CHESHIRE TG - A British woman with a rare disorder eats up to 2,500 calories a night in her sleep. Lesley Cusack, 55, keeps herself on a strict diet during the day because she has no control over what she eats while asleep at night. The mother-of-three from Warrington, Cheshire, said: “I can ...

lahore - Pakistani businessmen, under US GSP scheme, can make duty-free exports of 3,500 items including gemstones, precious metals, jewellery, leather sports gloves, mittens and mitts; certain non-cotton pillows, cushions and similar furnishings; certain athletic articles and equipment; ...

Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has deployed 500 teams to monitor the election campaign of contesting candidates.According to Election Commission sources‚ the teams have been mandated to check violation of code of conduct by the candidates.The teams will also monitor election campaign ...

SIALKOT/JHANG - As many as 500 small and medium surgical industrial units have been closed down in Sialkot city and its surrounding areas for the last  two weeks due to the daily 20 to 22 hours long loadshedding of electricity in export-oriented Sialkot city, said the chairman of Surgical ...

KANO, Nigeria (AFP) - Weekend attacks on three communities in volatile and ethnically divided central Nigeria have left 19 people dead and displaced some 4,500 others, a local official said on Tuesday.The attacks were believed to be reprisals in a dispute involving mainly Muslim Fulanis and the ...

RAWALPINDI - Office research, innovation and commercialisation department of Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) in collaboration with School of Leadership (SoL) organised the third session of its nationwide campaign titled “Shabash Pakistan” here on Tuesday.500 future leaders of ...

LAHORE (PR) - The Lahore Transport Company has clarified news item published in The Nation on Thursday that “hardly 300 buses are operative on the urban bus routes and LTC has nothing to do but to accumulate funds in form of heavy challans of rickshaws and vans”. Spokesman has said that ...

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - About 500 Myanmar nationals swam the last 500 metres to enter Malaysia illegally at the end of a 15-day boat journey at the weekend, leaving one dead, police said Tuesday. Police told AFP they had so far found 482 people, including the captain of the 30-metre vessel, since ...

ISLAMABAD  - Hundreds of serving Indian soldiers including senior officers are accused of involvement in widespread human rights abuses in Held Kashmir, daily Guardian reports.The article published in the United Kingdom’s leading daily gives reference to report by a team of veteran legal ...

CHINA is building a new landmark in the northeast of the country that defies the notion that size doesn’t matter.Taking shape in the city of Fushun in Liaoning province is a gigantic steel loop dubbed the Ring of Life. The 500-foot ring is made of a whopping 3,000 tonnes of steel and will ...

ISLAMABAD – Over 500 talented students on Monday put on display their 150 projects on science and arts at an expo organised here by Pak-Turk Schools and Colleges.The students’ expo titled “Third-Eye Science Programme” was a part of a series of annual functions being arranged ...

Federal Investigations Agency (FIA) after interrogation allowed as many as 500 Pakistanis deported from Oman to go to their homes here in Karachi on Friday.It should be mentioned that about 500 Pakistanis deported from Oman arrived at Ghass Bander Kemari Karachi on Thursday night.They belong to ...

RIO DE JANEIRO  - More than 500 penguins have been found dead on beaches of Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state, authorities said Friday.The Centre of Coastal and Marine Studies (Ceclimar) said veterinarians were investigating the deaths of the 512 marine animals which beached on ...

The first group of five hundred Sikh Yatrees reached Wagha from India on Tuesday to participate in Baisakhi Mela on Friday. Chairman of Evacuee Trust Property Board received them at Wagha Railway Station. Around six thousand yatrees are expected to arrive in Pakistan through special trains to ...

The lower courts of Punjab Friday issued arrest warrants of 500 policemen over non presentation of witnesses and challans.A cue to pull the police department was given by the Supreme Court during hearing earlier this week, the Chief Justice took a very serious notice of not presenting challans by ...

LAHORE – The UK base organization Help The Needy Charitable Trust will organize free eye camps in the four provinces and Azad Kashmir with the collaboration of Al Mustafa Welfare Society. Some 500 cataract surgeries would be operated during these camps. This was stated by Sami Uddin, Project ...

KARACHI - The minister for local government has recruited over 500 employees after the conversion of Karachi Building Control Authority (KBCA) into the Sindh Building Control Authority allegedly violating the law and without advertising the vacancies.Highly controversial issue of local bodies ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China launched a super-rapid test train over the weekend which is capable of travelling 500 kilometers per hour, state media said on Monday, as the country moves ahead with its railway ambitions despite serious problems on its high-speed network.The train, made by a subsidiary ...

Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wasan on Thursday said that the operation in Karachi was progressing successfully and had helped in controlling the citys security situation, a private TV reported. According to details, speaking to media representatives in Khairpur, Mr Wasan lauded the performance of ...

Our Staff reporter HAFIZABAD - For maintaining complete peace and religious harmony on the eve of Eidul Fitr, the district police have deputed 500 cops under the supervision of two DSPs. In this connection all entry and exit points and motorway interchanges at KOt Sarwar, Bhaka Bhatttian and Pindi ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The old design and bigger size banknote of Rs 500 denomination will be demonetized with effect from Oct 1, 2011. Senior official told APP here on Sunday that the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has asked the general public to exchange these notes from the field offices of SBP banking ...

ISLAMABAD - Government is all set to ensure the supply of 500 mcfd of LNG in Sui Soutrhern Gas Company (SSGC) system by next year (2012). Pakistan has invited expressions of interests (EoIs) from foreign and domestic companies for the supply of 500 million cubic feet per day (cfd) of liquefied ...

More than 500 illegal migrants were discovered crammed into the trailers of two trucks heading from Mexico towards the US. The 513 migrants, from Latin America and Asia, were were found travelling in "inhumane" conditions, police said. Four people accused of smuggling the migrants were arrested, ...

The money gambled on cricket now is astronomical, and if former International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Malcolm Speed is to be believed, at least 500 million dollars was gambled away during the recent World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan in Mohali, India. The Age quotes Speed as saying ...

LAHORE - All available resources were mobilised to douse the fire in the Shah Alam Market tragedy, a Rescue 1122 spokesman claimed on Tuesday. Faheem Jehanzaib said. As many as 14 fire-fighting vehicles and 80 fighters took part in the rescue operation. Three rescuers Mohammed Yaqub, Akram, and ...

KARACHI - The Federal Government has declared that the old-design banknote of Rs 500, which was introduced in April 1986, shall cease to be legal tender with effect from 1st October 2011 and hence cannot be exchangeable from this date. Accordingly, the State Bank has asked the general public to ...

ISLAMABAD Officials of Aabpara Police Station have arrested six persons from G-7 Markaz and foiled a bid of bootlegging besides recovering 500 bottles of liquor, 500 empty bottles and 12 gallons along with distillery tools during a raid at a house in the same area. The prompt action of Station ...

INDIANAPOLIS (Indiana) (AFP) Brazilian Tony Kanaan shrugged off a second crash to qualify Sunday for the Indianapolis 500 and said his unlikely last-row spot was as satisfying as pole position. I remember being here on the pole in 2005 - I think Im more excited today that Im starting 32nd, Kanaan ...

KARACHI - Around 500 out of 700 candidates, who passed Entrance Test from Karachi University (KU), may be given admissions in the MS/PhD and MD programmes for 2009-10 at KU. The merit list of the successful candidates of the said programmes will be issued on February,16 2010. Karachi University has ...

US forces in Afghanistan should brace themselves for up to 500 casualties a month this year, a senior retired American general has warned. The forecast comes from General Barry McCaffrey, formerly the most decorated general in the US Army, who has conducted field assessments of the US military ...