According to a statement issued by Foreign Office, the Afghan president would visit Pakistan on June 10 and 11.
Karzai would meet President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yusaf Raza Gilani.
President Zardari had invited President Karzai to visit Pakistan.
The foreign office stated that the Afghan president’s visit would help promote bilateral cooperation and friendship in future.
Remote control technique was used to hit the cops in which constable Babo Ali and cop Sheir Ahmad died on the spot while cop Syed Muhammad Shahi sustained injuries.
Officers of the department reached the spot and took the bodies into possession. Levis has registered case against unknown persons.
Jyotirmoy Dey, 50, was killed at his home in the city s Powai district, and the gunmen escaped on motorcycles, police official said.
Dey led a team of crime and investigative reporters at the Mid Day newspaper and had written books on different gangs involved in organised crime in Mumbai.
"He brought depth to our investigative reporting, and he conducted his journalism with honesty and integrity," Sachin Kalbag, executive editor of Mid Day, said in a statement.
Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni said the assassination was a challenge to the freedom of the press.
Prithviraj Chavan, Maharashtra chief minister, said the government was determined to track down the perpetrators.
Journalists’ organisation announced to stage protest against the klilling.
Thousands of devotees and even tourists flocked at the various ghats (bathing locations) along the banks of Ganga River that passes through the city to take part in the religious rituals.
According to Hindu scriptures, Ganga River descended to earth from heaven on this day, and the devotees believe taking a dip in its waters leads to freedom for the devotees from the cycle of rebirth and attaining salvation.
Amid these religious rituals, many of the devotees expressed their concern over the polluted state of the Ganges.
The weather will remain hot and dry for another 24 hours across the country.
However, rains with strong winds are expected in parts of lower Sindh, upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Kashmir.
Rain with thunderstorm is also expected in the central Punjab.
According to Met Office, heat wave will continue to persist in southern areas of the country, especially Balochistan.
Unidentified motorcyclists shot dead a man in Malir, while a man was also killed in Sadar area. Police had also recovered two bodies from Ghas Mandi and Niazi Chowk.
According to information, 28-year-old Sarwar was shot dead by some unidentified armed persons near Purani Anarkali while Jamal Uddin gunned down in Pir Colony.
Rock climbers Jo Mellor and Rob Tearle tied the knot – on top of a 3,352ft mountain. Buchaille Etiv Mor in Glencoe, Scotland is one of Britain s highest peaks.
Dressed in waterproof gear, Jo, 36, vowed her love would be “forged in stone”, while train engineer Rob, 30, pledged to “never let go of the rope”. The couple shunned tradition to marry on one of Britain’s highest peaks. The couple were joined on the snowy two-hour ascent by best man Carl Iszatt and bridesmaid Emily Iszatt – both novice climbers.
The wedding was quite special and unique. The pair later changed into more formal gear, but kept their boots on.
The United Nations Security Council has split the international sanctions regime for the Taliban and al-Qaeda to encourage the Taliban to join reconciliation efforts in Afghanistan.
The council unanimously passed two resolutions, which set up one new blacklist of individuals and organisations accused of links to
Al-Qaeda, and a second for those linked to the Taliban militia. Previously, for last 12 years the two groups were handled by the same sanctions committee.
However, the international powers wanted to separate them to highlight the divide between al-Qaeda s global jihadist agenda and the Taliban s focus on Afghanistan.
The sanctions committee was set up in 1999 when al-Qaeda had major bases in the Taliban, which ruled Afghanistan until they were driven out of power by United States-led forces.
The persons on UN sanctions list include 138 Taliban and 254 Al-Qaeda people.
He called on State Minister for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar and discussed bilateral issues.
In a statement, Hague said the UK will take bilateral trade to 2.5 billion pounds by 2015.
He said that the US wants extensive strategic ties with Pakistan. He also took up the issue of slain journalist Saleem Shahzad.
For the first time in five years neither sister will play in the quarterfinals at the All England Club.
Defending champion and four-time winner Serena was the first to go, beaten 6-3, 7-6 (6) by Marion Bartoli of France, cutting short the American s return to Grand Slam tennis after nearly a year out with serious health problems.
Older sister and five-time champion Venus was ousted 6-2, 6-3 by Tsvetana Pironkova the exact same score of the Bulgarian s win in last year s quarterfinals.
Saudi Arabia faced resistance in Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting on Wednesday as it could not convince member countries to increase the crude oil output.
The International Energy Agency on failure of the meeting expressed concern and said that the situation has created frustration in the world as the crude oil prices continue to increase in the world due to low production.
A 38-year old man, who was married twice before, was married for a third time to a 10-year-old girl, Nasreen, in the Bismillah Town in Mian Channu.
According to the City Station Head Officer, A local resident Nisar Khan read the nikkah for a fee of Rs 1500. He said that Nisar Khan told the parents of the girl that she was only 10-year-old but the parents insisted that their daughter was 18-year-old, after which the nikkah was performed.
When the police asked the groom, he denied any such marriage but when the A PK News teams asked the neighbours, they said that these people marry their daughters at the age of 10 to 12 years.
Ramdev, who has been on a hunger strike, initially at New Delhi and later at Haridwar, was admitted to the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust located near Dehradun on Friday, after his health had deteriorated.
He began an indefinite hunger strike in New Delhi on June 4 in a bid to trigger government action on the repatriation of estimated $8.94 trillion worth of black money stashed in offshore accounts.
However, he was evicted by police during pre-dawn hours on Sunday and renewed his protest in Haridwar.
The Pakistan Meteorological Department predicted more rain in Islamabad, Kashmir and upper parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab with strong wind.
According to the PMD, a new western air system entered the upper parts of the country that would bring a new spell of rain in upper parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan and Punjab with lighting and thunder.
Rain was recorded in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Murree and Malakand division.
The lower areas of Rawalpindi were by with rain water.
Temperature dropped in various cities of Punjab after last night’s rain and gust.
The government officials say that 105 people have been killed and 63 are missing as floods across 13 provinces have damaged thousands of hectares of crops while landslides and mud have damaged hundreds of homes and buildings.
So far, more than 3000 people have been shifted to safer places while Meteorological Department has warned that more rains are likely to continue.
The population of Karachi is increasing at a rate of five percent per annum but volume of water supply could not be maintained accordingly. The people have to been obliged to drink salty water, which causes many diseases.
About 650 million gallon water per day is being supplied to the city, but another one billion gallon water is required. People alleged that the water meant for the city is sold in sold in black market.
The PCB’s disciplinary committee has decided to issue him NOC NOCs (No-Objection Certificates) to play abroad while Afridi was satisfied with the decision.
Shahid Afridi appeared before the committee at National Cricket Academy Lahore in a pleasant mood.
Talking to media during the interval, Afridi said that that he admitted his mistake but would not apologize.
After the hearing, legal advisor of the committee Tafazal Rizvi read out the decision according to which, Boom Boom would be issued NOC but he would have to pay Rs 4.5 million as fine.
Meanwhile, Afridi said that the committee’s members had heard his stance and he admitted this verdict.
The building of Government High School Gandum Mandi is in dilapidated condition.
A room and wall of the school have collapsed due to recent monsoon rains. No attention was paid to the 147-year-old building.
Residents of the area said that Sialkot would be deprived of a monument of the national hero if it was not repaired.
It is worth mentioning that Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had also declared this school a national asset and announced to build Iqbal Gallery after renovation of the building.
Addressing the soldiers, President Obama said supported the decision to withdraw the troops from Afghanistan and said that the gradual withdrawal would not put to waste the target that the US forces have achieved in Afghanistan.
President Obama said that the responsibilities of the US have ended in Afghanistan. The gradual withdrawal is to show that the US wants a sovereign Afghanistan.
For the first time in five years neither sister will play in the quarterfinals at the All England Club.
Defending champion and four-time winner Serena was the first to go, beaten 6-3, 7-6 (6) by Marion Bartoli of France, cutting short the American s return to Grand Slam tennis after nearly a year out with serious health problems.
Older sister and five-time champion Venus was ousted 6-2, 6-3 by Tsvetana Pironkova the exact same score of the Bulgarian s win in last year s quarterfinals.
The Muslims were on their way to a festival at a shrine 90 kilometres from Ahmedabad, when they stopped near a highway cafe to rest for the night.
"In total 18 people have died, including nine women. Ten others are injured," a Gujarat police official who declined to be named told AFP.
"All the pilgrims were travelling on foot. Sixteen people died on the spot when the truck ran over them, and another two people died at a local hospital," he said.
In the summary sent to the Governor Punjab Latif Khosa by the Punjab government, presentation orders for the budget of the next fiscal year were received in June 7.
The provincial Finance Minister presents that the budget for the new financial year along with the supplementary budget for the last financial year to the assembly but in the summary, the Punjab Government forgot to take permission to present from the supplementary budget from the Governor Punjab Latif Khosa.
The Punjab government then sent another summary to the governor house but the since the governor was in Islamabad, orders for the supplementary budget were received through fax.
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that until the establishment of a just society and sharia, the country cannot get rid of terrorism.
Addressing a ceremony held at the second death anniversary of noted religious scholar Sarfraz Naeemi, Shahbaz said that the nation must make Pakistan a hub of Islam.
He said that drone attacks were augmenting terrorism, instead of curbing it.
He said that he had vowed to refrain from foreign aid, adding that the sovereignty of the country was being sold out against meagre amount.
A man, Rajab, hurt himself by hitting a jug for not getting justice during the chief minister’s address.
The man was handed over to police.
The police have also been directed to provide security to the related offices. It has been learnt that employees of TMA office did corruption in the period of Administrator in the city. The employees devoured million of rupees in the name of deployment of heavy sign boards. The TMA staff was worried at this operation.
TMO Masood Tamanna declined to comment when our representatives contacted him.
It was decided in a high-level meeting chaired by Rehman Malik. Secretary Interior, Chief Commissioner Islamabd, IG, DG National Crisis Cell and representatives of other law enforcement institutions were also present.
Malik emphasized to tighten the security of the metropolitan making it foolproof. Checking system should be made impenetrable on the entry ways and exits, deploying further security forces on patrolling.
The bouncy event allowed students to test their knowledge and creativity by designing and building large yo-yos. The competition looked for the yo-yo that would reach the highest point after being released from a 100-foot (30 meters) tall crane. The idea with the yo-yo was to convert the potential energy to angular momentum of the yo-yo. The winner of the competition designed and built a small and sleek yo-yo, resembling an automobile s flywheel.
The engraved yo-yo scored highest marks after the judges calculated the height of its initial ascent. The winning team received 3,000 U.S. dollars for winning the competition.
Abrar Hussain was on his way in a car when some unknown persons opened indiscriminate firing on him near the stadium.
He received bullets in his head and body. Later, he was taken to hospital where he succumbed to injuries. He had represented Pakistan in Olympics competitions in 90s .
Jelly Belly has created iPhone cases scented like the company s Strawberry Cheesecake, Very Cherry, Blueberry, Licorice and Berry Blue jelly beans, TechNewsDaily. Cases are also available for the iPod Touch, iPod Nano and some BlackBerry phones. The items are sold separately and each cost $14.99. Jelly bean-shaped products are ideal for any consumers that want to make a fun impression with their friends and as they walk down the street.
Pakistani tennis star Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi and his Indian partner Rohan Bopanna crashed out of the first round of the men’s doubles event of Wimbledon being played in London.
The fourth-seeded Indo-Pak pair of Aisam-Bopanna lost 6-2, 2-6, 19-21 to the Colombian pair of Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah.
The Colombians were off to a rough start but came back strong and took the win.
The students appearing in the Punjab Technical Board Exams said that they had bribed the gang one thousand rupees each.
Hashmat Ali College, Rawalpindi was declared centre for examination but Assistant Superintendant Raja Abid, Supervisor Ilyas and Abrar turned Shimla High School into a fake examination centre and helped the students solve their papers there.
The police raided the school, arrested the supervising staff with 70 students and seized the books being used in cheating. Police also recovered Rs 24,000 from Deputy Superintendent Raja Abid and Rs 4000 from Principal Hammad-ur-Rehman. The latter was also arrested.
