Drugs deaths
LHC orders murder cases against fake PIC druggists , SC takes suo motu notice
Admits judicial probe plea,2 more die
Salim Ahmed Lahore—Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday ordered registration of murder cases against those involved in spurious medicines in PIC, killing 109 cardiac patients.
During the hearing of a petition against Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif regarding PIC deaths, LHC Justice Umar Ata Bandial remarked that only case of negligence against the accused was not enough. He remarked that the Punjab Chief Minister has not been made the party in the case directly. He directed the petitioner to submit amended application in the court.
1000MW Iran electricity to Pak plan hits price snag
Ali Syed
Islamabad—The project to import 1000 electricity from Iran has run into snags as Iran wants to install 1400 MW power project in Zahidan near Pakistan border from where the electricity to be transmitted to national grid of Pakistan, not on the basis of local Iranian oil price but on international fuel cost price, a senior official told Pakistan Observer Monday here.
SC extends JC’s report duration
Tanvir Siddiqi
Islamabad—The larger bench of the Supreme Court (SC) has given two months ex-tension to the three-member Judicial Commission, tasked to probe the memogate case.
The SC heard the request of the commission to extend the time limit for preparing its report abut the conspiracy. .
Ansarul Islam commander among three killed in suicide attack
Staff Reporter
Peshawar—At least three people including a commander of banned militant outfit Ansarul Islam Haji Akhundzada were killed and seven injured in a suicide attack in the Pakha Ghulam, a suburban area of Peshawar on Monday.
Among the seven injured two are children. Five of the injured were in critical condition. The explosion took place at an under construction house belonging to the leader of a banned organisation.
Yameen Khan, a police officer, said Akhunzada, was a commander in the Ansarul Islam militant group in the Khyber tribal agency.
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Govt forces tighten grip on suburbs
Damascus—Syrian forces tightened their grip on Damascus’ outskirts on Monday, as the Arab League pushed a UN resolution drawn up with Western powers condemning President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
The violence has been described by activists as the most intense since the beginning of the 10-month uprising, with 80 people killed across Syria on Sunday alone, half of them civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Rahul Gandhi’s Website shows Kashmir part of Pakistan
New Delhi—Screenshots of a website, registered in the name of Congress General Secretary, Rahul Gandhi, with a map showing Jammu and Kashmir as part of Pakistan is doing rounds on social networking sites, including Facebook.
A map on the homepage of website, www.rahulgandhi. co.in, shows Kashmir as part of Pakistan.
World lacks enough food as population soars: UN
THE world is running out of time to make sure there is enough food, water and energy to meet the needs of a rapidly growing population and to avoid sending up to 3 billion people into poverty, a U.N. report warned on Monday.
As the world’s population looks set to grow to nearly 9 billion by 2040 from 7 billion now, and the number of middle-class consumers increases by 3 billion over the next 20 years, the demand for resources will rise exponentially.
Even by 2030, the world will need at least 50 percent more food, 45 percent more energy and 30 percent more water, according to U.N. estimates, at a time when a changing environment is creating new limits to supply.
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