LAHORE The Government College University Lahore, Department of Geography and University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) in collaboration with the Penn State University, USA have conducted a five-day training workshop on The Application of GIS and GPS Technologies in Public Health ...

BERLIN (AFP) - Denmarks Lars Von Trier late Saturday won the prize for best European film of 2011 for his movie Melancholia at a ceremony put on here by the European Film Academy. Melancholia follows two sisters, the bride Justine (Kirsten Dunst) due to get married in the sumptuous romantic castle ...

BAHAWALPUR PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif Wednesday said that utterly poor performance of PPP-led government has forced his party to seek change but clarified that any change has essentially to come through democratic means. Despite the fact that present civilian government has failed to deliver on ...

MARIANNE FREY was listening to the radio when she first heard the news that Muammar Gaddafi had finally been caught. She reacted pensively at first, making herself a cup of coffee before sitting down in front of the large display window at the front of her studio, gazing absentmindedly at the legs ...

Our Staff reporter BHAKKAR - EDO Health said Friday that preventive measures were the best way to keep dengue at bay and all the people should play their vital role in this regard. The EDO was talking to the media before an anti-dengue awareness walk Head of Trade Union Haji Abdul Hakeem Mughal, DO ...

Comedian Nick Helm has won the award for the best joke of the Edinburgh Fringe. The up-and-coming funnyman was given the prize by digital TV channel Dave, whose panel put a selection of their favourites to a public vote. He won for the joke: I needed a password eight characters long so I picked ...

LAHORE - Punjab University Hailey College of Commerce student Atif Amin met the Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran in his office on Tuesday. He had won Best National Hiker 2011 in 19th National Rover Scout Hike 2011 held in Nanga Parbat in July, 2011. College Principal Prof Dr Liaqat Ali, Prof ...

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KARACHI - MCB Bank has won yet another prestigious award, 'the Euromoney Award for the Best Bank in Pakistan which is a testament to its commitment to perform better and better by each passing day and achieves the height of success. The Euromoney Award was conferred to MCB Bank at a ceremony held ...

KARACHI (APP) - Dr. Hilal Hussain Al-Tuwairqi, Chairman Al-Tuwairqi Holding (ATH) and the elected Chairman of Arab Iron & Steel Union (AISU) received Best GCC Industrial Development Company award on behalf of Al Tuwairqi Holding Company. It is for the astounding achievements of ATH in the current ...

LAHORE: Prof. Dr. Ruhi Khalid, Director, Institute of Psychology, Beaconhouse National University has been selected for the Best University Teachers Award for the year 2010 by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan. The award consists of a certificate and Cash Prize of Rs. 100,000.

LAHORE - Agro Processors & Atmospheric Gases (Pvt.) Ltd, manufacturer of Soya Supreme (Oil & Banaspati) and Smart Canola Oil, has always strived to achieve the best in quality assurance and practice in the manufacturing of their product, says a press release. After achieving the ISO 9001 ...

LAHORE - The Ministry of Environment, Government of Pakistan has nominated the CLEAN PAKISTAN campaign launched by the Waste Busters as a model of Best Practices in sustainable waste management at the South Asian Conference on Sanitation 2011 being held in Sri Lanka from April 4th - 8th. The ...

The bomb attack on a bus in Jerusalem this week killed one woman and wounded 24 people. The casualties were not high compared with similar bombings in the city over the last 20 years. I lived off the Jaffa Road for four years in the mid-1990s when bus bombings were common. I used to walk to look at ...

LARKANA (Online) - Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that present government is trying best to enhance Sindhi Culture, Civilization, heritage and Music. Asan-jo-Larkano Shahar-e-Benazir Mega Festival 2011 is vital example of it. He congratulated district administration and local PPP ...

DOLPHINS that herd fish into waiting nets, birds that guide hungry tribesmen to bee hives full of honey and eagles that capture fast moving prey for human hunters are to be revealed as some of mankinds best friends in the animal kingdom. The ability of dogs to fetch a pair of slippers, assist the ...

DAME Judi Dench has beaten Sir John Gielgud to be named the greatest stage actor of all time in a public poll. SHE beat off competition from Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud after readers of The Stage voted her as winner. Perhaps unsurprisingly most of the top ten actors are still alive, ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Winters Bone, a stark tale of a young woman trying to keep her family together, won best feature film on Monday night at the Gotham Awards, a key event for independent movies. The film revolves around a small group of people living in the rural mountains of southern Missouri ...

LAHORE - Instead of elaborating his own answers on floor of the House, ill-prepared Punjab Minister for Auqaf Ehsan Uddin Qureshi frequently asked legislators to bring fresh questions, saying supplementary queries were irrelevant. Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal rescued and defended the minister on a ...

A low-fat vegan diet may be the best way to fight diabetes, says a new study. It is estimated that as many as 18 million Americans have type-2 diabetes, which results from a combination of genetics and poor eating and exercise habits. The condition greatly increases the risk of heart disease, ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was a very sincere and patriotic person and wanted to achieve something for the nation. This was stated by Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan in an interview with a private TV channel. I never noticed the level of patriotism in anybody else which I noticed in ZA ...

Barack Obama has been ranked as the 15th best US president, just below Bill Clinton but ahead of Ronald Reagan, in a new poll of leading presidential scholars. The Siena College poll, which surveyed 238 presidential scholars at US colleges and universities, rated Obama two places below Clinton, who ...

ISLAMABAD(Online)-The Chief of Staff of the US Air Force General Norton A Schwartz has visited General Headquarters (GHQ) and called on COAS Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani. Military sources told both of them exchanged views on matters of professional interest besides discussing to bolster close ...

KARACHI (PR) - Pakistan pavilion organised by TDAP was awarded gold award for being the best pavilion in the 3rd South Asian Countries Commodity Fair, held from 6-10th June 2010 at Kunming China. Sri Lanka and India got silver and bronze respectively. Other SAARC member countries had also put up ...

KARACHI Swimmer Javed Taqi and athlete Almas Ibrahim were declared the best sportspersons in mens and womens sections respectively in the 13th Sindh Games which were concluded here Wednesday with host Karachi Region clinching the overall champion trophy of the three-day event. Javed Taqi scooped ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that democratic and representative Government can best resolve the problems of the common man and the elected members of the Parliament can actually feel the pulse of social fabric and come out with solutions to the problems of the ...

KATHRYN Bigelow, the first female winner of the best director Oscar, makes films, which explore traditionally male territory. From Point Break to The Hurt Locker, she has become master of the action movie. Id love to just think of myself as a film-maker, and I long for the day when a modifier can ...

ISLAMABAD - Bringing tears to the eyes with unique emotional themes on rights of children suffering from beggary, abuse, labour, rig picking and other such problems, a two-day Reel View Festival concluded at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts here on Wednesday. Children make up more than ...

ABU DHABI (AFP) Off-spinner Saeed Ajmal took a career-best 4-33 to help Pakistan dismiss New Zealand for 211 in 46.3 overs in the third and final day-night international here on Monday. The 32-year-old initially put brakes on New Zealand, who won the toss and batted, before triggering a ...

LAHORE - Former English opening batsman Geoffrey Boycott, one of the all-time greats, has called flamboyant Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi the best bowling all-rounder in the world playing currently. Speaking highly of Afridis performance and talent, especially in the shorter versions of the ...