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Google Doodle for Pakistan Independence Day

by Sameer August 13, 2011 News and Views

Google Doodle for Pakistan Independence Day.    Google Pakistan i.e http://www.google.com.pk is displaying a doodle for Pakistan independence day today on 14th August, 2011. This doodle is displaying stars and moon and Minar-i-Pakistan. The color of the doodle is Green. It is really a nice doodle by the google on Pakistan’s Independence day. On click [...]

Sindh province observing shutter-down today

by Sameer August 13, 2011 News and Views

KARACHI: Violence incidents were reported across the city following the strike call for Saturday by Sindh nationalist parties against the restoration of Sindh Local Government Ordinance 2001, Geo News reported. All business communities, transporters and party workers are observing complete shutter-down and wheel-jam across the province. Many people were injured due to aerial firing and [...]

Pakistan vs India Mother of all cricket matches few hours away

by Sameer March 30, 2011 News and Views

MOHALI: The news from Mohali is that it’s been raining here for hours and that Shoaib Akhtar is ‘highly unlikely’ to feature in what is being described as the ‘mother of all matches’. As security personnel were making a final check at the PCA Stadium ahead of Pakistan’s World Cup semifinal clash against India, a [...]

APL EXPRESSEED RESERVATION ON RAYMOND’S HASTY ACQUITTAL

by Sameer March 17, 2011 News and Views

Association of Pakistani Lawyers, a team of Pakistani origin lawyers, Solicitors, Barristers, Judges in the UK has taken serious note of the news reports that Rayomnd Davis has been released on 16 March after reaching a reconciliation between the legal heirs of the two deceased Faizan and Faheem. APL has shown reservation with the speed [...]

Umar Akmal may replace Kamran as wicketkeeper

by Sameer March 10, 2011 News and Views

Pakistan will consider using Umar Akmal as a wicketkeeper in their remaining group games in the World Cup in a bid to offset the disastrous glovework of his elder brother Kamran. Akmal senior missed three chances in Tuesday’s big loss to New Zealand, including the centurion Ross Taylor twice in three balls when he was [...]

50% POL prices withdrawal notified

by Sameer March 4, 2011 News and Views

Notification issued for 50% POL prices withdrawal ISLAMABAD: Oil and Gas Regulation Authority (OGRA) on Friday issued a notification of slashing by 50 per cent the recent increase in prices of petroleum products, following the decision of the government to withdraw the rise in POL prices by 50 per cent Geo News reported. According to [...]

UK Lawyers Condemn the killing of Federal Minister for Minorities Shehbaz Bhatti

by Sameer March 2, 2011 News and Views

UK Lawyers Condemn the killing of Federal Minister for Minorities Shehbaz Bhatti LONDON, March 2: APL (Association of Pakistani Lawyers), a team of Pakistani origin lawyers, Solicitors, Barristers, and Judges in UK has expressed deep sorrow over the killing of a Pakistan people’s Party MNA and Federal Minister for Minorities Shahbaz Bhatti in a blatant [...]

Ex Minister Dr. Tahir Ali Javed lawsuits in the United States

by Sameer February 25, 2011 News and Views

The group leader of unification block of PMLQ Dr. Tahir Ali Javed faced more than 100 law suits in USA which also revoked his licence to practice. Dr Javed’s repute was dented in 2003 by charges of clinical mismanagement that caused “the largest outbreak of Hepatitis C” in the history of the US state of [...]

US national arrested in Peshawar for illegal stay

by Sameer February 25, 2011 News and Views

PESHAWAR: An American (US) national Aaron Mark Dehaven was arrested from Peshawar for overstaying illegally in the country on Friday, DawnNews reported. According to the sources the US national from West Virginia was arrested from University Town area, as his visa had expired on October 23, 2010, he had been taken to an undisclosed location. [...]

CIA contractor Raymond Davis appears in Pakistani court

by Sameer February 25, 2011 News and Views

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — An American CIA employee who faces potential murder charges in Pakistan insisted in court Friday that he should be set free because he has diplomatic immunity, an attorney involved in the case said. The detention of the man, Raymond Allen Davis, has severely frayed ties between the U.S. and Pakistan, whose [...]

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