PUNJAB GOVERNMENT?S RAMAZAN RELIEF
Rawalpindi
Twenty-kilogram ?atta? bags will be available at the subsidised rate of Rs200 at ?Ramazan Sasta Bazaars? being launched here today (
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UN: 27 die in floods in northwest Pakistan (3news)
Flash floods have killed at least 27 people in northwestern Pakistan, and more than 80,000 have seen their homes or crops destroyed, UN and government officials said.
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Bolt?snew world record in World Athletics Championship
BERLIN: Jamaican Usain Bolt added the world crown to his Olympic title as he scored to victory in a world record 9.58 seconds in the men’’s 100m final at the World Athletics Championships here on Sunday.
Billed as the first of three potential Berlin duels between Bolt and American reigning world champion on Gay, the 22-year-old show-boating Jamaican crushed the field and smashed his own record of 9.69sec set in similarly spectacular fashion at the Beijing Olympics final.
Gay claimed silver in 9.71sec, finishing a good couple of metres off Bolt, with former world record holder Asafa Powell of Jamaica clocking 9.84sec for bronze.
Bolt, who took the Beijing Games by storm last summer, winning all three Olympic sprint golds and all in world record times, had overcome a nervy semi-final in which he false started for the first-ever time in his career.
But when it came to the final, he enjoyed his normal start, his head staying down over the first 40 metres before slowly bringing his towering 6ft 5in frame fully upright and lengthening out his stride to attain maximum velocity.
After having enraptured the crowd with his trademark bow-and-arrow posing before starter’’s orders, his pull was exemplary and he was soon away from Gay - who had a marginally better reaction time - and his other rivals and celebrating another new world record.
In sultry conditions at the Olympic Stadium, with a temperature of 28C (82F), Bolt’’s training partner Daniel Bailey of Antigua finished in fourth at 9.93sec on a photo finish with Trinidad’’s Olympic silver medallist R?ichard Thompson.
Dwain Chambers, the world indoor 60m silver medallist who is competing here after having ser?ed a two-year doping ban, came in sixth with 10.00sec.
Trinidadian Marc Burns and American Darvis Patton, who finished seventh and eighth, in the Beijing Olympics repeated their places here in 10.00 and 10.34sec respectively.
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In Pakistan’s Swat Valley, boys – and girls – crack open schoolbooks once again (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
Hundreds of boys and girls returned to school in Pakistan’s Swat Valley this month, returning to their lessons after being forced to flee fighting between the Army and Taliban. Even girls, who had been banned from school by the militants who dominated the area until April, showed up.
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Customs win Canoeing C?ship in Quetta
QUETTA: Pakistan Customs won the All Balochistan Jashn-e-Azadi Rowing-Canoeing Championship while Hayat Durrani Academy obtained the second and Quetta City finished third.
The finals of the event were held in Hanna Lake.
Pakistan Customs came on top with three gold and two silver medals, Hayat Durrani came second with two gold, two silver and one bronze while Quetta City Canoe Club obtained the third position with one gold, two silver and one bronze and Loralai Canoe Club won the fourth position with four bronze medals.
At the end, provincial secretary Munir Ahmed Badini gave away prizes to the winners.
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Customs win Canoeing C?ship in Quetta
QUETTA: Pakistan Customs won the All Balochistan Jashn-e-Azadi Rowing-Canoeing Championship while Hayat Durrani Academy obtained the second and Quetta City finished third.
The finals of the event were held in Hanna Lake.
Pakistan Customs came on top with three gold and two silver medals, Hayat Durrani came second with two gold, two silver and one bronze while Quetta City Canoe Club obtained the third position with one gold, two silver and one bronze and Loralai Canoe Club won the fourth position with four bronze medals.
At the end, provincial secretary Munir Ahmed Badini gave away prizes to the winners.
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PM sacks PSM chairman
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said he sacked the chairman of Pakistan Steel Mills, Geo News reported Tuesday.
Addressing the National Assembly, he said he ordered an inquiry against him.
The PM Gilani said the institutions should be strong and the audit should be initiated from the PM house.
He also remarked that census will be held as soon as the situation improves, adding the nation cannot improve without it.
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PUNJAB GOVERNMENT?S RAMAZAN RELIEF
Rawalpindi
Twenty-kilogram ?atta? bags will be available at the subsidised rate of Rs200 at ?Ramazan Sasta Bazaars? being launched here today (
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PM warns of stern action against hoarders
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has warned of stern action against those who are indulging in hoarding and creating artificial shortage of essential food items in the country.
The Prime Minister said this while chairing a meeting of the Committee on Hoarding and Inflation of Sugar Prices and Other Essential Food Items at PM House here Tuesday.
The Prime Minister directed the Committee to take immediate necessary measures to keep the prices of the essential food items at an affordable level particularly during the month of Ramazan while monitoring the prices of these items on weekly basis.
The Prime Minister directed the Minister for Industries and Production to hold an immediate meeting with the provincial governments and Pakistan Sugar Mills Association to ensure ample availability of sugar during the current season particularly during Ramazan.
The meeting decided that third party inspection team will conduct random checks at the utility stores throughout the country for keeping check on prices, availability as well as quality. To ensure transparency and to stop pilferage, NLC shall be hired for the transportation of these items.
The meeting further decided that federal and provincial governments will evolve a joint mechanism for stabilizing prices of commodities while keeping a check on hoarding.
The meeting took stock of the current price situation of essential commodities particularly of sugar, flour, oil, ghee, etc. and reviewed the recently announced Ramazan Package. During the meeting various decisions were made to provide immediate relief to the common man who is being severely affected due to hoarding and rise in the prices of essential food items.
The meeting decided that during the month of Ramazan the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) will be provided 100,000 tons of sugar through TCP stocks as against the usual supply of 40,000 tons per month. Thus 60,000 tons additional sugar would be made available to the people through the USC at Rs. 38/- per kg during Ramazan.
The meeting also decided to enhance the provision of flour to150,000 from 100,000 tons to the USC as part of Ramzan Package enabling its outlets to sell flour at Rs 2/- per kg less than the market price.
The meeting further decided that as part of the Ramazan Package, Ghee and Oil shall be sold at Rs. 91/ per kg, which is Rs20/ per kg less than the market rate. To keep their price stable it was decided to increase the supply of Ghee/Oil to USC from 30,000 to 50,000 tons.
The meeting decided that regulatory duty of 35% will be suspended on the import of potato to facilitate its easy availability during Ramazan.
The meeting was further informed that price of sugar in Pakistan is less as compared to its neighbouring countries, therefore, concerted efforts need to be in place to control and check smuggling. The meeting was briefed that in India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Iran, sugar is being sold at Rs. 50/-, 57/-, 52/-and 56/ per kg respectively.
The meeting decided to import 300,000 tons of raw sugar incoming months.
The meeting was further informed that both Federal and Provincial Governments are taking necessary measures to control hoarding and high inflation of essential food items.
It was informed that Federal Government and all Provincial Governments have arranged to hold the Sunday, Friday and Ramazan Bazaars to supply essential items at affordable prices while USC will also set up their mobile outlets at these Sunday, Friday, Ramazan Bazaars to supply sugar, flour, ghee/ oil, etc.
All provincial governments have appointed Special Price Magistrates to keep a strict check on prices.
The meeting was attended by Federal Ministers of Finance, Food Agriculture and Industries Production, Federal Secretaries for Finance, Commerce, Industries Production and Food Agriculture.
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PML-Q like-minded group?s election on 20th
LAHORE
THE PML-Q?s like-minded group will hold its party election for different offices on August 20 in Islamabad. The party hierarchy is hol
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