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By admin • August 27th, 2010

Criminal village butchers murdered two young brothers over cricket fight in Sialkot (Pakistan) in the month of Ramadhaan. One was HAFIZAY QURAN age 17 Years… And other was 9th class Student 15 years old. Pakistan ki tareekh mai entihai afsos naak aur zulm aur fironiyat se bhara waaqia. Jo Qanoon k muhafizo k mujoodgi mai [...]

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh marked India’s independence day Sunday with a warning to Pakistan that a recent resumption of dialogue would go nowhere unless Islamabad cracks down on militancy. In a wide-ranging speech that addressed domestic issues of high inflation and religious tolerance, Singh also called for an end to a cycle of [...]

KARACHI: The worst floods in Pakistan have eclipsed Independence Day, August 14 celebrations, leading to cancellations of government festivities and prompting nation to make celebrations with simplicity as water levels recede in some areas, while others face the threat of further flooding. “We have no interest in celebrating either Independence Day or Eid because of [...]

BIRMINGHAM: A middle-aged man hurled shoe at President Asif Ali Zardari when the later arrived to address a party conference here in International Convention Center, ARY NEWS reports Saturday. Reports said a man, probably Pakistani-national, threw his two shoes one after the other towards the unpopular president when he came to deliver speech in Pakistan [...]

ISLAMABAD: Ten bodies have been recovered from Margalla where a private airliner was crashed early on Wednesday. Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) told Geo News that rescue workers facing problems due to difficult hilly location, however, Front Guards reached at the site of incident and so far 10 bodies have been recovered. Keeping in view [...]

ISLAMABAD: The nation on Saturday is celebrating Jashan-e-Eid Milad-un-Nabi (Peace Be Upon Him) on 12th Rabi-ul-Awwal of lunar year with religious reverence and fervor, renewing the pledge to follow true teachings of the Holy Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him). A large number of processions, comprising faithful on foot, motorcycles, cars, big trucks, vans and [...]

ISLAMABAD: Chehlum of Nawasa-e-Rasool Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) and his 72 companions will be observed all across country with due religious fervor and devotion. The main procession taken out different parts of Karachi will move through its orthodox way and will end in Nishter Park where the prominent scalars will address to the attendees. Small [...]

MIRPUR (AJK): All is set by Pakistani nation and the people of Azad Jammu & Kashmir across the world to join hands on Friday Feb 5 to voice for the right of self determination for the Jammu & Kashmir people and to support their just and principled struggle. Azad Jammu Kashmir Government as well as [...]

SAN FRANCISCO: Google said Thursday it is donating one million dollars and Internet resources to relief organizations on the ground in earthquake-shattered Haiti. The Internet giant said the money is intended to help with rescues as well as food, water, shelter, and medical support for victims of a deadly 7.0 magnitude temblor that devastated the [...]

WASHINGTON: The toll from the Haiti earthquake will be one of the highest losses of life in recent years, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, after announcing she was cancelling a planned trip to the Pacific to concentrate on the crisis. “This is going to be one of the highest in terms of loss [...]

PORT AU PRINCE: A quake measuring 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale shook the impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti Tuesday, rocking the capital city, officials and media witnesses said. A US government agency has issued a tsunami warning for countries bordering the Caribbean sea, after a powerful 7.3 quake rocked Haiti. “This message applies to [...]

BERLIN: Around one million people gathered in central Berlin on Thursday (December 31) to take part in a street party and see the fireworks display above the landmark Brandenburg Gate welcoming the new year 2010. Multicoloured fireworks illuminated the area crowded with Berliners and tourists attending the street party. Giant video screens beamed images of [...]

MAKKAH: Heavy rains have failed to dampen the spirits of millions of pilgrims as they readied themselves today on the plains of Arafat where they will pray to the Almighty for His mercy and blessings. Arafat is the second day of Haj and one of the highpoints of the holy pilgrimage. When dawn breaks, pilgrims [...]

INDIA: On November 26 a year ago, 10 terrorists laid siege to India’s financial capital Mumbai killing more than 166 people and injuring over 300. One year on, survivors and the families of those killed are still picking up the pieces of their lives. A Pakistani anti-Terrorism Court No I (ATC-I) on Wednesday indicted seven [...]

WASHINGTON: It was not your usual night at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Saturday, with the White House lit up pumpkin-orange and thousands of little ghosts and goblins trick-or-treating the president of the United States. Barack Obama’s first Halloween as president saw him dishing out candy and pastries baked by his chef to many of the estimated [...]

DUBAI: Pakistan cricket team has reached Dubai to play a series against New Zealand. Pakistan 15-member cricket team led by Captain Younus Khan Friday landed in Dubai on Friday from Lahore to play three ODIs and two Twenty20s in UAE. All rounder Shahid Afridi will lead Pakistan in T20 matches. Talking to media at airport [...]

SRI NAGAR: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh sought to reach out to the Pakistan government by saying that it was the desire of India and the people of Pakistan to live in peace. Addressing a gathering in Anantnag before flagging off a train service between south and north of Jammu and Kashmir, the Prime Minister, [...]

SRINAGAR (IHK): Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and all across the world will observe Black Day today to convey to the international community that they reject India’s illegal occupation on their soil, Kashmir Media Service reported on Monday. The Day will be marked with complete strike in the occupied territory. Call [...]

MUMBAI: The Congress Party has decided to retain Ashok Chavan and Bhupinder Singh Hooda as the chief ministers of Maharashtra and Haryana respectively, Geo news quoted Indian media as reporting. According to details, the decision was taken by Congress President Sonia Gandhi after she held several rounds of consultations with senior party leaders. Defence Minister [...]

BANGKOK: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao met in Thailand on Saturday to discuss bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual concern. In his opening remarks during the meeting, Wen said “we want to have healthy and steady relationship with India.” Prime Minister Singh congratulated Wen on 60th anniversary of [...]

NEW DELHI: In its first test since parliamentary elections four months ago, India’s ruling Congress party on Thursday emerged victorious in the assembly elections in three crucial states of Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh. In the industrial western state of Maharashtra, the Congress retained power for a third consecutive term defeating the Hindu nationalist Shiv [...]

NEW DELHI: Counting of votes began Thursday morning at 267 centres across Maharashtra to elect a new 288-member assembly, officials said. A total of 3,559 candidates, including 211 women, contested the Oct 13 elections. The first results are expected before noon, an official of the state election department said. Some 40,000 police personnel provided security [...]

NEW DELHI: An express train ploughed into the back of another in northern India early Wednesday, killing up to 15 people and leaving up to 50 trapped in the wreckage, television channels reported. The local channel, quoting a local senior superintendent of police, said 15 bodies had been pulled from the site of the crash [...]

NEW DELHI: Warning that the situation in Pakistan is “very serious”, India’s Defence Minister A K Antony on Monday said terrorism is “spreading” in that country and asserted that India is prepared to meet any challenge from Taliban militants. “The situation in Pakistan is very serious and terrorism is spreading,” he told reporters on the [...]

MUMBAI: Indian military officials ordered a United States airplane carrying 205 Marines to land at Mumbai airport on Sunday over an airspace clearance dispute. ‘The Indian Air Force had to instruct the US plane to land as it did not have the mandatory clearance required to fly in Indian airspace,’ Indian Air Force spokesman T.K. [...]

MALE: The Maldives government is holding a cabinet meeting underwater in a bid to attract international attention to the dangers of global warming. President Muhammad Nasheed, dressed in full scuba gear, is holding the 30-minute meeting on Saturday at a depth of six metres just north of the capital Male. Reporting from Male, the Maldives [...]

KABUL: A Taliban commander and two senior Afghan officials confirmed that Italian forces paid protection money to prevent attacks on their troops. After furious denials in Rome of a British paper report that the Italian authorities had paid the bribes, the Afghans gave further details of the practice. Mohammed Ishmayel, a Taliban commander, said that [...]

LAHORE: All the terrorists involved in attacks at Law Enforcement Agencies here have been killed, as all three terrorists attacks have been foiled, Geo News reported Thursday. At least 16 people including 12 personnel of the security personnel lost their lives in these attacks. This morning, first terrorist attack was launched at FIA Building at [...]

WASHINGTON: The White House swayed to Latin beats, as President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama hosted Hispanic musicians and singers on the mansion’s south lawn. “Even though it is constantly evolving and changing, Latin music speaks to us in a language we all can understand it moves us, and it tends to make [...]

BEIRUT: An explosion occurred Monday evening in the home of senior Hezbollah member Abdel Nasser Issa, in the southern Lebanon village of Tayr Filsi, on the outskirts of Tyre, local media reported. The foreign news agency quoted local security sources as saying five people were killed in the blast, including the Hezbollah man and his [...]

NEW DELHI: Flood situation remained grim in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, as major rivers continued to swell in the state, official sources said. According to Central Water Commission, Ghagra continued to play havoc in eastern part of the state and was flowing above danger mark at Elgin Bridge (Barabanki), Ayodhya and Turtipar in Ballia [...]

MANILA: More than 90 people were killed in a series of landslides brought about by heavy rains in mountainous provinces of the northern Philippines, local officials said on Friday. Sixty-nine people died in Benguet province as landslides struck on Thursday night and Friday morning in five different towns, provincial governor Nestor Fongwan said. In the [...]

SYDNEY: A powerful earthquake has erupted in the South Pacific near the Vanuatu archipelago, triggering a regional tsunami alert. The quake, between 7.8 and 8.1 in magnitude, struck at a depth of 35km early on Thursday, about 294km northwest of the Vanuatu island of Santo, and 596km northwest of the capital, Port Vila. The Pacific [...]

NEW DELHI: Indian flooding, described by officials as the worst in many decades, has killed some 250 people, mostly in the states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. At least five million people are crammed in temporary government shelters. Flood waters swamped millions of acres of cropland, including sugarcane plantations, prompting worries of a fall in [...]