Paramount Pictures postponed the weekend premiere of the new Tom Cruise movie, Jack Reacher, as debate swirled Monday about the role of media in the aftermath of the tragic Connecticut school killings. Jack Reacher features

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The slum neighbourhood of Charahi Qamber in the Afghan capital is growing, with the arrival this year of some 60 families displaced by the war. Among the 1,150 internally displaced families living in makeshift huts

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Imagine, the French government was prepared to nationalise Arcelor Mittal to protect 650 redundancies, what is capitalism coming too? Dubbed as the clash of steel, the French abandoned the threat only after Lakshmi Mittal agreed

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Provincial (Sindh) Development Working Party (PDWP) approved 60 uplift schemes at a cost of 13 billion rupees with two schemes deferred till the next meeting. These schemes pertain to education, agriculture, energy, PP&H, T&C and

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Almost unbelievably, the possibility that we will have a fair, free and transparent general election - the only viable lifeline for the survival of democratic dispensation in our circumstances - appears to be so much

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Pakistan Industrial and Traders Association Front (Piaf) has expressed grave concern over sharp surge in dollar's rate and called for measure to stop devaluation of rupee against the dollar. Piaf Chairman Sohail Lashari, in a

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A ship carrying 55,000 metric tons of coal for Pakistan Steel has reached Port Qasim from Australia. According to Pakistan Steel spokesman the unloading of the coal has started to shift the imported coal to

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The government remained tight lipped when the opposition members from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) demanded that the house should be informed as to why the President cancelled his scheduled visit to Iran, meant for finalising

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The University of Karachi on Tuesday cancelled admissions of 24 students on their forged or tempered documents submitted at varsity. The action was taken in the light of the facts emerged during verification of the

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The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has transferred and posted 3 officials of Pakistan Customs Service (Grade-19) with immediate effect. According to a notification issued here on Tuesday, Syed Tanveer Ahmad (Pakistan Customs Service/BS-19), Collector,

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