Currently Pakistan is going through the most abysmal time marked with devastating terrorism and inflation as well as an economic crises, but amidst all this turmoil, Pakistanis are optimistic and seen a ray of hope in the bleak tunnel- the elections 2013. However, the most exciting thing about ...

RAWALPINDI – Lack of civic amenities in New Lalazar defence road area has made the living conditions worse for the residents. In this era of 21st century when the man has explored new avenues of development and scientific achievements, the inmates of this area still stand deprived of basic ...

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf Monday said that the federal government has prioritized the ongoing development projects initiated in Balochistan to speed up pace of socio-economic development and improve standard of living of people of the province. The Prime Minister stated this while talking ...

CAN you imagine yourself living in a giant volcanic crater? Well, for starters, you can forget about Starbucks. But it sure would be the ultimate destination to get away from it all. It’s not all that surprising then, that about 200 people actually inhabit the Japanese volcanic island of ...

 An important study, entitled Living under drones, undertaken jointly by the Stanford and New York universities, was released last Tuesday. The study is based on interviews with witnesses, victims and experts. Some of its findings are:       From June 2004 through ...

BESSE Cooper, the world’s oldest living person, marked her 116th birthday this weekend.Surrounded by friends and family, Mrs Cooper celebrated at the nursing home in Monroe, Georgia where she now lives.The event might have been filled with balloons and birthday cake, however, according to her ...

LOS ANGELES Bill Hinzman, who was cast on the spot as a zombie in 1968 cult film “Night of the Living Dead” in a role that earned him the long-lasting admiration of horror movie fans, has died at age 75, his daughter said on Monday. Hinzman died of cancer on Sunday evening at his home ...

FAISALABAD - As many as 6 million families are living in extreme poverty which can be alleviated through the promotion of technical education in the country, the Benazir Income Support Programme ( Special Initiative) director general said.Jahangir Alim Chohan was inaugurating the Skill Development ...

A cartoon in the Nation shows Asfandyar Wali Khan shouting for all to hear, ‘Kalabagh dam is a dead horse’. I wonder if he realises that the right bank canal at Kalabgh dam is the only major link that his province can have with the Indus river, without which KP will not get any water ...

There are three main frames people use to understand why the world is the way it is. Each has truth in it, and each can be found among intellectuals as well as ordinary folks. A fourth way has a more underground existence, and is rarely seen as the key to the big picture.The first frame is ...

THE Thivillons have been caring for Digit the gorilla for more than a decade, but having a primate at home throws up some unlikely problems.In a village near Lyon in south-east France, a couple have become local celebrities by virtue of their adopted “child”.  Digit, as she is ...

Our Staff Reporter GUJRAT - Spread of dengue like calamity bespeaks of our lack of civil society awareness. Dengue is thriving on due to our widespread unhygienic conditions of living. It can be combated more by spreading awareness than by treatment. Nawaz Sharif Medical College (NSMC) in concert ...

Frank andis the worlds oldest two-faced cat, which is not to say he is deceitful or insincere. Rather, the fluffy, gray feline with two mouths, two noses and three eyes, turned 12 years old this month, setting the record for longest surviving Janus cat, Sara Wilcox, a Guinness World Records ...

A dog has been spotted apparently alive and well at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro. It was seen by a tourist at Uhuru peak, the mountains highest summit between 5,730 and 5,895 metres above sea level where temperatures range from -4 to -15C. Antoine le Galloudec, a French tourist who was climbing the ...

The White Houses death of bin Laden story has come apart at the seams. Will it make any difference that before 48 hours had passed the story had changed so much that it no longer bore any resemblance to President Obamas Sunday evening broadcast and has lost all credibility? So far it has made no ...

HATIBANDHA, Bangladesh (AFP) - Every year, Bangladesh's garment sector produces billions of dollars worth of high-street clothes for major western brands -- and generates mountains of fabric offcuts in the process. While an informal recycling sector has sprung up to deal with the scraps of leftover ...

LAHORE - No relative came to meet and console her even on the eve of Eid because she is an orphan and living alone in this world, said Sadia (13) while talking to TheNation on Monday. Having tears in he eyes, she said she celebrated Eid with other orphans who were like a family members. She said ...

KARACHI - To wait for food and sleep empty stomach, have no option but to drink contaminated water and lack of medical facilities have plagued hundreds of thousands people of District Thatta, who have migrated temporarily towards Makli graveyard under fear of floodwater. Moreover, almost 90 per ...

LAHORE - The City District Government Lahore has yet to serve notices to the inmates of dangerous buildings, as none of the Town Municipal Administrations has so far provided list of such structures falling in their respective jurisdictions, sources confided with The Nation on Tuesday. A routine ...

LAHORE - Editor-in-Chief TheNation Majid Nizami was awarded Living Legend of Journalism at a ceremony organised by Pak Emirates Forum (PEF) at a local hotel on Saturday. The ceremony was addressed by VC Punjab University Mujahid Kamran, Chairman ETPB Syed Asif Hashmi, Pervaiz Malik MNA, Bushra ...

ERIC Bana insists he wont be leaving his native Australia for the bright lights of Hollywood. The Aussie actor says hed prefer to live Down Under and continue traveling to work. I have to travel a lot. But if I lived in London, or I lived in LA, I would spend 70 percent of the time traveling back ...

Karachi (PPI) - We all have our ups and downs, our off days and our on days, but if youre suffering from bipolar disorder, these peaks and valleys are more severe. The symptoms of bipolar disorder can hurt your job and school performance, damage your relationships, and disrupt your daily life. And ...

JENNIFER Lopez apparently lives in a 'hairy house, for she has a room just to store her collection of wigs in her New York mansion. According to the China Daily, the singer-cum-actress reportedly owns so many fake hairpieces that she has had to build a 'wiggery in her home, which she shares with ...

DO you happen to have a sweet tooth? If so, then I'm afraid someone else has already nabbed your dream job. That someone is Faye Clark, 26, who rejoices in the job title of Dessert Product Developer for Marks & Spencer. What that really means is pudding taster, or M&S's official consumer of ...

ISLAMABAD " Gone are the days when foreign masters and their cronies used to rule over masses' lives and define people's life styles as now WAPDA outlines the contours of public life and forces people to bow before the authority to set their daily schedules.    "I, like millions of ...

UNITED NATIONS: " The World Bank has revised upward its estimates of the number of the world's poor from nearly 1 billion to 1.4 billion, drawing on new data that indicates that poverty is more widespread across the developing world than previously thought. But despite the new figures, a new ...

Plato, the Greek philosopher who gave the concept of justice must be turning in his grave witnessing the ex Pakistan army men, the killers of yesteryears turning into sages and loftily talking about justice.    The retired generals who were responsible for the judicial killing of ...

LONDON - The United Nation's Office on Drugs and Crime in its report released on Friday has revealed that Britain is now more dangerous than the Balkans. "You are more likely to be assaulted, robbed and burgled in Britain than in the region of southeast Europe once synonymous with war and ...