LAHORE - Facing a tough challenge of fielding strong candidates against its opponents, the PPP on Monday announced its contestants for 11 National Assembly seats from Lahore. Three of the PPP hopefuls are novice in politics with no previous experience of contesting election. Even the experienced ...

LAHORE – Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl on Thursday announced its candidates for national and provincial assemblies from Lahore. After a meeting, presided by JUI-F Lahore Amir Maulana Qari Sanaullah, the party announced the names of its candidates. Hafiz Abdul Wadood Shahid will contest election ...

DASKA - Two persons allegedly abducted a child living in their neighbour for ransom and then killed him for not getting the demanded amount for his release in village Bhaano Pindi-Motra, Daska.Accused Yasir alias Mochi and Aleem abducted Muhammad Boota’s one and only son Husnain, 3, when he ...

LAHORE The Eid weekend was further sweetened for Lahorites as Mrs. Fields & TCBY Caf was launched at the upscale M. M. Alam Road, says a press release. The US Consul General, Lahore, Carmela Conroy was the Chief Guest at the opening ceremony. Also present on the occasion was Michael Ward, ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - A body of a 14-years-old boy, who was kidnapped by unidentified abductors some five days back from Misri Shah police area, was found from the fields of Kala Shah Kaku located in Ferozewala Police precincts on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Hamza Tariq, a ...

President Asif Ali Zardari and Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Friday vowed to further strengthen ties between the two countries through enhanced trade cooperation and joint ventures. President Zardari who arrived in Kuwait this afternoon discussed with Amir Sheikh Sabah ...

ISLAMABAD - While resisting a move on the part of Sindh government to surrender four dormant fields to the province, OGDCL has formally conveyed that it would not hand over fields and asked to get gas at wellhead price in light of the decision of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the ...

LAHORE - All Pakistan Textile Mills Association Chairman Gohar Ejaz has appreciated the Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd management for efficiently handling the Annual Turn Around of gas filed in record minimum time and saving textile industrys productive hours. Gohar said the SNGPL management has ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The government is committed to bring about a drastic change in agriculture sector by modernizing agricultural practices and implementing laboratory results in the fields. This was stated by Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture Nazar M Gondal, while chairing the 15th meeting ...

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq will sign preliminary contracts, from Sunday, with oil companies that bid successfully last week for seven fields, oil ministry spokesman Assem Jihad told AFP. The contracts will then be submitted to the cabinet for final approval. On Sunday, the consortium comprised of ...

LAHORE - The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has announced the wellhead gas prices for second half of fiscal year 2009 for the 25 fields, raising their rates between the range of 4 per cent to 20 per cent having average by 16 per cent, mainly on the back of currency devaluation and ...

Federal Minister for Privatisation, Syed Naveed Qamar has said that the proposed privatisation of the Qadirpur gas field has been put off. In a statement issued here on Friday, the minister said the government has decided to put off the privatisation plan of the gas field after the policy statement ...