PESHAWAR: People have suffered a lot due to persisting load-shedding in NWFP including provincial capital Peshawar.Six-hour load shedding is being observed in various cities and districts in NWFP province including Peshawar, Chowk Nasir Khan, Charsada road, Gulbahar, outer Yakka Toot, Agha Meer Jani Shah, and Raheed Garhi areas.Meanwhile, eight-hour power outage is being carried out in remote areas of province.Also, load-shedding is continuous in Charsada, Mardan, Noshera, and other districts of NWFP.Mostly business community has been suffering from power cuts besides, students who are busy in preparation for their matriculation exams.Intensive power outages have also reportedly led to shortage of drinking water in some areas.
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KARACHI: Prominent social worker Dr. Abdul Sattar Edhi has been hospitalized right after arriving here from Korea where he was awarded the POSCO TJ Park Foundation Award 2009 on Tuesday for his achievements in national and international social work.Bilques Edhi (wife), Faisal Edhi (son) and other workers of Edhi welfare received him here at Quaid-e-Azam international airport.Sources privy to his family, revealed that Abdul Sattar Edhi was not feeling well in Seoul, the capital city of South Korea, following which he was rushed to Pakistan.Talking to Geo news Edhi said I went ill as I was missing my country a lot but I am now feeling well after returning to my dear homeland.
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President Asif Ali Zardari promised to ease domestic political turmoil and praised the Obama administration?s new policy to Pakistan as ?positive change.?
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KARACHI: A prisoner died of cardiac arrest in Karachi Central Jail (KCJ) on Saturday, jail sources said.Police sources claimed that deceased detainee (Haji Shafeeq) met sudden death due to heart attack. He was mentally retarded and was kept imprisoned in Charia ward of central jail.The dead body was shifted to Civil Hospital, sources added.According to police version, the prisoner was held under section 295-C in April 2, 2004 and was brought behind central jail lockup on September 15, 2005.
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LONDON: The England cricket team was savaged by Britain’’s newspapers on Saturday following their humiliating eight-wicket defeat to the West Indies.b
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The United States has the cooperation of Afghanistan, which used to harbor Al Qaeda, but has limited ability to maneuver in neighboring Pakistan, where the terrorist group is now based. President Obama’s plan to create a unified U.S. strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan marks his effort to sever his administration’s approach from the failures of the past.
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KARACHI: National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) cruised into the semifinals after they routed Lahore Eagles by ten wickets in their last Group D match of the
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: England had their egos battered further on Friday, when West Indies captain Chris Gayle struck 80 from 43 balls to carry his sid
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DURBAN: Former South Africa coach Graham Ford has withdrawn his application to become England’’s new coach, blaming delays by the England and Wales Cri
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KarachiA minor boy died while eight persons injured when a gas cylinder exploded in the Peerabad area on Saturday.Residents of the Fro
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