OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - Over charging continued at the weekly makeshift markets and the rates of major vegetables further increased, as no Sunday Bazaar was set up in the provincial capital officially due to security reasons. The spiralling trend of the vegetables, especially of tomato and ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE The Lahore High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary on a petition seeking inclusion the name of another Indian prisoner, Surjit Singh allegedly confined in Lahore central jail, in the list of foreigner prisoners languishing in ...

RAWALPINDI - It seems that city administration is waiting for occurrence of some untoward incident against Ahmadi community, as despite passage of several days the administration has not removed a number of banners demanding end to religious activities of the community on every Friday in a house ...

PARIS (AFP) - US Treasury bonds remain a hot ticket for investors looking for a low risk investment in a volatile market despite the unprecedented downgrade of Washington's credit rating, analysts say. The decision by Standard & Poor's to strip Washington of its top triple-A rating has done little ...

KARACHI (Reuters) The Karachi stock market fell more than 3.2 per cent and closed at an almost nine-month low on Tuesday, taking a cue from world markets. Dealers said healthy corporate results were unable to spark any investor interest, either. The Karachi Stock Exchanges benchmark 100-share ...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani said on Tuesday that despite all odds, the present government had added 3,000 megawatt to the electricity system for reducing the shortfall of power. He was addressing the inaugural session of the 71st annual session of Pakistan Engineering Congress (PEC) at a ...

Despite the many threats to confront the activists onboard the Freedom Flotilla II, organizers have said they will go ahead with their attempt to break the siege. One of the chief organizers said Israel issues repeated threats against the flotilla because it is afraid of the truth, a Press TV ...

The electricity shortfall has jumped up to 6,700 MW as the Jamshoro transmission line tripped on Monday disrupting supply of power to the consumers. According to Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO), the transmission line tripped due to the excessive moisture and it would be restored soon. On ...

KARACHI - The Karachi stock market witnessed bullish trend on Thursday, as the KSE-100 index rose by 234.64 points or 2.01 percent to close at 11,906.69 points. Market volumes remained lower at 58.32 million shares while market capitalisation stood at Rs3,163.93 billion or $37.37 billion ...

Despite strong protest lodge by countrys military and Political leadership, U.S. drone strikes are continuing in tribal areas, as at least 25 people were killed and several other sustained serious injuries in fresh drone attack in North Waziristan on Friday. Four missiles fired by two US pilotless ...

Railways Minister Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour has said that railway fares would not be enhanced despite significant increase in diesel prices. In an interview with a private TV channel on Monday, the Minister said Railways was facing huge losses but as the fares were recently increased, therefore it ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) Transocean Ltd. has given its executives pay raises, bonuses and stock options after the companys best year for safety, despite a deadly oil platform explosion and massive leak in the Gulf of Mexico. Notwithstanding the tragic loss of life in the Gulf of Mexico, we achieved an ...

LAHORE The new PIA MD has so far been unable to put the airline on the route to progress, as the team of ex-MD Ijaz Haroon continues to hold the sway in airlines affairs, said sources on Monday. Sources said that the failure of business plans over the years to achieve the projected revenue ...

ISLAMABAD Petroleum Ministry has sent a case of two contractual employees to a high level committee just to prolong their stay in Ministry despite clear instructions of Supreme Court to sack those officials rehired on contract, TheNation has reliably learnt. Though Ministry of Petroleum has ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Commerce Makhdoom Amin Fahim Tuesday said that Pakistan and Mauritius enjoys mutual cultural and linguistic bonds being majority of the Mauritius population claim ancestral pedigree into the sub-continent, alongside improved trade relations between the two ...

LAHORE - When Pakistan State Oil has threatened to halt supplies of furnace oil to power companies, Pakistan Electric Power Company ensures the consumers not to worry as Ministry has taken the issue. The PSO, which daily supplies about 23,000 metric tones furnace oil to power sector, has threatened ...

LAHORE - At a time when millions of Pakistanis are leading their lives without homes and they have to sleep without their own roofs, there are many in-service or retired government officials who are enjoying their lives in governments residences that are built on many acres of land. According to ...

BRISBANE, (Reuters) - Australia wrapped up a morale-boosting one-day series victory over England with two games to spare after a 51-run win in the fifth match at the Gabba on Sunday. Michael Clarke's team took an unassailable 4-1 lead in the seven-match series after hitting 249 in 49.3 overs and ...

LAHORE - The consumers continued to suffer due to stallholders unholy connivance with the Sunday bazaars administration despite huge supply, as they found little respite owing to substantial difference of several items rates between Sunday Bazaars and the open market. Tomatoes and several other ...

CENTURION (South Africa) (Reuters) - Yusuf Pathan's blistering century proved in vain for India as South Africa won the fifth and decisive one-day international by 33 runs on Sunday to take the series 3-2. Morne Morkel bagged four wickets and Dale Steyn and Lonwabo Tsotsobe two apiece for the hosts ...

KARACHI The stocks rose to a 31-month high on Monday on foreign and institutional buying in the energy and fertiliser sectors on hopes of strong corporate results due to be announced in the coming days. The Karachi Stock Exchanges benchmark 100-share index closed 1.18 percent, or 148.40 points, ...

President Barack Obama offered Americans an optimistic assessment of the Afghanistan war on Thursday, even as US spy agencies and aid groups express doubts about the progress amid worsening violence. Obama, under pressure to show results after criticizing his predecessor George W. Bush for ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Many Americans consider that mixed-race people like President Barack Obama belong to their minority parent group, which is still widely seen as socially inferior to whites, a study released Thursday shows. The authors of the study published in the Journal of Personality and ...

ISLAMABAD The Government has not yet been able to appoint Ombudspersons at the federal and provincial levels despite passage of the Protection Against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act 2010 in March and this delay is causing hurdles in providing justice to the victims. President Asif Ali ...

ISLAMABAD Around 598 Pakistanis who completed their sentence two years ago are still languishing in Indian jails, as Interior Ministry is dillydallying in issuing travel documents to them. Iqbal Haider the counsel for Pakistan Fisher-folk Forum informed the Supreme Court on Tuesday that 472 civil ...

HANOI (AFP) - Economic ties between the United States and Southeast Asia are a high priority, an embassy spokesman said Saturday despite the absence of US officials from a key regional trade meeting. Ministers from China, Japan, India and other leading trade partners of the 10-member Association of ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) Despite heavy floods in most parts of the country, the Ministry of Religious Affairs has not received any application so far from the intending pilgrims, requesting withdrawal from performing Haj. It was expected that a large number of the successful candidates would contact the ...

Despite heavy floods in most parts of the country, the Ministry of Religious Affairs has not received any application so far from the intending pilgrims, requesting withdrawal from performing Hajj. It was expected that a large number of the successful candidates would contact the ministry to get ...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has stated that despite various challenges of grave nature faced by the country including the recent floods, the government and people of Pakistan remain committed to protect their motherland.We are celebrating our 64th Independence Day at a time when the ...

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - BlackBerry users in Saudi Arabia say their messaging services went down only briefly on Friday despite a ban, as Arab states battle between security concerns and business interests linked to the smartphone. Users in the highly security-conscious Gulf state with a rigid ...