‘Bomb threat’ on Pakistan flight to Dubai
May 18th
ઇસ્લામાબાદ: A bomb threat delayed a Pakistani passenger flight bound for Dubai by four hours, with officials clearing it to take off after searches found no explosive device on board. The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight was preparing for a scheduled 11:00 am (0600 GMT) departure from Lahore when an anonymous caller rang the airport claiming there was a bomb on board. “The plane has been thoroughly searched and no bomb was found, it has taken off at 3:00 pm,” Hasan told AFP.
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લોડ થઈ રહ્યું છે ...Iranian protesters denounce Saudi-Bahrain union plan
May 18th
TEHRAN: Thousands of Iranians rallied on Friday against plans for union between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, state television showed, and an influential cleric denounced the idea as an “ill-fated plot” that will never be tolerated by Muslims.
(હજી સુધી રેટિંગ્સ) લોડ થઈ રહ્યું છે ...49 Engineering plants, 371 persons continue rescue operation at Gayari, Siachen
May 18th
Staff Report RAWALPINDI: A deliberate and consistent rescue operation is under way at Gayari, to search the missing soldiers.
(હજી સુધી રેટિંગ્સ) લોડ થઈ રહ્યું છે ...Brotherhood faces new challenges in Egypt power quest
May 18th
CAIRO: On the eve of the uprising that swept Hosni Mubarak from power, the Muslim Brotherhood braced itself for a wave of mass detentions, convinced the president was planning to hand power to his son and would order a crackdown on opposition. In is a testament to how much has changed since then, the head of its political party, Mohamed Mursi, has emerged as one of the strongest challengers for the deposed Mubarak’s job in a May 23-24 election. “The group was preparing for a knock-out blow,” said Essam el-Erian, a Brotherhood leader who was behind bars when the uprising erupted but today receives journalists at an opulent office in parliament, where his group controls close to half the seats
(હજી સુધી રેટિંગ્સ) લોડ થઈ રહ્યું છે ...Syria-wide protests urged as Qaeda fears grows
May 18th
DAMASCUS: Anti-regime activists have called for Syria-wide protests on Friday in support of students in Aleppo, a day after thousands of them rallied, emboldened by the presence of UN truce observers. Growing suspicions of an Al-Qaeda presence in Syria, meanwhile, further complicated matters for the fragmented opposition, which has repeatedly refuted any links to the Islamist organisation. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said on Thursday that he believes Al-Qaeda committed a major bomb attack in Damascus that left dozens dead, and that up to 10,000 people may have been killed in 15 months of violence in Syria.
(હજી સુધી રેટિંગ્સ) લોડ થઈ રહ્યું છે ...Aussie cricketer charged with Delhi hotel assault
May 18th
નવી દિલ્હી: Indian police on Friday arrested and charged Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach with molesting a woman and badly beating up her fiance after a late-night party at a posh New Delhi hotel.
(હજી સુધી રેટિંગ્સ) લોડ થઈ રહ્યું છે ...Protest against long power outages in Multan
May 18th
Staff Report MULTAN: Residents of New Shams Colony of the city staged a protest against long power outages on Friday. Electricity had been unavailable to the area from last night’ storm.
(હજી સુધી રેટિંગ્સ) લોડ થઈ રહ્યું છે ...Palestinians see settlements thwarting state
May 18th
JERUSALEM: Surrounded by aides, including one whose only task seems to be light his cigarettes, Mahmoud Abbas sits in a vast presidential office and speaks of his ambition to create a Palestinian state.
(હજી સુધી રેટિંગ્સ) લોડ થઈ રહ્યું છે ...Karachi violence toll rises to 18: IG Mushtaq
May 18th
Staff Report KARACHI: At least 18 people were killed in the continued violence in the metropolis during last 24 hours, said Inspector General of Sind Police (IGP) Mushtaq Ahmed Shah on Friday. In the recent incident, a Suzuki driver was gunned down in front of his minor son in the city area of Shershah
(હજી સુધી રેટિંગ્સ) લોડ થઈ રહ્યું છે ...President Zardari leaves for Chicago moot
May 18th
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has left for Chicago to attend the NATO summit meeting on Afghanistan, SAMAA reports Friday. He will hold meetings with leaders of various countries on the sidelines of the NATO moot.
(હજી સુધી રેટિંગ્સ) લોડ થઈ રહ્યું છે ...Baghdad pet market bombs kill five: officials
May 18th
BAGHDAD: Three near-simultaneous bomb blasts at a pet market in east Baghdad killed five people on Friday, officials said, just hours after an attack in the city’s southeast left five dead. The explosions, which occurred at around 7:00 am (0400 GMT) in the Maamal area, also wounded at least 31 other people, the security and medical officials said
(હજી સુધી રેટિંગ્સ) લોડ થઈ રહ્યું છે ...Measles erupts in Fata, Balochistan; hundreds of kids affected
May 18th
The provinces have sought the federal government’s help for provision of vaccine to cope with the challenge. Hundreds of children have fallen victim to this disease so far. Medical experts have expressed concern that if timely measures were not taken in this regard, the disease may prove fatal
(હજી સુધી રેટિંગ્સ) લોડ થઈ રહ્યું છે ...Faisalabad child burns himself down
May 18th
Staff Report FAISALABAD: A small child burned himself down after he failed in his attempt to get permission from school teacher to sit in class following his two-day absence owing to a wedding of a near relative, SAMAA reports Friday. According to details, Muhammed Omar, a student of class-VI went to school after two-day absence; the school teacher asked him to call his father to school to account for his absence.
(હજી સુધી રેટિંગ્સ) લોડ થઈ રહ્યું છે ...Poet Obaidullah Aleem being remembered today
May 18th
Staff Report KARACHI: One of the famous names in modern Urdu poetry, Obaidullah Aleem is being remembered on his death anniversary today (Friday). Obaidullah was born in 1939 in Bhopal, India
(હજી સુધી રેટિંગ્સ) લોડ થઈ રહ્યું છે ...Two dead bodies recovered from Peshwar
May 18th
Staff Report PESHAWAR: As many as two sack-wrapped bodies were recovered from the city’s suburban area of Mithra, SAMAA reports Friday. According to police sources, the bodies were found from Daaglaray near Mithra area of the city. The bodies could not be identified as yet.
(હજી સુધી રેટિંગ્સ) લોડ થઈ રહ્યું છે ...Obama calls off Clinton apology mission: US paper reveals
May 18th
Staff Report WASHINGTON: A US-based newspaper claimed that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was on the way to Islamabad to extend apology over the Mohmand attack on Salala check post inside Pakistan; but, President Obama called her back, SAMAA reports Friday. The newspaper Wall Stree Journal states, “The U.S. had expressed ‘regret’ for the Nov.
(હજી સુધી રેટિંગ્સ) લોડ થઈ રહ્યું છે ...
