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Urdu board projects
Nov 3rd
LAHORE, Nov 2: Federal Education Minister Sardar Assef Ahmad Ali has asked the authorities concerned to quickly complete all projects of the Urdu Science Board. He gave the orders during a visit to the board offices on Tuesday. Board Director General Dr Abdul Ghafoor briefed the minister on various projects. He said the board in [...]
Thar Coal: A gateway to energy for Pakistan – I
Nov 1st
Pakistan is marred by an energy crisis that has no precedent in its 63-year history. Although, blessed by natural resources, the country has failed to utilise its reserves for the enhancement of its industry and economy. Since the past three years, due to improper planning, lack of long-term strategies, and an increasing circular debt, our [...]
Boxing gear maker Green Hill out to topple AIBA chief
Nov 1st
KARACHI: If sports buffs want to have an idea about extent of corruption in boxing, they should listen to a sports goods manufacturer who vows to dole out as much money as he can to “topple” the International Boxing Association (AIBA) chief. Jahangir Riaz, who is the Managing Director of Green Hill, says he has [...]
Suicide bomber injures 32 in Istanbul square
Nov 1st
ISTANBUL, Oct 31: A suicide bomber blew himself up on Sunday next to a police vehicle in a major Istanbul square near tourist hotels and a bus terminal, wounding 32 people, including 15 policemen. The attack in Taksim Square, which was followed by police gunfire and sent hundreds of panicked people racing for cover, coincided [...]
Nato faces Afghan training shortfall, looks offshore
Oct 31st
ABUL: Nato still faces a shortage of specialist instructors to train Afghan forces and has begun sending hundreds to study outside Afghanistan as a stopgap solution, the head of Nato’s training mission said on Sunday. With the Afghanistan war entering its tenth year, Nato wants to build up the local army and police to around [...]
Suicide bomber wounds 22 in central Istanbul: police
Oct 31st
ISTANBUL: A suicide bomb ripped through crowds of shoppers and cafe-goers in the heart of Istanbul on Sunday, wounding 22 people, as an extended unilateral ceasefire by the separatist PKK came to an end. The blast targeted riot-police patrolling the busy Taksim Square in the centre of the Turkish economic capital, police chief Huseyin Capkin [...]
Suicide bomber wounds 22 in Istanbul’’s main square
Oct 31st
ISTANBUL: A suspected suicide bomber targeting Turkish police wounded 22 people in the centre of Istanbul on Sunday. No organisation has claimed responsibility, officials said, though the city has been targeted by Kurdish separatist militants, al Qaeda and other groups in the past.
Turkish army chiefs boycott ceremony over headscarf
Oct 31st
Turkish army chiefs boycott an official ceremony at presidential palace because the president’s wife wore a headscarf.
Saudi king invites Iraqi leaders for talks
Oct 31st
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah on Saturday invited the leaders of Iraq’s political blocs for talks in Riyadh aimed at breaking the deadlock over the formation of a new government. A Sunni-backed political coalition narrowly edged Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Shia-dominated bloc in Iraq’s March elections. But no single bloc won enough seats to control [...]
Have Greeks become like us?
Oct 31st
In Greece, protesting crowds pack steel clubs they can hurt the police with and they set buildings on fire.
