Posts Tagged ‘Rain’

Funds issue may derail ‘Bilour Express’

KARACHI – Railways Minister Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour on Saturday said he will resign if the Prime Minister will not allocate the funds to Railways.
He was talking to the media persons after the arrival of country’s first private Business Train at Cantt Station here on Saturday. Bilour said it is impossible for him to think of Pakistan Railways being privatised. The minister also blamed …

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More than 220 dead as big freeze grips Europe

A total of 223 people have died from the cold weather in the last seven days according to a foreign news agency tally, with Ukraine suffering the heaviest toll. People have been found dead on the streets in some countries, while thousands have been trapped in mountain villages in Serbia. In Italy, Venice’s canals started freezing over and even Rome was dusted in snow. The lowest temperatures …

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First Business Express reaches Karachi from Lahore

 Pakistan’s first Business train reached Karachi fifteen minutes before the scheduled time from Lahore on Saturday.
As part of first private investment of millions of rupees in the ailing state railways, the Business Express reached Karachi cantt station at 9:45am, 15 minutes ahead of the scheduled time. The train, inaugurated by Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani, left Lahore at 3.30pm on …

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PM inaugurates first business express train

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Friday inaugurated the country’s first business express train launched under a public private partnership.

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Via DAWN.com

Contempt and constraints

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has asked Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to appear before the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) case tribunal in two weeks’ time to face a contempt of court charge, which the PM plans to appeal. Many predicted that the institutional stare-down between the courts and executive branch would fizzle out, yet, [...]

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Three dead, 50 injured as train derails in India

Three people were dead and at least 50 passengers injured when the engine and five compartments of a train derailed after hitting an earth-cutting vehicle on its track in Kamrup (Rural) district of Assam on Friday. The Bongaigaon-Guwahati Chilarai Passenger train rammed into the vehicle and stuck on the track at Gossainghati between Azara and Mirza railway stations leaving about 50 injured around …

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PM Gilani says will respect SC decision

Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that he respects the Supreme Court and will go the court on Feb 13. Speaking at inaugural ceremony of Business Train on Friday, he said that he respected the court orders and would plead his case in the apex court. “Court has summoned me and i will go there to present my point of view as i respect the court orders, ” Gilani said and …

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US to cut Afghan combat role in 2013

ABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT  - The United States plans to end its combat mission in Afghanistan in 2013 and shift to a training role, one year before most US troops are due to withdraw, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said Wednesday.Although US commanders had already indicated a move towards an advisory mission in coming months, Panetta’s comments marked the first time the US …

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CJ: ‘What is the game being played by Punjab?’

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LAHORE – The Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court has restrained the Punjab Government from recruiting about 30,000 Educators on a candidate’s petition, who claimed unearthing of favouritism by the School Education Department. Chief Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, hearing the case on Thursday, observed: “What is the game being played with the people of the province by …

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Internal situation in Pak still strained: US official

Acknowledging the strain in US-Pak relationship, a top US intelligence official has said that the internal situation in Pakistan is “fraught” and will take some time to get back to normalcy, an Indian news channel reported Wednesday.
“The relationship (with Pakistan) is very important, but the relationship right now is also quite strained,” General David Petraeus, the CIA Director, told lawmakers …

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US ‘worst-kept secret’ comes out

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Monday offered his first confirmation that the United States has engaged in drone attacks in Pakistan, the deadly aerial strikes that have outraged the Pakistani people and strained Islamabad-Washington ties.In the course of a discussion with web users on Google PLus Youtube, Obama said the drone attacks have been used to target al-Qaeda and its affiliates, …

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Drops full of hope

  #container{background:#666666;}   In a room full of lady health workers (LHW) and government school teachers, a training session is underway at the Karachi Police Hospital. The purpose – to train them in administering polio drops, recording results and working with parents who may refuse to get their children vaccinated or children who are not [...]

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Via DAWN.com

Four under training cops killed, 12 injured in road accident

At least four policemen were killed and 12 others injured in a collision between police van and a truck here in Badin late Sunday night.
According to details, a Badin bound police van carrying under training recruits collided head-on with a speedy truck coming from opposite direction in Mirwah Muri area. Three cops were killed on the spot and 13 others sustained injuries. The police and rescue …

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France to resume Afghan training after killings: Sarkozy

PARIS: French troops are to resume their training of Afghan soldiers after a week-long suspension due to a renegade Afghan soldier shooting dead four French troops, President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday. Sarkozy also said after talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai that French troops would complete their withdrawal from the Nato-led mission in Afghanistan [...]

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Five shops gutted in Multan grain market

Fire caused due to electric short circuit gutted five shops in grains market here in Multan late Thursday night.
According to rescue sources, the fire erupted in a shop located in grains market of Multan at late night. The fire spread rapidly and engulfed the surrounding shops. Rescue 1122 and fire brigades after getting the information reached the scene and brought the fire under control after …

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Passengers annoyed over prolonged delay of trains demand PR minister to quit

Passengers were hit worst of prolonged delay in trains services due to shortage of diesel and engines on Thursday.
Thousands of passengers and relatives waiting for arrival of trains remained stranded at different railway stations across the country.
Besides prolonged wait, the passengers have to face problems due to intense cold weather, absence of basic facilities rough attitude of information …

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Obama ignores strained Pak ties

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama Tuesday touted his military successes – the killing of Osama bin Laden and bringing American troops home from Iraq – in his election-year State of the Union address, vowing that the US will remain the “one indispensable nation” as long as he is in the Oval Office.
But the president glossed over the serious challenges the US faces in battling with …

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