By Nathoo Ram,on June 29th,2012 By Alissa J. Rubin Amid all the shouting,Lal Bibi and her family are very unsure whether justice will be done or whether they will be forever humiliated The policeman spoke with calm and assurance as he insisted that he could not have raped the teenage daughter of a local shepherd,because a mullah had . . . →Read More:Rape abduction and the Afghan Law By Nathoo Ram,on June 29th,2012 On June 19,Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain shocked us all when,at the end of his keynote speech at a CRSS-Radio launch ceremony in Peshawar,he asked all those present to raise their hands and pray for the safety of all in the province. Never before did Hussain,who lost his son to . . . →Read More:The Good the Bad and the Ugly Taliban By Sahrish Jamali,on June 29th,2012 By Bari Baloch At least 13 Shia pilgrims were killed and 25 others injured when the bus they were travelling in became the target of a remote-controlled car bomb attack,in Western Bypass area,on the outskirts of Quetta on Thursday. According to police,the bus,carrying around 50 pilgrims hailing from Hazara community and travelling . . . →Read More:13 Shia pilgrims die in bomb blast near Quetta By Maryam Rahman,on June 29th,2012 By Murtaza Ali Shah Scottish Police threw a security blanket around the University of Edinburgh as Bkhtawar Bhutto-Zardari graduated in a ceremony of formality,pomp and show. Watched proudly by her father,President Asif Ali Zardari,her aunt Sanam Bhutto and siblings Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Asifa Bhutto,Bakhtawar was declared a graduate of . . . →Read More:Bakhtawar Bhutto graduates in a luxurious manner By Omar Farooque,on June 28th,2012 The NUST College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (EME) was a hub of genius on Wednesday as it hosted its 11th Inter-college software exhibition. With over 22 universities participating and 78 diverse projects,the event was a measure of the level of innovation within engineering and software development students across Pakistan. . . . →Read More:Students of NUST display their Software Engineering Genius By Omar Farooque,on June 28th,2012 LAHORE:At least two people got trapped under the rubble when part of a pedestrian bridge collapsed at Ring Road in Harbanspura area of Lahore Thursday morning,Geo News reported. According to sources,part of the bridge came down when a truck was passing under the bridge resultantly trapping two persons under its rubble. Due . . . →Read More:Lahore –Pedestrian Bridge gives away By Inaam.Chandio,on June 28th,2012 NEW YORK — The board of directors at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. has approved a plan that calls for splitting the global media conglomerate into two separate companies,one holding its newspaper business and another its entertainment operations,according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. . . . →Read More:NewsCorp to Split into two By Amelie Durand,on June 28th,2012 The Pentagon’s “mad scientists’ division” wants to harvest dead communication satellites for spare parts and re-use them in orbit. The program,called Phoenix,may hold an orbital trial phase by 2015. . . . →Read More:Pentagon builds Satellite that will salvage reusable metal objects in Space By Deepika Jaitley,on June 28th,2012 By Mudassir Raja Textile Minister Makhdoom Shahabuddin approached the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday,asking for pre-arrest bail in the case concerning the illegal allotment of ephedrine quota while he was health minister. . . . →Read More:Shahabuddin asks for pre-arrest bail in ephedrine case By Mir Jamshed Baloch,on June 28th,2012 By Irfan Ghauri ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP),largely considered toothless in the past,may be baring a new set of sharp dentures. The commission on Wednesday issued an amended code of conduct for election campaigns,for an interim period,prescribing punishments that could ultimately lead to disqualification of violators. . . . →Read More:Stricter code of conduct to be enforced by EC | |
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