LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif said the government will utilise all available resources to ensure availability of cheap and quality food items, including sugar and flour to the people in the holy month of Ramzan.

Talking to Minster of State for Information Samsam Ali Bukhari in Lahore, CM said atta is being made available to the people at Rs10 per kilogram at Ramazan Bazars as well as at other locations through trucks while good quality sugar is being sold at Rs40 per kg.

He said no one will be allowed to exploit the public and he will himself undertake visits across the province to monitor the quality and prices of the commodities.

The availability of essentials will be ensured during the holy month of Ramazan at the government specified rates, he assured.

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LAHORE: CHief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that it is unfortunate that an unnecessary debate has been started in the matter of the Lahore High Cou

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People sometimes think, speak and do things in their own way and not as dictated by anyone in power. Many say, ?martial law is good or bad is not a de

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LONDON: Pakistan?s long-term sovereign credit rating was raised one level to B- from CCC+ by Standard Poor?s with a stable outlook, citing the International Monetary Fund?s additional bailout.

?The upgrade reflects Pakistan?s improved external liquidity position, coupled with its successes in implementing corrective policy measures to rectify an unsustainable fiscal trajectory,? SP said in a statement today.

The IMF this month increased Pakistan?s loan package to $11.2 billion, approving an extra $3.2 billion. That prompted Moody?s Investors Service to last week raise its outlook on the South Asian country?s debt ratings to stable from negative.

?A narrowing current account deficit, helped by buoyant remittance inflows, and successive disbursals of the IMF and other multilateral loans have reduced the risk of near-term external payment difficulties for Pakistan,? SP said.

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CAPITAL City Police Officer (CCPO) Muhammad Pervez Rathore has said that with active and timely cooperation of citizens of Lahore, a num

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KARACHI: A local court in Karachi has given seven suspected terrorists in police custody on a four-day physical remand.

These accused, who belong to different banned outfits, were arrested for possessing suicide jackets and illegal arms.

CID police presented Mohammad Aziz alias Salman, Mohammad Shehzad alias Pehilwan alias Munna, Gulam Mohammad alias Ummar, Shehbaz alias Mian, Khalil Tori, Aalam Zaib alias Hazifa and Shakeel Ahmed alias Hanzila, before the Court of Judicial Magistrate, South Syed Nadeem Husain.

The court handed all the seven accused in police custody on a four-day physical remand for further investigation.

CID police, in a raid, arrested these accused from Baloch Colony near Defense View and recovered three suicide jackets, 15 kg explosive material, four Kalashnikovs, four pistols, two gas masks and over 2 kg heroin, besides other things.

Fourteen cases have been filed against the accused including the possession of illegal arms, narcotics and explosives.

According to the police, one accused Shehzad alias Munna alias Pehlwan is involved in the suicide attacks on former President Pervez Musharraf and former Prime Minister Shukat Aziz, while another accused Khalil Ahmed is a brother of a terrorist Qasim Toori who was arrested two years ago.

According to the sources, some of the accused smuggled narcotics in the foreign countries and that money was used for sponsoring terror activities.

Police said the accused were planning to carry out a major subversive activity in Karachi.

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WASHINGTON: Al-Qaeda remains ?very capable? of attacking the United States, the top US military officer said on Sunday, as he tried to boost the wanin

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The Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) is all set to have a special court and police stations, all of which will become operatio

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BERLIN: United States won the World Athletics Championship while Jamaica came second and Kenya finished third.

On the final day of the event held in Berlin, the US obtained gold medals in men?s and women?s 4X400m relay.

Norway’’s two-time Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen ended his title drought at these championships after two silvers with gold at last. This is Norway?s only gold medal in the championship.

Ethiopian superstar Kenenisa Bekele and Americans LaShawn Merritt and Sanya Richards won their second gold medals on the final day of the world athletics championships here on Sunday.

Bekele’’s came in the 5,000 metres as he became the first man to do the 5,000-10,000m double, a feat even his compatriot Haile Gebrselassie failed to achieve the one time he tried in 1993.

Merritt and Richards” second titles came in the men’’s and women’’s 400m relays respectively.

There was to be no such joy for Yusuf Saad Kamel of Bahrain who, having taken the 1500m title, failed to repeat his golden performance in the 800m.

That was was won by Mbulaeni Mulaudzi which meant the South Africans swept the 800m after Caster Semenya had won the women’’s equivalent.

Bahrain’’s Maryam Jamal also completed a double, by defending her 1500 metres title, but only after Spaniard Natalia Rodriguez was disqualified after crossing the line first.

The 30-year-old was adjudged to have pushed Ethiopian Gelete Burka down the back stretch sending her crashing to the ground and on seeing the video replay the Spanish team decided not to protest the decision.

Earlier, China had claimed their first ever women’’s marathon world title when Xue Bai had taken gold.

United States, with ten gold medals and 22 medals over all, achieved the first position while Jamaica with the help of seven gold medals finished second.

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Nearly three months after Pakistan retook the Swat Valley from the Taliban, bloodied corpses are still turning up on the streets. This time, the victims are suspected militants — and the killers are alleged to be security forces.

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