First man on moon Neil Armstrong dead at 82

WASHINGTON: Former US astronaut, Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has died at the age of 82, U.S. media reported on Saturday.
Armstrong underwent a heart-bypass surgery earlier this month, just two days after his birthday on Aug. 5, to relieve blocked coronary arteries.
As commander of the Apollo 11 mission, Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. As he stepped on the moon's dusty surface, Armstrong said: ""That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
The Apollo 11 moon mission turned out to be Armstrong's last space flight. The following year he was appointed to a desk job, being named NASA's deputy associate administrator for aeronautics in the office of advanced research and technology.
He left NASA a year later to become a professor of engineering at the University of Cincinnati.
The former astronaut lived in the Cincinnati area with his wife, Carol. (Reuters)

PM Ashraf to appear before Supreme Court

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will appear before the Supreme Court on Monday in the contempt of court case, decided the meeting of the coalition partners chaired by President Asif Ali Zardari.
Leaders of the Pakistan People's Party-led government's coalition partners will accompany the Prime Minister as he presents himself before the apex court.
The decision was made at the high-level meeting of the government's allies presided over by President Asif Ali Zardari here at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Sunday.
According to sources, the coalition partners during the meeting put forth advice that a clash between state institutions should be avoided at all cost.
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and Law Minister Farooq H Naek also attended the meeting besides leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q), Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Awami National Party (ANP).
Earlier, the Prime Minister held a meeting with President Zardari to decide the strategy in connection with the former's appearance before the apex court on Monday.
The Supreme Court last month issued a contempt notice to Prime Minister Ashraf for not implementing its order of writing a letter to the Swiss authorities to reopen a money-laundering case against President Zardari.
PM Ashraf had been asked to appear in person before a five-judge bench headed by Justice Asif Khosa on August 27 to respond to the notice.
Courtesy :GEO NEWS

Imran Khan mis-declared his assets: Sana

Print this story LAHORE: Dubbing Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf leader as “Establishment Khan” Provincial Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Rana Sanaullah Khan Saturday said that Imran Khan’s declaration of assets was just a mockery. He said this while talking to media men at the Punjab Assembly cafeteria. The minister also said that Sheikh Rashid had joined Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf on someone else’s behest. To a question he said the Punjab Assembly would adopt a Privilege Amendment Bill in its next sitting, which will empower Speaker to summon any convicted legislator to the house. He said all provincial affairs were being run smoothly while performance of the government departments had improved remarkably. He said a day would be fixed to discuss sensitive issues like health and law and order in the assembly and opposition would be taken into confidence in this regard. Answering a question, he said, Zulfiqar Khosa was party's asset and Nawaz Sharif had assured him to address his reservations. He further said, government would neither oppose nor support Dost Mohammed Khosa's personal case. He demanded formation of a national commission to review creation of new provinces. Courtesy :GEO NEWS