News & Blogs from Pakistan
Archive for August, 2010
Telenor Pakistan receives Rs68 Million from DTAC Thailand for flood relief
Aug 31st
ISLAMABAD, August 31, 2010: Telenor Group’s operating company DTAC Thailand handed over a cheque of Rs68 million to Telenor Pakistan here today as its contribution toward the ongoing flood relief efforts.
To announce the donation a press conference was organized by Telenor Pakistan at a local hotel. Present on the occasion from Telenor Pakistan were [...]
Man slaughters wife, children in Lahore
Aug 31st
A man slaughtered his wife and three young daughters over a domestic dispute in Muridke near Lahore..
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Pak army continues rescue operation in Daddu
Aug 31st
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army is carrying out rescue operation at Sajawal, Shahdad Kot, Kashmor, Faqeer Goth, Thatta and evacuated 16 critically stranded people at Saidpur village near Daddu. Army has rescued and shifted 300 people to Army Relief Camps in Sindh and also provided 26,000 cooked food packets, distributed 24 tons of dry rations and treated 1400 people during last 24 hours.
Three More Arrests in Spot-Fixing Probe
Aug 31st
Two men and a woman have been arrested in UK in connection with allegations that Pakistani players were involved in a betting scam..
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”Triple threat” stalks flood-hit Pakistan
Aug 31st
ISLAMABAD: The World Food Programme on Tuesday warned that flood-ravaged Pakistan faced a “triple threat” after the worst disaster in the country”s history left eight million people dependent on aid to survive. Torrential monsoon rains triggered massive floods that have moved steadily from north to south over the past month, engulfing a fifth of the volatile country and affecting 17 million of Pakistan”s 167 million people. The floods have washed away huge swathes of the rich farmland on which the country”s struggling economy depends
Jirga 30 Aug: Why Altaf wants change
Aug 31st
What is the basis of MQM Chief Altaf Hussain’s statement of bringing change through revolution against the Jagirdards, Waderas, Sardars, etc. Gen (R) Hameed Gul (Ex-DG ISI), Amjad Islam Amjad (Writer), Haider Abbas Rizvi (MQM), Lt. Gen. (R) Moeen Uddin…
PCB wont suspend any player pending betting probe
Aug 31st
LONDON: Pakistan Cricket Board said Tuesday it would not suspend top players accused over a betting scam while the claims are probed, but reports suggest they will not play the rest of the tour in England.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) h…
Man slaughters wife, children
Aug 31st
A man slaughtered his wife and three young daughters over a domestic dispute in Muridke near Lahore.
Déjà vu
Aug 31st
“I click therefore you are” writes Tapu Javeri in the slim coffee-table book, Tapulicious.
The fifth element
Aug 31st
“The fifth season is inside you, thus the name of the exhibition — The Fifth Season,” said the artist Khuda Bux Abro.
