LAHORE  - Former Punjab chief minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has asked the Finance Department to frame a people-friendly budget of the province for 2013-14. The former chief minister presided over a meeting at the PML-N Secretariat in Model Town which was attended by the secretaries of ...

ISLAMABAD - Malaria is the second frequently reported problem in Pakistan and the country has a huge malaria disease burden and shares 95 per cent of malaria burden in East Mediterranean Region. Every year 300,000 cases are reported only from health facilities of Sindh, Balochistan, Khyber ...

Instead of tackling the problem of circular debt when it first came up, the government pursued a policy of neglect, which ensured that the problem only got worse, and became inextricably linked to the whole loadshedding issue. The latest idea shows the fecklessness of the government: burden the ...

The Khan family made it through Taliban rule, a military offensive and the three-day journey to this crowded city. But after more than a month of living together 75 people, three rooms, one bathroom they might not survive one another. This is a test for us, said Akhtar Jan, a mother of four who ...