ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar has once again rejected the usage of magnetic ink during the May 11 general election and clarified to be firmed over the governmental stance regarding fake and unverified votes. Speaking in the National Assembly‚ Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan has said the government is ready to approach Election Commission of Pakistan and judiciary along with opposition for the resolution of the thumb verification problem. He said the election staff that did not use magnetic ink and those who cast fake votes should be brought to justice. Meanwhile, the opposition parties PPP and PTI boycotted the National Assembly proceedings over the statement of Nisar. Opposition said it...
December 19, 2013 at 1:01 am | News Desk
Dhaka: Scores of Bangladeshis protested outside Pakistan’s High Commission here on Wednesday and demanded to withdraw resolution passed in the Pakistan’s National Assembly against hanging of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh leader Abdul Qadir Mullah. The protesters marched from Shah Bagh Chowk of Dhaka to Pakistani High Commission and entered into the Diplomatic Enclave after crossing barricades. The protesters also burnt Pakistani flag, Imran Khan’s poster for supporting the resolution and also shouted slogans against Pakistan. The protesters also demanded the expulsion of Pakistani High Commission from Bangladesh and suspension of diplomatic relations with Pakistan. The security has been tightened outside Pakistan’s Hig...
December 19, 2013 at 1:01 am | News Desk
PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has appealed the Taliban groups for stop targeting polio workers across the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province including the tribal areas. PTI chief Imran Khan has said that polio workers are Mujahids and the people targeting the workers are not doing no service to humanity, Islam and Pakistan. PTI Chief appealed to Taliban groups not to attack polio workers. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief, Imran Khan started his polio campaign in Akora Khattak, Nowshera on Wednesday. Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervaiz Khattak and Secretary General of PTI Jahangir Tareen were also present on this occasion. The PTI chairman spoke to local residents about polio and how important it is...
December 19, 2013 at 1:01 am | News Desk
Dr. A.K. Wazir The relationship between health and energy is compelling. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that "Health and energy are interdependent factors which largely determine the development. WHO believes solar energy can play an important role in improving health energy infrastructure if integrated with a broader array of end uses." Smart ‘solarization’ i.e. planned and smart decision making on the investments allows greater use of the sustainable energy in developing world/ regions. Clearly the regions in Asia and Middle East can benefit the most from this natural source of energy. The model presented here is to help the decision makers and planners to find out ‘right resources for right needs’ by using this tec...
December 18, 2013 at 6:11 pm | News Desk
RAWALPINDI: A bomb explosion killed three people including a policeman and wounded 14 others outside a Imam Bargah in the city Rawalpindi on Tuesday officials said. The blast took place in the Gracy Lines neighbourhood of the city of Rawalpindi, as worshippers prayed inside the Imam Bargah, senior police official Akhtar Laleka said. Some official sources said that the blast was a suicide attack, adding that the bomber exploded himself when security forces tried to stop him from entering the premises of the Imam Bargah. Hospital officials said at least three people were killed and 14 others were wounded. “We have three bodies and 14 wounded people at our hospital,” Asif Qadir Mir, chief of the local government hospital, told AFP...
December 18, 2013 at 1:51 am | News Desk
MUMBAI: Singer Adnan Sami will have to move out of his residence at Andheri, where he is staying with his third wife. The Bombay High Court on Monday ordered the Pakistani singer to move out of the flats and hand those over to his ex-wife Sabah Galadari. A division bench of Justice AS Oka and Justice SC Gupte struck down an order of a single judge, and upheld an earlier family court order of 2010 which had granted Galadari the use of the disputed flats. However, it modified the family court’s order by forbidding Sami or his family members from using the flats. The family court order had not debarred Sami. The five flats are spread over the 13th and 14th floors of the Lokhandwala complex in Andheri and have been merged into one duplex....
December 18, 2013 at 1:03 am | News Desk
ISLAMABAD – Google Pakistan reveals top trending searches of 2013 in Pakistan on Tuesday during a ceremony held at Pearl Continental hotel Lahore, PakistanTribe.com reported on Tuesday. Pakistan is considered technology Hot Spot with its more than 40 million internet users and 130 million mobile phone subscribers. In terms of population (62% of Youth) Pakistan is the world’s sixth largest country. National and Multinational corporations with other local brands are using digital/social media to reach their consumers and to engage them with the brand. Top Searched People Paul Walker Jiah Khan Nelson Mandela Maryam Nawaz Shardda Kapoor Altaf Hussain Imran Khan Alia Bhatt Sara Bharwana Suraj Pancholi Top 10 Trending Searches in Pak...
December 18, 2013 at 1:03 am | News Desk
RAWALPINDI: A US delegation headed by Lieutenant General John D. Johson, Director Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) visited General Headquarters to discuss Counter Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED) related matters. Lieutenant General John D. Johson also called on Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad. Both sides shared their experiences and discussed ways to defeat the growing menace of IEDs which is being faced not only by Pakistan and Afghanistan, but also by the world at large. It may be mentioned that inter alia Pakistan is one of the major victims of IED attacks by the militants during last one decade. So far more than 50,000 Pakistanis have been victims of IED attacks. The News ...
December 18, 2013 at 1:03 am | News Desk
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) sector on Monday kicked-off a “peaceful protest” movement against the “illegal” closer of the gas. Ghayas Abdullah Paracha, the chairman of the Supreme Council of All Pakistan CNG Association, termed the closer illegal and said that they have kicked-off movement against it. “Government says there is no gas in the system and it is giving priority to domestic consumer but as the same time arrangement are also being made to provide the gas the industrial sector.” The CNG stations’ owners, workers and transporters also staged the first protest at Kocheri Road in Rawalpindi and begun their movement. Paracha said that provision of the CNG for eight hours ...
December 17, 2013 at 1:57 am | News Desk
Seoul: As number of devices are in line to receive Android 4.4 KitKat, good news for Korean LG G2 owners that Android update will be available by the end of this month. LG already have begun the G2′s KitKat roll out, bringing the latest version of Android to the handset in Korea, but says we’ll have to wait until a later date to find out when the rest of the world will follow suit. Although it’s not specific about when the rest of us will see the software hit, it has suggested the not-very-soon date of March 2014 in the past. The company’s (translated) release also speaks of keeping the G2 up to date with future versions of Android, aiming to reduce the time between Google’s software releases and the roll-out ...
December 17, 2013 at 1:47 am | News Desk
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