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Youth set on fire over love marriage
Unknown people torched man in Faisalabad
NA last session of 4rth parliamentary year today
SC to hear Asghar Khan case today
CNG Stations in Sindh to be closed for 24 hours today
Encyclopaedia Britannica to end print editions
Syria violence claims another 48 lives
Camero, Obama to discuss troops withdrawal from Afghanistan
Americans back attack on Iran: survey
PPPs success in Senate polls help strengthen democracy: Zardari
Hillary for vigorous diplomatic ties with Pakistan
Life threats to Mansoo Ijaz family
SB takes new steps as capital shortage ends
Punjab rectifies mistakes in textbooks
ECP approves poll symbols, puts off voter lists issue

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As per details, Qasir Shah got love marriage with his Kiran Shahzadi. The family of the girl was unhappy with the marriage. On that, Farhat and Musavar, brothers of Kiran torched Qasir by showering petrol. Police have registered a case and started investigation.

Unknown people torched man in Faisalabad

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According to police, 35-year-old Ghulam Abbas attempted suicide due to domestic problems. On the other hand, the victim alleged that two unknown persons torched him in front of his house. Doctors said that 80 percent of Ghulam Abbas’s body has burnt and he is in critical condition.

NA last session of 4rth parliamentary year today

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According to sources, important national and political issues will be discussed in the National Assembly’s session. PML-N will bring a resolution regarding the matter of missing persons, the sources added. Six newly elected members of the National Assembly will take oath. The members of the NA, who will take oath today (Wednesday) include, Hamayatullah Mayar of Awami National Party (ANP) from NA-9 Mardan, Malik Rashid Ahmed Khan an independent candidate from NA-140 kasur, Syed Ali Musa Gilani of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) from NA-148 Multan-1, Sheikh Muhammad Tariq Rashid of PML-N from NA-149 Multan-2, Syed Mustafa Mehmood of Muslim League Functional from NA-195 Rahim Yar khan and Nitasha Daultana of PPP from NA-168 Vihari.

SC to hear Asghar Khan case today

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A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry will hear the case regarding accusations of taking money from ISI for general polls 1990. The petition filed by Asghar Khan has been lingered on for 16 years in the Supreme Court. According to petition, politicians of IJI have had money from the ISI for general polls 1990; so legal action should be taken against the politicians who intentionally violated the constitution. Nawaz Sharif, Baigum Abida Hussain, Muhammad Khan Junejo, Pir Pagara and others are among the prominent figures who have been made defendants in the petition.

CNG Stations in Sindh to be closed for 24 hours today

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According to load management, the provision of gas would be closed to more than 600 CNG stations from Wednesday morning to Thursday morning for 24 hours. More than 10,000 buses and mini buses are run by CNG in Karachi. According to Gas Company, vigilance teams have been formed for monitoring of implementation on the decision. The violators would have to be deprived of availability of gas for 24 hours more as a penalty.

Encyclopaedia Britannica to end print editions

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Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. said that it will stop publishing print editions of its flagship encyclopedia for the first time since the sets were originally published more than 200 years ago. The book-form of Encyclopaedia Britannica has been in print since it was first published in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1768. It will stop being available when the current stock runs out, the company said. The Chicago-based company will continue to offer digital versions of the encyclopedia. "This has nothing to do with Wikipedia or Google," Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. President Jorge Cauz said. "This has to do with the fact that now Britannica sells its digital products to a large number of people." The top year for the printed encyclopedia was 1990, when 120,000 sets were sold, Cauz said. That number fell to 40,000 just six years later in 1996, he said. The company started exploring digital publishing the 1970s. The first CD-ROM version was published in 1989 and a version went online in 1994. The final hardcover encyclopedia set is available for sale at Britannica s website for $1,395. "The sales of printed encyclopedias have been neglible for several years," Cauz said. "We knew this was going to come." The company plans to mark the end of the print version by making the contents of its website available free for one week starting Tuesday. Online versions of the encyclopedia now serve more than 100 million people around the world, the company said, and are available on mobile devices. The encyclopedia has become increasingly social as well, Cauz said, because users can send comments to editors. "A printed encyclopedia is obsolete the minute that you print it," Cauz said. "Whereas our online edition is updated continuously." Britannica has thousands of experts contributors from around the world, including Nobel laureates and world leaders such as former President Bill Clinton and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. It also has a staff of more than 100 editors. "To me the most important message is that the printed edition was not what made Britannica," Cauz said. "The most important thing about Britannica is that Britannica is relevant and vibrant because it brings scholarly knowledge to an editorial process to as many knowledge seekers as possible."

Syria violence claims another 48 lives

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"Twelve members of the security services who headed for the town of Dael to carry out arrests were killed ... when their vehicle was ambushed by a group of armed deserters," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The attack in the southern region of Daraa was the second deadly ambush the same day on the military, which has led a year-long crackdown on dissent that activists say has cost more than 8,500 lives. As the regime battles to mop up resistance, Syria s Al-Watan newspaper said government forces had recaptured the rebel stronghold of Idlib city in the northwest, following what activists said were three days of heavy shelling. "A major operation launched three days ago in Idlib ... ended in record time with army units wrapping up search operations during which dozens of armed men and fugitives were killed," the daily said. Activists acknowledged the army had deployed in the city but said they faced pockets of resistance by rebel fighters. "The army has taken up positions at main intersections but one cannot say that it controls the whole city as it has avoided deploying in some neighbourhoods," said Milad Fadl, a militant reached by AFP in Beirut. The Observatory said the army had shelled several districts of Idlib, leaving an unknown number of casualties and with clashes taking place in pockets of resistance. There were fears that Idlib could meet the same fate as the Baba Amr rebel neighbourhood in the central city of Homs that suffered a month-long blitz by government forces before its capture on March 1. The Observatory said that elsewhere in Idlib province, located near the Turkish border, at least 10 Syrian soldiers were killed in a pre-dawn rebel attack on an army checkpoint in the town of Maaret al-Numan. Seven civilians, including a 14-year-old youth, were killed in Maaret al-Numan, the Britain-based group said, adding that army troops gunned down six of them in a car transporting wounded people. The group, whose reports could not be verified due to government curbs on foreign media, also said eight civilians were killed in and around the city of Homs, including a woman in Tal Kalakh, near the Lebanese border. An army colonel and major died in Aleppo province, while three deserters were killed in clashes with regular troops in Abadani, just north of the capital, and foour civilians in Damascus province.    One civilian and a member of the security forces were killed in the northern province of Aleppo after fierce clashes between security forces and armed rebel groups in the town of Aazaz.

Camero, Obama to discuss troops withdrawal from Afghanistan

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The Prime Minister David Cameron and the US President will talk in detail at the White House about a withdrawal strategy from the decade-old mission, but insisted there will be no “rush to the exit”. However, tensions rose as hundreds demonstrated in Afghanistan to demand the handing over of a US soldier who killed 16 civilians at the weekend, while the Taliban threatened reprisals. In a further twist Britain’s outgoing ambassador to Kabul, Sir William Patey, was reported to have admitted the presence of foreign troops could be part of the problem in the war-torn country. But military chiefs cautioned against any sudden draw-down in case progress made against the Taliban is lost. “They will argue now is the time to hold your nerve and to remember the blood, sweat and treasure that has been lost in Afghanistan over the last 10 years,” said a source. Support for the war is falling on both sides of the Atlantic, with three quarters of Britons believing it is “unwinnable”, according to a new poll. Mr Cameron and Mr Obama aim to bring home thousands of troops next year. UK forces are increasingly handing over the lead combat role to Afghan police and troops and this could be completed in the three districts of central Helmand, where the British military operate, by the end of this year or in the first half of next year.

Americans back attack on Iran: survey

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Most Americans would favor a military strike against Iran if presented with evidence that the Middle Eastern country is building nuclear weapons, according to a poll released Tuesday. The poll showed 56 percent of Americans would support armed intervention, and 53 percent said they would still support military action even if it meant higher gas prices. More people, 62 percent, said they would endorse military action by Israel. President Barack Obama said last week that he “will take no options off the table” in the US effort to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. At the same time, Obama scolded Republican presidential candidates for “too much loose talk of war.” Campaigning in Missouri Tuesday, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney criticized Obama for what he sees as the president twisting the Iran debate into a chance to blame Republicans for high gas prices.

PPPs success in Senate polls help strengthen democracy: Zardari

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While talking to newly-elected PPP and allied parties senators, President Asif Ali Zardari said that successful completion of Senate elections and the PPP’s success would help strengthen democracy and institutions in the country. The president felicitated the new Senators and expressed confidence that they would prove instrumental in further underpinning democracy and the parliament. Zardari also highlighted the important role and contribution of the Senate in the federation due to its permanent nature and equality of representation from each federating unit.

Hillary for vigorous diplomatic ties with Pakistan

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“There are multiple overlapping worlds in Pakistan and we have to deal with all of them simultaneously. But the country is vital to our counterterrorism, economic stability, and regional cooperation goals for the region,” Clinton said in a speech to US diplomats at the Global Chiefs of Mission Conference in Washington. “And we will continue to engage where we even have legitimate concerns and disagreements,” Clinton said and added that the global volatility over the last year has provided an opportunity for new partnerships. “We have one more person than we did last year, our ambassador to the newest country, South Sudan,” she said. “When we hold this conference in the future, I hope we can count on an ambassador to Burma among our ranks, because I know that we have no status quo in the world today.” Clinton said the United States is affirming its place as a Pacific power and strengthening its alliance with European and NATO partners. American leadership, she said, is more important than ever, as new powers rise, especially in the Arab world. “It brings new opportunities for partnership as well as growing economic competition and yes, new threats,” she said. “Only America has the reach, resources and relationships to anchor a more peaceful and prosperous world.”

Life threats to Mansoo Ijaz family

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As per details, main character of memogate scandal Mansoor Ijaz’s son and daughter have received the threat-call on their cellular phone. Police have started investigation in to the matter.

SB takes new steps as capital shortage ends

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In view of the change in situation, the State Bank launched an operation in the open market to take out additional capital.  In order to hit the target, the central bank sold T-bill for three days. Primary dealers have offered to purchase bills worth Rs 5 billion. However, the State Bank sold T-bills worth Rs 3 billion of which profit would be taken at the ratio of 10.4%.

Punjab rectifies mistakes in textbooks

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The syllabus in all books from second to ninth class has been changed. The Punjab Textbook Board has pinpointed a lot of mistakes in old books. In the same way, syllabus of Islamic Studies for Class 3, General Science for Class 4, Urdu for Class 7 and 8 and Chemistry and Biology for Class 10 have also been changed. This year, 35% books would be printed by private publishers while 65% by the Punjab Textbook Board.

ECP approves poll symbols, puts off voter lists issue

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Chief Election Commissioner Justice (r) Hamid Ali Mirza chaired ECP session in Islamabad. The points on the agenda were allotment of new symbols and preparations for the next general elections, including purchase of election-related material. The ECP approved that retired district and sessions judge will be appointed as heads of election tribunals. The Election Commission sifted the documents of 15 new parties and cleared them. The name of Sunni Tehrik was also amended as Pakistan Sunni Tehrik. However, the matter of posting voters’ lists on the website of ECP was put off.

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