Armed forces ready to counter internal, external threats: CJCSC
RAWALPINDI: Armed forces of Pakistan are well prepared to face challenges of contemporary times and ready to defend the country against external and i
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Torch cheered through Beijing amid Tibet protest
BEIJING: Flag-waving crowds cheered the torch relay through Beijing’’s Tiananmen Square Wednesday as Olympic fever mounted, but a dramatic Tibet protest and a row over Darfur clouded the games build-up. Two days before the opening ceremony, tens of thousands of Beijing residents lined the historic square as the torch completed an epic journey across three continents to bring the Olympic flame to the Chinese capital.Protests dogged the torch’’s odyssey through Europe, the United States and parts of Asia, while May’’s huge earthquake in Sichuan province overshadowed the Chinese leg, but there was genuine excitement on the streets of Beijing. “I feel very excited and very proud because the Olympic Games is a 100-year dream of China’’s,” said 60-year-old Jiang Rong, as astronaut Yang Liwei and basketball star Yao Ming helped open the final leg. China has painted the Games as a celebration of three decades of economic reforms and hopes the event will showcase a rapidly modernising country, but it has been unable to shake off controversies and public relations problems. As organisers made final preparations for Friday’’s opening ceremony at the futuristic “Bird’’s Nest” Olympic stadium, disputes over an array of issues persisted. Four activists from Students for a Free Tibet staged a dare-devil protest near the Olympic stadium by climbing up an electricity pole and unfurling two giant banners.
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Transport authority seals Punjab Ways wagon-stand
RawalpindiOn the direction of the district coordination officer, District Regional Transport Authority (DRTA) in an operation Wednesday sealed
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Punjab secretaries to verify lists of the needy
LAHORETHE Punjab government in order to ensure transparency in distribution of money under the Rs 22 billion Food Stamp Scheme has directed pr
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$10 bn investment in Thar coal project likely, says CM
KarachiSindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that more then 10 to 12 billion dollars of investment expected in the Thar Coal projec
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Homage paid to Argentinian climber
IslamabadAugust 5th was the fifth anniversary of the death of Nancy Silvestrini, a young female mountain climber who died after she reached th
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Polluted water being supplied to residents
RawalpindiResidents of Asghar Mall Scheme have been receiving contaminated water since long and they claimed that the Water and Sanitation Age
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Pakistan qualify for World Junior Squash semi-finals
ZURICH: Pakistan squash team, by defeating Germany, has qualified for the semi-finals where it will play against India in the World Junior Squash Championship.In the quarter-finals of the team event in the championship, played at Zurich, Pakistan outplayed Germany 3-0.Pakistan are seeded number two in the team event of the World Junior Squash Championship.Meanwhile, India defeated France 2-1 while top-seed Egypt beat Canada and England trounced Malaysia to reach the semi-finals.In the semi-finals, Pakistan will face India and Egypt will play against England.
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Demand to seize Food Policy for 5 years
ISLAMABAD: Flour Mills Association has demanded of the Federal Government to frieze the Food Policy for the next five years to put an end to the persistent Atta crisis in the country.The demand was put before Federal Minister for Food and Agrculture, Nazar Muhammad Gondal by the Chairman Pakistan Flour Mills Association, Naeem Butt and Bilal Aslam Sufi in a meeting.Bilal Sufi called for lifting ban on inter-provincial movement of wheat besides releasing of wheat under government quota from August 15.The Federal Minister said an important announcement will be made after reviewing the above demands.He assured that farmers, flour mills owners and the people will be taken into confidence in the formulation of Food Policy.
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TCP buys 330,000 tons wheat
KARACHI: Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has purchased 330,000 tons of wheat from international market at 374 dollars per ton.TCP sources said, it is also being planned to procure 250,000 tons wheat.
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