Ban on People's Aman Committee notified

KARACHI: Sindh Home Ministry, after putting ban on People’s Aman Committee (PAC), has finally issued its notification after collapse of six months.

Govt lets select int'l aircos fly pilgrims

KARACHI: Government has allowed select international airlines to fly Pakistani pilgrims to Saudi Arabia and back.

18 killed as 6.9 quake jolts India, Nepal

GUWAHATI: A strong 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit northeast India on Sunday, killing at least 18 people, including three caught in a wall collapse at the British Embassy in neighbouring Nepal.

Americans nust pay fair share to cut deficit

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said on Saturday that Americans need to be ready to "pay their fair share" to narrow the U.S. deficit, previewing his proposals to Congress that are expected to include more taxes on the rich.

US won't sell new fighter jets to Taiwan: source

WASHINGTON: The United States has decided not to sell Taiwan new F-16 fighter jets and will instead provide upgrades to its existing planes, a US congressional source said Friday.

The US State Department was to brief key lawmakers Friday on the decision, which was sure to anger China critics in the US Congress and upset Taiwan, but "no official announcement will be made for weeks," the official said.

Mumtaz Qadri pleads guilty in Taseer murder case

RAWALPINDI: Mumtaz Qadri, the man accused of killing former governor Punjab Salman Taseer pleaded guilty in an anti-terrorism court (ATC) Saturday.

Six more die from Dengue in Lahore, death toll rises to 35

LAHORE: Six more people died from the Dengue virus in Lahore on Saturday taking the death toll to 35 in the city.

A political party violated article 17: CJ

KARACHI: The Supreme Court Karachi Registry adjourned hearing of the Karachi violence suo moto case till Thursday.

All educational institutions to remain closed in Sindh Wednesday

KARACHI: All the government and private schools, colleges as well as universities will remain closed on Wednesday in wake of the situation arising out of the downpour in the province.

Rain-related incidents claim 11 lives in Sindh

BADIN: Intermittent rains that started this morning continued across the province throughout the day, adding to the plight of the people already facing severe difficulties in the wake of relentless rains.

After today's rains more villages came under water in different districts of the province while 11 people were killed in separate rain related incidents.

The low laying areas of Hyderabad were once submerged after today's rain where roads and highways appeared as lakes and nullahs.

Several villages are inundated and flood affectees are awaiting relief in camps. The NDMA states that over 200 people have died during the floods.

Rain continued in calamity stricken Badin and affectees were waiting for help in relief camps. After three days, rain stopped in Dadu but the devastation caused was apparent. There is a severe shortage of food and clean drinking water in relief camps.

Rain started again Monday afternoon in Dadu and according to DCO Jafar Abbasi, a camp has been formed at the district jail for flood affectees. Several acres of crops were destroyed in Tando Muhammad Khan and over in Nawabshah, water had accumulated in several areas.

The rains and floods have caused mass devastation in the province and it affects are expected to last as health experts fear the spread of water borne diseases on a large scale.

Wasan is an uneducated fool, says Mirza

KARACHI: Former senior provincial minister Zulfiqar Mirza has once again lashed out and this time the victim is Manzoor Wasan, the man who replaced him as Sindh Home Minister.

Eid-ul-Fitr in Saudi Arabia, UAE & Egypt on Tuesday

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia announced Monday that the Eid-ul-Fitr feast marking the end of the fasting month of Ramazan will be on Tuesday, in a statement aired on state television Al-Ekhbariyah.

Parts of KPK to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Tuesday

PESHAWAR: Mufti Shahabuddin Populzai of Qasim Ali Khan mosque Peshawar has announced that Shawwal moon has been sighted in Peshawar and Eid-ul-Fitr would be on Tuesday.

Indian Kashmir offers amnesty to 'stone throwers'

SRINAGAR: Indian Kashmir has declared an amnesty for more than 1,000 youths alleged to have attacked security forces during pro-independence protests last year in which more than 100 civilians died.

Irene toll rises to 18 in US: officials

WASHINGTON: The death toll in the United States from Hurricane Irene has risen to 18, with four new fatalities reported in the state of Pennsylvania, US officials said Sunday.

Baghdad masjid attack kills MP, 27 others

BAGHDAD: An elderly bandage-swathed suicide bomber blew himself up in Baghdad's biggest Sunni mosque, killing an MP and at least 27 others in an attack that was blamed on al Qaeda on Monday.

Altaf Hussain hospitalised in London

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief, Altaf Hussain is under treatment in a London hospital for the last one week, said a MQM handout issued here today.

Mexico offers reward for casino killers

MONTERREY: Mexico offered a reward Friday of $2.4 million for information leading to the arrest of armed men who torched a casino, leaving 52 people to burn and choke to death in a blazing inferno.

Hurricane Irene hits New York: mayor

NEW YORK: Hurricane Irene hit New York late Saturday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said as rain and stronger winds began to lash the city.

Weakened Hurricane Irene blasts New York

NEW YORK: A weakened Hurricane Irene tore Sunday into New York, hammering Manhattan's skyscrapers with fierce winds and threatening to flood the financial district after killing at least nine people along the US east coast.