karachi - Pakistan Stocks closed higher amid speculations ahead of quarter end earning announcements.At local equity market benchmark KSE-100 share index gained 220.24 points or 1.20 percent to end the day at 18,614.36 points compared to 18,394.12 points of the previous day. Equity expert Ahsan ...

KARACHI  - The Karachi police in their drive against the criminals arrested 49 accused from different parts of the city during the past 24 hours. A police statement on Friday said that those arrested included 19 absconders and one proclaimed offender. It said that 22 weapons were also ...

KARACHI  - All CNG stations in Sindh will remain closed from 08:00am on April 13 till 08:00am on April 14.  “In order to maintain sufficient line-pack in our distribution lines and for ensuring uninterrupted gas supply to all its valued domestic, commercial and industrial customers ...

PESHAWAR  - Electioneering is picking up momentum in Nowshera as the Pakistan People’s Party Parliamentarians (PPP-P), Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakistan Tahrik-e-Insaf (PTI) have fielded senior politicians from Khattak tribe to win elections from the NA-5 Nowshera-I ...

KARACHI  -  CNG stations will be remain closed on Tuesday for 24 hours. As notified earlier, all the CNG stations in Sindh will remain closed from 08:00am on April 9 till 08:00am on April 10.  “SSGC has to resort to these shut downs of CNG stations in the Sindh province, in ...

LAHORE – Dacoits on Saturday hit the provincial metropolis for 29 times, robbed families, motorists, and passersby, and made off with cash, gold ornaments and other valuables worth five million rupees besides eight cars and 13 motorcycles from different parts of the city, police sources said. ...

LAHORE – While rejecting the allegations of loans’ default against the Sharif family, former Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif on Friday challenged the NAB to prove the charges within 24 hours or be ready to face the defamation law. He also sought an apology from the NAB in ...

BEIJING (AFP) - At least 24 people died and scores were injured after a tornado carrying huge hailstones lashed southern China, causing widespread devastation and a ferry to capsize, domestic media reported Thursday. The ferry overturned in a river in the south-eastern province of Fujian, causing ...

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysian customs have seized 24 tonnes of unprocessed elephant tusks worth almost $20 million, the largest haul in the country to date, officials said Tuesday. Some 1,500 tusks hidden in two containers were discovered by customs officials at the country’s main port of ...

KARACHI - The police in their ongoing drive against the criminals arrested 24 accused in the past 24 hours. A police statement here on Tuesday said that those arrested included five absconders. A police encounter with the alleged criminals also took place. The police also recovered 11 pistols from ...

RAWALPINDI – Police claimed to have arrested 24 drug peddlers and illegal arms holders during its ongoing campaign against anti-social elements.From the possession of the outlaws, police recovered 3,250 grams of charas, 1,525 grams of heroin, 55 bottles of liquor, 6 pistols of 30-bore with 30 ...

ISLAMABAD  – Government of Punjab has decided to reinstate 24 contract employees of the Wildlife Park Loi Bher, who were also deprived of their salaries for the last seven months. Deputy Director of the park, Raja Muhammad Javed said that the Punjab government had also started process to ...

KARACHI – It is hard to sense the terrifying degree of problems rains and flood-stricken people have been going through in many districts of the province. Losses are immense. Particularly in remote villages, where no rescue teams could reach for many days, losing their belongings to ...

KARACHI – Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) Director General has suspended at least 24 officials over minor negligence, whereas illegal construction of hundreds of sites still continues with the connivance of the SBCA. According to details, the SBCA has failed to vacate at least ...

The total power shortfall in country during last twenty four hours was five thousand one hundred thirty nine megawatts.According to the spokesman of Energy Management Cell in Lahore on Sunday‚ currently the total power production is thirteen thousand two hundred seventy five megawatts while ...

ZANZIBAR, Tanzania  - At least 24 people, including two Europeans, perished and many more remain missing after a ferry capsized off the coast of Zanzibar on Wednesday, government officials said. The vessel, which was officially carrying almost 290 passengers and crew, including more than 30 ...

PESHAWAR  – Just a day after first Nato trucks crossed the border into Afgha-nistan after a seven-month shutdown, a triple US drone attack on a compound in North Waziristan killed at least 24 suspected militants late Friday. The strike took place near Miranshah, the main town in the North ...

LAHORE–Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Friday that 24 roads in the City would be beautified through the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA).Speaking at a high-level meeting held in connection with the beautification of Lahore at his Minare Pakistan tent office, Shahbaz said ...

At least 10 people were killed and several others injured when a US drone fired missiles on a mosque in North Waziristan, tribal area bordering Afghanistan, sources said on Thursday. The Sources said that the unmanned plane fired two missiles on a mosque in Mir Ali Bazar of the agency.“Fear ...

Afghan police, backed by army and NATO- led coalition forces, have eliminated 19 Taliban militants during cleanup operations across the country within the past 24 hours, the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Tuesday morning. "Afghan National Police (ANP), Afghan National Army, NDS or Afghan ...

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani while taking a notice of unannounced load-shedding schedule way back in the country, directed ministry of water and power to put an end to it within next 24 hours.The PM who is currently in Seoul attending a two-day summit on Nuclear Security, directed the Ministry ...

NEW YORK - The U.S. military has decided to take no action against any of its soldiers involved in a U.S.led NATO airstrike in November that killed 24 Pakistani troops, a leading American newspaper reported Sunday.Diplomats said the decision, which was reported by The New York Times, was a serious ...

LOS ANGELES (Agencies)  The 24 movie has been hit by further delays, with 20th Century Fox shelving plans to put it in front of cameras in 2012. Kiefer Sutherland recently told Digital Spy that he had hoped to reprise his role as counter-terrorism agent Jack Bauer during a break from filming ...

KARACHI (APP) – The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) has delisted  24 companies from the stock exchange effective from February 1, 2012, for various reasons including non-compliance of listing regulations and liquidation.According to KSE here Tuesday, the exchange has completed all  ...

GUJRANWALA - As many as 24 girls schools in the district have been running without Headmistresses, while 184 seats of teachers are lying vacant since long, TheNation learnt here Saturday. According to details, BPS 17, 18 and 19 posts of Headmistresses are vacant in 24 schools which are badly ...

JHANG - At last seven people were killed while eight other received serious injuries in various road mishaps in different parts of Jhang during the past 24 hours. According to detail, in first road accident on Jhang-Chinot Road near Adda Satiana More, some 25-km from here, two persons Tassadaq ...

ISLAMABAD (INP) - The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Monday approved an increase of 24 paisa per unit in the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) power tariff under monthly fuel adjustment for the month of May. According to Nepra, the increase has been approved for the ...

LAHORE (PPI) - The price of cement bag packing paper has touched the record height as cement manufactures are paying Rs 24 for each one. According to industry sources, the cement manufactures were using 180 gram 2-ply quality paper for packing the 50 kg cement bag. As the paper was being imported, ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI - The Karachi stock market continued to witness a bullish trend Wednesday on the back of investors buying in the blue chip scrips of the oil and exploration companies. The KSEs 100-share index rose by 24.34 points or 0.20pc to 12,036.36 points, showing a modest turnover ...

TOKYO (AFP) - The seabed near the epicentre of the massive earthquake that rocked Japan last month was shifted 24 metres by the tremor, the countrys coastguard said Wednesday. Sensors found that one part of the ocean floor had been stretched to a point 24 metres east-southeast of its position ...