News & Blogs from Pakistan
Archive for January, 2010
Govt being blackmailed by fake surveys, says Babar
Jan 8th
NANKANA SAHIB: Federal Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Dr Babar Awan has said that the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) believes in t
Larkana industrial estate
Jan 8th
Karachi
A summary for allotment of land for establishing the proposed Larkana Industrial Estate has been sent to the Sindh chief minister for
AJK PM in quandary over naming cabinet
Jan 8th
ISLAMABAD: The newly-elected Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Sardar Attique Ahmad Khan, finds himself in a tricky situation while finalising
Ministers to monitor embankments,
Jan 8th
Karachi
A special meeting of the Sindh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah at the CM House on Saturday night, decided that pr
Export Development Fund controversy
Jan 8th
ISLAMABAD: Billions of rupees, collected in the name of export development surcharge every year, remain a bone of contention between finance and comme
Another rain spell likely
Jan 8th
Rawalpindi
Pakistan Meteorology Department (PMD) has predicted that another weather system would develop within next 12 to 24 hours, which wou
The Margalla crash
Jan 8th
The tragic accident of the Airblue flight calls for introspection on how news is reported by some news organisations. A section in the media unfortuna
Woman among two killed
Jan 8th
Karachi
A woman was among two persons killed in separate incidents in the city on Saturday.
Irfan was shot dead in the SITE-B Section po
Cuba plans to dive into offshore oil exploration
Jan 8th
HAVANA: A Chinese-built drilling rig is expected to arrive in Cuban waters in early 2011, likely opening the open the way for full-scale exploration o
Pakistani Astronomers Bring Spectacular Science To Rural Masses
Jan 4th
A grass-roots scientific association called the Khwarizmi Science Society (KSS)…
