ISLAMABAD  - Pakistani delegation, led by Aizaz A Chaudhry, Additional Foreign Secretary (UN & EC), held seventh round of Pakistan-China bilateral consultations in Beijing on Monday. Chinese delegation was led by Qui Guohong, Director General for External Security Department of the ...

Presidents Asif Ali Zardari‚ Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Turkish President Abdullah Gul held talks at the presidential palace in Ankara before the start of 7th Trilateral summit.They discussed regional peace and security. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan also attended the ...

ISLAMABAD - The 7th anniversary of the devastating 2005 earthquake, which hit northwest and Azad Kashmir and killed over 70,000 people, was observed on Monday.Gatherings were organised in the affected areas to pay homage to the victims of one of the worst earthquakes in the country. The 7.6-temblor ...

NEW DELHI : Sania Mirza's semi-final finish in the women's doubles event at the Australian Open has catapulted her to a career best ranking of seventh position in the WTA Rankings. If she manages to stay in the top 10 till June 21, 2012, she will get a direct entry into the London Olympics. She ...

LAHORE Pakistans future hope and sensational junior Davis Cupper Samir Iftikhar kept his countrys flag flying high at the ITF Junior World Ranking Circuit by upsetting 7th seeded Karasstev Aslan of Russia in a hard fought three-set match on Thursday. Samir now reached the quarter-finals at the ...

KARACHI - Kara Film Festival is going to be held on the 4th of Feb 2009 in the metropolitan after lapse of two years. It is seventh turn of its chain on ever presented for the entertainment of the art lovers. From films, shorts to documentaries all are to be staged for the film enthusiasts who ...

KARACHI (PR) - The First Micro-finance Bank Ltd (FMFB) has been ranked 7th in the 2008 MIX Global 100 Composite Rankings of Micro-finance Institutions (MFIs). The rankings issued by the Micro-finance Information Exchange, Inc highlighted the performance of well rounded; leading MFIs that boost ...

KARACHI - In Pakistan, 6.9 million people are affected by diabetes with the International Diabetes Federation estimating that this number will grow to 11.5 million by 2025 unless measures are taken to control the disease. In 2007, 246 million people world-wide suffered from diabetes making the ...

At least five protestors were killed and many others injured when police resorted to indiscriminate firing during a protest at Nishat Chowk area of Mingora. According to sources, local people continued their protest against the ongoing operation in Mingora that has claimed so far many civilian ...