LAHORE - The Army Welfare Trust (AWT) has announced that it has received an offer from the Fauji Foundation Group for the acquisition of the whole or part of AWTs shareholding in Askari Bank Limited, says a Press release. AWT holds 50.57pc shares of Askari Bank. The offer represents a major ...

LAHORE - Auriga Group a subsidiary of Sayban International held its annual conference at a local hotel. The conference was attended by a large number of dealers from all over Pakistan. Jamshed Iqbal Cheema, in his address, said that Auriga Group will achieve its target of becoming the largest ...

LAHORE Majority members of the Jehangir Tareen Group except few have decided to join the PTI, while an announcement in this regard is expected after Ashura, The Nation has learnt. In an earlier development, Tareen Group expressed the desire to PTI high command for forging an alliance, while the ...

LONDON (Agencies) - Second seeds Nenad Zimonjic and Michael Llodra won a dramatic Group B match against fifth seeds Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi 7-6(6), 6-3 on Tuesday at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London. Llodra and Zimonjic, who lost their first match to Poles Mariusz ...

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW YORK - Even as Nato bombed Libya, a group of Americans offered to make Col Muammar el-Qaddafi their client - and charge him a hefty consulting fee. Their price: a $10 million retainer before beginning negotiations with the Libyan leaders representatives, according to a ...

ISLAMABAD - A group of over two dozens political bigwigs, both from in and outside the parliament, who have been delaying their crucial meeting for three days, are likely to finalise the launching of new political party on Thursday (17 November). The group that largely consists of dissidents from ...

Our Staff Reporter PESHAWAR - The governments of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Iranian province Fars have agreed to KP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hotis suggestion for constituting a joint working group for mutual cooperation between the two provinces in hydropower, tourism, agriculture, trade and ...

HUJRA SHAH MUQEEM - Hustle and bustle in the political scenario of constituency NA-146 and PP-187 where two rival groups of Shah Muqeem group and Manzoor Wattoo group are in open arms with each other. As per detail, Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo got victory in NA-146 but lost election in PP-187. After ...

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said the Haqqani group, that the US holds responsible for last weeks attack against the American embassy in Kabul, was CIAs blue-eyed boy for many years. Responding to questions during an interview with Al Jazeera television, Khar, who is in New York leading ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Tesco, the worlds third-biggest retailer, could bid for all or part of the Garden Centre Group when owner Lloyds Banking Group kicks off the sale of the business this week, according to the Sunday Times. The owner of the Wyevale and Blooms chains could fetch as much as 300 ...

KARACHI The Pakistan Parkinsons Society (PPS) and the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) joined hands to host a monthly Parkinsons Support Group with the objective of promoting wellness and a better quality of life to People with Parkinsons Disease and their Care Givers, says a press release. ...

Our Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD - Founder Group has swept elections for the vacant seats of Executive Members of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry on Tuesday. The elections were held at Chamber House.Nasir Khan, Ch Abdul Ghaffar and Ch Mazhar Hussain performed their duties as members of ...

NEW DELHI (AFP) - The Indian government on Saturday signed a pact with one of India's oldest rebel groups to end militant violence in the restive northeastern state of Assam and pave the way for peace talks. The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), the largest separatist outfit in Assam, is ...

PARIS (AFP) - Bayern Munich and Villarreal avoided embarrassing exits from the Champions League on Tuesday as they cruised into Thursday's group stage draw after winning their respective play-off clashes. Bayern - making a rare appearance at this stage of the competition after finishing third in ...

Kate Winslet has joined forces with fellow British actresses Emma Thompson and Rachel Weisz to rally against the cosmetic surgery trend in Hollywood. The Titanic star is adamant she wont ever go under the knife and has formed what shes dubbed the 'British Anti-Cosmetic Surgery League with fellow ...

A human rights group says Syrian forces have killed 24 people on the first day of holy month of Ramadhan. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says most of the deaths were in the central city of Hama, the target of a heavy military operation since Sunday. Protests escalated on ...

LAHORE On the directions of DIG Fateh Sher Joyia, the National Highways & Motorway Police (N-5 Central) have initiated, in collaboration with Punjab Red Crescent, a programme to compile blood group data of all the officers. The aim is that if an emergency occurs, the required blood group may ...

JEDDAH (AFP) - Saudi authorities have dismantled an Al-Qaeda-linked group of 16 people plotting to overthrow the regime, the Saudi-funded Asharq Alawsat daily reported on Wednesday. The "secret organisation" aimed to "gain power with the aid of foreign intelligence services," Asharq Alawsat quoted ...

RAWALPINDI (Online) - ISPR spokesman has strongly rejected the notion that any particular group of Taliban, was being supported by the Pakistani Army. The official TV channel while quoting the ISPR spokesman Maj.Gen Athar Abbas Khan has stated that Pakistan Army leads the most effective action ...

The US has proposed that adherence to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) need not be a "pre-requisite" for India's membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), but a suggestion, or a "factor to be considered". If this finds broader acceptance within the NSG, India's entry could become ...

Nawaz Sharif held a meeting with Saleem Saifullah in which law and order as well as economic condition of the country was discussed. As per detail, senior senators led by head of like-minded group Saleem Saifullah met with Nawaz in Islamabad. While talking to media persons, Senator Haroon Akhter ...

BEIJING (APP) - A prominent Chinese scholar has emphasised that in the long run China, Pakistan and Afghanistan need to form a Pamir group, a strategic trilateral partnership to support sustainable peace and prosperity in the region. The Pamir Mountains include the Tianshan, Karakoram and Hindu ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - LCCI Founders Group Saturday gave a seven-point formula to the government to turn the forthcoming budget into a business-friendly document that would be paving way for the economic revival of the country within shortest possible time. The Chairman Founders Group Mian ...

NEW YORK - Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence Directorate (ISI) is trying to persuade the insurgent Haqqani network to join Afghan peace talks, according to a media report. The newspaper said the ISI, which has resisted American pressures to take on the Haqqani network, now wants the group to ...

LAHORE Nawa-i-Waqt Group in collaboration with SozoWorld Cinema will organize Cricket Mania and show quarter-finals, semi-finals and final on big screen at the SozoWorld Cinema. Cricket fans praised Nawa-i-Waqt Group and SozoWorld for this joint venture. They maintained that Pakistan team is ...

KARACHI - Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Group Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan has announced Tuesday the appointment of. Atif Bajwa as President of Abu Dhabi Group, Pakistan, says a press release. Bajwa will be responsible for overseeing the Groups diverse investments in Pakistan and for driving ...

KARACHI - Deputy Managing Director and Managing Editor of the Nawa-i-Waqt Group Ms Rameeza Nizami called on Governor Sindh Dr Ishratual Ibaad on Wednesday at Governor House. Dr Ishratul Ibaad briefed Ms Nizami on the prevailing situation in Karachi in particular and the province in general. Other ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (PPMA) Central Vice Chairman and Vice Chairman PIAF Khawaja Shahzeb Akram has congratulated Mian Misbah -ur-Rehman Group in the elections of Lahore Gymkhana. Khawaja Shahzeb Akram in his press statement issued on Friday said that the ...

KARACHI - The Abu Dhabi Group has divested 20 per cent of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares in the United Bank Limited. The divestment proceeds are subject to all regulatory approvals, UBL said in a notification issued here on Wednesday. In a notice, dispatched to Karachi Stock Exchange, ...

A prominent Islamic civil rights and advocacy organization Tuesday urged the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Defence Department (DoD) not to use anti-Muslim extremists to train counterterrorism officials. That request by the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations ...