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Flame for London Games arrives in Britain
May 19th
CULDROSE, England: The flame for the London Olympics burned brightly on British soil on Friday after David Beckham stepped off a special flight from the Games birthplace of Greece to light a cauldron with a golden torch. The British Airways ‘Firefly’ Flight 2012 from Athens landed on time at the Culdrose naval air station with Britain’s Princess Anne, Games chairman Seb Coe and the former England soccer captain among the delegation. The flame will start a 70-day torch relay around Britain on Saturday, with triple Olympic gold medallist sailor Ben Ainslie carrying it on the first leg from Land’s End on the south-west tip of England.
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Loading ...MQM message spreading despite negative propaganda: Altaf
May 18th
Talking to MQM PIA unit workers in London, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain said that all the conspiracies by the opponents the message of the MQM is spreading across the country. Altaf Hussain said that the masses have realized that the MQM is the true political party which represents them. He said that the people from all nationalities are gathering under the banner of MQM to change the outdated political system in the country
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...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.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Traders protest against corruption, loadshedding
May 17th
The citizens and traders staged protest against power loadshedding in the city and shouted slogans against mismanagement of the government which had made their lives miserable. They blocked the road by torching tyres outside the Sheranwala Gate in Lahore. The protesters blocked the main road, causing problems to the passengers
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...SC verdict on PM weakened government, says Maulana Fazal
May 17th
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman has said today that the Supreme Court’s verdict about the PM has weakened the government, SAMAA reported on Thursday.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...President Zardari will attend NATO summit: FO
May 17th
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari will attend the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago, SAMAA reported on Thursday. The summit will start from May 21 st in which President Zardari will be accompanied by the Foreign Minister and Foreign Secretary
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...China blind activist to get passport ‘within 15 days’
May 17th
BEIJING: Blind activist Chen Guangcheng said Thursday China had agreed to issue him a passport within 15 days, allowing him to go to the United States, after a bitter row between Beijing and Washington. It was the first indication of when Chen would be allowed to leave the country since he left the US embassy more than two weeks ago after seeking refuge there following his dramatic escape from house arrest
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Contempt case: SC indicts Babar Awan
May 17th
The court observed that Babar Awan was guilty of contempt of court. It said he had ridiculed the Supreme Court on 1st December‚ 2011.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Model used to plan Bin Laden raid revealed
May 17th
The scale model was a precise replica used to plan the raid that killed the Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden a year ago. The table-top model made its public debut Wednesday in the halls of the Pentagon, where soldiers and office workers stopped in the corridor and gazed in fascination at the elaborate miniature of Bin Laden s compound
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...NATO supply: PNSC recommendations will not be bypassed: PM
May 17th
Talking to media in Islamabad, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said that the parliamentary recommendations will not be bypassed in restoration of NATO supply. Gilani further said that there would be no compromise on the country’s principals and the government would not take any emotional decisions, adding that the national interests would not be compromised while reviewing NATO supply. Gilani said that PML-N has finally changed its stance and recognized him as Prime Minister
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Hafiz Saeed warns protests if NATO supply restored
May 16th
JI ex-chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad called on Hafiz Saeed in Lahore and discussed current politico-strategic situation of the country in detail. Hafiz Saeed said that if NATO supply was restored he along with other religious parties would stage a sit-in demonstration on roads. Qazi Hussain Ahmad said that the government had not followed the recommendations made by Islamic Ideology Council.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Monsoon may bring heavy floods: NDMA
May 16th
NDMA has predicted colossal floods which may affect about 300 million people in the country. During a media briefing in Islamabad National Disaster Management Authority Chairman Zafar Iqbal said that precautionary measures taken to cope with the expected floods were not satisfactory.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Bahrain protests Iran criticism of GCC union plans
May 16th
DUBAI: Bahrain has summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires to protest against what it called a “gross violation of its sovereignty” in a row after Tehran criticised efforts by Gulf Arab states to forge closer political and military union.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...At least 10 more killed in Syria: watchdog
May 16th
BEIRUT: Regime troops shot dead at least five people in a new assault on the flashpoint town of Khan Sheikhun and opened fire on a refugee camp in southern Syria on Wednesday, monitors said. A child, another civilian and three armed militants were killed by machinegun fire in Khan Sheikhun, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Four others died of wounds suffered on Tuesday when regime troops “massacred” 20 people during a funeral procession in the town, according to the Britain-based group.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Karachi: Women demand separate Mohajir province
May 16th
Staff Report KARACHI: Calls for a separate province are being raised in the country’s largest city of Karachi after Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Under the Mohajir Province Movement, women held a demonstration at Arts Council Chowrangi on Wednesday.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...No one would be allowed to misuse blasphemy law: Zardari
May 16th
Staff Report ISLAMABAD: President Asif Zardari has said that no one would be allowed to misuse the blasphemy law, SAMAA reported Wednesday. During a meeting with Vatican City’s Father Robert Mccloch at the presidency, Zardari said that his government believed in the harmony among the religions of the world.
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