NAB to submit report on NRO

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ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has decided to take all necessary measures to ensure implementation of Supreme Court (SC) verdict against National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO).

POF needs Rs 21 billion to survive crisis

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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Ordinance Factory (POF) is heading towards financial crisis persistently and the administration of OPF has made it clear that the condition would be worst if the government does not took action on the government.

Chief cleric hurt, son killed

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KARACHI: In another incident of target killing, the son of Ahl-e-Sunnat Chief Maulana Ghafoor was killed in Nazimabad while Ghafoor was in critical condition.

29 brigadiers promoted as major general

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has formally approved the promotion of 29 brigadiers of Pakistan Army to the post of Major General.

According to an official handout issued on Thursday, it was said that the Army Promotion Board had recommended these promotions.

Anomalies in PIA: action suggested

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ISLAMABAD: The Standing Committee of Senate on Defense has taken serious notice of anomalies in employment quota of Balochistan in PIA.

US House rejects troops’ pullout call

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WASHINGTON, March 11 (Online): Congressional opponents of the war in Afghanistan forced a debate yesterday on the House floor on a resolution to bring U.S. forces home and end the eight-year-old war.

Explosion kills four children in Afghanistan

Online

KABUL: The NATO force in Afghanistan says a homemade bomb has killed four children and a civilian adult in a northeastern province. International troops and Afghan security forces are evacuating at least three more wounded children to a military hospital after Thursday morning's explosion in Kapisa province, north of the capital, Kabul.

4 in 10 Afghan police use drugs: report

Azerbaijan demands UN to enlist new drug trafficking route

Online

WASHINGTON: Drug abuse is rife in the Afghan police force with up to four out of 10 recruits testing positive for illegal drugs in some areas, a US report says.

EU FM hints at threat to NATO future

The Post Monitoring

LAHORE: The EU's beleaguered Foreign Minister, Baroness Ashton, stated yesterday that she is no longer opposed to the creation of a permanent EU military headquarters to support a European army that will stand separate from NATO. In a flip-flop that would make John Kerry blush, first she was against the idea and now she's in favor.

Cross-LoC trade touches Rs 100 million

APP

MIRPUR: Cross Line of Control (LoC) trade on Poonch-Rawlakot route, has touched the figure of Rs.100 million started from both the sides since October 2008, official sources said.

Contractual employees refuse to budge

Online

KARACHI: The sit-in of contract employees of National Programme for Improvement of Water Courses (NPIWC) continued for seventh consecutive day here on Thursday under the leadership of member National Assembly Marvi Memon.

Marvi booked for leading sit-in

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KARACHI: PML-Q MNA Marvi Memon was booked for leading a sit-in before Karachi Press Club for regularisation of contract employees of National Programme for Improvement of Water Courses.

President to address joint session

Online

ISLAMABAD: The schedule of the address of President Asif Ali Zardari to the joint session of the Parliament has again been changed.

Bill Gates no longer world’s richest man

Associated Press of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: U.S. billionaire Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man. That title now belongs to Mexico's telecom titan Carlos Slim Helu, according to Forbes magazine's annual list of the world's richest people unveiled on Wednesday.

Bullock wants Oscar welded to her car

NEW DELHI: Pakistan's Akhtar Ali (second left) attempts a shot in the penalty area as Canada's Scott Tupper (center) looks on during their World Cup 2010 field hockey match.