Sunday, June 5, 2011

Fans prepare to accord Afridi warm welcome on his arrival

Karachi: Former Pakistan cricket team captain Shahid Khan Afridi is expected to arrive in Karachi tonight. In this regard preparations have been made to give the former skipper a warm welcome.
Shahid Afridi will be received by Sindh Sports Minister Dr Muhammad Ali Shah and hundreds of fans at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi.

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Wine recovered from Atiqa Odho’s luggage at airport


Islamabad: Prominent Pakistani actress and All Pakistan Muslim League vice president Atiqa Odho was off-loaded from a Karachi bound flight after the airport officials found wine in her luggage here on Saturday.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Eight Terrorists Planned to Attack Zardari – Arrested


ISLAMABAD: Intelligence officials have arrested eight men believed to have been involved in a plot to assassinate the President.

According to intelligence sources, intelligence officials had been conducting raids for the past three weeks and had managed to arrest four people from Islamabad and four people from Punjab, who had been plotting to kill President Asif Ali Zardari.

Friday, June 3, 2011

Highlights of Federal Budget 2011-12




 ISLAMABAD: Highlights of the Federal Budget 2011-12, according to the text of budget speech obtained by Geo News here on Friday.

Public Service Development Program (PSDP) ---- Rs 730 bn (up 58%)
Development Budget for National Highway Authority (NHA) --- Rs 71 bn (up 106%)
Development Budget for Federal Ministries ---- Rs 158 bn (up 59%)
Development Budget for Special Program --- Rs 33 bn (up 45%)
Development Budget for Special Areas --- Rs 28 bn (up 21%)
Development Budget for IRRA --- Rs 10 bn (up 38 %)
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