GUJRANWALA - Short circuit-induced massive fire wreaked havoc here in Old Sabzi Mandi and gutted at least 60 shops and 70 makeshift shops.According to rescue sources, the fire erupted due to an electric short circuit at a UPS shop in Qaisra Bazaar which engulfed the neighbouring shops. Strong wind ...

NOORPUR THAL - Prominent social worker Syed Zulqarnain Shah from constituency NA-70 Khushab, has withdrawn his nomination in favour of PTI candidate Malik Gul Asghar Khan Baghoor. TIWNANA GROUP JOINED: The members of local notable political family belong to Noorpur have announced joining Tiwana ...

KARACHI  - In Pakistan, 70 percent of children get exposed to environmental tobacco smoke, globally declared as a class-A carcinogen, that is capable to produce cancer.Experts talking to APP said tobacco smoke is a major cause of contribution to the indoor air-pollution in the country, where ...

QUETTASecurity forces arrested 70 Afghan nationals from Chagai district trying to sneak into Iran without having legal documents under foreign act on Saturday. Sources said personnel of Frontier Corps (FC) Kharan Rifle arrested 70 Afghan nationals near Iran border who had entered Pakistan illegally ...

LAHOURE - Unlike the stance taken by Secretary National Assembly and the Chairman Senate that rules of business do not allow them to seek fresh oath from parliamentarians regarding their nationality, Punjab Assembly Secretary has decided to cooperate with the Election Commission of Pakistan in this ...

NEW YORK - Dozens of arrests were reported on Monday, the first anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, as protesters converged near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and tried to block access to the exchange.The protests attracted about a thousand activists, less than last fall’s ...

LAHORE - The Punjab Prisons Department have fired 75 officials, including warders, for having connived with gangsters and hardcore criminals to permit them to lead their rings from 32 districts and central jails of the province, it has been learned .According to well-placed sources, the dismissed ...

RAWALPIN – Tehsil Municipal Administration (TMA) on Saturday confiscated 70 tyres, three trucks loaded with goods from different city markets in its campaign against encroachments while 26 shopkeepers were also imposed fines amounting to Rs 26,000.TMA spokesman told that over 70 tyres from ...

A series of bomb blasts have killed at least eight people and wounded at least 70 in Thailand's main town in the southern area of Yala, according to military officials. Conflicting accounts from officials on Saturday said that Saturday's attacks involved both car bombs and bombs hidden on ...

GENEVA  - As many as 70,000 children are dying every year from tuberculosis, as the curable disease often goes unnoticed due to a failure by health workers to recognise the symptoms, the WHO said Wednesday.“Often TB is undiagnosed in children... because the symptoms in children are not ...

PRAGUE : Czech ski jumper Jiri Raska, the Olympic winner from the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games, died aged 70 after a long illness on Friday, the CTK news agency reported. On Grenoble's normal hill, Raska won the first winter Olympic gold ever for former Czechoslovakia, which split peacefully into the ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Sixty-six journalists were killed worldwide in 2011, many of them covering Arab revolutions, gang crime in Mexico or political turmoil in Pakistan, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Thursday. Ten journalists were killed in Pakistan, most of them murdered, making it the most ...

SINGER Cesaria Evora, dubbed the "Barefoot Diva" for often performing without shoes, has died in her native Cape Verde at the age of 70. The musician, forced to retire earlier this year due to ill-health, began her career singing in the bars of Mindelo in the West African island nation. Evora did ...

Our Staff Reporter LAHORE Punjab Irrigation and Drainage Authority (PIDA) has issued orders to dissolve 70 organisations of farmers set up in the lower Chenab canal (Gharbi) circle and Jhelum canal circle on completing their three years. PIDA General Manager Saeed Zahid Ali has directed the chief ...

ISLAMABAD - Central Selection Board (CSB) under Federal Public Service Commission Justice (R) Rana Bhagwandas, Friday, recommended promotions of over 70 civil servants in grade 21 and would convene meeting again today (Saturday) to consider another 50. Following promotions in the second highest ...

ISLAMABAD Over 70 paintings from the 32 schools were put on display at the Heritage Museum Gallery here at the Lok Virsa in relation to the International Mountain Day. The event entitled 'Youth Art Exhibition and Seminar was organised by the Development Communications Network (DEVCOM-Pakistan) in ...

LAHORE Pakistan put up glorious display of scoring power as they thrashed last years semi-finalist Bhutan 7-0 in the Group-B clash of 8th SAFF Championship at Dhakas Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. It was second ever tie between two nations. Pakistan also won the first one 2-1 at ...

FREETOWN (Reuters) - At least 70 people, mostly children returning from their school holidays, died when a boat carrying 150 passengers capsized in a heavy storm off Sierra Leone, police said on Wednesday. Most of the dead were children between the ages of eight and 16 years old, Sam Bangura, a ...

LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices dropped below 70 dollars on Monday as traders took profits from recent gains, but analysts said they expected crude futures to quickly resume their recent rally. In morning trading in London, Brent North Sea crude for delivery in July dipped as low as 69.75 dollars a ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Labour and Manpower, Syed Khursheed Ahmad Shah said up to 70 per cent sacked employees have been reinstated, who were removed from their jobs between 1996 to 1998. The minister was talking to the media after the meeting of Federal Cabinet Committee for ...

LAHORE - The Pakistan junior hockey team beat Ghana by seven goals to nil in the second match of Five-nation Junior Hockey Tournament in Cairo, Egypt on Monday. According to the information received from Egypt, Pakistan was leading three goals to nil at the end of the first half. Muhammad Zubair ...

LAHORE - The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Monday warned the government to immediately ensure uninterrupted supply of electricity to save the industry from a total collapse by making payments to Independent Power Producers (IPPs). "About 70 per cent industry has already closed down ...

KARACHI - The legendary Sindh bucolic Sufi poet Tajal Bewas died at the age of 70 years at a private hospital here on Saturday. He left one widow, 4 sons and 7 daughters. He suffered a fatal stroke and was in coma for the last one week. Taj Muhammad Samo was born in 1938 in Sobdehero district ...

ISLAMABAD - As many as 70 students were briefed about the laws and customs and traditions of the UK at a pre-departure briefing organised by the British Council on Saturday. The students have already got admissions to different UK universities and colleges for September/October 2008 intake. ...