Posted in News, Pakistan on Jan 23rd, 2012
Oil import Lobby Does Not Want Thar Coal Project to be Successful, After a successful test burn of Pakistan’s first Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) programme, the oil importers lobby has become active against the important project in the country. As Pakistan is said to be the only country which depends on oil to meet nearly 60 per cent of its energy demand, the strong lobby of oil importers have started their move against the new project which might provide the required gas in the next few years, sources told Profit.
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Posted in News, Pakistan on Jan 23rd, 2012
The federal government may increase the petroleum prices by Rs 6.45 per liter from February 01, sources said on Monday.
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Posted in Economy, Pakistan on Jan 23rd, 2012
Tweet Reasons why Thar coal will not save Pakistan.To borrow and contort a famous turn of phrase from Matt Taibi’s now legendary piece of investigative journalism about Goldman Sachs, “the first thing you need to know about [global energy conglomerates] is that [they are] everywhere. The world’s most powerful [industry] is a great vampire squid [...]
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pakistan, Politics on Jan 23rd, 2012
Tweet Prime Minister Gilani stated that no army protocol for Ijaz.A rude awakening was in store for Mansoor Ijaz on Sunday, with the prime minister rubbishing the Pakistani-American’s wish to be escorted by no less than army commandos upon his return to his native land.
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Posted in Current Affairs, Pakistan, Politics on Jan 23rd, 2012
Tweet Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Hamid Ali Mirza on Monday said Before May electoral lists cannot be finalised.New electoral rolls for the 2013 elections cannot be finalised before May this year, said Chief Election Commissioner Justice (retd) Hamid Ali Mirza on Monday.
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Posted in News, Pakistan on Jan 23rd, 2012
Tweet Hakimullah Mehsud is alive.Hakimullah Mehsud, chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), is alive and safe, Dawn News reportedlate on Friday.
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Posted in News, Pakistan, USA on Jan 23rd, 2012
Tweet In north Waziristan drone strike four people killed.Four people were killed in a drone strike in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan on Monday.
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Posted in India, Politics on Jan 23rd, 2012
Tweet NRHM scam: Key accused commits suicide in Lucknow.Sunil Verma, an accused in the multi-crore NRHM scam, allegedly committed suicide today at his Vikas Nagar residence here by shooting himself with his licenced revolver, police said.
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Posted in Celebrities, India, Media on Jan 23rd, 2012
Tweet Mallika Sherawat beats Vidya Balan.Actress Mallika Sherawat has beaten Vidya Balan to the finish line of the ‘Sexiest Vegetarian Female’ poll conducted by PETA.
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Posted in India, News, Technology on Jan 23rd, 2012
Tweet Soon GPS-aided Gagan set to take off.Flights over the country and theIndian Ocean, from East Africa to Australia, will soon be safer, more economical and environment friendly with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) moving a step closer to installing a GPS-aided geo-augmented navigation system (Gagan) for commercial aircraft.
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Posted in India, Pakistan on Jan 23rd, 2012
Tweet Fishermen arrested by Pakistan and seized their boats.Pakistan has detained 31 Indian fishermen and seized their 14 boats for fishing in its territorial waters in the Arabian Sea, the maritime security agency said Sunday.
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Posted in Pakistan, Politics on Jan 23rd, 2012
Tweet Cricket fever catches up with Firdous Ashiq Awan Firdous Ashiq Awan showed her deep love for cricket as she inaugurated the Benazir Bhutto Women’s Cricket Tournament in Lahore.Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan let go of her walking stick on Sunday, only to pick up a cricket bat.
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Posted in Pakistan, Politics on Jan 23rd, 2012
Tweet MPAs of sind assembly donot do any work even over half million spent daily on them.The Sindh Assembly’s 168 MPAs are each paid a daily allowance of Rs3,000 for merely showing up. But little has been achieved by them in the 30 hours since December 16.
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Posted in Pakistan, Politics on Jan 23rd, 2012
Tweet Public servants?: The true face of parliamentarians’ takehome figures.Pakistani parliamentarians are the lowest paid in the region, according to the speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Fehmida Mirza, who made the claim to counter accusations that members were drawing hefty amounts from the national exchequer.
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Posted in Pakistan, Politics on Jan 23rd, 2012
Tweet Imran khan said In rural Pakistan Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf will be more successful.Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan appears determined to respond to every criticism of his newly-popular party.
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