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Interior Minister Rehman Malik has announced that cases against Harbiyar Marri, Brahamdagh Bugti and other Baloch leaders will be withdrawn if they returned to Pakistan.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Imran Khan not honest so i am resigning from pti youth,boy in Front Line
Imran Khan not honest so i am resigning from pti youth,boy in Front Line
FM Hina Rabbani Khar, Hilary Clinton meeting in London
LONDON: Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar is meeting US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton.
Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US, Sherry Rehman is also present during this meeting.
Bilateral relations following the NATO attack on the Pakistani check post in the Mohmand Agency would be discussed during this meeting.
According to sources, Khar will also lodge a protest regarding the resolution presented in the US Congress calling for Balochistan’s right to self determination.
Fizza Gilani, daughter of PM Yousaf Raza Gilani in politics
Fizza Gilani, daughter of PM Yousaf Raza Gilani in politics
Pakistani Ahmed Amin makes world record in Martial Arts
Islamabad: Another Pakistani, Ahmed Amin Bodla has brought the fame for the country and set a Guiness Record by making 6,370 kicks in one hour here on Wednesday.
The Pakistani Taekwondo expert has broken the previous record by Indian Jayanth Reddy who made 2,982 kicks in August 2011.
He had also made record of the Most Martial Arts Kicks in one minute and has hunger to break the record and he has done for his country.
HEC: Top 10 universities list
The Higher Education Commission released its first ever top ten universities list, today. Initiative of QS ranking was taken up by HEC with the objective to promote a culture of participating in the world university rankings for the purpose of getting reasonable reflection of higher education (HEIs) development in the country.
HEC-Pakistan is the first one in the Islamic world that has developed Ranking criteria, methodology conducted ranking exercise. Initiative 0f QS ranking is taken up by the HEC to promote a culture of participating in the world university rankings for the purpose of getting reasonable reflection of higher education (HEIs) development in the country.
The over-all top ten Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) of Pakistan are as follows:
- Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
- Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Aga Khan University, Karachi
- University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
- University of The Punjab, Lahore
- National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
- Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University
- University of Health Sciences, Lahore
- COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT)
- Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore
Categorically the standings are as follows:
Agriculture/Veterinary
- University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
- Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi
- University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore
- KPK Agriculture University, Peshawar
- Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
Art & Design
- National College of Arts, Lahore
- Indus Valley School of Arts and Architecture, Karachi
Computer Sciences & IT
- COMSAT Institute of Information Tech Islamabad
- National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences , Islamabad
- Qurtaba University D.I.Khan
- Balochistan University of Information Technology and Management Sciences, Quetta
- City University, Peshawar
Engineering & Technology
- Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Science, Islamabad
- National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad
- Ghulam Institute of Engineering and Technology , Swabi
- University of Engineering and Technology , Taxila
- Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad
Business Education
- Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore
- Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
- Iqra University, Karachi
- Sukkur Institute of Business Administration
- National College of Business Administration & Economics, Lahore
Medical
- Aga Khan University, Karachi
- University of Health Sciences, Lahore
- Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi
- Isra University, Hyderabad
- Khyber Medical University, Peshawar
Two pilot dead in Lahore plane crash
A training aircraft crashed in Model Town area of Lahore on Thursday resulting in death of two persons, a woman pilot and co-pilot.
According to the sources, the plane which flew from Walton Road, crashed on to a house-143 in Block-H, killing Pilot Captain Aneeta and co-pilot Waqar on the spot. The persons of the house remained safe in the incident.
After the incident, rescue workers, police and other concerned authorities reached on the site and retrieved the bodies from wreckages of the plane. The investigations of the incident have been started.
First T20: Pakistan to face England today
England have retained Alastair Cook, originally not named in the Twenty20 squad.
Pakistan and England are ready to compete in first of three Twenty 20 international match in Dubai today.
Pakistan captain Misbah ul-Haq said his side are desperate to redress the balance in a T20 after a one-day series whitewash by the tourists.
England on Tuesday completed a 4-0 rout over the Pakistanis, and showed a big improvement from their 3-0 defeat in the preceding three-Test series.
Misbah wants his side to regain the upper hand, but also wants to use the match as a stepping stone towards the World Twenty20 series later this year.
England have retained Alastair Cook, originally not named in the Twenty20 squad, after he showed great form in scoring back-to-back hundreds in the first two one-day matches.
England skipper in the T20 series Stuart Broad said his side would be using every opportunity possible to help prepare them for the defence of their World Twenty20 title.
“Cookie is keen to play Twenty20 cricket. He has made that pretty obvious. He has been kept on in the squad because obviously we have got some injury concerns in the squad,” said Broad of Cook, retained as cover-up for injured Ravi Bopara.
