Indian solar lanterns light up Pak villages
Source: NewKerala
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-22 21:54:52 -0700 | green-news
Party in the landmark general elections held recently, it marked the beginning of a new era of change in a country marred with crippling energy shortage and long souring economy. Ending with it a decade full of uncertainty, endemic corruption,...
Sindh witnesses alarming rise in diarrhea cases
Source: Pak Tribune
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-22 21:44:29 -0700 | health-news
As the scorching heat continues to prevail in the province, threat of diarrhea also looms large alongside. Public Health Department has recorded 2,376 new cases of this waterborne disease in public hospitals across the province on Wednesday. Former chief minister...
SC suspends transfers, appointments by caretaker ...
Source: Pak Tribune
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-22 21:44:14 -0700 | political-news
Suspending all appointments, transfers/postings and shuffling of senior officials by the caretaker government, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stopped it from any further action regarding new appointments, transfers and postings during its remaining tenure.
Urban renewal? Big US cities showing strong growth
Source: Miami Herald
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-22 21:16:27 -0700 | political-news
New census estimates show that most of the nation's largest cities further enhanced their allure last year, posting strong population growth for a second straight year. The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have...
Health subjects transferred from cabinet division
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-22 20:39:52 -0700 | technology-news
The caretaker government has shifted a number of federal health-related subjects, which had been devolved because of the 18th constitutional amendment, from the cabinet division to the Ministry of National Health Services Regulations and Coordination.
CAD considering two models for summer vacations
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-22 20:39:51 -0700 | political-news
Although educational institutions of the federal capital have notified students that summer vacations would start from June 10, the Ministry of Capital Administration and Development (CAD) is considering two models for the summer vacations. The rise in the mercury level...
Musharraf's bail plea rejected in judges detention case
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-22 21:44:18 -0700 | political-news
An Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) of Islamabad on Wednesday rejected the post-arrest bail application of former president Gen (retired) Pervez Musharraf in judges' detention case. This has put at rest all the rumours about the departure of former president General...
Govt flaunts stricter rape law, CCI
Source: Indian Express
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-22 20:29:19 -0700 | sports-news
Stricter punishments for sexual crimes, a proposed food security law and creation of the Cabinet Committee on Investment to remove bottlenecks in clearance of projects are among the decisions that the UPA government is flaunting as some of its biggest...
Woolwich attack: Were they inspired by Al Qaeda magazine? Authorities investigating whether ...
Source: Mail Online UK
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-22 19:50:10 -0700 | disasters-news
22 May 2013 Inspire is produced by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and contains exhortations to carry out so-called 'lone wolf' terrorist attacks by self-motivated groups and individuals. Pictured is an advert from the magazine The Woolwich terror attack...
TV picks of the week: Reliving the 80s
Source: New Zealand Herald
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-22 18:11:48 -0700 | entertainment-news
Sure it was a decade which had "a lot of sizzle, and a lot of flash" as Michael J Fox put it, but it was also a great time for risk-takers, entrepreneurs, and revolutionaries. The hippies became yuppies, and all...
26/11 widows are living a stressful life, shows TISS study
Source: Indian Express
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-22 16:34:40 -0700 | sports-news
trajectory of recovery' shows factors such as forceful eviction from joint families, working and taking care of families, a patriarchal system determining access to resources/money and little or no legal awareness have considerably impacted their health and sustenance.
What the Pakistan elections meant
Source: Arab News
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-22 16:16:37 -0700 | political-news
Mubashir Akram Thursday 23 May 2013 Last Update 23 May 2013 12:51 am For the first time, Pakistan's civilian government has successfully completed its five-year term. Nawaz Sharif, a prime ministerial candidate of the widely popular Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N)...
Holder: Drones killed 4 Americans
Source: CNN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-22 18:28:26 -0700 | disasters-news
In a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, Attorney General Eric Holder said the United States specifically targeted and killed one U.S. citizen, al Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, in 2011 in Yemen, alleging he was plotting attacks against...
Fire-fighters battling SITE factory fire in Karachi
Source: DAWN
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-22 14:43:24 -0700 | travel-news
Karachi APP 1 hour ago Fire-fighters try to control the blaze at a garment factory in Karachi...A Fire Brigade official told APP that fire-fighters are battling the Category-3 blaze. About 40 fire tenders have been called to the place from...
U.S. Acknowledges Killing 4 Americans in Drone Strikes
Source: The New York Times
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-05-22 22:35:38 -0700 | political-news
In a letter to Congressional leaders obtained by The New York Times, Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. disclosed that the administration had deliberately killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric who was killed in a drone strike in September...
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