RAWALPINDI - The accused-turned-approver Tauqeer Ali Khan, front man of Syed Ali Musa Gilani, on Monday stated that he paid Rs 11.1 million to the junior Gilani at his home for helping in getting huge quota of ephedrine.Appearing before the Court of Narcotics Substance Control (CNSC) Special Judge ...

ISLAMABAD  - Almost one million children were left out of a polio vaccination drive which ended Wednesday, officials said, as unrest and flooding limited access and some parents viewed the campaign as a Western "conspiracy".Data obtained by this news agency showed that some 998,569 children of ...

UNITED NATIONS - Some 1.7 million more teachers are needed to achieve universal primary education by 2015, the second of the eight anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the heads of various UN agencies said Friday.“On this day, we call for the creation of supportive teaching ...

ISLAMABAD - One Million Signature Campaign for Right to Education (RTE) was officially launched here at National Press Club on Tuesday.The campaign aims to get one million signatures from the citizens, asking the government to implement the Article 25-A, which makes getting education a fundamental ...

LONDON (APP) - PM Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday announced one million Pound Sterling for upgrading the facilities for Machine Readable Passport System for the Pakistanis residing in Britain. The PM made the announcement during the annual gala dinner organised by UK-Pakistan Chamber of Commerce ...

KARAK - Senior Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Bashir Ahmad Bilour inaugurated the pavement of streets and a market in district Karak. Addressing a public gathering here at Town Hall, he said the restoration of peace in the province was the result of the struggles of Awami National Party government. ...

ONLINE music service Spotify has announced that it now has one million paying subscribers across Europe. News of the milestone comes as Spotify continues a fund-raising from investors in advance of a launch in the US. The Anglo-Swedish company has 6.67 million users, the majority of whom use a free ...

PAMELA Anderson has sued her former boyfriend for 1 million dollars for not following through on an agreement the two made when they were dating. According to court documents, Laurence Hallier, a real estate tycoon who dated Anderson back in 2006, promised her a condominium in a new Las Vegas ...

LAHORE Contrary to tall claims of no gas loadshedding for homes, the SNGPL is continuously hitting over one million domestic consumers of the city, The Nation has learnt. Since the start of the winter season, the gas is either available with low pressure or sometimes totally suspended to homes in ...

The number of flood affectees has been surging continuously across the province and its number has reached upto 4 million while out of them 1 million affectees are suffering from various diseases, said Jamil Soomro, Advisor to the Chief Minister, Sindh. Talking to BBC He said that among these ...

ISLAMABAD River Indus at Guddu is likely to sustain Exceptionally High Flood Level up to 1,000,000 cusecs during the next 3 to 4 days. Under this scenario, inundation and riverside flooding could occur in low-lying areas of District Khairpur, Jacobabad, Ghotki and Sukkur. River Indus at Sukkur is ...

PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD The worst monsoon floods and torrential rains have killed more than 800 people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while a considerable number of people are still missing in various parts of the province. Besides paralysing life in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the floods have damaged infrastructure ...

KARACHI - Cement export showed an exceptional growth, crossing the mark of 1.00 million tonne per month and depicted a growth of 117.2 per cent Year on Year basis on the back of huge demand from Middle East and India. While, the local sales during the month of Oct continued its downward trend, ...

Film stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have donated $1m (506,000) to help children affected by the war in Iraq. The Education Partnership for Children of Conflict will distribute the donation, made through the Hollywood couple's Jolie-Pitt Foundation. The money will be distributed among ...