71 food items? prices to go sky high
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I have nothing to do with NAB?s letter: Gilani
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday kept distance from the letter of the prosecutor gneral of the National Accountability Bureau (N
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Journalists stage country-wide demos against PA resolution
ISLAMABAD: Journalists staged demonstrations across the country on Saturday in protest against passage of resolution against media in Punjab Assembly.
A protest demonstration was held on the call of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) outside National Press Club in Islamabad. Office bearers of Rawalpindi and Islamabad unions of journalists besides those of press club and its members participated in the protest.
The participants chanted slogans against the Punjab government, demanding withdrawal of the resolution against media.
Karachi Union of Journalists also took out a rally and staged a sit-in before Sindh Assembly building.
In Hyderabad, journalists with black ribbons strapped to their arms led a rally from Press Club to Radio Pakistan. They also called for scrapping of the resolution passed against media in Punjab Assembly.
At a protest demonstration in Sukkur, some journalists representing Press Club, metaphorically, locked their mouths with padlocks while others voiced piercing slogans against Punjab Assembly members.
Black day was also observed by journalists in other parts of the country where protest rallies, demonstrations and sit-ins were staged by journalists and representatives of civil society against attempts to put unconstitutional curbs on media.
Similar protests and rallies were held in Nawabshah, Badin, Multan, Faisalabad, Bahawalpur, Dera Ghazi Khan, Jehlum, Chaman, Nasirabad and Bannu besides Muzaffarabad, Neelum valley and Mirpur, Azad Kashmir.
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?Peace walk? condemns terrorism
Islamabad
National Peace Community for Interfaith Harmony (NPCIH) organised a peace rally from China Chowk to Parliament House condemning terro
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LJ terrorist held
KARACHI: CID police have arrested a militant of the banned sectarian outfit, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in Mominabad area.
According to SSP CID Chaudhry Aslam, terrorist Sajid was arrested from Mominabad area along with weapons and extremist literature.
He was wanted in various crimes of sectarian and targeted killings including attack on imambargah in Khada Market area of Liyari in 2008.
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Katich eager for Lord?s return
DERBY, England: Australia?s Simon Katich cannot wait to go back to Lord?s where the first Test against Pakistan starts next week.
It will be ne
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?CM behind anti-media move?
LAHORE
Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid leader Ch Pervaiz Elahi announced on Friday that his party had moved a resolution against the PML-N?s ?fas
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Balochistan MPA?s degree issue
ISLAMABAD: An official of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) informed the Supreme Court on Friday that they had furnished a report in complianc
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World Cup final ref?s wife says he can?t control kids
LONDON: The wife of World Cup final referee Howard Webb said on Friday she was amazed her husband was taking charge of the most important game in foot
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Pakistan?s forests need protection, conservation
Islamabad
Speakers including experts here at seminar on de-forestation issues, were of the view that Pakistan?s timberlands are in urgent need
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