KARACHI (Agencies) - State Bank of Pakistan has decided to leave its discount rate, the key policy rate, unchanged at 15 per cent for the rest of the quarter, SBP Governor Syed Salim Raza said on Saturday. The central bank raised interest rates by 2 percentage points to 15 per cent on November 12, ...
NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Accusing the Congress-led government of dithering in taking strong steps against terrorists, BJP President ...
ISLAMABAD - Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) Saturday released details of the assets owned by the Senators. A 365-page ...
LAHORE - Unknown motorcyclists Saturday gunned down PPP vice-president, Lahore chapter, Shahid Imtiaz, within Mughalpura Police ...
KARACHI - The cinema of Iran has been flourishing day-by-day. Many popular commercial films are annually made in Iran, and ...
UNITED NATIONS - An obviously frustrated UN official in devastated Gaza has made impassioned appeal to Israel to open all border ...
UNITED NATIONS " After a long night of voting in neighboring Djibouti, the newly expanded Somali parliament elected opposition ...
BANGKOK (AFP) - Thousands of supporters of ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra rallied outside Thailand's main government offices ...
TEHRAN (AFP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and top Iranian leaders on Saturday paid tribute to the man who led the ouster of ...
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas is leading a chorus of opposition to calls by rival Hamas supremo ...
NEW YORK - A top army general who is set to retire is the Obama administration's choice to become the next U.S. ambassador to ...
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama said the economy is "a continuing disaster" for families as he signed executive orders to ...
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Initial results from Iraq's provincial elections held on Saturday are to be released next week but the final ...
TOKYO (AFP) - Iran is monitoring US foreign policy in countries such as Afghanistan to see if improved ties under President ...
MELBOURNE (AFP) - Roger Federer stands on the brink of tennis immortality with an unsurpassed 14th Grand Slam title there for the ...
MELBOURNE (AFP) - Serena Williams thrashed Russia's Dinara Safina 6-0, 6-3 to win her fourth Australian Open title Saturday, ...
KARACHI (APP) - Advisor to PM on Petroleum and Natural Resources Dr Asim Hussain said that interest rates will go down in the ...
KARACHI - The Food Department of Sindh Government has claimed that no crisis of wheat shortage would emerge in the province as ...
LAHORE - The textile industry continued to face gas supply suspension by the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd despite the fact that ...
KARACHI - Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET) has sought collaboration from the concerned provincial ...
LONDON (AFP) - Commodity markets faced a mixed week as traders tracked a deepening recession in key consumer the United States ...
LAHORE - Honda Atlas Cars (Pakistan) Limited has launched its Honda City new model for 2009 at a ceremony in local hotel on ...
KARACHI - Ghandhara Nissan Limited (GNL) has announced the recommencement of the local assembly of Nissan Sunny, a vehicle which ...
DAVOS (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso pledged 1.5 trillion yen (17 billion dollars) in development aid to other Asian ...
NEW YORK - Cyber-Tex Incorporated, an IT technology training company run by a Pakistani enterpreneur, has been selected as one ...
WASHINGTON - A Pakistan Embassy spokesman Saturday denied reports in a section of the Pakistani press that the landmark ...
LAHORE - Country's economic growth is crawling to a halt due to the interest rate, almost highest in the world, thanks to the ...
DAVOS (Switzerland) (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Saturday urged the IMF for an early review meeting as the ...
SRINAGAR (Agencies) - Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor Saturday said the military was fully prepared to act or react in ...
ISLAMABAD - United States sanctions against Iran could create hurdles in carrying out Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline ...
MULTAN - Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Saturday hoped that findings of investigations by the Federal Investigation ...
LAHORE - The new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority is going to come into force from ...
KARACHI - As a part of an expansion program, Turkish Airlines will increase the number of flights departing from Istanbul to ...
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A Queen's-led team has discovered the reason why garlic is so good for us. Researchers have widely believed that the organic ...
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STANFORD researchers have reclaimed bragging rights for creating the world's smallest writing, a distinction the university first ...
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ISLAMABAD - In order to save the sacrifice of around 900 trees for the construction of concrete structure, the Ministry of ...
RAWALPINDI - Justice (Retd) Wajihuddin urged the lawyers to take along all the political parties of the country and members of ...
ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Rohtas Art Gallery (RAG) has displayed a collection of contemporary art works by Amra Khan and Haider Ali ...
RAWALPINDI - The Department of Environmental Sciences, Pir Mehr Ali Shah-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR) has ...
ISLAMABAD (APP) - A weeklong Iranian cultural festival to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Islamic revolution of Iran, opened ...
ISLAMABAD (NNI)- Annual elections of all the affiliated union of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), has been completed ...
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Air Force qualified for the A-Division national soccer competitions by thrashing Railway 2-1 in the final of ...
ISLAMABAD - President, Pakistan Badminton Federation (PBF), Nazar Muhammad Gondal Saturday directed the provincial associations ...
KARACHI (APP) - New strategies to tackle pneumonia and meningitis, including shorter antibiotic regimens and simple methods of ...
KARACHI (APP) - All the lines of Edhi's Ambulance, Emergency and Control Room '115' have been dead since 9 pm Friday and could ...
KARACHI - A division bench of Sindh High Court on Saturday issued notice to Special Prosecution General and Advocate General ...
KARACHI (APP) - Iran and Pakistan have a lot of potential for bilateral, regional and international cooperation. This was stated ...
My last Straight Talk article had been based on the two simple phrases - CHANGE and YES WE CAN, that had won the hearts and minds ...
KARACHI (APP) - Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be featuring in the tri-series in Dubai Sports City in April, Pakistan ...
KARACHI - On a day when top seed Aqeel Khan and his youngest brother Yasir Khan scored easy wins it was young Nasir Mushtaq who ...
LAHORE - Baba Ghulam Haider known as 'Baba Jee Brown Bread Waley' a warrior in fight against diabetes passed away last week at ...
LAHORE - The chief minister has approved District Coordination Officer, Rahim Yar Khan to be nominated as Project Director for ...
LAHORE - Punjab Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rana Sana Ullah Khan has said the Pakistan Muslim League-N wants ...
LAHORE - The Defence Police have arrested and sent behind bars SHO Ghalib Market Ihsan Ashraf Butt and a head constable for ...
LAHORE - President, Lahore High Court Bar Association, Anwar Kamal has said that lawyers are struggling to bring the masses out ...
LAHORE - A 33-member team of Pakistani doctors dispatched with relief goods including medicines and surgical equipments for the ...
LAHORE - As many as eight matches were played day six of the 56th National Hockey Championship being played here at the National ...
LAHORE - Larensche Mixed Hockey Club has stopped Pakistan players Rehan Butt and Salman Akbar to play for any other team except ...
LAHORE - The Punjab team gained with 212 points won the 2nd National Juniors Cycling Championship which concluded here on ...