IslamabadJamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) is planning to sit on treasury benches with Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) with a condition to adopt issue-based approach on host of the issues, which the upcoming government could face in future.The religio-political party wants its possible divergence of ...

ATTOCKAfter a clash with the driver of a passenger van, a police constable forcibly brought the vehicle along with the passengers to the police station and allegedly humiliated them and wasted their precious time. They demanded that the district police officer should take a strict action against ...

ATTOCK - After a clash with the driver of a passenger van, a police constable forcibly brought the vehicle along with the passengers to the police station and allegedly humiliated them and wasted their precious time. They demanded that the district police officer should take a strict action against ...

LAHORE (PR):  World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan (WWF-Pakistan), in partnership with Sui Northern Gas Pipelines LTD (SNGPL), held an environmental education activity at a local school here on Thursday. The activity was conducted under the “Spallation” campaign of ...

Peshawar/Islamabad  - With 34 seats in hand, the PTI is all set to form the government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, for which the modalities with political parties are almost final and their leaders are just giving final touches to the power-sharing mechanism.Sources told TheNation that PTI would be ...

lahore - Who should one vote for? This will be the major question before the people on Saturday when they will be standing in polling booths to exercise their constitutional right to choose the rulers for the next five years. They would certainly support the party or parties which, in their ...

ISLAMABAD :-PARC signed MoU with M/s. Hubei Provincial Seed Group Company of China to promote the development of rice, cotton, maize and oil crops hybrid seeds and the commercial production of those seeds. Dr Iftikhar Ahmad, Chairman PARC, said that Pak-China scientists will work together to ...

MULTAN : Intellectual Property Organization (IPO) and provincial industries department have joined hands with MCCI for Geographical Indications (GIs) for the economic growth of growers and people of South Punjab. Project Director GIs, Nasir Rafique told on Friday that they had recently arranged a ...

James Zogby Earlier this week, a US Senate subcommittee held hearings on the use of drones. Most of those who testified were constitutional law professors or terrorism experts. In what was an emotional high-point of the proceedings, the committee also heard from a young US-educated Yemeni, Farea Al ...

LAHORE - The Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) faculty and students celebrated Earth Day and World Malaria Day by forming a human chain in the campus to highlight the need for protection of nature. They were determined to show the world the face of climate change and they called on young ...

ISLAMABAD - National University of Modern Languages (NUML) and Suleyman Sah University, Turkey, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) here on Tuesday to have a close academic collaboration in the faculties of humanities and social sciences, faculty of administrative and management sciences as ...

KARACHI (PR) - ORIX Leasing Pakistan Limited (OLP) and UBL Omni have signed an agreement to facilitate the customers of OLP in repayments of their finance facility through UBL Omni Dukaans. The agreement signing ceremony was held at UBL’s head office with representatives from both ...

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) and Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) Islamabad campus have joined hands to work for the revival of Pakistan’s sagging film industry.PNCA has involved the young and creative students of SZABIST ...

Caretaker Prime Minister Justice (r) Hazar Khan Khoso has called upon Baloch leaders, particularly those who feel outraged at the step-motherly treatment meted out to their province over the years, to join hands with the government in holding free and fair elections for which foolproof security ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has handed over the newly constructed Liaquat Ali Khan Engineering University at Balkh to Afghanistan, says a press release received from Kabul here on Wednesday.The ceremony was attended by the Pakistan Ambassador to Afghanistan, Mohammad Sadiq, Governor of Balkh, Atta ...

KARACHI  - Former PCB chairman Ijaz Butt on Wednesday said he stands by his statement that there was a rift in the Pakistan cricket team even as M Hafeez and Misbahul Haq have dismissed such comments publicly.Butt had said T20 captain Hafeez and coach Whatmore were trying to side-line Misbah, ...

LAHORE – With the general elections just around the corner, the Central Police Office (CPO) has revealed a comprehensive security strategy for the Punjab province as special task forces are constituted, comprising senior officials from the intelligence, security, and law enforcing agencies ...

LAHORE – Trade and industry leaders on Wednesday joined hands against imposition of 2 per cent tax on exports and called for early withdrawal of SRO 154(I) 2013. The leaders of Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PRGMEA), Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers ...

KARACHI - The British Council Pakistan and Servis Sales Corporation joined hands to make learning a fun activity for Pakistani kids by providing creative learning resources through CDs and social media. Servis Fun and Learn is an initiative that aims to make learning fun for young learners through ...

LAHORE – Tehrik Minhaj-ul-Quran (TMQ) Chief Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri has warned the federal government against creating hurdles to long march, saying he would have no control over people if they were stopped from gathering in Islamabad. Talking to media people on Sunday, he alleged the Punjab ...

Interior Minister Rehman Malik Sunday urged all the political parties to join hands against terrorism by setting aside their affiliations.Talking to newsmen, Rehman Malik paid tribute to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour, who was killed in a suicide attack in Peshawar on ...

MULTAN - Like other parts of the country, many prayer services were held for the health and early recovery of Malala Yousufzai here on Friday. The students of almost all government and private schools, workers of government departments and civil society activists offered special prayers for the ...

LAHORE - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has called upon the community welfare organisations to join hands with Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) in promoting self-employment scientifically.Unisame President Zulfikar Thaver said the community welfare ...

LAHORE – World Wide Fund for Nature – Pakistan in collaboration with the Muslim Commercial Bank organised Nature Carnival 2012 at the Race Course Park on Sunday. The event attracted a large number of people from all walks of life, including families with children. The objective of this ...

KARACHI – The European Union's funded Sindh Education Reform, Technical Assistance project, (SER-TA) managed by the British Council, was completed and handed over to the Government of Sindh at a ceremony here. This €4.6 million project has contributed to the eradication and alleviation ...

QUETTA - Chief Minister Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raisani has said that foreign elements were involved in deteriorating law and order situation in Balochistan who through local agents were destabilising the province.‘These elements are creating rifts between Balochs and settlers which is ...

DIR - Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP) handed over a building of civil dispensary, it has constructed in a remote village of Upper Dir with a cost of Rs 2.2 million, to the district government. The SRSP, a non-governmental organisation, has also provided the required facilities at the ...

LAHORE - Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and MCB Mobile have jointly launched a new service to introduce a convenient and innovative way of making donations to the hospital. People who are using MCB Mobile can donate to SKMCH&RC using their mobile handset through this new service, says ...

LAHORE - The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences and Dairy and Rural Development Foundation have entered into a partnership to offer hands on trainings to farmers. In this regard UVAS Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha and DRFD Chief Executive Dr Salman Shah signed an MoU on ...

MOSCOW - Russia has handed over the nuclear-powered attack submarine Nerpa to India following more than two years of delays, a senior naval official was quoted as saying Friday.“The signing ceremony happened yesterday at the Bolshoi Kamen ship building facility in the (Far East) Primorye ...