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PPP, PML-N hammer out cabinet deal
ISLAMABAD, March 12: The Pakistan People’s Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-N have agreed to share positions in the next cabinet and parliamentary committees according to the proportion of their seats in the National Assembly....
Fahim says he is still a ‘strong candidate’
ISLAMABAD, March 12: Pakistan People’s Party’s senior vice-chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim has said that he is not only a contender but a ‘strong candidate’ for the office of the prime minister....
Pepco puts KESC on notice: Utility asked to pay Rs3bn by April 1
LAHORE, March 12: The Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) has put the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) on notice and advised the power utility to immediately pay Rs3 billion and submit a comprehensive plan for payment of the remaining amount....
Clash in Bajaur leaves eight dead
KHAR, March 12: At least eight people were killed and four others were injured in an exchange of heavy fire on Wednesday between security forces and local militants in Nawagai, some 28 kilometers north-west of here....
Police clueless about Lahore suicide attacks
LAHORE, March 12: While Lahore police appear to be clueless about Tuesday’s devastating suicide attacks on Federal Investigation Agency’s headquarters on Temple Road and the office of an advertising agency in...
Asif cleared in Cotecna corruption reference
RAWALPINDI, March 12: An accountability court on Wednesday quashed a corruption reference against PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and put off the hearing in an acquittal plea in the BMW reference...
Challenges in tribal areas complex, says Rice
WASHINGTON, March 12: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday the United States was in constant contact with Pakistan on dealing with violent extremism along its border with Afghanistan....
‘Army House to be besieged if Murree accord sabotaged’
ISLAMABAD, March 12: Lawyers will besiege the Army House, the official residence of President Pervez Musharraf, if the presidency tried to sabotage the Bhurban Declaration, according to president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan....
India’s explanation sought on prisoner’s death
ISLAMABAD, March 12: Pakistan on Wednesday demanded an explanation from India about the mysterious death of a Pakistani man who had gone to India to watch a cricket match in 2005, but was arrested and denied consular access....
Reservoirs’ storage capacity declining
LAHORE, March 12: Pakistan has lost 24 per cent of water storage capacity and its reservoirs can now hold only 11.38 million acre feet water against a capacity of 15.02maf,...
Four women, two children killed
MIRAMSHAH, March 12: Four women and two children were killed when artillery shells fired from the Afghan side of the border hit a number of houses in the Tangri area of North Waziristan on Tuesday night....
US report takes up issue of the missing
WASHINGTON, March 12: Politically-motivated disappearances are a major problem in Pakistan where as many as 1,600 people are listed as missing, says the US State Department....
Tariff issue hits investment in power projects
ISLAMABAD, March 12: The issue of unresolved tariff is forcing private energy producers to avoid investing a promised $5 billion in wind, solar, micro-hydel, waste and biogas technologies to help tide over the energy crisis in the country....
Pakistani C-130 lands in Portugal
LISBON, March 12: A damaged engine forced a Pakistan military C-130 aircraft to make an emergency landing on Wednesday at an airport in northern Portugal, the country’s airport management company ANA reported....
Two pylons blown up
QUETTA, March 12: Two pylons of a high power transmission line were blown up on Tuesday night, causing suspension of power supply to several areas of Dera Allahyar....
Experts fear deadly fungus in South Asia wheat fields
PARIS, March 12: A wheat-killing fungus has spread from Africa to Iran and may already be in Pakistan, which depends crucially on wheat to feed its population, New Scientist magazine says....
Dolphin guides whales to safety
WELLINGTON (New Zealand), March 12: A playful New Zealand dolphin that spends much of its time swimming round humans has amazed conservation workers by guiding two distressed whales away from likely death on the beach and back to the sea....
Jail sentence in Belgium for refusing polio vaccination
LONDON, March 12: As doctors struggle to eradicate polio worldwide, one of their biggest problems is persuading parents to vaccinate their children. In Belgium, authorities are resorting to an extreme measure: prison sentences....
Pakistani artists to display works in Dubai
KARACHI, March 12: An exhibition showcasing works of 11 contemporary Pakistani artists will be organised at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai from March 18 to March 22 as part of the annual Dubai Art....
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LAHORE, March 12: Pakistan has lost 24 per cent of water storage capacity and its reservoirs can now hold only 11.38 million acre feet water against a capacity of 15.02maf,...
