CA chiefs hail ?exciting? SCG pitch
SYDNEY: It turned out to be a graveyard for Australian batters on the opening day of the second Test against Pakistan, but the green top at the Sydney
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Winter?s hot favourites: roasted corns cobs
Islamabad
Corns roasted along roads and pushcarts are much popular among people in the city especially in the winter season.
Rahim Khan
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Pakistan News
Karachi killing: protestors throng Sindh CM House
KARACHI: The family and friends carrying bodies of the people killed in Garden area today have reached in front of Sindh Chief Minister House to protest the killings.
Nazim Lyari Town, Mehmood Hashim is among the protestors who are chanting slogans.
The protestors removed all the barriers on their way and gathered in front of Chief Minister House.
Pakistan People?s Party?s MPA Rafiq Engineer held talks with the protestors but to no avail as the protestors have refused to listen to him.
The protestors said that those gunned down were poor labourers and that their protest will continue till the arrest of culprits.
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Pakistan News
US says Pakistan harassing its diplomats (AP via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. Embassy complained Thursday that its staff members are being harassed and detained as they travel around Pakistan, a rare public protest that illustrated the tensions between the allies as America expands its presence here.
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Pakistan President Zardari’s nine political lives (The Christian Science Monitor)
There were predictions in the last few months of 2009 that Pakistan’s President Zardari was finished. But he has defended himself aggressively in recent days and won back some political ground.
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President?s power to name caretakers to go
ISLAMABAD: The Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms on Wednesday agreed to clip the discretionary powers of the president under clause 7
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Death toll in Karachi firing climbs to 8
KARACHI: At least eight people were killed and nine others wounded in different incidents of firing at Garden Town in Karachi on Thursday.
While another man was gunned down in Orangi Town.
Following the firing incidents, shops and business activities were suspended in the troubled areas.
According to police, the firing incidents began when a beheaded body was found in Garden area. The deceased was later identified as Aamir.
Meanwhile, his death triggered incidents of firing reported in Usman Abad, Dhobi Gath and Eid Gah areas.
So far eight dead bodies have been brought to different hospitals of the city.
There is no presence of police or rangers in the troubled areas while narrow street lanes make is impossible for armored vehicle to enter the area.
While on the other hand, police remains mum on the firing incidents. They said that no details could be given until the situation was unclear.
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Pemra?s crackdown on cable TV networks
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has launched a crackdown on cable TV networks propagating immoral and unethical
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Re-registration of ?sasta tandoors? starts
Rawalpindi
The city district government has started re-registration of ?sasta tandoors?, which would be completed this week and the project wou
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WSJ UPDATE: US Complains of Pakistan Harassment At Checkpoints (Fox News)
WSJ UPDATE: US Complains of Pakistan Harassment At Checkpoints
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