does not take up measures, then the constitution will take its course. Heading a three-judge bench hearing a petition on the law and order situation and human rights violations in Balochistan at Quetta Registry of the apex court, CJ Chaudhry expressed disapproval while talking to Principal Secretary of the PM Khushnood Lashari and remarked reaction of the federal government did not come to the fore despite frequent summons for explanation. Justice Jawwad S
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Pakistan suffers Rs 100 bln loss due to NATO supplies
May 23rd
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Pakistan suffered Rs 100 billion loss due to NATO supplies to Afghanistan via Pakistan, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was told, SAMAA reports. Chairman of the National Highway Authority (NHA) Muhammad Ali Gardezi told the PAC that the NATO supplies have caused Rs 100 billion loss to the country “but not a single penny was paid for repairing the damaged highways.” The PAC met on Tuesday under the chairmanship of Nadeem Afzal Gondal. — SAMAA
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Strike in Sindh against Karachi rally firing
May 23rd
Staff Report KARACHI: Various cities of Sindh observed shutter-down and wheel-jam strike on Wednesday on a call given by nationalist parties of the province against firing on a political rally and subsequent violence in Karachi, SAMAA reports. At least eleven people were killed and more than 30 wounded after unidentified gunmen opened fire at a political rally organised by Awami Tehrik (AT) and backed by several other parties in protest against proposed Mohajir province and the recent operation in Lyari.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...AVOID LOOKING OLD
May 23rd
No one wants to look old. People who don’t look after themselves enter in to old age before time.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Dr Afridi gets 33 years’ jail on treason charges
May 23rd
A Pakistani surgeon recruited by the CIA to help find Osama bin Laden was on Wednesday sentenced to 33 years in prison for treason, officials said. Shakeel Afridi, who was sacked as a government doctor two months ago, was found guilty under the tribal justice system of Khyber district, part of Pakistan s semi-autonomous tribal belt
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Art educationist Ali Imam’s death anniversary today
May 23rd
Staff Report KARACHI: An important art educationist, a painter, art connoisseur, art critic, gallery owner and a teacher to many art lovers, Ali Imam is being remembered on his death anniversary today (Wednesday).
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Karachi unrest: Sindh education boards, universities cancel papers
May 23rd
Staff Report KARACHI: Universities and education boards of Sindh cancelled Wednesday’s papers in the wake of strike call given by nationalist parties against violence in Karachi, SAMAA reports. At least eleven people were killed and more than 30 wounded after unidentified gunmen opened fire at a political rally organised by Awami Tehrik (AT) and backed by several other parties in protest against proposed Mohajir province and the recent operation in Lyari
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...SHC hears plea on disqualification of PM Gilani
May 23rd
Staff Report KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) issued notices to various people including Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, National Assembly Speaker Dr. Fahmida Mirza, Attorney General and Law Minister, SAMAA reports Wednesday.
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Missiles strikes kill 4 suspected militants in North Waziristan
May 23rd
MIRANSHAH:
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Another electricity bomb in the making; NEPRA moved for power hike
May 23rd
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) Wednesday requested National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) to raise power tariffs by two rupees per unit. According to the NEPRA, the purchasing agency moved the regulatory authority to hike power tariffs by two rupees/unit under fuel adjustment for the month of April. The NEPRA officials say electricity amounting 6.57 billion units were sold to distributing companies during April; 41 percent of power was produced from costly furnace oil
(بدون امتیاز) بار ...Tom Cruise screens Scientology-inspired film
May 23rd
LOS ANGELES: Filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson has screened his new film about a Scientology-like sect leader for Tom Cruise, Scientology’s most famous follower, in the hopes of heading off a conflict with the group, TheWrap has learned. According to two individuals close to the movie, Anderson recently screened the film, loosely based on the life of Scientology-founder L. Ron Hubbard, for Cruise.
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