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Tuesday 4 November 2014

Nawaz for result-oriented politics amid

By on 07:34
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is personally overseeing preparation of comprehensive short and long-term reforms precipitated by the general public pressure to take result-oriented measures at an early date.

While people at large are keen to see visible and perceivable change in their lives, the government is quite attentive and alert about producing positive outcomes, a senior official told The News, wishing not to be named.


He said that instead of handing over the formulation of reforms to anyone else, the prime minister himself had taken charge of the job. “Nawaz Sharif has sought input from different ministers and a small set of close and credible aides and bureaucrats, who have knack to make some contribution.”

Three buses catch fire in Korangi, Karachi

By on 07:30
KARACHI: Three buses caught fire near Football Chowk in Korgangi Town bloc-L on Tuesday.


According to the city’s Fire Brigade officials, initially it was one bus that caught fire which later engulfed other two that were parked next to it.

Voting starts in US polls expected to deal rebuke to Obama

By on 07:30
WASHINGTON: Americans began voting Tuesday in key legislative elections expected to deal a stinging defeat to President Barack Obama, with Republicans poised to take full control of Congress by wresting the Senate from his Democrats.

The party of an incumbent US president historically fares badly in elections in the middle of his second term, and this time is expected to be no different for Obama.

Many Republicans have essentially based their campaigns on attacks against the president and his policies, particularly his health care plan. Many Democrats even avoided including the president in their campaign rallies and photo ops.

Sale of 10pc OGDCL shares from Wednesday

By on 07:29
ISLAMABAD: The sale of 10 percent shares of Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) will begin from Wednesday.

The government is expected to generate Rs750 million from the partial privatization of OGDCL, which it intends to use in paying off the loan to
the International Monetary Fund

Gunmen kill five in Saudi village

By on 07:20
RIYADH: Masked gunmen killed five people in area of eastern Saudi Arabia late on Monday, police said.

Nine people were also wounded in the shooting, the latest in a spate of sporadic unrest in the oil-rich east of the kingdom.

The three assailants fired machineguns and pistols on a

Rich tributes paid to Karbala Shuhada on Ashura

By on 07:19
KARACHI: Ashura processions taken out amid strict security to pay tributes to the Shuhada (martyrs) of Karbala in all the big and small cities and towns of the country culminated peacefully on Tuesday evening.

Extraordinary security measures had been put in place by the law enforcement agencies and concerned administrations to ensure safety to the life and property of the people on Ashura (the tenth day of the holy month of Moharramul Haram).

Mobile services also remained suspended during the day

Wednesday 22 October 2014