LAHORE -APP  - The Agriculture Department Punjab has advised the farmers to use new bags for storing wheat and old bags can be used only after conducting spray on them and drying them. A spokesman of Agriculture department said on Sunday that godowns should be cleaned properly before storing ...

LONDON :-The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain is ill, according to a statement issued from the party's office in London. The MQM chief made several speeches prior to the elections to advocate his party and continuously performed organisational tasks which took a toll on his ...

Imran Khan has been advised to rest for a week after sustaining skull and back injuries in a fall at an election campaign rally, a hospital official said Wednesday.The former cricket star was admitted to the private Shaukat Khanum hospital that he founded in Lahore on Tuesday after falling off a ...

MULTAN The deputy director foods Multan division Sharjeel Mirza has said that the wheat procurement campaign will start from April 22.Talking to journalists here on Thursday, he added that the launching of procurement operation got a little delayed because of unprecedented rains but the ...

KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement senior leader Haider Abbas Rizvi on Friday advised the voters to exercise their right of franchise in the general election-2013 in favour of honest middle or lower-middle-class candidates in their respective constituencies.The former Member of the National ...

ISLAMABAD - Legal team of former president Pervez Musharraf advised him not to appear before the apex court that is all set to hear the two petitions seeking the trial of former dictator for treason under Article 6 of the Constitution for declaring the emergency in 2007.According to sources close ...

LAHOREThe Agriculture Department has advised cotton growers to select fertile loam for maximum produc-tion of the crop.  Farmers should only use certified cotton varieties for sowing. He said BT variety Ali Akbar-703 could be sown from March till April 15, Nelum-121 from March to April 30, ...

ISLAMABAD – A zealous and energetic audience of young students attended the launch of the paperback version of “Working with Sharks” by Dr Fouzia Saeed in the event named National Working Women Festival organised by Devcom and Lok Virsa.Speakers of the event included Jami Chandio, ...

US Vice President Joe Biden spoke to a conference of House Democrats in Maryland today, and in discussing the SEAL Team raid that successfully took out Osama bin Laden, he admitted that he advised President Obama not to carry out the mission because “we have to do more things to see if ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has advised the SME exporters to adopt the system of ESCROW transactions for exports to global destinations under which money is held by a third party on behalf of transacting parties and released to the seller on ...

KARACHI - The Federal Government has been advised to privatize the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan (IDBP) in order to improve its performance and make it more viable. The seasoned bankers and industrialists have warned the government that it would lose its credibility within the financial ...

KARACHI - Banking Mohtasib Pakistan Mansur-ur-Rehman Khan has said that the total number of formal and informal complaints received by Banking Mohtasib Secretariat under the category of frauds has reached an alarming level in 2010 due to the parallel banking operations of banks staffers. There have ...

MUMBAI - Former Bangladesh skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza is 'almost out of the World Cup squad due to his knee injury and his Australian surgeon, Dr. David Young advised him not to undergo early operation at this stage. Speaking exclusively over his mobile from US, where he is on a business trip ...

LAHORE Following special directives of the Chief Traffic Officer (CTO), both Superintendents of Traffic Police Imtiaz Sarwar and Asif Zaffar Cheema held special Darbar at Thokar Niaz Baig and directed the divisional police officers to chalk out comprehensive plan in order to promptly address the ...

KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan on Wednesday advised commercial banks and DFIs to approach the respective offices of the SBP Banking Services Corporation for processing of pending claims with respect to Export Finance Mark-up Rate Facility and Mark-up Rate Support for Textile Sector against ...

KARACHI (APP) Doctors have urged all, particularly housewives, to wear gloves while handling raw meat during the three days of Eid-ul-Azha. This is extremely important so as to avoid any unwarranted health condition due to direct exposure to raw meat, hide as well as cattle excreta. At this point ...

LAHORE The Chairman East Zone Cricket Association Tournament Committee Waqar-ul-Munir advised the 46 clubs of the East Zone (EZ) to submit entry fee of the Zonal Championship till September 10. Otherwise, club will not consider for the championship. Chairman will also announce the names of 10 ...

ISLAMABAD After a bit of arm-twisting of the Higher Education Commission Chairman Dr Javaid Leghari, the Government has turned this autonomous state outfit into a toothless watchdog by making it a subordinate body to the Ministry of Education. Although Leghari has told his closest friends that he ...

LAHORE Umar Gul has been advised three weeks complete rest for his shoulder injury. The Pakistani pacer was ruled out of the T20 extravaganza in the West Indies for the same reason. Gul said: The doctors have given me three weeks complete bed rest so I am not playing cricket at all. But I am ...

ISLAMABAD-As many as 450 graduates were awarded degrees at the 5th convocation of Riphah International University, on Saturday with good wishes for future and a bit advice at the outset of a new chapter in their lives. Shehnaz Wazir Ali, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Sector ...

KARACHI - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises has advised the SMEs to impress upon their buyers to use the banking channel for remitting funds and also to use the banking channel themselves for remitting amounts to global suppliers and commission or expenses to agents to avoid ...

KARACHI - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (Unisame) has advised SME farmers not to be perturbed with false information propagated by vested interest regarding damage to 1121 variety of rice grown by them widely this season and kept focus on their agenda of selling paddy to millers and ...

ISLAMABAD- Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) Friday in a letter suggested that Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani should play his role to defuse the political turmoil in the country by exercising his constitutional powers. The letter urges the PM to regain the confidence of civil ...

ISLAMABAD - The political and legal aides of President Pervez Musharraf advised him to face the impeachment and fight instead of stepping down. They argued that the charges levelled against him by the coalition government were not enough to lead to impeachment. "The President should respond ...

DASKA - The advanced agricultural research and technology experts have stressed upon the growers and farmers to conducts the chemical tests of the soil of their agricultural land to know the actual quantity of the land fertility before sowing any seasonal crop, as these tests have now become vital ...