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Another escalation averted

Another escalation averted

KABUL (Agencies) - A cross-border incident involving Nato and Pakistani forces was quickly defused early on Wednesday with no loss of life, according to Brig Gen Carsten Jacobson, the spokesman for the American-led international coalition here. According to The New York Times, few details of the ...


National News
PPPs 44 years: A critical appraiser

PPPs 44 years: A critical appraiser

LAHORE-After surviving through turbulent periods of history, the PPP has entered 45th year of its life today. Founded by Z.A Bhutto at the residence of Dr. Mubashir Hasan in Lahore on November 30, ...

Pakistan flood victims at 'grave risk' 100 days on

Pakistan flood victims at 'grave risk' 100 days on

SC summons Arid varsity VC

SC summons Arid varsity VC

International News
Nato attack raised very serious questions: Hina

Nato attack raised very serious questions: Hina

WASHINGTON - With the deadly Nato airstrike on Mohmand checkposts sparking outrage in Pakistan, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar says the raid has raised much bigger questions than whether ...

The folly of drone strikes

The folly of drone strikes

US should mend ties

US should mend ties

Sports News
Pakistan sight win in first ODI

Pakistan sight win in first ODI

DHAKA (Agencies) - After an excellent series victory over Sri Lanka, Pakistan will be looking to keep their momentum going when they start the ODI series against Bangladesh. Despite some politics and ...

Johnson out for five months

Johnson out for five months

Akmal meets Zaka for career revival

Akmal meets Zaka for career revival

Entertainment News
Many Americans with HIV go untreated

Many Americans with HIV go untreated

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Nearly three quarters of Americans with HIV do not have their infection under control, raising the risk of death from AIDS and transmission to others, said a US study on ...

Artist, Take Shelter lead Spirit Award nominees

Artist, Take Shelter lead Spirit Award nominees

Britney Spears to offer free concert

Britney Spears to offer free concert

Business News
BD keen to promote trade with Pakistan

BD keen to promote trade with Pakistan

Our Staff Reporter SIALKOT - Bangladesh High Commissioner to Pakistan Suhrab Hossain has said that Bangladesh making strenuous efforts for strengthening trade ties with Pakistan. Addressing the ...

ICCI for increasing yield production to enhance exports

ICCI for increasing yield production to enhance exports

Seeds sale target achieved

Seeds sale target achieved

Regional News

Preparations for Ashura gear up

LAHORE Preparations by the Shiites to observe the Ashura are in full swing as the sale of sharp-edged daggers and knives is gaining momentum with each passing day, a survey conducted by TheNation ...

MBBS First Professional results announced

LAHORE The University of Health Sciences has announced the result of First Professional MBBS Part-II annual examination. A total of 3, 175 candidates from 22 affiliated medical colleges appeared in ...

PU awards PhD degree in Geology

LAHORE - Punjab University has awarded PhD degree to Muhammad Amjed Hussain Cheema in the subject of Geology after approval of his research thesis entitled Microfaces, Digenesis and Depositional ...

PU finds 2 PhDs 'case of full plagiarism

LAHORE A Punjab University committee has decided the plagiarism case of two PhD scholars of the PU and University of Engineering & Technology and submitted a report to the Vice-Chancellor after ...

Formation of conflict-of-interest laws demanded

LAHORE Speaking in the context of day by day flourishing businesses of the ruling class, PPP central leader and veteran politician Syeda Abida Hussain has urged the government to constitute ...

Pakistan should not participate in Bonn conference, says Zaki

LAHORE - Former Foreign Secretary Akram Zaki has said that boycott of Bonn conference on peace in Afghanistan is good decision. He said that only one declaration would be issued there and no ...

Election under caretaker govt demanded

LAHORE Political leaders, intellectuals and some ex-servicemen have proposed that the next elections should be held under a caretaker government of an independent election commission. Senator SM ...

SZH chief for vacating CEN premises

LAHORE Sheikh Zayed Hospital Chairman Prof Dr Zafar Iqbal has called for an end to illegal occupation Centre of Excellence for Nursing by the University of Health Sciences. He took up this issue in ...

38 more trains suspended

LAHORE Pakistan Railways on Wednesday suspended 38 trains at different short routes due to unavailability of diesel, this was learnt. According to the sources, the railways only have a diesel for ...

Directive to ensure ban on hate speeches

LAHORE Capital City Police Officer Ahmad Raza Tahir on Wednesday stressed that provocative and hate-mongering speeches are intolerable, which disturb the civic peace and hurt sentiments of others. ...

Child abductors nabbed

LAHORE Civil Lines Police Division (Operations wing) claimed to have apprehended four alleged abductors including three women involved in kidnapping an infant from Darbar Bibi Pakdamna couple of ...

Petition against Sherry dismissed

LAHORE The Lahore High Court on Wednesday dismissed and withdrawn a petition challenging appointment of Sherry Rehman as ambassador to US. As Justice Nasir Saeed Sheikh started proceeding, the ...

Shifting of Lady Wallington Hospital starts

LAHORE - The shifting of citys historical Lady Wallington Hospital from Ravi Road to Badami Bagh area has been started on the directions of Punjab which has its irked staff. The hospital situated on ...

Awareness about HIV/AIDS vital

LAHORE The Chanan Development Association (CDA) in collaboration with Youth Peer Education Network Pakistan and United Nations Population Fund organised an awareness seminar in connection with World ...

Arifa makes hat-trick in gold medals

LAHORE (PR) Journalist, writer and poetess Arifa Sobh Khan has set a hat-trick record by achieving consecutive three gold medals in an year. Idara Farogh-e-Taleem Punjab had presented third gold ...

APML public moot at Mochi Gate on 18th

LAHORE APML has planned to hold a public moot at Mochi Gate on December 18 for the dress rehearsal of welcoming party founder, Pervez Musharraf keeping in view the possibilities of his early return. ...

Auction of plots

LAHORE - Lahore Development Authority has scheduled auction of four commercial as well as 32 residential plots, situated in LDA controlled Sabzazar Housing Scheme, for 15th of December 2011. ...

'Education to Wapda workers must

LAHORE (PR) - Provisions of education to the children of workers will not only help their mental and spiritual development, but also help to raise their employability. These views were expressed by ...

Founders Day at Esena School

LAHORE (PR) - A ceremony was held here the other day at Esena Foundation School to celebrate Esenas Golden Jublee year of Founders Day. Begum Anees Majid Khan, founder of the school, was the chief ...

2 police officers transferred, posted

LAHORE Inspector General of Police, Punjab, Javed Iqbal has issued transfer / posting orders of two police officers on Wednesday. According to notifications, Imran Arshad, Senior Superintendent of ...

Financial support for students societies vital

LAHORE Government College University Lahore Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Khaleeq-ur-Rahman has vowed to provide maximum support and financial resources to the universitys students publications, ...

NA HRs body visits hospital

LAHORE National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights Sub Committee Wednesday visited Sheikh Zayed Hospital and discussed different affairs like security and sanitary arrangements. The ...

Condolence reference

LAHORE Progressive Writers Association organized a condolence reference for noted journalist and writer Hameed Akhtar at Alhamra, The Mall on Wednesday. The reference was presided over by Abid ...

DIG Motorways retires

LAHORE Deputy Inspector General National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) N-5 Central Fateh Sher Joyia retired from government service after serving 37 years on different important posts across ...

Woman burnt alive

LAHORE A mother of four was burnt alive, shortly after fire erupted in the bedroom of her rented house in Samanabad police area, police and rescue workers said on Wednesday. Police said that the ...

Shahbaz boards China bus sans security

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday travelled as an ordinary commuter, without any security or protocol, in the newly-launched urban transport bus in the provincial ...

Protests against Nato, America continue

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - PML-Q Punjab chapter held a protest rally against the Nato strikes and to express solidarity with Pak Army on Wednesday. PML-Q Secretary General Chaudhry Zaheer-ud-Din, ...

Sapna Khan missing mystery further deepens

LAHORE The kidnapping and alleged murder of stage actress Sapna Khan by her ex-husband and former chief minister Dost Muhammad Khosa, remains a mystery as her family members are running from pillar ...

Pak-US ties 'reach a saturation point

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - Pakistan-US relations have reached a saturation point after the Nato attack on a Mohmand Agency army checkpost, Federal Information Minister Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan said ...

Massive student rally raps Nato

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - Punjab University Directorate of Students Affairs Wednesday organised a massive rally against Nato aerial strike on Pakistani checkposts in Mohmand Agency. The ...

Dengue kills another two

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE Dengue virus, surfacing again, claim two lives in on Wednesday, while some 12 more patients were tested positive for the dengue in the provincial capital. Reports stated ...

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