Majority of Pak citizens say Pak to win world cup

Majority of Pakistanis has said that Pakistan would be the winner of cricket world cup 2011.

Cricket: Umpiring decisions bettered by 7% due to DRS: ICC

The ICC Monday revealed that correct decisions in the ICC Cricket World Cuphave risen from an average of 90.18 per cent to 97.82 per cent - thanks to the use of the Decision Review System (DRS).

Pakistan needs to utilize powerplays more effectively, says Misbah

Pakistan is going to take the powerplays more series while playing against New Zealand in their fourth World Cup match of the group-A here at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Tuesday.

Larger bench constituted to hear contract employment issue

Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday constituted a six-Judge larger bench to take up on March 11 the issue of contract employment of civil servants.

Ban imposed on late night functions/marriages

Government of Sindh has imposed ban onholding of marriage and other functions beyond 12 midnight all overthe province with immediate effect.

Cricket: Pakistan all set to finish among top sides in Group A

Just a few months before the start of ICC World Cup 2011, Pakistan were struggling hard to find their feet due to the spot-fixing scandal.

Babar Awan directs for solving ATCs' problems within one week

Dr. Babar Awan, Federal Minsterfor Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs on Monday stressed to solve the problem faced by anti-terrorism courts set up in all the four provinces within one week.

Raja Riaz urges CM to check corruption

Former senior minister Raja RiazAhmad has urged the chief minister Punjab to check corruption,inefficiency and irregularities in different departments.

1455 Pakistanis evacuated from Libya till Monday: FO

The operation to evacuate Pakistaniexpatriates from Libya is proceeding smoothly. The Ministry ofForeign Affairs in coordination with Pakistan Missions in Turkey,Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria have been able to successfully evacuate1455 Pakistanis till Monday.
       According to a Foreign Office press release issued here onMonday, in addition, arrangements have been made for therepatriation of 176 Pakistanis from Antalya, Turkey.
       A special chartered aircraft with 176 Pakistanis on board willarrive in Islamabad around 2300 hrs tonight. Earlier, thesePakistanis were airlifted from Saba (Libya) by a chartered flightand brought to Antalya.
       On Monday morning, a special chartered flight brought 251Pakistanis from Tunisian Island of Jirba. Another, 260 Pakistanisarrived at Islamabad from Cairo by a chartered PIA flight. The PIAwould operate another sortie on March 8 to bring remaining 199Pakistanis from Cairo.
       A chartered PIA aircraft was sent to Tripoli on Monday toevacuate the Pakistanis from Libya. The plane is expected to bringhome 460 Pakistani nationals from Tripoli in the early hours of March 8.
       The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in coordination with Ministryof Interior, FIA and Overseas Pakistanis Foundation has madearrangements for receiving Pakistani nationals returning from Libyaat the airports in Karachi and Islamabad. 
Source: APP

Four killed in Shahdadpur firing

Four men were killed in firing by unidentified armed men on Monday here at Hala Chowk, in the limits of Shahdadpur police station.DPO Investigation Shahdadpur Umar Salamat told PPI that Lal Bux Makrani Baloch, Kareem Bux,

NAB arrests director MDA along with three accomplices on illegal allotment of plots

National Accountability Bureau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in compliance of arrest warrants issued by ChairmanNAB yesterday arrested following Mansehra Development Authority officers to complete investigation against them:

Pakistan, US need to remain focused to pursue long-term strategic ties: Zardari

President Asif Ali Zardari says Pakistan and United States need to remain focussed to pursue long-term strategic ties, without being swayed by “misperceptions and some isolatedincidents.”Talking to visiting US Special Representative for Afghanistan & Pakistan Ambassador Marc Grossman Monday at Aiwan-e-Sadr, he felt misperceptions and some isolated incidents may be used by some to increase tensions, mistrust between the people of two countries.

Cricket World Cup: Vettori warns teammates of a stronger Pakistan

New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori Monday asked his teammates to brace up for an even stronger Pakistan side than one they had faced at home in recent ODI series defeat in their crucial Cricket World Cup Group A encounter Tuesday in Pallekele stadium.New Zealand lost a hard fought ODI series to Pakistan 2-3 just two weeks before start of World Cup.

Pakistan Appeal raises $1 million for flood victims

Pakistan Appeal, a star-studded gala dinner organised in Dubai to help flood victims of Pakistan, raised more than $1 million. The proceeds will be donated to UNICEF to benefit those in need, according to organizers.

SHC notice in prisoners treatment case

Sindh High Court Monday issued notice to Sindh Secretaries Health, Finance, Planning & Development on petition seeking proper treatment facilities for prisoners suffering from HIV/Aids,

India arrest seven Pakistani fishermen

Indian coastal authorities have seized a Pakistani boat bearing No B-15769 and arrested seven crews from the open sea late Sunday night.

Pakistan differed with US on principles, not take any step against national interest

Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani says Pakistan has “differed with the United States on principles and would not take any step against national interests.”

Pir Mazharul Haq rules out in-house change

Senior Education Minister of Sindh Pir Mazharul Haq has ruled out the impression of in-house change in the National Assembly and termed it as the baseless propaganda against the democratic government.

Protest rally against Judges ,lawyer's abduction

Balochistan lawyers on Monday organized a rally to protest the non-recovery of the kidnapped judges and lawyers who were yet to be recovered after the passage of 9 days of their abduction.

Court extends remand of US national till March 18

A local court Monday here extended the judicial remand of the detained US national, arrested on charges of overstay on Pakistani visa, till March 18.

Pakistan, UK to launch National Security Dialogue

Pakistan and the United Kingdom onMonday agreed to launch National Security Dialogue in the context ofenhanced Pakistan-UK partnership.

No one is allowed to bypass laws for vested interests: Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry

Chief Justice of Pakistan IftikharMuhammad Chaudhry on Monday said that rule of law should befollowed in the country and nobody would be allowed to bypassthe laws to get personal benefits.

Three killed in road accident

Three brothers were killed in a road accident on Pasroor Road on Monday.

No governance in Punjab: Imtiaz Safdar Warraich

Pakistan Peoples Party Punjab President Imtiaz Safdar Warraich said there was no governance in Punjab asinsecurity and lawlessness prevailed in the province.

More than 40 killed in south Sudan clashes: army

Clashes between the southern army and a rebel militia group in south Sudan's Upper Nile state have left more than 40 people dead, including seven soldiers, southern army spokesman Philip Aguer said on Monday.

World media role flayed after minister's killing

International media should not present the murder of Federal Minister Shahbaz Bhatti as an example of persecution of minorities in Pakistan.

UK General calls on Ashfaq Kayani

General Sir David Richards, Chief of Defence Staff, United Kingdom called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS),
General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani here on Monday.

Hamesh Khan’s accomplice arrested in BoP scam case

Police on Sunday arrested the Karam Dad Bhatti from Hafizabad regarding the Bank of Punjab fraud scandal. Accused Bhatti is the accomplice of former president of the bank, Hamesh Khan in the fraud scandal.

Search for getaway car used in Bhatti murder underway

Search for the car used in the murder of Federal Minority Affairs Minister Shahbaz Bhatti is underway.
According to a private TV channel, police’s an extensive search operation is underway in the twin cities.

Gilani takes notice of incident of bursting fire into house of a widow

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has taken serious notice of a report aired by a news channel regarding a sad incident of bursting fire into the house of a widow Bashiran Bibi at RahimYar Khan resulting in heavy loss.

Forces kill 13 militants in Mingora

At least 13 militants were killed when security forces pounded their suspected hideouts in Kurram Agency and in skirmish with militants in Swat on Sunday.

US agencies involved in terrorism, subversive activities in Pak: Munawar Hassan

Amir Jamaat-e-Islami Syed Munawar Hassan has said that the US agencies were causing suicide attacks through hired people and the CIA and Black Water were involved in terrorism and subversive activities in the country.

Flood survivor woman, two kids receive burn injuries

A flood survivor woman and her two children were injured when fire engulfed their tent at Mehar near here on Monday.

Zulfiqar Mirza takes notice of firing on minister

Home Minister Sindh Dr. Zulfigar Ali Mirza has taken serious notice of incident of firing on Provincial Minister Zubair Ahmad outside his house in Hyderabad and directed the regional police officer Hyderabad to submit inquiry report along with details of security steps taken.

MQM boycotts Sindh assembly session, threatens quitting coalition

Sindh minister for Information Technology and senior leader of MQM Raza
Haroon sharply reacting on speech of provincial home minister Zulfiqar Mirza, categorically stated on
Monday that his party would part ways with PPP and quit the coalition if it supported the terrorists.
Flanked by other senior party leaders Faisal Sabzwari and Haidar Abbas Rizvi, he alleged that Zulfiqar
Mirza was patronizing the criminals belonging to People's Amn Committee.

FIA sends Musharraf's arrest warrant to Pak High Commission in London

Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has reportedly sent the non-bailable arrest warrant against former President Pervez Musharraf to the Pakistan High Commission in London. An Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan had issued the warrant against ... Read More

PML-N contacts PM

LAHORE: Due to prevailing deteriorating conditions in the country PML-N has contacted the prime minister, Geo News reported Monday. Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif said it's the need of the hour to sit along. 'All the stakeholders including ... Read More

Can Qureshi be the next PM? Pagara thinks so

The PML(F) chief, Pir Pagara, has said the stature of Shah Mehmood Qureshi was much greater than that of the late ZA Bhutto as “he has spiritual followers”. The PML(F) leader said this at a press conference at the Kingri House where Shah Mehmood ... Read More

Unannounced settlement likely between Pak-US spy agencies

LAHORE: With the CIA rapidly expanding its covert operations in Pakistan and the ISI in no mood to surrender its dominant presence in the Af-Pak region, the arrest of an undercover CIA agent Raymond Davis has pushed the two spy agencies into an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation, compelling both to review parameters of their cooperation. Read More

Ready to sacrifice for PPP, says Mirza

KARACHI: Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza has stated that he was ready to render sacrifice for party if he was removed on the demand of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Geo News reported on Monday. Read More

MQM poised to part ways with PPP

KARACHI: Angry over the speech of Zulfiqar Mirza, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has said that the party has decided to say goodbye to the coalition with the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). Read More

Complete ban imposed on kite flying

Regional Police Officer (RPO) Hamid Mukhtar Gondal said on Sunday that there would not be kite flying as a complete ban had been imposed in this regard. The RPO told APP that strict action would be taken against the violators of ... Read More

CM forms another committee, young doctors still on strike

The provincial government has formed another special committee to resolve issues being confronted by young doctors of the province particularly on the subject of increase in salaries.
The young doctors have been on strike for the ... Read More

90,000 kids malnourished

Six months after the devastating floods in the country’s history with the Sindh province worst hit, a severe acute malnutrition (SAM) rate of 6.1 has been uncovered in northern Sindh, with the Sindh government estimating about 90,000 ... Read More

Shahbaz Bhatti’s services for minorities lauded

Services for promoting Interfaith Harmony by late Minorities’ and Pakistan People’s Party leader Shahbaz Bhatti would be remembered for long time.
This was stated by speakers at a condolence conference in reference to late ... Read More

Currency dealers seek legal status

PESHAWAR: In the wake of raids by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), hundreds of currency dealers in the provincial capital and rest of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata have demanded legal status for their business.
The FIA recently raided the ... Read More

Sherpao proposes formation of taskforce

PESHAWAR: Pakistan People’s Party-Sherpao head Aftab Sherpao on Sunday proposed the formation of a taskforce to take measures for revival of economy in the militancy-plagued Khyber Pakhtun-khwa.
Addressing a gathering at Jhanda in Swabi ... Read More

Fear of attack by jail inmates: US national being kept separately

PESHAWAR: US national Aaron Mark DeHaven, arrested recently on charges of illegal stay, is being kept under strict security at a separate place in the Peshawar Central Prison to avoid being attacked by the under-trial militants, official sources ... Read More

KP govt, relief agencies differ on IDPs camp closure

PESHAWAR: The UN agencies would continue relief supply to the internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Bajaur and Mohmand tribal regions despite the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s decision to close the Jalozai camp in Nowshera, official sources ... Read More

FIA raids: currency dealers seek legal status

PESHAWAR: In the wake of raids by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), hundreds of currency dealers in the provincial capital and rest of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Fata have demanded legal status for their business.
The FIA recently raided the ... Read More

Shahbaz Bhatti: building the nation Jinnah envisioned

The January 4 murder of Governor Salmaan Taseer heralded a tragic start to 2011 in Pakistan. Since then we have seen more devastation, including infants and women killed by a car bomb in Peshawar, 31 soldiers killed by a teenage suicide bomber, ... Read More

SC shows remarkable patience to a stubborn government

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) has shown extraordinary leniency to the federal government’s contemptuous response to its repeated orders, the latest being the removal of FIA DG Wasim Ahmad.
The Zardari-Gilani duo is showing unusual ... Read More

Shahbaz stresses tolerance, restraint

LAHORE: Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that Pakistan is facing serious challenges and there is a greater need for tolerance, brotherhood, restraint and unity now than ever before.
He said that it was imperative that collective ... Read More

Security lapse not cause of Shahbaz Bhatti’s murder: Firdous

LAHORE: The assassination of Shahbaz Bhatti has further tarnished the image of Islam and Pakistan, said Federal Information Minister Dr Firdous Awan. The minister said this on the occasion while she was inaugurating a girls’ school in village ... Read More

300 more Pakistanis reaching home today from Libya

ISLAMABAD: Eleven Pakistanis returned home on Sunday by a commercial flight after being evacuated from Libya with 300 more reaching Islamabad in the early hours of Monday. “We have chartered a plane from the Askari Airlines, which will fly back ... Read More

Call to build mega dams, including KBD

LAHORE: Pakistan needs construction of mega dams, including the Kalabagh Dam, on an immediate basis in order to meet its ever increasing energy requirements. There is a need to start work on other energy generation resources besides taking ... Read More

Civilians not to blame for mass issue of US visas

LAHORE: As many as 3,555 US diplomats, army and agencies personnel were issued visas by Pakistan in the year 2010 against 3,784 in 2009, figures available show. During the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Pakistan the condition to ... Read More

Punjab not yet ready to induct U-bloc ministers

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is feverishly striving to avoid an eventuality where it is impelled to induct Unification Bloc (turncoats) members of the Punjab Assembly in the cabinet or get their votes in the provincial ... Read More

Q-League to lose 20 Senate seats in March next year

ISLAMABAD: The PML-Q will fade away from the Senate of Pakistan next March and only the party chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain will be left with as 20 out of 21 sitting PML-Q senators completing their six-year tenure. The Unification Bloc is the ... Read More

Gilani promises equal opportunities for Baloch youth

 LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said supremacy of Constitution and the rule of law are essential to bring about a socioeconomic stability in the country and improve the common man’s life.
Talking to a six-member Pakistan Bar ... Read More

Five militants killed in Swat clash

MINGORA: Five militants were killed and a soldier was injured in exchange of fire between the insurgents and the security forces near the boundary of Swat and Dir districts, official sources said on Sunday.
The sources said the security forces ... Read More

JI rally against Davis

LAHORE: Jamaat-e-Islami chief Syed Munawwar Hasan said that people hired by US agencies, CIA and Blackwater, were involved in terrorism and subversive activities in the country.
Addressing a JI rally on Multan Road against the possible release ... Read More

One killed as Hindu, Christian families clash over kite flying

PESHAWAR: A man was killed and two women sustained injuries when members of Hindu and Christian families exchanged fire over a kite-flying dispute in Saddar area here Sunday, police sources said.
It was leant that a Hindu community member Asif ... Read More

‘90pc of Orakzai cleared of militants’

KALAYA: About 90 per cent of the Orakzai Agency has been cleared of militants in the wake of the recent military action, an official said Sunday. “Educational activities are taking place in tent schools established in the lower and central tehsils ... Read More

Nine mortar shells fired from Afghanistan land in NWA

MIRAMSHAH: Nato forces in Afghanistan reportedly fired nine mortar shells into North Waziristan after their four helicopters intruded into the same area, official and tribal sources said on Sunday.
The sources said that the nine mortars fell in ... Read More

Car bomb kills 12 civilians in Afghanistan

KABUL: A roadside bomb ripped through a car in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 12 civilians, as hundreds of people protested angrily in Kabul over the deaths of nine children in a Nato air raid. The Taliban-style homemade device struck ... Read More

Grossman promises early CSF payments

ISLAMABAD: US Special Representative to Pakistan and Afghanistan Marc Grossman, who is visiting Pakistan, said Sunday that reimbursements to Pakistan under the Coalition Support Fund would be expedited, according to a TV channel. He was talking to ... Read More

Sherpao proposes formation of task force

PESHAWAR: Pakistan People’s Party-Sherpao head Aftab Sherpao on Sunday proposed the formation of a task force to take measures for revival of economy in the militancy-plagued Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Addressing a gathering at Jhanda in Swabi ... Read More

Stranded Chitralis stage protest against road closure

DIR: Hundreds of Chitralis stranded in Dir Upper due to road closure here Sunday staged protest against officials of the National Highway Authority (NHA) for not clearing the road up to the Lowari Tunnel for traffic.
Led by Mohibul Ahmed and ... Read More

PPP Punjab MPs may discuss new province issue in upcoming meeting

LAHORE: PPP legislators from south Punjab are likely to demand of the party leadership in the upcoming parliamentary party meeting to come up with a clear-cut policy on a separate province for the most populated and ignored part of the province. ... Read More

Be ready for further hike in POL prices, warns minister

RAWALPINDI: Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khursheed Shah said on Sunday that the masses should be prepared for further increase in the POL prices in the wake of increase in the prices in international market.
Talking to media ... Read More

Unannounced settlement likely between Pak-US spy agencies

LAHORE: With the CIA rapidly expanding its covert operations in Pakistan and the ISI in no mood to surrender its dominant presence in the Af-Pak region, the arrest of an undercover CIA agent Raymond Davis has pushed the two spy agencies into an ... Read More

Indictment of law minister

ISLAMABAD: The Presidency on Sunday came out strongly in support of Law Minister Babar Awan who was indicted by a court in a 12-year-old case of robbery and attempted kidnapping.
A court in Rawalpindi on Saturday indicted Babar Awan after the ... Read More

Zardari takes note

KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari has taken a serious notice of the provocative statement given by Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza.
This was disclosed to TheNews by MQM Rabita Committee member Mohammed Anwar from the MQM London ... Read More

MQM leaders for parting ways with Sindh govt

KARACHI: Three members of the MQM Rabita Committee have demanded of the committee to part ways with the Sindh government over the recent provocative statement given by Sindh Home Minister Dr Zulfiqar Mirza.
In a statement issued from London, the ... Read More

Institutions bound to work within their ambit: PM

  LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said no institution but parliament can change or amend the Constitution. “The Constitution clearly determines the role of all state institutions which work within their ambit and are bound to follow the ... Read More

Pakistan has differed with US on principles; Gilani

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Monday said Pakistan has differed with the United States of America on principles and would not take any step against the national interests.Talking to reporters after inaugurating the ... Read More