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Zardari paves way for 'N' govt in Punjab

Zardari paves way for 'N' govt in Punjab

ISLAMABAD - Deciding to extend unconditional support to PML(N) in Punjab while sitting on Opposition benches President Asif Ali Zardari recommended lifting of Governor's Rule in the Province. Addressing the joint session of the Parliament on the beginning of second parliamentary year here ...


International News
Federer, Djokovic ease past qualifiers in Miami

Federer, Djokovic ease past qualifiers in Miami

MIAMI (AFP) - World number two Roger Federer and number three Novak Djokovic eased into the third round of the Miami ATP Masters 1000 tournament Friday with victories over qualifiers. Switzerland's ...

All about Jesse as New Zealand take charge

All about Jesse as New Zealand take charge

Biden warned against widening Afghan war

Biden warned against widening Afghan war

Entertainment News
John Mayer debuts new love song

John Mayer debuts new love song

JOHN Mayer may not be lucky in love, but the guy know how to write the kind of heartfelt lyrics that make women swoon. Just three weeks after his break-up with Jennifer Aniston, John has debuted a ...

Australia kicks off Earth Hour climate campaign

Australia kicks off Earth Hour climate campaign

Paris Hilton denies engagement rumours

Paris Hilton denies engagement rumours

Business News
Textile production capacity cut by 30pc due to loadshedding

Textile production capacity cut by 30pc due to loadshedding

LAHORE - The all representatives of the whole textile sector in the country, taking serious notice of the prevailing energy crisis, stated that as a consequence of loadshedding the textile production ...

Bullish sentiments prevail as market gains 7 per cent

Bullish sentiments prevail as market gains 7 per cent

Islamic banking system assets swell to Rs276 billion

Islamic banking system assets swell to Rs276 billion

Regional News

Younis, Intikhab want new team

LAHORE - Pakistan captain Younis Khan and coach Intikhab Alam have asked for a new look squad for the forthcoming One-day series against Australia in Abu Dhabi and Dubai from April 22. Both of them ...

Yousuf not leaving ICL: PCB chairman

LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ijaz Butt on Friday denied media reports that Mohammad Yousuf is ready to leave the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) to return to national duty. "I have been ...

Akhtar keen to return to Pak team for Aussie series

LAHORE - Controversial pacer Shoaib Akhtar is keen to make a comeback to the Pakistan team, which is gearing up to take on world champions Australia in a One-day series next month. Akhtar feels the ...

Farhat guides HBL to crush Karachi Zebras

LAHORE - Banking on the century of Imran Farhat, HBL inflicted a heavy defeat on Karachi Zebras in the RBS Cup here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Saturday. HBL opener Farhat clobbered 130 runs and a ...

Salman hammers fastest fifty in NBP's big win

LAHORE - National Bank of Pakistan humbled Lahore Eagles by ten wickets in the RBS Cup here at the LCCA ground on Saturday. Uzairul Haq had four wickets while Qaiser Abbas had two with Mohammad ...

Aisam in doubles final in Thailand

LAHORE - Pakistan tennis ace Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi pairing with India's Rohan Bopanna prevailed upon a strong pair of Noam Okun and Harel Levy of Israel after a marathon match in which fates kept ...

PBF names team for King's Cup Boxing Thailand

LAHORE - The Pakistan Boxing Federation has announced a five-member team for participation in the 31st Kings Cup International Boxing Tournament to be played at Bangkok, Thailand from April 3 to 5. ...

Wapda retain National Cycling C'ship title

LAHORE - Defending champion Wapda retained the 57th National Cycling Championship title here Saturday followed by Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) and Army at the second and third slots ...

Leaders laud lifting of Governor Rule

LAHORE - Leaders from all the parties welcomed the announcement regarding the lifting of the Governor Rule, while seeking real reconciliatory efforts for strengthening democracy in the country, and ...

Mela Chiraghan begins with traditional fervour

LAHORE - Mela Chiraghan, festival of light marking the 421st annual Urs of Hazrat Shah Hussain (RA), a saint with a different trait and a mystic poet of Punjabi with distinction, commonly known as ...

Another dengue patient tested positive

LAHORE - Another 50-year-old dengue patient has been tested positive during the clinical investigations here at the Services Hospital after a camp jail prisoner Amin Lattif, 53, who was also ...

Fraud case plea against Ijaz Ahmad adjourned

LAHORE - District and Sessions Judge Lahore, Abdul Razzaq Bhatti Saturday adjourned a petition, questioning registration of a fraud case against Pakistani test cricketer Ijaz Ahmad. The petition, ...

Entry ban on private vehicles in PU protested

LAHORE - Islami Jamait Talaba (IJT) activists staged a protest demonstration at New Campus of Punjab University Punjab against the varsity management that imposed ban on the entry of private vehicles ...

PAF averted imminent war in aftermath of 26/11: ACM Rao

LAHORE (Agencies) - Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman on Saturday paid inaugural visit to PAF Base, Mushaf (Sargodha), after assuming the command of ...

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Awareness drive about newborns, mothers' health kicks off

ISLAMABAD-Every year in Pakistan 432,000 children under five years of age lose their lives while 20,000 mothers die due to complications related with pregnancy and child birth, this has been reliably ...

17,000 women to get training for LG polls

KARACHI - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will train more than 17,000 women across the Pakistan before organising the forthcoming Local Government Elections of 2009, The Nation learnt on ...

6 kidnappers arrested; four people recovered

KARACHI - A former Karate Asian Champion-turned gang leader of a group of criminals from Mardan and Swat, was arrested and four kidnapped persons including two cloth merchants of Kharadar were ...

Four acquitted in kidnapping case

KARACHI - The Anti Terrorist Court (ATC) III on Saturday released the accused in kidnapping for ransom case while giving them the benefit of doubt. Issuing the judgement to release the accused, the ...

Energy saving: KESC does it every day, every hour

KARACHI - Earth Hour is an international event organised by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature/World Wildlife Fund), and held on the last Saturday of March each year. The event requires all the ...

Pakistani student wins laurels at math contest

KARACHI - A brilliant student of Karachi, Bashar Ali Shahid, has outshined during The World Math Day, celebrated in mid of March. This event comprises students from across the world. The student of ...

KBCA cancels NOC of 17 projects in Scheme-33

KARACHI (APP) - Karachi Building Control Authority(KBCA) Friday cancelled the building plans and NOC for advertisement and sale of ongoing 17 private public sale projects on different plots in the ...

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Six doctors lobbying to get PIMS top post

ISLAMABAD- Manoeuvring has started ahead of the appointment of the new Executive Director (ED) of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) going to take charge of this priced slot after the ...

Man awarded death for killing youngster

RAWALPINDI-Additional District and Sessions Judge Saturday awarded capital punishment to a convict Irfan and acquitted three accused in two separate murder cases. As per details, Sessions Judge ...

Politicians display rare show of discipline

ISLAMABAD - Atmosphere of simplicity, austerity parsimony, and discipline were observed on the occasion of President's address to the joint setting of the Parliament. No sumptuous dinner nor hi-tea ...

16 doctors promoted to BPS-19

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government has promoted sixteen senior doctors of the Ministry of health and its attached departments including four doctors of Federal government services hospital (FGSH) ...

Bapsi explains mystique of her art

ISLAMABAD-The irremovable stains of blood marked on the dead body of an innocent girl compelled her to pen her thoughts and that's when it all started. Bapsi Sidhwa, noted writer and Pakistani-based ...

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