From July 19-22, Special Envoy Rosenthal will meet with Hungarian Government officials, Parliamentarians and representatives from the Jewish and Roma communities. She will discuss combating anti-Semitism, including condemning hate speech, Holocaust education, promoting tolerance, and the 2012 Hours Against Hate campaign. She will meet with March of the Living (MOTL) organization. MOTL brings students from […]
Jul 18 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Tuesday, July 17, 2012) President Asif Ali Zardari called the newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Fakheruddin G Ibrahim to congratulate him on holding the new office. According to the sources at president house, during his telephone, President Zardari expressed hope that the new chief election commissioner will discharge his duties effectively. After having […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Tuesday, July 17, 2012) Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, who is back from his two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, met President Asif Ali Zardari here today at the president house. According to the sources at the presidency, during the meeting, the PM and the President discussed matters pertinent to the changing political and deteriorating […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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Karachi: (Tuesday, July 17, 2012) The police in Karachi, who could never thwart target killing incidents in the economic hub of Pakistan, resorted to using teargas to disperse the participants of rally against target killings in the metropolis and ban on a website showing Shia killings in the city. The rally was organized by the […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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Karachi: (Tuesday, July 17, 2012) As Karachi continues to bleed under a day-by-day deteriorating governance of the present regime, two more young men including an Awami National Party (ANP) activist were shot dead in different parts of the city. Amin, 35, son of Raheem was shot dead by unknown armed men in Sherpao Colony Landhi […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Tuesday, July 17, 2012) The outgoing US Ambassador to Pakistan, Cameron Munter called on President Asif Zardari here today to bid him farewell. The meeting took place at the president house. According to the presidential spokesman Farahatullah Babar, in the meeting with the president, Munter thanked the president and the government of Pakistan for […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Tuesday, July 17, 2012) Imran Khan, Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI), said here today that his opponents are week. Talking to the journalists, the chief of Pakistan’s most emerging party said that one of his opponents gained power on advice of his wife, while the other could only make a way into the power corridors […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Tuesday, July 17, 2012) Pakistan’s current account deficit has increased to $ 4.52 billion in the fiscal year 2011-12 ending in June this year. Eleven months ago, the current account deficit stood at $ 3.93 billion, confirmed sources at State Bank of Pakistan here today. Contrary to the current dismal fiscal stats, the bank […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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An Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) has rejected the report of a judicial commission, ruling that it could not be made part of the evidence against the seven suspects charged with involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai carnage. Chaudhry Habib-ur-Rehman, the judge of the ATC, ruled that all the proceedings and report of the Pakistani judicial commission that […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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Condemning the government’s decision to resume NATO supply-line into Afghanistan, thousands of charged activists marched towards the Afghan border. Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), a leading right-winger party and active member of the Difa-e-Pakistan Counsel (DPC) organized the march, demanding blockage of supply line into Afghanistan. JI chief Syed Munawwarul Hasan while addressing the rally said that the […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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U-22 Indian shot stopper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu is eagerly awaiting his chance to shine for English Premier League side Wigan Athletic, after acquiring a week’s trial. According to the youngster, he met John Budgie, the famed Ten Sports commentator in India, who agreed to get him into the European game. “Actually I met John Burridge […]
Jul 17 2012 | Posted in
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Many former Pakistan cricketers have expressed delighted over BCCI’s decision to resume cricketing ties between the arch-rivals. The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Monday announced that the two countries will play three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and a couple of T20 matches in December-January. The two teams last faced each other in […]
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