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Aviation Advisor Shujaat Azim resigns

The News International - ‎2 hours ago‎
ISLAMABAD: Aviation Advisor to prime minister Shujaat Azim has sent his resignation to the PM for his being a dual national, Geo News reported on Saturday.

US drastically scales back drone strikes in Pakistan

DAWN.com - ‎42 minutes ago‎
In this Saturday, April 23, 2011 file photo, women supporters of a political party rally in Peshawar against U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan.

Google's Chromecast dongle as useless as Apple TV but 1/3 the price

Stabley Times - ‎42 minutes ago‎
Chromecast, a $35 dongle which hangs off the back of a television set and connects the TV to the internet while connecting computers and tablets to the TV, is Google's long awaited answer to Apple's own AppleTV.

Karachi stock seen upbeat

The News International - ‎1 hour ago‎
KARACHI: Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) with the very 'go' of trading was seen buoyant Friday morning, Geo News reported. The investors preferred to go for buying profitable shares, which saw till the filing of this report the benchmark KSE-100 index ...

UN condemns Australia asylum deal with PNG

Aljazeera.com - ‎53 minutes ago‎
UNHCR troubled by refugees' welfare and legal basis of deal between Australia and PNG over resettling of asylum seekers. Last Modified: 26 Jul 2013 07:26.

Syrian opposition urges US to provide weapons fast

The Daily Star - ‎14 minutes ago‎
UNITED NATIONS: The leader of Syria's Western-backed opposition groupurged on Thursday the United States to quickly supply promised military support to prevent a military victory by President Bashar Assad's regime.

Spain mourns train crash victims

BBC News - ‎9 minutes ago‎
Spain is in mourning over the death of 80 people killed in a high-speed train crash on Wednesday. More than 90 passengers out of 218 on board the train that crashed outside Santiago de Compostela remain in hospital, including some 30 critical.

Tunisians Protest After Opposition Leader Assassinated

Voice of America - ‎19 minutes ago‎
Tunisia braced for more protests and a general strike Friday, in response to the assassination of a leading liberal opposition figure.

Japan Defense Paper Calls for Strengthen Military

Voice of America - ‎53 minutes ago‎
Japan's defense ministry is recommending that the capability of the military be strengthened to deter increasing threats from China and North Korea.

Wikileaks whistleblower Bradley Manning 'is a traitor who set out to reveal ...

Daily Mail - ‎1 hour ago‎
U.S. soldier Bradley Manning was a traitor with one mission as an intelligence analyst in Iraq: to find and reveal government secrets to a group of anarchists and bask in the glory as a whistleblower, a prosecutor said during closing arguments.

Ex-Pak law secretary blamed for missing files in Zardari's Swiss money ...

Business Standard - ‎21 minutes ago‎
The former law secretary Yasmin Abbasey has been held responsible for the missing record relating to the revival of 60 million dollars graft cases by Swiss authorities against President Asif Ali Zardari, an inquiry committee said.

Accident: Four die, five injured as train derails

The Express Tribune - ‎2 hours ago‎
The train failed to stop in time for another train and crashed into an electric pole. By Our Correspondent. Published: July 26, 2013.

Tribal feud: PML-N leader among 3 killed in Khuzdar

The Express Tribune - ‎3 hours ago‎
At least three people, including a tribal elder and a Balochistan Levies operative, were killed in the Zehri tehsil of Khuzdar district, some 310 kilometres from Quetta on Thursday.

Asian 'bridge': ADB offers financial relief to Pakistan

The Express Tribune - ‎3 hours ago‎
The bank is expected to release loans against projects to match with the IMF payment schedules. By Shahbaz Rana. Published: July 26, 2013.

China to create $3 billion solar fund for Pakistan

The News International - ‎4 hours ago‎
ISLAMABAD: A Chinese company is ready to create a special solar fund worth three billion dollars in China to support Pakistan in utilising its solar energy resources.

Dollar rising despite remittance inflows

The News International - ‎4 hours ago‎
KARACHI: The abrupt surge in the demand for dollars and concerns over the State Bank of Pakistan's limit to provide liquidity to the forex market drove the exchange rate at 101.10 in the interbank market on Thursday, currency experts said.

Dollar languishes at five-week low

BDlive - ‎40 minutes ago‎
TOKYO - Tokyo shares tumbled on Friday on a stronger yen, and the dollar languished at a five-week low against a basket of currencies as investors waited for clarity on US stimulus at the Federal Reserve's policy meeting next week.

Mohsin Aziz made BoIT vice chairman in KP

The News International - ‎4 hours ago‎
PESHAWAR: The provincial government has dissolved the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Board of Investment and Trade (KP-BoIT) and appointed Mohsin Aziz as its vice chairman.

Misbah replaces Pomersbach in CPL

Vancouver Desi - ‎15 minutes ago‎
Castries (St. Lucia), July 26 (IANS/CMC) Pakistan's Test and One-Day International (ODI) captain Misbah-ul-Haq will replace Luke Pomersbach of Australia in the St. Lucia Zouks team for the inaugural Caribbean Premier League (LCPL) T20 tournament ...

'Shakeel paid the penalty for defying instructions'

DAWN.com - ‎5 hours ago‎
According to coach Akhtar Rasool Shakeel Abbasi may be recalled to the camp after Ramazan. -Photo by AFP. Published 2013-07-26 07:50:15.

Cricket conundrum: PCB acting chief files review plea

The Express Tribune - ‎3 hours ago‎
A day after the Islamabad High Court placed restrictions on Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) acting chairman Najam Sethi's powers, the country's cricket administrator filed a plea to reconsider the decision, the Daily Express reported on Thursday.

Raza Hasan propels HBL into Cup final

The News International - ‎4 hours ago‎
KARACHI: Test discard Hasan Raza hit an unbeaten fifty and Sarmad Anwar got three vital wickets to enable Habib Bank Limited (HBL) to make it to the final when they recorded a 14-run victory over Port Qasim Authority (PQA) in the second semi-final of the ...

Ahsan Ali shines in KG Ramazan Festival

The News International - ‎4 hours ago‎
KARACHI: Factdate Engineering overpowered A O Cricket Club by 51 runs in the latest match of the 28th Karachi Gymkhana Ramazan Festival Twenty20 Cricket Tournament 2013 here at the Karachi Gymkhana Cricket Ground on Thursday.

Don't mess with the lady in black, when she's on the attack! Meet Pakistan's ...

India Today - ‎2 hours ago‎
Wonder Woman and Supergirl now have a Pakistani counterpart in the pantheon of female superheroes - one who shows a lot less skin.

Punk, rap, flamenco: crisis protest songs rock Spain

Business Recorder - ‎2 hours ago‎
image MADRID: In a dark bar, Diego Rodriguez and his friends are thrashing out some of the wildest, angriest music in Spain: blistering guitars, keening punk vocals, barking saxophone and trumpet.

Court matters: Bail granted to two suspected of targeting police

The Express Tribune
3 hours ago
Written by
Abdur Rauf
Citing lack of evidence, a city court set free two men allegedly involved in firing at the police. Nisar and Mir Alam were arrested for allegedly attacking Nasir Bagh police on February 16, 2011.

MERS unlikely to cause SARS-like epidemic

Independent Online - ‎31 minutes ago‎
An electron micrograph of a thin section of the novel coronavirus, showing the spherical particles and cross-sections through the viral nucleocapsid is shown in this undated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) photo.

Doctors launch campaign to make smacking children illegal

The Guardian - ‎1 hour ago‎
A leading group of Australian and New Zealand doctors has launched a campaign to end smacking and other forms of physical punishment as a legal and acceptable means of disciplining children.

How the new Nexus 7 compares to iPad mini, Samsung Galaxy Tab 3

Firstpost - ‎21 hours ago‎
Google has announced new versions of its Nexus 7 tablet and this one comes with a full HD screen and better processing power for graphics and a 5 megapixel rear camera.

Official: Aston Martin To Use AMG Engines

Motorward - ‎1 hour ago‎
Aston Martin officially announced that they have finally singed the long-rumored deal with Mercedes-AMG GmbH. The German firm will be providing the British sports car maker with bespoke engines and e/e (electric/ electronic) components for future ...

'Flying Chinese intruders' in Ladakh turn out to be Jupiter and Venus!

India Today - ‎51 minutes ago‎
For over six months, army officials on the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh thought two bright dots in the sky were pilotless spy planes from China.

Rosalind Franklin, 'scientist, spinster' and genius, gets doodle nod

Los Angeles Times
9 hours ago
Written by
Deborah Netburn
Thursday's Google Doodle honors Rosalind Franklin, the pioneering scientist famous for taking some of the first and best images of DNA in the early 1950s, and for being screwed over by the sexism of her time.

There's now a lake at the North Pole from all the melting ice

msnNOW
29 minutes ago
Written by
Nick Mangione
There's a lake at the North Pole. A North Pole Environmental Observatory captured this wide angle shot of melted ice forming a small body of water.

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