IOn Friday the new Chinese president, Xi Jinping, and the United States president, Barack Obama, will meet for two days of talks at Sunnylands, a private estate near Los Angeles. It will be their first meeting since Xi assumed the presidency. The future fortunes of the world are bound up with ...

ADDIS ABABA : US Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday renewed a plea to Nigerian authorities to ensure the military does not carry out atrocities against civilians in its clampdown on militants.Nigeria declared a state of emergency in three northeastern states on May 14 as it launched a ...

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations Wednesday warned that economic losses from disasters have spun out of control and called on the world’s business community to incorporate disaster risk management to their investment strategies to avoid further losses.“Governments bear the ...

ISLAMABAD - Too much exercise may damage your heart, doctors have warned, suggesting that rather than adding years to their lives, fitness freaks could be working themselves into an early grave.Experts warn that exercising intensely for more than an hour or two can damage the heart, causing its ...

LJUBLJANA  : Slovenia, struggling to avoid becoming the euro zone’s next bailout case after Cyprus, raised more than twice as much as planned in a treasury bill tender on Wednesday aimed at easing pressure on its finances. With investors sceptical that Ljubljana can clean up an ailing ...

ISLAMABAD – With the start of summer, the Capital Development Authority is getting ready to cater to the water needs of the federal capital by strengthening its enforcement and water conservation mechanism.In this regard, CDA Chairman Syed Tahir Shahbaz chaired a meeting and directed the ...

LAHORE - It is important to check the wheat crop on a regular basis to avoid aphid attack on it. These views were expressed by Punjab Agriculture Director General Dr M Anjum Ali in an interview to APP on Saturday. He said if growers observed an aphid attack they should shake the affected area b do ...

WITH winter upon us offices across the country are full of coughing and spluttering workers. But those who are determined to avoid picking up a nasty virus should take note - washing your hands regularly is not enough to keep yourself germ free.Researchers have found that we ‘inoculate’ ...

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakthunkhwa Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Barrister Arshad Abdullah Sunday said that terrorist attack on national peace award winner, Malala Yousufzai, saddened the entire world as she struggled for peace and education.  He urged the politicians to refrain from ...

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakthunkhwa Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Barrister Arshad Abdullah Sunday said that terrorist attack on national peace award winner, Malala Yousufzai, saddened the entire world as she struggled for peace and education.  He urged the politicians to refrain from ...

FAREEDABAD - Haryana State Sports Minister Sukhbir Katariya was full of praise for Pakistan handicapped cricket team and Physically Challenged Cricket team of India for taking the initiative of reviving cricketing ties between the two countries and providing fans an opportunity to bridge the gap ...

Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan observed Supreme Court (SC) should avoid taking suo motu notice in dual nationality matters as no appeal could be filed on any other forum after apex court decision.“Dual nationality holders be given the right to vote. Scrutiny process should take place before ...

UNITED NATIONS - Responding to Afghanistan’s accusations of Pakistani cross-border shelling, Pakistan told the UN Security Council Thursday that Islamabad was exercising ‘considerable restraint’ following the attacks on its checkposts from the Afghan side.“We have always ...

ISLAMABAD - In an ostensibly deliberate move, the government is not paying much heed to appoint new chief of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) after the resignation of Ch Nisar Ali Khan, leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, even after passing a couple of months, as audit paras relating ...

DUBAI - Haroon Siddiqui - Pakistan eyeing consolation victory to avoid the one-day series whitewash while England are sighting cleansweap against the hosts here at the Dubai Sports Stadium on Tuesday (today).Pakistan will make couple of changes in the squad as reportedly Imran Farhat has been ...

WASHINGTON – The United States and Pakistan have ruled out ‘divorce’ as they work to rebuild trust in their troubled relationship, stressing its importance to both countries. “From our perspective, divorce is not an option with Pakistan. We have a strategic interest in ...

LAHORE - A lot of shareholders’ money could be saved if corporate sector prefers doing purchases from documented suppliers instead of seemingly cheaper non-documented suppliers as it would not only enable them to claim for GST refunds but will also ensure that government is getting its due ...

LAHORE – TheNation Editor-in-Chief and Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust Chairman Majid Nizami has urged the Pakistan Army to use power for the liberation of Indian Occupied Kashmir, saying the dispute with India can be resolved either by acting upon the UN resolutions or by war.Presiding over a ...

LARKANA – Claiming the Salala Checkpost attack was not deliberate, US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter has said the United States will make it sure such incident does not happen again.Speaking to mediamen during his visit to historic Mohenjodaro site on Tuesday, Cameron Munter said the ...

LAHORE – The Punjab Assembly’s 33rd session on Monday again witnessed lack of interest of public representatives in issues relating to the masses, as PPP leader Shaukat Basra and Law Minister Rana Sana kept the House engaged in the ‘party war’ instead of taking up a serious ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan are all set to take on ICC number one Test team in the world England in the second Test, which starts in Abu Dhabi from today, after comfortably defeating England in the first Test by 10 wickets.Pakistan will definitely enter the match as strong favourites and their moral will ...

WASHINGTON  - The US has denied reports that Pakistan’s former military dictator President Pervez Musharraf had sought a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over his return to Pakistan.State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said on Thursday that Musharraf was not ...

SYDNEY - Triple centurion Michael Clarke put team interests ahead of personal glory as Australia moved towards a crushing win over India in the second Test in Sydney on Thursday.Captain Clarke, unbeaten on 329, declared Australia's first innings closed at 659 for four to press for victory despite ...

AUCKLAND (AFP) - Pakistan slumped to their fourth Champions Trophy loss in five matches with a 5-0 mauling from Germany Saturday, leaving the Green Shirts in a fight with South Korea to avoid the wooden spoon. In the other Pool D match, the Koreans squandered a 2-0 lead to go down 4-3 to Great ...

NEW YORK - A prominent American columnist on Tuesday cautioned the US against getting into 'heedless and unnecessary confrontations with Pakistan, saying there will be no chaos-free exit from Afghanistan without Islamabads cooperation. 'To make an enemy out of Pakistan is to lose sight of the fact ...

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - The United States and European powers stepped up a diplomatic scramble Sunday to avoid a UN showdown on the Palestinian plan to seek full UN membership, which the US administration has vowed to veto. US, European Union, Russian and United Nations officials were all involved ...

TORONTO (Reuters) - Woody Harrelson is winning praise for an intense performance as dirty cop in Rampart, but the former Cheers star is trying hard not to dwell on the prospect of a third Oscar nomination. Its always nice to get an invite to the party, but we cant count on those things, he told ...

WASHINGTON (Agencies) - The US State Department has issued annual report of war on terror which revealed that 11,500 terrorism incidents occurred in Pakistan during 2010. Majority of these incidents occurred in the tribal areas as most of the terrorist outfits use the tribal areas as their bases to ...

LAKKI MARWAT - The district chapter of All Primary Teachers Association (APTA) has urged the government to refrain from rolling back the recently separated management cadre in elementary and secondary education department. Corruption charges against an individual should not be made a criteria to ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - A Lahore High Court Division Bench, through an interim order on Tuesday, stayed removal of as many as 1,173 employees of the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company. Their appointments were previously declared illegal by a Single Bench in July 2010, considering them as made ...