Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has said, the Prime Minister has announced five hundred thousand rupees for families of every victim.
Briefing newsmen, he clarified that the Black Box of the aircraft has not been found as reported earlier. He said the Prime Minister has constituted an inquiry into the accident and if someone was found responsible for any lapse in this regard woul
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Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has constituted a special committee headed by the finance minister to finalize a report within two weeks about collection of reformed GST.
The Prime Minister was chairing a meeting of the special economic coordination committee in Islamabad. The committee will comprise, finance secretaries and experts of all the provinces. The Prime Minister requested all provinces to follow the auste
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President Zardari has called for focused attention to develop primary education facilities in the country.
At his meeting with a delegation of task force on education , the President called for giving more incentives to primary school teachers. The president advised the government to examine the feasibility of pressing into service the incentive progra
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A special session of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly is being held in Muzaffarabad today to elect new leader of the house.
Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan of the Muslim Conference is the only candidate for the office.
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In Khyber Pakhtoonkhawa, thirty seven people have lost their lives in flash floods caused by torrential rains in different parts of the province.
According to official sources, the low-lying areas in district Charsada, Swat, Peshawar, Bannu and Lukky Marwat have been inundated due to high floods in the nullas where several people have been washed away. Muqan Bagh area in Swat has also been i
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A sandstorm has downed an Iraqi military helicopter, killing its five-member crew, while a Baghdad blast has killed five Iraqis.
The helicopter was providing aerial protection to Shia pilgrims travelling to the city of Karbala when it crashed in the sandstorm early in the morning. Although sectarian violence has fallen, Shia pilgrims are often targeted. The bomb in Baghdad w
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The United States hopes to have an other round of talks between the six World Powers and Iran over Tehran's nuclear programme.
A US State Department Spokesman said that Iran has recently responded to some queries over a nuclear fuel swap deal proposed by Brazil, Turkey and Tehran. The spokesman said the US officials are reviewing a letter written by Iran to the Internatio
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The new NATO Commander in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus has urged the foreign forces to avoid civilian casualties and damage to property.
In his guidelines to the NATO forces, he said otherwise they would create more enemies than their military operations could eliminate.
General Petraeus said that the people of Afghanistan are also facing problems due to inadequate governance, cor
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A series of attacks in Baghdad and a holy Iraqi city killed 12 people, while five others died in a helicopter crash, as major religious ceremonies came to a close.
In the deadliest attack, mortars killed seven people and wounded 46 in the holy city of Karbala, south of Baghdad, as pilgrims gathered late on Tuesday to mark the birthday of the Mahdi, the 12th and last Shia imam. "Several mortars landed at 11:00
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At least six people died and more than 300 others were injured in an explosion when a chemical pipeline ignited in eastern China.
The blast occurred in the city of Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, at about 10:00 am (0200 GMT), China National Radio said on its website. It said a pipeline carrying ethylene blew up on the grounds of an abandoned plastics factory. The offici
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The first cricket Test between Pakistan and England begins at Nottingham today.
Pakistan will play four Tests, two Twenty-20 and five One-Day Internationals against England during the tour.
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Sachin Tendulkar hit his 48th Test century to lead India’s fightback in the second Test on Wednesday after Sri Lanka’s new-look bowling attack ran through the top order.
The world’s leading international run-scorer was unbeaten on 108 as India, replying to Sri Lanka’s 642-4 declared, recovered to 382-4 by stumps on the third day at the Sinhalese Sports Club. India, who lost the opening Test in Galle by 10 wickets
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One day mourning is being observed throughout the country today in memory of those killed in the tragic air blue airbus crash in which 152 people were killed.
The aircraft coming from Karachi to Islamabad was carrying 146 passengers including two U.S. citizens and six crew members crashed into Margalla hills. Addressing a news conference in Islamabad, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said the black
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