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ISLAMABAD: US Deputy Secretary of State for Resources and Management Jacob J. Lew Friday said the US wanted early disbursement of Pakistan’s claims under coalition support fund, but these claims need verification and the embassy required american audit persons in Pakistan without delay to complete this job. Talking to newsmen here at American embassy, Jacob [...]
PESHAWAR: Renaming NWFP as Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa turns out to be an expensive proposition worth a staggering 8 billion rupees. According to sources in the NWFP government, all the updated and renamed documents will cost about 5 billion rupees. Whereas the Federal Government will have to bear a 3 billion rupee expense on updating and renaming various [...]
KARACHI: A case of rape, attempted murder, corruption and impunity that took place in 2008 and 2009 continues to haunt two girls in
LAHORE: Showing their reservations on certain clauses of the 18th Amendment, the Supreme Court Bar Association and Lahore
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has the potential to generate 50,000mw electricity from Thar coal field for 800 years while work is on to produce 100mw power from this field within next 15-18 months. This was said by Dr. Samar Mubarakmand, Member, Science & Technology, Planning Commission while addressing business community at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry. [...]
LAHORE: At least 15,000 daily wage-earners will lose their jobs, following Pakistan Electric Power Company’s (PEPCO) decision to suspend supply to furnaces across the country, resulting in a loss of around Rs7.5 million per day to the economy, sources said. At present, around 150 furnaces, including 70 in LESCO, 10 in IESCO, 10 in PESCO, [...]
ISLAMABAD: Though it’s just a coincidence, one Malik has directed another Malik to get back the passport of a third Malik which has been in the custody of the India police for the past few days. The Malik who issued the directive is Interior Minister Rehman and the one who is supposed to do the [...]
LAHORE: Traders, shopkeepers and domestic consumers on Friday took to streets in various parts of the country against 14 to 18 hours unscheduled loadshedding as the wheel of industry has come to a complete halt while massive power outrages are badly affecting the businesses, paralysing routine life and forcing the helpless people to spend sleepless [...]
ISLAMABAD: The United States wants Pakistan to address its immediate energy needs instead of pinning its hopes on a civilian nuclear deal similar to the one Washington has finalised with India. “We have started discussions on the civilian nuclear energy deal and we will continue them but Pakistan’s energy crisis needs immediate attention and for [...]
ISLAMABAD: The wave of violence that has emerged within the Hazara division on the renaming of the NWFP as Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, echoed on the floor of the Senate on Friday. ANP assured the house that no discrimination would occur on the basis of race or language in the province. Senator Afrasiyab Khattak of ANP told the [...]
ISLAMABAD: The wife of Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani is one of the main beneficiaries of the recent loan write-off policy of the National Bank of Pakistan. The bank waived a loan of over Rs 38 million loan taken by Pak Green Fertiliser Limited (PGFL) which she owned as one of its main partners, a [...]
MUZAFFARABAD: A judicial crisis in Azad Jammu and Kashmir took a turn for the worse after AJK President Raja Zulqarnain Khan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s national assembly on Thursday unanimously approved reforms stripping President Asif Ali Zardari of key powers in a move to bolster parliamentary
LAHORE: Actress Veena Malik has sent notice to cricketer Muhammad Asif for payment of Rs 1.3 million. Veena Malik has sent notice through Khawaja Lateef Advocate. It is maintained in the notice that Muhammad Asif gave her two cheques on
HYDERABAD: They say it ain’t over until the fat lady sings. On Wednesday, Ayesha Siddiqui, former Pakistani cricket captain Shoaib Malik’s mystery wife, must have been singing rather happily, closeted behind the high gates of her Banjara Hills bungalow. Times of India said Ayesha, 29, who has chosen to remain out of sight throughout this [...]
KARACHI: Dr. Fauzia Siddiqi, the sister of Dr. Aafia Siddiqi, has announced that she was ready to adopt the 12-year-old mystery girl even if she was not her niece. The girl was left outside the residence of Dr. Fauzia on Sunday in suspicious circumstances. In a special chat with our correspondent today (Tuesday), Dr Siddiqi said she [...]
MUZAFFARABAD: In another dramatic move, the president Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Raja Zulqurnain Khan Tuesday filed in Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Supreme Court (SCAJK), reference against two judges namely Justice Syed Mansoor-ul-Hassan Gilani and Chief Justice High Court Mustafa Mughal. The reference against the judges was filed on the [...]
Indians wish that Sania Mirza’s decision of marrying Shoaib Malik was just an April fool. Just read the comments of Indians on the website of Times of India, and you will see how much narrow minded they are. Hindus are burning photos of Sania Mirza around the country to show their anger on this marriage. [...]
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Potential to generate 50,000mw electricity from Thar coal field for 800 years
