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Bolo circles: Street children learn about their rights, health
A health session followed, where a medical specialist weighed the children and measured their heights.
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Development project: Blue Area’s expansion to formally begin today
Civic agency to seek expressions of interests through open advertisements.
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Sufi night: Classical ghazals, dhammal leave audience finding words for praise
The event featured a performance by legendary singer Ustad Shaukat Manzoor.
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Motorway explosion: Remote-controlled bomb blast injures five
Police say the blast may have targeted a security forces convoy.
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Christians hold demo: Pindi MNA accused of grabbing church, hospital land
BB Road blocked for three hours; Malik Abrar Ahmed denies charges, makes counter allegations.
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Surprise visit: Doctors found absent from duties
A majority of doctors in the gynaecology department were not present while patients kept waiting.
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Tragedy: Labourer falls to death
Margalla police said 36-year-old a resident of Sargodha, suffered critical injuries when he fell from the building
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Ramazan security plan: 18 mosques in Gilgit declared sensitive
Over 400 armed policemen across the city to ensure peace during the fasting month.
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Abduction: Six booked after nine days
The police took nine days to book six men who allegedly abducted a girl from the outskirts of Shinkiari.
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Garnering strength: Hamida Khuhro among new PML-N inductions
Educationist and historian Dr Hamida Khuhro, along with her brother former MPA Masood Khuhro, announced to join PML-N
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Breaking silence: Parliament supreme, can enact any law, says Zardari
President says no law bars him from meeting PPP representatives at the Presidency.
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Journalists move SC to form accountability commission
Proposed body to be responsible for code of conduct.
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NA-151 by-elections: Gilani’s son emerges as victor after close battle
Beats independent candidate Shaukat Hayat Bosan by 4,096 votes.
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Cooperation: Australia to invest in Pakistani citrus
Australia is impressed with Pakistan’s natural and human resource potential
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Forgotten: Nandipur equipment stranded at Karachi Port
cost of establishing the Nandipur Power Project has risen to $730 million from its actual cost of $329 million
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Is Sindh on the brink of an education emergency?
Find out why Sindh is ranked 7th in terms of educational facilities in Pakistan
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Indo-Pak trade: Businesses pin hopes on working group
At least 400 trucks traveled across the LoC weekly, which has now declined to 40 trucks.
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Forex: Reserves rise to $14.94b from $14.91b
Foreign exchange reserves rose to $14.940 billion in the week ending July 13, from $14.909 billion the previous week
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Wireless broadband: PTCL’s 3G EVO rated best project
PTCL honoured by LUMS which declared 3G EVO amongst the university’s highest rated projects for 2012 MBA dissertation.
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Private schools to protest against govt
APPSOA General Secretary said visit fee had been increased from Rs8,000 to Rs20,000
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Judicial review: Judge penalised with compulsory retirement
The high court would resort to counseling and capacity building before taking any adverse action.
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Equal rights: Ban all load-shedding exemptions, LHC asked
Replies sought from Lesco and Pepco.
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Punjab governance forum: Chief minister demands early general elections
Says democratic system not bad, but being badly handled.
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Punjab Police: Elite Force to withdraw from guard duty
2,000 officials from Battalion 8 of Punjab Constabulary to replace them.
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Security: 52 CCTV cameras installed on campus
University of Agriculture has installed 52 CCTV cameras at the campus, including the entrance and exit gates
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Ramazan security: ‘Hate speech will not be tolerated’
DPO said 893 police officials would be deployed in the district in the month.
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Non-compliance: Court slaps Rs10,000 fine on bank chief
LHC fined the ZTBL president Rs10,000 for not complying with a court order.
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Inauguration: LHC gets a new mosque
The mosque covers an area of 6,360 square feet and has a 1,000 people capacity.
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Football: Messi roots for Xavi and Iniesta
“Xavi and Iniesta deserve it because of all they achieved at the Euros,” said Messi.
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Cricket: Boucher undergoes eye surgery
He underwent his first surgery in England after a ball hit him in the eye at Taunton on July 9
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Athletics: CAS extends ban on India’s dope cheats
CAS increased a dope-related ban on six Indian women athletes from one year to two years, the Swiss-based body said
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Tennis: Hamza wins as ranking event concludes
Malik Hamza beat Hassan Siddiqui 3-6, 6-3, 10-5 to win the men’s singles event.
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Football: Di Matteo confirms Moses talks
Roberto Di Matteo revealed Chelsea are in talks with Wigan in a bid to sign Nigeria forward Victor Moses.
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Bowling: Abbas wins SSB tournament
Event, part of a series of ranking events conducted by the Sindh Tenpin Bowling.
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Target killing: Ahmadi leader shot down in Karachi
Mukarram Gondal was on his way to work in the morning when gunmen shot him in the head.
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NA-151 by-polls: Abdul Qadir Gilani wins with 64,628 votes
Independent candidate Shaukat Bosan loses with 60,532 votes.
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Early, free and fair elections needed: Shahbaz Sharif
Shahbaz speaks at forum organised for discussion, collection of recommendations for good governance.
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Maheen Khan: The restless innovator
The designer talks about new projects and her style philosophy.
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Punjab police reassigns all Elite Force personnel from protocol duties
8000 additional police personnel called up to beef up security for Ramazan.
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YouTube video of the day: Drop your books and dance
Revisiting old memories is always refreshing. “Bahria University LipDub” is one such video.
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Establishment division suspends Hussain Asghar for defying SC orders
Asghar was previously heading investigation team probing the 2010 Hajj scandal, failed to report back to FIA.
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Sofia Vergara tops 'Forbes highest paid US TV actresses'
Kim Kardashian came in second, earning an estimated $18 million.
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PML-N, SUP sign electoral agreement
PML-N and Sindh United Party sign agreement assuring each other of mutual benefits in the upcoming elections.
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Traffic warden loses shoe, challan book for fining young boys
Traffic warden's challan book, shoe stolen when he was praying inside a mosque.
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Zardari To Manmohan: Resumption of cricket a formidable CBM
This resumption will likely play a crucial role in improving bilateral relations: Zardari
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5.7 magnitude earthquake felt in northern Pakistan
The tremor caused no loss of life and property so far.
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Afghan refugees: UNHCR representative visits Balochistan
Meets other government officials, Afghan refugee elders, and some of UNHCR’s NGO partners.
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Biometric registration: Canada seeks to restore system
The Biometric system was designed to monitor movement of individuals across the border.
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ISI-CIA meeting: Spymaster to discuss drones in US
ISI chief will hold talks with CIA director David Petraeus on counter-terror cooperation.
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President’s approval: PHC judges appointed
Four Additional Judges also received extensions in tenure.
















































