ISLAMABAD - A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Boeing 747 developed a technical fault in one of its engines in early hours of 26th April at Jeddah Airport; the aircraft was to operate PK-732 from Jeddah to Karachi with around 500 passengers, it is learnt on Monday. Reportedly, the aircraft ...

LAHORE -  National Fertilizers Marketing Limited (NFML) is being run by retired officers who were rehired in the department after being given golden handshake under Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS), said well placed sources in the NFML on Wednesday. Certain other officers who had accepted VRS ...

BAHAWALNAGAR – With connivance of agents active in and outside of the Passport Office in Bahawalpur, the officials are allegedly looting the applicants, it has learnt.  The passport office was established by extensive efforts of PPP incumbent MNA Syed Mumtaz Alam  Gillani over ...

Egypt's uprising is costing the country at least $310m (192m) a day, according to analysis from Credit Agricole bank. Economists at the bank have also revised down their economic growth estimate for Egypt this year from 5.3% to 3.7%. Banks and the stock exchange have been closed for days, and many ...

The Indo-US nuclear deal has moved into the last lap clearing a major hurdle when the House of Representatives approved a legislation on it that will now go to the Senate before the two countries can implement the civil nuclear agreement. After a lot of drama and suspense, the House passed the Bill ...

Tropical Storm Kyle strengthened into a hurricane off the United States as it took aim at New England and Canada's Maritime provinces, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Kyle, which developed as a tropical storm on Thursday, had top sustained winds near 75 mph and was forecast to make ...

The death toll from a powerful typhoon that hit the Philippines and China earlier in the week has jumped to 32 in Vietnam as flash floods swept through villages, the government said on Sunday. Thousands of homes were either washed away or destroyed in northern Vietnam as typhoon Hagupit brought ...