Rawalpindi

Type: City
Name: Rawalpindi
Country: Pakistan
Latitude: 33.599998
Longitude: 73.040001
population: 1,743,599
First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Increase in loadshedding irks dwellers of twin cities

ISLAMABAD/RAWALPINDI: Loadshedding duration has increased without any formal announcement from Saturday in various localities of the twin cities.Various localities of Rawalpindi city plunged into darkness between Saturday and Sunday night, which included ... [Published Online News Pakistan - 1 hour ago]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 16 hours ago - 3 reports

Temperature, and misery, continue to rise

Jump in power loadshedding in urban and rural areas across the country has added to the woes and misery of the common man.Heat wave of the current summer had hit the plains earlier. However it was a pleasant surprise for the twin cities and areas around ... [Published The News International - 19 hours ago]
First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

Preventable diseases: Six more measles cases reported in Rawalpindi

RAWALPINDI:The menace of measles continues, as six more children from Rawalpindi district were admitted in Benazir Bhutto Hospital on Saturday, taking the total number of cases to 281.However, Medical Superintendent Dr Asif Qadir Mir, told The Express ... [Published The Express Tribune - 17 hours ago]
First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 reports

Rs6.58m recovered from property tax defaulters

The Excise and Taxation Department, Punjab, Rawalpindi, has sealed 629 properties for non-payment of Property Tax during its three-day campaign in Rawalpindi Division and recovered arrears of property tax amounting to Rs6.58 million from the defaulte ... [Published The News International - 18 hours ago]
First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

From Antarctica to Rawalpindi!

Going through the roads of Rawalpindi one cannot miss the sight of penguins beautifully displayed on main roads. These penguins are inflated and kept on the busy main roads of Saddar, GT Road, Sadiqabad and Satellite Town to attract the buyers who daily ... [Published The News International - 18 hours ago]
Entities: Rawalpindi, Helium, Cheap
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 reports

Three more bodies recovered from Gayari

RAWALPINDI: Another three bodies of martyred soldiers were recovered from Gayari sector of Siachen on Saturday, bringing the total number of bodies recovered so far to 128. On April 7, 2012, 140 soldiers and civilians of 6 Northern Light Infantry Battalion ... [Published Daily Times - 18 hours ago]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Wasa finalises plan for monsoon

Rawalpindi: Water and Sewerage Agency (Wasa) has finalised the mitigation plan for the coming monsoon season, including annual dredging of Nullah Leh, cleaning of all sewerage lines in its jurisdiction, inspection of machinery and constitution of monsoon ... [Published The News International - May 18 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 3 reports

Pak students learn English with US support

Pakistani students who are learning English through the US-sponsored English Access Microscholarship Programme and their teachers met here on Friday with US Embassy Public Affairs Officer Peter Brennan.In the coming weeks, 25 students and 25 teachers ... [Published The News International - May 18 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 3 reports

Impressive turnout: Seventy-two National Assembly members-elect bag 20% of total votes

ISLAMABAD:Seventy-two candidates for the National Assembly bagged around 10 million votes or 20 per cent of approximately 50 million votes cast in the May 11 elections that witnessed an impressive turnout.These candidates were declared victorious when ... [Published The Express Tribune - May 18 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Mareer Chowk expansion project progressing at snails pace

RAWALPINDI: The slackness of the concerned authorities has slowed down the pace of Mareer Chowk expansion project, it has been learnt. Sources said the first half of the project seems not to be completed till June 30, 2013 despite various announcements ... [Published Daily Times - May 18 2013]
Entities: Snail, Rawalpindi, Deadline
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 4 reports

Lawyers’ killing, torture: Agencies asked to assist police in tracing culprits

ISLAMABAD, May 16: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday directed the premier intelligence agencies to assist the Rawalpindi police in tracing the culprits responsible for the recent spate of murder, kidnappings and torturing of a number of lawyers.A three-judge ... [Published DAWN Group - May 17 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

480 people develop eye disorders in Pakistan every day

In Pakistan, 480 people develop eye disorders every day and this worrisome increase in eye diseases has now reached to the proportions of epidemic raising new challenges, said Lieutenant General (r) Hamid Javaid, president of the Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospitals ... [Published The News International - May 17 2013]

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...could become: a country that offered justice, free education and health care, where leaders made the people wealthy, and not the other way round. "That would be the Islamic way of serving the people" he said

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When Patiala beckons [Published The Statesman - 9 hours ago]
Is the PPP still relevant? [Published The News International - 16 hours ago]
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No relief in sight: Rising temperatures bring i... [Published The Express Tribune - 16 hours ago]
Hope lives on: Keeping faith in a promise — for... [Published The Express Tribune - 16 hours ago]
Snatched car lifted [Published The Express Tribune - 17 hours ago]
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Smokers’ Corner: Lurching for meaning [Published DAWN Group - 17 hours ago]
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uggers in police uniform deprive man of 125,000... [Published The News International - 18 hours ago]
Elimination of child labour still a far cry [Published The News International - 18 hours ago]
From Antarctica to Rawalpindi! [Published The News International - 18 hours ago]
Rs6.58m recovered from property tax defaulters [Published The News International - 18 hours ago]
Rise in temperature helps eliminate mosquitoes [Published The News International - 18 hours ago]
Electricity outages hit HSSC students hard [Published The News International - 18 hours ago]
Shahbaz talks about institutions’ revival [Published DAWN Group - 18 hours ago]
Endgame Afghanistan: Talking to the Taliban [Published NDTV - 18 hours ago]
SC to resume Musharraf treason hearing on Monday [Published Daily Times - 18 hours ago]
Three more bodies recovered from Gayari [Published Daily Times - 18 hours ago]
Beaten [Published The News International - 19 hours ago]
Giving hope to the youth [Published The Express Tribune - 19 hours ago]
ECP comes under fire as rigging complaints galore [Published The News International - 19 hours ago]
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Pakistan: Two more measles patients die [Published H5N1 - May 16 2013]
Via the Daily Times: Two more measles patients die. Excerpt:Lahore/Rawalpindi: Two more children passed away due to dreaded measles here, counting the number of deaths to 80 in Punjab. According to hospital sources, the two kids died in Children Hospital ...
Pakistanis Vote in Huge Numbers Despite Threats... [Published Global Voices Online - May 12 2013]
This post is part of our Special Coverage  Pakistan Votes 2013 . Amid threats of terrorism and reports of rigging, determined voters in Pakistan turned out in high numbers,  braving chaotic polling stations and long lines  on May 11, 2013 to have ...
The uncertainty principle and the India-Pakista... [Published Pakistan: Now or Never? - May 10 2013]
(Any opinions expressed here are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters, the IDSA or the Indian government) "The more precisely the position is determined, the less precisely the momentum is known in this instant, and vice versa," said Werner ...
CNN Washington AM Note [Published CNN Political Ticker - May 03 2013]
NATIONAL STORIES: CNN: Sources: Boston bombs built in older Tsarnaev's home, first target was July 4 The bombs used in the Boston Marathon attack were built in the apartment that suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev shared with his wife and child, a U.S. ...
CNN Washington AM Note [Published CNN Political Ticker - Apr 26 2013]
NATIONAL STORIES: CNN: Answers sought over Tsarnaev questioning, court appearance The Justice Department faces questions over whether it prematurely ended interrogation of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzohkhar Tsarnaev before a court appearance ...
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Clashes erupt outside Musharraf trial in Pakistan [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Apr 23 2013]
Pakistan's former president in court on new cha... [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Apr 23 2013]
Pakistan on edge following deadly blasts [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Nov 22 2012]
Dozens killed in string of Pakistan bombings [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Nov 22 2012]
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