Girls shine again in Matric results

LAHORE – Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Lahore, on Monday declared the results of Matriculation, with three girls standing top of list. The Chairman Board BISE declared the positions at a press conference at a college in Township. Besides appreciating the computerized system, the Chairman said the female students have again grabbed the first top positions as the girls have almost beaten the boys in both groups of Science and Humanities. 

According to the overall result sheet, Larabe Farrukh (Roll No-744499) from KIPS High School for Girls, Johar Town, has topped and obtained 1022 marks, Saman Habib (Roll No-751497) from LDA Model Girls High School, Jahanzeb Block in Allama Iqbal Town, grabbed second position with 1021 marks while a girl namely Arfa Tahir (Roll No-744580) Divisional Public Higher Secondary School for Girls, Model Town, and Taimoor Jaffar Ali (Roll No-776018) from Crescent Model Higher Secondary School for Boys Shadman mutually obtained third position with total 1020 marks each. 

According to result sheet of Science Group for Boys, Taimoor Jaffar Ali has obtained first, Muhammad Faiz Ali Chaudhary from Crescent Model Higher Secondary School for Boys, Shadman Colony, got second position with 1019 marks whereas Muhammad Fareed Khalid of The Punjab School for Boys Sector C-1, Township, remained on third position with 1018 marks. 

Whereas the Girls Science Group result cards show, Larabe Farrukh remain on top with 1022 marks, Saman Habib on second while Arfa Tahir got third position. The mark sheets of Humanities Group for Boys show that Abdul Rehman from Pakistan Model High School for Boys, Raiwind Road, topped with 946 marks, Usman Sadiq of Pakistan Model High School for Boys, Raiwind Road gained second position with 938 whereas Muhammad Saif remained on the third position with total 931 marks. According to the announced results of Humanities Group for Girls, one Bushra Shafiq from the Punjab School for Girls, Block-2, C-1, Township, got first position with total 980 marks, Fatima Ashraf from Farooqi Girls High School, Karim Park, Ravi Road, remained on second position with 977 marks whereas Rabia Shehzad from Farooqi Girls High School, Karim Park, Ravi Road and Sumaira Zia of A.V Girls High School, Ittefaq Colony at Millat Road, Sandha, mutually obtained third position with total 975 marks each.  

Benazir assassinated in broad daylight, no one took interest in exposing her killers: CJP

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry had remarked Benazir Bhutto was murdered ruthlessly in broad daylight and neither any inquiry commission was constituted nor any one took interest in exposing her assassins.

CJP gave these remarks while presiding over a 3-member bench of Supreme Court (SC) during the course of hearing of petition seeking registration of fresh FIR in Benazir Bhutto assassination case here Monday. The other members of bench were Justice Tariq Parvez and Justice Amir Hani Muslim.

The petition was filed by Chaudhry Aslam former protocol officer of Benazir Bhutto. The petitioner informed the court that Lahore High Court (LHC) had rejected his application in connection with registration of a fresh FIR, therefore, he had to resort to SC.

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Angelina Jolie receives Heart of Sarajevo award

A tearful Angelina Jolie has received the Heart of Sarajevo award in Bosnia for her "active engagement in the complexities of the real world".

Celebrities join PPP rally for peace

All political forces and civil society organisations joined the peace rally that ruling PPP had sponsored to give a message of peace in the violence-stricken metropolis on Saturday. 

Hundreds of PPP supporters and workers of MQM, ANP, JI, PML-F, Sunni Tehreek and other major and minor religio-political parties, civil society activists, traders and common citizens carrying national flags, party and white flags marched hand in hand from Bagh-e-Ibn Qasim (helipad) to Teen Talwar to show solidarity and send a message of peace to all segments of city.

Though the message was strong loud and clear yet unfortunately the killing continued in some of the areas of city and according to unconfirmed reports, at least 13 people lost their lives in separate and different incidents.

Provincial Information Minister and PPP leader Sharjeel Inam Memon led the rally, while other political personalities including Muhammad Raza Haroon and Nasreen Jalil of MQM, provincial leader of PML-F and Sindh Minister for Youth Affairs Jam Madad Ali Khan, PPP’s Senior Minister for Education Pir Mazhar-ul- Haq, ANP’s General Secretary of Sindh Bashir Jan, chief of Jamaat Islami Karachi chapter Muhammad Hussain Mehanti, PPP’s provincial ministers including Excise Minister Mukesh Kumar Chawla, Minister for Power Shazia Marri, Minister for Revenue Jam Mahtab Dahar, Minister for Social Welfare Begum Nargis ND Khan, party lawmakers, civil society activists and others attended the rally. Besides former cricketer Javed Miandad, former squash champion Jehangir Khan and others also participated in the rally. 

The peace rally was part of the Peace Campaign launched by the ruling PPP with aimed to spread the message of peace and tolerance and restore the normalcy in the violent-hit city. The ruling party’s move has been backed by the chief of MQM Altaf Hussain, other opposition parties and civil society organisations.

Salman Khan to be highest paid actor

With his recent hits at the box office, Salman, just like co-stars Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan has now decided to demand a whopping Rs 50 crore for his next project.

So far, Salman used to charge nothing less than Rs 40 crore but now with his current position at the box office he too has plans of making more big bucks.

Two filmmakers who have recently signed on Salman have confirmed the news of the hike in his fee. Sources say that along with hiking his fee, the star also recommends directors for these films. He also has insisted on casting Sonakshi Sinha for ‘Kick’.

But filmmaker Bhushan Kumar said that the star re-negotiates and restructures his price. "When Salman bhai did Ready, the film industry was facing a huge financial crunch. But he agreed to cut down his price from Rs 40 crore to Rs 17 crore”, he said.

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Punjab govt withdraws FA condition for yellow cab scheme

Punjab government ended the condition of FA and one year driving licence to get yellow cab. According to a statement issued by the Punjab government, now matric-pass men or women with valid driving licence can apply under the scheme and its date has also been extended till August 15. Earlier, the government had imposed condition that only FA pass male and female having licence before July 2010 could apply under the scheme.