In a country which is divided by the harsh line of ‘haves’ and ‘have nots,’ the lives of the poor and extremely poor has become extremely harsh. The last five years has widened this gap and we saw incidents that were last seen in the American Depression of 1929, people ...

islamabad - Farmers are facing many problems due to the non-payment of sugarcane prices by certain sugar mills in Punjab, amounting to millions of rupees, said Secretary General Kissan Bachao Tehreek, Ahmed Noor Dhudhi on Sunday.Talking to APP he said the situation is getting bad due to start of ...

Interior Minister Malik Habib Khan has said government will ensure to improve security to provide an atmosphere of peace for the general elections.Talking to media at Karachi airport‚ he said security agencies had information about the incidents took place in Karachi.He said government is ...

lahore - Presently, outstanding refunds of more than Rs60 billion have been pending before different revenue collecting agencies at federal and provincial levels for several years. Industry sources questioned that how the FBR would handle the cases after ending zero rating regime and piling up more ...

LAHORE - Punjab University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran has said that 1.5 billion Muslims are not contributing to creation of new knowledge and the reason behind the downfall of the nation was its distance from the Holy Quran. He was addressing a seminar organised by PU Department of ...

The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, has taken suo motu notice of the grant of extraordinary privileges to former Prime Ministers and Interior Ministers, as well as the passage by the Sindh Assembly in its last session of an act granting monetary benefits to ...

Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan, Ishtiaq Ahmed has said that Election Commission of Pakistan is trying to create awareness to attract more voters during the election with the assistance of the United Nations and other international organization. Talking to a private news channel, he said ...

It is now clear that the decade-long US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, rather than establishing democracy and eradicating terrorism - their stated objectives - have instead created authoritarian regimes.President Barack Obama’s nocturnal visit to Kabul on May 1 made this evident. The fact that ...

KARACHI (PPI) - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has invited the attention of the Trade Associations that they are not permitted to alter the set parameters of commodities and should not under any circumstances make changes to the standards laid down by the statuary bodies. ...

LAHORE - Most of the Station House Officers (SHOs) of City have become habitual in not responding and attending the courts, timely, even in the important cases due to which the petitioners are facing problems, lower officials revealed to TheNation. As per details, courts working in District Lahore ...

LAHORE The Punjab Industrial Estate has found out that the allegations levelled by the Sunder Industrial Estate Owners Front are baseless and fabricated, and the PIE has written a reply to the Industries Department mentioning that a group of a few persons is creating misconception in the business ...

ASTRONOMERS and space enthusiasts around the world watched as Nasa sent a rocket and a probe into the lunar surface this afternoon. The ambitious project was set up to look for frozen water at the polar caps of the Moon. The 2.2tonne rocket that launched the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing ...

LAHORE - Admitting that he could not study the final draft of the Finance Bill before budget presentation, Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin has pledged the business community that the clauses creating troubles for them would be removed. He also claimed that the agriculture sector ...

RAWALPINDI (APP) - Pakistan fast bowler Sohail Tanvir Tuesday recounted the immediate aftermath of attacks in Mumbai (India). Sohail was staying at the Taj Mahal hotel which was stormed by the armed persons. "We were terribly terrified when the terrorists attacked the hotel, as were all the ...