Islamabad—Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani
Wednesday announced Rs10 million for the
national cricket team which made the country
proud by bringing home Twenty20 World Cup.
Islamabad—The Judicial Commission (JC) of
Supreme Court headed by Justice Rana Bhagwan Das
has shown in its interim report, irregularities
of Rs80 billion committed by oil companies
advisory committee (OCAC) in determining the
rates of petroleum products.
Lahore—The intense spell of loadshedding
continued Wednesday across the country, as the
cities are being plagued by 11 hours of
loadshedding and the rural areas are facing 18
hours daily.
Peshawar—Fierce clashes between the Security
forces and the militants in Charbagh-Mangaltan
area in Swat and Dir districts left at least
seven insurgents dead. An Army Major and a
Captain are among six soldiers who embraced
Shahadat on Wednesday. Fresh fightings among the
extremists and the Tori Tribe in Kurram Agency
Wednesday resulted in killing of around eighteen
trouble makers.
Islamabad—A new game is being ripened in
Washington DC for enactment now in a field other
than the Iraqi soil, but contiguous to it. Iraq
now stands vanquished, life dispersed, peace
enslaved, progress rented out, Iraqi vision
blinded off the world screen. That is today’s
Iraq. How did that happen, is a self-explained
phenomenon.
Peshawar—A militant calling himself a deputy of
Pakistan Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud told AFP
on Wednesday that his commander had ordered the
killing a day earlier of a key tribal rival.
Tehran—Iran faced mounting international
pressure on Wednesday after US President Barack
Obama raised ‘significant questions’ about the
legitimacy of the presidential election and
expressed outrage over the crackdown on
opposition protesters, AFP reported.
