PESHAWAR - Chief Minister, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has stressed the need for removing differences, erupted after the change in the name of the province, in best interest of the country, saying that differences in opinion were, however, the beauty of democracy. He said there was ...

KASUR - Statistics show a steep decrease in the reported cases of violence against women that is impacting health status of the victims severely. EDO Health Dr Saeed Ullah Khan remarked while addressing the opening session of a 3-day training course on Gender Based Violence Guidelines in Health ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - Pakistan Rugby Union (PRU) organised a IRB Level I coaching course for local coaches in which coaches of various schools, universities and different departments of the country took part. The course was hosted by University of Management and Technology. This is for the ...

LAHORE - As per NCA Game Education Program 2010-11, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Level-I Physical Trainer Course has been designed at Regional Level which will be held at Abbotabad Cricket Stadium, Abbotabad from June 28 to 30. As many as 25 to 30 candidates will be selected from the Abbotabad, ...

SALMAN ABDUHOO LAHORE - Quarterly results will determine the market direction next week, as during the outgoing week mixed corporate and economic news flows resulted in a range-bound activity at the local bourse, with the KSE-100 index closing up by 2.9 per cent or 334 points at 11,886 level and ...

Pakistans standoff with Washington over a jailed U.S. Embassy worker will not thwart talks between the two countries and Afghanistan, Foreign Office said on Sunday. Tensions between the U.S. and Pakistan have been rising over the detention of American Raymond Allen Davis for killing two Pakistani ...

LAHORE - "It's now easier than ever to become a qualified football referee as compare to 70s and 80s. By getting on the refereeing ladder, individuals have the opportunity to progress through the various PFF Refereeing qualifications while constantly enhancing their skills and knowledge. To be ...

LAHORE - A weeklong refresher course for the Muharrars of Punjab Highway Patrol has been started in all regions except Sargodha and Bahawalpur. DIG PHP Sohail Khan has said that the course has been arranged keeping in view the needs of record keeping at posts and to enhance the self-righteousness. ...

ISLAMABAD The ruling PPP and main opposition party, PML-N, are gearing up for a bitter legal battle with the later is likely to move the Supreme Court to challenge the appointment of NAB Chairman, Justice (Retd) Deedar Hussain Shah. Instead of implementing decisions of the apex court, the PPP ...

LAHORE The Level-II Coaching Course organised under PCBs Coach Education Programme will be held from September 29 to 30 at National Cricket Academy Lahore and from September 6 to 8, 2010 at NSK Regional Academy, Karachi. More than 50 coaches from all over the country will take these examinations. ...

GREENSBORO (North Carolina) (AFP) Indias Arjun Atwal fired a nine-under par 61 on Thursday to match the tournament record and seize a two-stroke lead after the first round of the US PGA Wyndham Championship. Atwal, who played his way into the field by firing a 67 at another course on Monday in a ...

KARACHI The DHA-sponsored Independence Day Cup golf will begin here on Thursday morning with seven subsidiary events planned at the rain-hit soggy fairways of the DHA golf course. Senior and junior and subsidiary amateur (13-18 handicapped) events will be played over 18 holes while competition in ...

LAHORE - A six-day national Gynae course organised by College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan has been concluded. The course was conducted via video conference at CPSP Headquarters Karachi, Hyderabad, Multan, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar and Quetta centers simultaneously under the supervision of ...

LAHORE - BCom Part-II students, who are taking annual examination at Punjab University examination centre Wahdat Road, staged a protest demonstration opposite to the VC office against the out of course paper of Advance Accounting held on June 11. They protested the same day and again on Monday ...

LAHORE The PCB Level-I Trainer Course for Lahore Region started on Tuesday here at the National Cricket Academy. Intikhab Alam, Director Game Development, delivered a welcome note to the participants. Dr. Sohail Saleem will deliver lectures during the three-day activity.

LAHORE Lahore became the first-ever venue of the PFF Referee Instructor/Assessor Identification Course that commenced on Monday. The event will continue til May 6 at FIFA Football House. The Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has planned to hold a workshop for the purpose of spotting a team of ...

MELBOURNE (AFP) Tiger Woods stretched his lead to three strokes with another imperious display in the second round of the Australian Masters at Kingston Heath here on Friday. The peerless world number one carded an unblemished round of four birdies to dominate the second round and head into the ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Army said Monday that the terrorist attack on GHQ was planned in South Waziristan with primary objective to secure release of 113 high profile Taliban terrorists and leaders from custody of the government. They had given a list of demands which other than release of their ...

AIR passengers in Saudi Arabia make many of the same complaints as travellers everywhere: long waiting times, cancelled reservations and late arrivals. But they do so with more than the usual world-weariness - with venom even, especially as they compare their airlines with those of their tiny ...

LAHORE - The Pakistan and Horticulture Authority (PHA) is going to construct a modern 'mini golf course at the Race Course Park to ensure provision of more recreational facilities to people. The mini golf course will be constructed in the area of Gate No 3, which has now been closed for visitors. ...

The Bar Councils around the country exploded into jubilation and TV channel networks ran berserk minutes after the Supreme Court announced Nov 3 steps of former COAS and President General Pervez Musharraf as unconstitutional but the entire country mostly in rural areas, the poor and the lower ...

RAWALPINDI - Certificate distribution ceremony of technical courses of National Vocational and Technical Education Commission (NAVTEC) was held at Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) Rawalpindi here on Tuesday. These courses were conducted jointly by FJWU and NAVTEC with an optimum objective of ...

LAHORE - AFC C-Certificate Football Coaching Course 2009, under Pakistan Football Federation (PFF), commenced today afternoon at FIFA Football House, Lahore. PFF's Director Operation Wing. Cmdr (R) Pervaiz Saeed Mir inaugurated the event. PFF Secretary General Muhammad Lt. Col. (r) Ahmed Yar Khan ...

LAHORE - Punjab Law Minister Rana Sana Ullah on Wednesday told the Punjab Assembly that law is equal for a donkey and Governor of the province. Rana Sana, a strong opponent of the Punjab governor, went a step forward while responding to a query about gambling and said, "Law is equal for all ...

KARACHI - The Sindh Olympic Association won praise for successfully hosting the week-long OCA Sports Administration Course which concluded here on Sunday with a certificate distribution ceremony at the KMC Kashmir Road complex. This is second time that the SOA requested and earned the favour of the ...

NEW YORK (AFP) - American sisters Serena and Venus Williams continued their march toward a quarter-final showdown at the US Open by winning third round matches by identical 6-2, 6-1 scores. Serena cruised to victory over Japan's Ai Sugiyama in 66 minutes while Venus needed even less time, ...

Five finals, five golds, five world records BEIJING - That Michael Phelps of the United States of America is a rare phenomenon was obvious to all since his debut Olympic Games four years ago at Athens, where his score was an incredible six golds and two bronze. For lesser mortals, that would ...

ISLAMABAD - The participants of training course on "challenge of sustained water supply services" arranged by Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR ) visited different water supply schemes in the Capital here on Wednesday. The key resource person of the course Jan Ten Visscher ...

LAHORE - Twenty-five referees of Punjab turned up to attend the five-day Pakistan Football Referees Association (PFRA)'s referees course that got under way at Lahore's Punjab Stadium Tuesday. The Course will continue till July 26. Punjab Football Association (PFA), in collaboration with PFF, is ...

LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board women wing as a part of the Game Development program has organised an elementary trainer course for women trainers starting from July 21 till 24 at NCA Lahore. This is 4-day inaugural training course exclusively organised for women trainers. Total 26 ...