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| June 09, 2008 | Monday | Jamadi-us-Sani 04, 1429 |
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People may swallow NRO, but not at cost of deposed judges: Imran
LONDON, June 8: In the larger interest of democracy the people of Pakistan were prepared even to swallow the bitter pill of NRO, but not at the cost of the person... 
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Bugti tribesmen arrested
QUETTA, June 8: Border authorities have arrested 29 Bugti tribesmen for illegally crossing into Pakistan from Afgha-nistan....
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Lawyers set to welcome long march participants
BAHAWALPUR, June 8: High court and district bar associations have finalised arrangements to welcome lawyers’ caravans from Sindh and Balochistan passing through the city on their way to Multan and onward...
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Expired pesticides in market
VEHARI, June 8: Substandard and expired pesticides and chemicals continue to be sold in the district and adjoining areas with the alleged connivance of agriculture department officials....
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‘Osama in K2’ report dismissed as lie
SKARDU, June 8: Various political and religious figures here have emphatically dismissed an Arab TV report a few days back claiming the presence of Osama bin Laden in the mountainous belt of K2....
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Visit Pakistan Year 2007 proved a failure: ministry
RAWALPINDI, June 8: The government’s policies and measures to attract foreign tourists failed to yield any positive results, as the year 2007 during which millions of rupees were spent on celebrating...
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Govt mulls over end to capital punishment
RAWALPINDI, June 8: The coalition government is working on recommendations for termination of capital punishment in the country and efforts are being made to introduce extensive jail reforms for provision of better facilities to the prisoners....
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Shahbaz pledges education and justice for poor: Vows to revamp agri sector
LAHORE, June 8: Provision of justice and education to the have-nots and uplift of agriculture sector will be on the top of priority list of the newly-elected chief minister of Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif....
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Protest outside PA: Opp wants its ‘leader’ notified
LAHORE, June 8: Opposition members set up a camp opposite the main entrance to the Punjab Assembly building against what they called `indifferent attitude’ of their peers in the treasury who...
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Scrap bomb Explosion kills three
GUJRANWALA, June 8: Three people were killed and four injured when a scrap bomb exploded in a house in Shaheenabad on GT Road on Sunday....
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Mobilisation for long march
LAHORE, June 8: Citizen activists, students, Tehreek-i-Insaaf and Khaksar Tehreek workers held their weekly protest for the restoration of the pre-Nov 3 judiciary in front of Racecourse Park here on Sunday,...
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Fesco energy conservation drive soon
FAISALABAD, June 8: The Faisalabad Electricity Supply Company (Fesco) has decided to persuade millions of its consumers to save energy by launching a campaign in which stickers containing attractive messages will be distributed free of cost....
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NTU students to call off strike if demands ‘considered’
FAISALABAD, June 8: National Textile University (NTU) students, softening their stance to call off strike, say they will go back to their classes if “assured” that their demands are forwarded to...
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Child killed as gas cylinder explodes
KASUR, June 8: A two-year-old child was killed and six members of his family received burns after a gas cylinder exploded in the kitchen of their house in Wah Khara locality in Changa Manga police precincts on Sunday....
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Swapping adds to woes of passengers
GUJRANWALA, June 8: Swapping of passengers is flourishing in the public transport vehicles on the GT Road much to the inconvenience of commuters....
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Action proposed against illegal gratifications: Adiala jail
RAWALPINDI, June 8: An inquiry report submitted by a magistrate to the district and sessions judge (DSJ) has found practice of illegal gratification prevalent in the Central Jail, Adiala under the...
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Ajoka’s Hotel Mohenjodaro an impressive comment on extremism
ISLAMABAD, June 8: Popular entertainment goes to advance community life. Theatre, particularly serious theatre, plays a vital role in keeping society abreast with contemporary issues in a creative way....
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Two killed
ISLAMABAD, June 8: The capital city here on Sunday witnessed two more blind murders, in which both victims were shot dead at different places, police said....
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Changes to rules proposed: Doctors’ registration
LAHORE, June 8: Certain amendments have been proposed to the Pakistan Registration of Medical and Dental Practitioners Regulations 2008 pertaining to foreign qualification and the National Examination Board (NEB) with main focus on ‘examination structure’....
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