Yesterday known Indian film director Ram Gopal Varma tweeted strong praise for our film director Bilal Lashri’s direction in ‘Waar’ saying, ‘For those asking how I got to see ‘Waar’, I must confess and apologize that I saw pirated (DVD) as I was unable to resist after hearing about it from many here, Bilal should […]
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ISLAMABAD – October 31, 2013: Telenor Pakistan has announced Saad Hamid and Awais Imran as representatives from Pakistan at the Telenor Youth Summit 2013 in Oslo, Norway, which is being organized in collaboration with the Nobel Peace Center. The two winners of the qualifying competition will also get a chance to attend the Nobel Peace […]
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Influential Russian President Vladimir Putin has overthrown United States President Barack Obama as the world’s most powerful person according to the list released by Forbes Magazine, breaking the latter’s run of three years at the top. Obama has slipped to the number second, and is followed by the all powerful Chinese President Xi Jinping. The […]
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The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has verified that Syria has dismantled and destroyed all the chemical weapon production and mixing facilities. Bashar Al Assad’s regime has therefore met a key deadline in the chemical disarmament agreement. According to the documents received by Reuters, The watchdog visited 21 of the total 23 […]
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After United Nations became the latest entity to blame the United States for spying on its secret matters, the US government has moved to qualm all such concerns. On Wednesday, the US government officials assured the United Nations that its secret communications were never intercepted by US National Security Agency. United Nation spokesman Martin Nesirky […]
The continuous US pressure has finally taken a toll on the Iran-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Project. Until last week, Pakistan, which has delayed the construction of pipeline on its end, had maintained that it is committed to the energy project planned to tackle the energy crisis in the country. No concrete steps have however been taken […]
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Despite renewed diplomatic efforts by Pakistan against the drone strikes carried out by the United States, there hasn’t been any change in approach. On Wednesday night, US carried out another drone strike in the Zafar Town area of Miramshah Bazaar, North Waziristan, which has reportedly resulted in the death of three suspected militants. Three more […]
October 30, 2013: Oracle is unveiling new program-based enrollment and assessment features for its PeopleSoft Campus Solutions suite. The new enrollment functionality enables institutions to improve student retention and timely degree completion by helping students chart progress toward their academic goals, while the new assessment feature allows instructors to define and assess any type of […]
Oct 30 2013 | Posted in
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Chief Justice Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry commented on the situation in Karachi at the three-judge Supreme Court hearing of the Karachi law and order implementation case on Wednesday. He was critical of the performance of agencies, including Maritime Security Agency (MSA), Coast Guards and Customs, and their inability to prevent smuggling and crime in the […]
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The Iranian border forces opened fire on a suspected car as it crossed over the border into Pakistan, near Panjgur. Two people have reportedly been injured as a result of the firing and Pakistani forces reached the spot after receiving alerts. According to sources, the Pakistani security forces apprehended six suspects on the spot and […]
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Around 30 small cracker bomb attacks in different cities of Sindh have resulted in one death and a couple of injured victims. The small blasts reportedly took place in Hyderabad, Larkana, Dadu, Naushero Feroz,Khairpur and Kotri. Liberty Chowk and Hyder Chowk areas also saw firing along with the blasts, which killed one policeman and injured […]
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The UN’s health arm, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed yesterday that Syria is facing a polio outbreak after nearly 12 years of being free of the disease. According to Oliver Rosenbauer, spokesman for the World Health Organization’s anti-polio division, tests conducted on 22 cases reported earlier have resulted in confirmations for 10 cases of […]
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