Saturday, 18 May, 2013
ISLAMABAD – The PPP-led government Friday threw up Rs2.96 trillion federal budget before an assembly wearing the look of a battle zone as opposition lawmakers, mainly from the PML-N, shouted at and scuffled with the treasury members.With a deficit of Rs1.185 trillion, this budget for the ...
KARACHI - The Sindh Finance Minister will present the provincial budget of FY2012-13 ...
RAWALPINDI - A series of violent protests broke out Friday in various parts of the city ...
KARACHI/LAHORE/RAWALPINDI - Zamir Sheikh, salman abduhu and iSRAR AHMAD - The ...
SURIYAWEWA - Sri Lanka threw their wickets away through reckless shots, conceded 17 ...
ISLAMABAD – The PPP-led government Friday threw up Rs2.96 trillion federal budget before an assembly wearing the look of a battle zone as opposition lawmakers, mainly from the PML-N, shouted at ...
ISLAMABAD – Lawmakers from the opposition PML-N Friday clashed with the government members as the finance minister unveiled PPP-led ruling coalition’s 5th budget in the national ...
A Chinese security ministry official has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the US and passing on state secrets, Hong Kong media reports say. The man, who was private secretary to a vice-minister in the security ministry, was arrested earlier this year, various press reports say. US ...
WASHINGTON - Former President George W. Bush returned to the White House for the unveiling of his official portrait Thursday, joining his successor President Barack Obama in a congenial ceremony that set aside their political differences. Obama credited Bush with going out of his way to make sure ...
SOFIA - Bulgaria started enforcing a full smoking ban in all enclosed public spaces including bars and restaurants on Friday as its notoriously heavy smokers fumed over the new regulations. The small Balkan country is home to Europe's second-heaviest smokers after Greece, with health ministry ...
SURIYAWEWA - Sri Lanka threw their wickets away through reckless shots, conceded 17 runs through wides and about 10 through misfields, but thanks to the Josephian Mafia - a moniker Thisara Perera and Angelo Mathews have earned from the school they shared - still won by a whopping 37 runs. It ...
PARALYSED patients have been given new hope of recovery after rats with severe spinal injuries regained the ability to walk, run and even climb stairs following a groundbreaking new treatment. The rodents were able to gain “100 per cent recuperation” just weeks after a therapy ...
KARACHI/LAHORE/RAWALPINDI - Zamir Sheikh, salman abduhu and iSRAR AHMAD - The business community of Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi has expressed disappointment over the federal budget 2012-13, announced by Finance Minister Dr Hafeez Sheikh on Friday.Business and industrial community of ...
Eleven and twelve years old committing suicide! It is unheard of, especially as a pattern, across the country. They are not even supposed to know the ...
Pakistan’s relations with the US have swung from one extreme to the other i.e. from close relations to mistrust and angry reactions, sometimes ...
Pakistan is a black hole for American aid,” said Gary L. Ackerman during a House Foreign Affairs Sub-Committee hearing, recently: “Our ...
Following the devolution of powers in the 18th Amendment, the provinces are now independent in managing the healthcare services being provided to the ...
In a famous TV talk show, the host showed Babar Awan an affidavit supposedly written and sent by Aitzaz Ahsan to him ...
The importance of maintaining a trained and well equipped army, navy and air force is vital for the security and ...
The law and order situation in the country is getting worse by the day. Thefts, robberies, street crimes and targeted ...
The mysterious death of a renowned neurosurgeon Dr Aftab Qureshi, who was kidnapped on May 12 from Karachi during the ...
LAHORE - Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa and Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif exchanged taunts, ...
LAHORE - The PML-N has rejected the federal budget as merely rhetoric and the one prepared on the ...
LAHORE – Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said he never demanded to make Karachi a province and ...
The Lahore High Court on Friday allowed All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) to conduct a public ...
KARACHI - The Sindh Finance Minister will present the provincial budget of FY2012-13 estimating at ...
KARACHI - Dr Ali Akbar Salehi, Foreign Minister of Iran, Friday called on President Asif Ali ...
KARACHI – Pakistan Medical Association Sindh chapter, along with its sister organisations, ...
KARACHI - National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has arrested one of the directors of M/s ...
RAWALPINDI - A series of violent protests broke out Friday in various parts of the city against ...
ISLAMABAD - The federal government has allocated Rs 1690.629 million for the Capital Development ...
ISLAMABAD - The government has allocated Rs 9.737 billion to the Ministry of Capital Administration ...
RAWALPINDI - The Punjab government has issued new list of the fares for public transport plying on ...
