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Page 1/13 Stampede in Karachi charity office kills 20
KARACHI: A stampede killed up to 20 impoverished women and children, crushed in a stairwell and alley, when charity workers handed out free flour yesterday in Pakistan’s financial capital Karachi, officials said.
Dozens of women and girls from poor families converged on the first-floor office of [more...]
Posted on:9/15/2009 Pakistan church attacks raise concerns
ISLAMABAD: A rights group raised concern yesterday that vigilante attacks were increasing against religious minorities in Pakistan when another church was damaged, weeks after an angry mob killed seven Christians.
About 100 people, mostly youths, attacked a Catholic church in the Sambrial distric [more...]
Posted on:9/15/2009 700 Pakistani policemen sacked for failing to report to work
PESHAWAR: Pakistani authorities sacked more than 700 policemen who failed to show up for work after they were threatened by a militant leader in the famed Khyber tribal region, an official said yesterday.
“A total of 715 Khasadar (tribal policemen) refused to report to duty after a threat by a mi [more...]
Posted on:9/15/2009 Tens of thousands displaced in Khyber offensive, say officials
ISLAMABAD: Between 56,000 and 100,000 people have fled their homes since Pakistan troops launched a new anti-Taliban offensive in the tribal Khyber district, UN and Pakistani officials estimated yesterday.
The military backed by artillery and helicopter gunships launched the offensive on Septembe [more...]
Posted on:9/15/2009 Afghan parliament condemns release of reporter jailed in blasphemy case
KABUL: Afghanistan’s upper house of parliament has condemned the release of an Afghan journalist who was sentenced to 20 years in jail for blasphemy and was granted asylum in an undisclosed country.
Perwiz Kambakhsh, originally sentenced to death for downloading and distributing an Iranian articl [more...]
Posted on:9/15/2009 700 Pakistani policemen sacked for failing to report to work
PESHAWAR: Pakistani authorities sacked more than 700 policemen who failed to show up for work after they were threatened by a militant leader in the famed Khyber tribal region, an official said yesterday.
“A total of 715 Khasadar (tribal policemen) refused to report to duty after a threat by a mi [more...]
Posted on:9/15/2009 Lack of funds has made healthcare costly: Azad
New Delhi: Admitting that the government expenditure on healthcare has been less than desired, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad yesterday said underfunding by the public sector over the years has made it expensive and less accessible.
“Years of prolonged underfunding of the public health system a [more...]
Posted on:9/15/2009 Swine flu toll rises to 191
New Delhi: Two swine flu deaths in Karnataka and one in the national capital were reported yesterday, pushing up India’s Influenza A (H1N1) virus toll to 191, health authorities said here.
Also, 220 fresh swine flu cases were reported in the country, taking the total number of people affected so [more...]
Posted on:9/15/2009 Govt allows ‘restricted sale’ of Tamiflu
New Delhi: India yesterday decided to allow “restricted sale” of Tamiflu in open market to combat the spread of swine flu that has claimed 191 lives, health ministry official said.
“After a meeting of top health officials, it was decided that Tamiflu will be sold in public but only in restricted [more...]
Posted on:9/15/2009 Aarushi’s mobile recovered after one year
New Delhi/Lucknow: Investigators can hope of finally solving the Aarushi Talwar murder case as the Noida teenager’s mobile phone, a crucial piece of evidence that was missing for over a year, has been recovered from an Uttar Pradesh town, Delhi Police said yesterday.
“Aarushi’s cellphone was rec [more...]
Posted on:9/15/2009
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