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Power cuts: Police gun down Kashmiri protester
Jan 3rd
The incident took place in northern Boniyar village, which is reeling from a severe cold snap.
Key events of 2011: Arab Spring, Bin Laden’s death and economic meltdown
Dec 29th
A month by month round up of world events.
Tent cities loom for Philippine flood victims
Dec 26th
More than 60,000 people displaced by tropical storm Washi are currently sheltering in government buildings.
Philippine flood victims’ bodies float at sea
Dec 22nd
Official death toll from last weekend’s disaster, which swept away shantytowns, exceeded a thousand.
Scattered rain to continue up country
Jul 2nd
LAHORE: Scattered thunderstorm/rain is expected over Kashmir Lahore, Gujranwala and Rawalpindi divisions in next 24 hours while isolated rain may also occur over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and south Punjab.
Some areas of Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Punjab and…
Syrian forces kill 24, protesters tell Assad to go
Jul 2nd
AMMAN: Syrian forces killed 24 civilians on Friday, a prominent rights lawyer said, as tens of thousands of people called on President Bashar al-Assad to step down in some of the biggest demonstrations since a three month uprising.
Defying Assad”s mi…
Sharapova poised to reclaim Wimbledon crown
Jul 2nd
LONDON: Maria Sharapova will attempt to complete her long journey back from the wilderness at Wimbledon on Saturday when she takes on Czech eighth seed Petra Kvitova for the women”s singles crown.
The 24-year-old Russian fifth seed is the overwhe…
Loadshedding, rains disrupt daily life
Jul 1st
LAHORE: Scattered thunderstorm/rain is expected over Kashmir Lahore, Gujranwala and Rawalpindi divisions while isolated rain may also occur over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, south Punjab and northeast Balochistan.
Locals of Nasirabad District of Balochistan a…
Syrian troops swoop amid Aleppo protests
Jul 1st
DAMASCUS: Syrian troops swept into new villages in the northwest on Thursday as the second city Aleppo saw anti-regime protests and as pro-democracy dissidents joined ranks at home and abroad, activists said.
Around 60 tanks and armoured personnel car…
Monsoon likely to continue up country
Jun 30th
ISLAMABAD: Scattered thunderstorm/rain with isolated heavy falls is expected over Lahore, Sargodha, Gujranwala divisions, Rawalpindi division, Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Kohat, Bannu D.I.Khan division).
Isolated thunderstorm/rain may also occur ov…
