Railways employees protest enters 12th day
May 25th
According to the technical staff of Pakistan Railways Locomotive, they demanded to increase technical allowance, to upgrade pay scale and asked for overtime which should be equivalent to double the amount of their pay if they work on their off day. The protestors lamented that government has agreed to their demands but the railway officials are not implementing the orders
இங்கிலாந்து, West Indies 2nd Test starts today
May 25th
England will take an unbeatable lead in their three-match series against the West Indies if they win the second Test at Trent Bridge starting here on Friday. And, after a five-wicket victory in the first Test at Lord s, few would bet against Andrew Strauss s number one ranked side going 2-0 up in Nottingham. The West Indies did take the first Test into the fifth day and twice had England wobbling as they pursued a modest target of 191.
All Pakistan Wheelchair Users Cricket Tournament begins
May 25th
Teams from all over the country, including Multan and Islamabad, are participating in the tournament.
Karachi violence claims 2 more lives
May 25th
Two people were in acts of violence in different parts of Karachi while Rangers have arrested 17 மக்கள், including six members of Lyari gang war, during raids in Maripur and Guzri areas. According to details, 28-year-old Faisal was shot dead in Bahadurabad area while 25-year-old Abdul Shakoor was gunned down by some unidentified persons in Korangi.
Gujranwala: Land dispute claims two lives
May 25th
According to details, Naeem Mughal bought a 5-marla plot from his neighbor Rehmat in Kalar Abadi area in the jurisdiction of Police Station.
Man arrested in Chinese cannibalism case
May 25th
Police in southwest China have detained a man suspected of murdering more than a dozen boys and young men, chopping up their bodies and selling the flesh to unsuspecting consumers, reports said Friday. Zhang Yongming, 56, was detained two weeks ago in Nanmen village in Yunnan province and is being investigated over the murder of a 19-year-old man in late April, the Guangxi News website reported. Police searching Zhang s home found the young man s cellphone, bank card and other evidence, according to the website, which said more than a dozen other teenagers had gone missing from the village over the years.
Musharraf ‘murdered my mother’: Bilawal
May 25th
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, son of President Asif Ali Zardari, on Thursday said Musharaff sabotaged his mother s security when she returned to her homeland in 2007, and said he is confident of his own security in Pakistan. "I m confident that the Pakistani government will provide me with the adequate security, unlike the government at the time that sabotaged my mother s security in Pakistan," he told CNN in an interview.
Next round of Iran nuke talks set for Moscow
May 25th
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton says both sides have agreed to continue the discussions on June 18-19 in hopes of a breakthrough on international concerns about the Islamic Republic s ability to build atomic weapons.
Speakers decision a victory of democracy: Gilani
May 25th
Talking to a delegation of Supreme Court Bar Association led by its president Yasin Azad PM said that it is the PPP leadership which restored the constitution and strengthened institutions and democracy. Prime Minister Gilani said progress of the country was possible only with the strengthening of democracy and sovereignty of any country cannot remain intact in the absence of a constitution.
Corruption in laptops: plea for hearing accepted
May 25th
The petition had been moved by Dunya News senior anchor person Mubashar Luqman. The counsel for the petitioner, Ali Zafer Advocate, adopted the stance that the Punjab government had committed corruption while distributing laptops among students, adding that failed students were awarded with laptops.
Bilawal asks Obama to apologise for Salala attack
May 25th
Pakistan People’s Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has urged President Barack Obama to show “some courage” and apologize to Pakistan for the NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers at Salala and bring US-Pakistan relations back on track.
Govt approves Rs 873 billion for PSDP 2012-13
May 25th
The National Economic Council (NEC) which met here under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has approved Rs 873 billion for Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP 2012-13), with focus on water and power, social sector, health education, job creation and food security, for the socio-economic prosperity of the country. Talking to media after the NEC meeting here on Thursday, Finance Minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said that government has planned a balanced development approach to equally develop Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan and Federally Administered Tribal Areas with other parts of the country. The Minister said that the NEC also reviewed the progress of Federal Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) of Rs 300 billion during the outgoing financial year 2011-12 and it was observed that 170 big development projects have been completed with 100 percent releases for the projects
US concerned on killing in Pakistan
May 25th
The United States on Thursday voiced concern over extrajudicial killings and religious intolerance in Pakistan, including in its troubled southwestern province of Baluchistan. In an annual report on human rights, the State Department said that the "most serious human rights problems" in Pakistan included extrajudicial killings, torture and disappearances by both security forces and militants. "Lack of government accountability remained a pervasive problem
US panel cuts Pakistan funding over doctor row
May 25th
US senators scandalized by Pakistan s jailing of a doctor for helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden voted on Thursday to cut aid to Islamabad by $33 மில்லியன் — one million for each year in the doctor s sentence. "It s arbitrary, but the hope is that Pakistan will realize we are serious," said Senator Richard Durbin after the unanimous 30-0 vote by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Earthquake jolts Quetta, Mastung
May 25th
An earthquake measuring 4.8 on Richter Scale jolted Quetta, Mastung, Sibbi and surrounding areas in the early hours of Friday.


















































