GUJRANWALA -A tough contest is expected in NA-95 constituency among Usman Ibrahim (PML-N), Ali Ashraf Mughal (PTI) and Ch Muhammad Siddique (PPP) on the elections day. Usman Ibrahim is former MNA while Ali Ashraf and Ch Muhammad Siddique are contesting for the first time. The political ...

KHYBER AGENCY -A high voltage power supply line to Landi Kotal was blown up by planting an explosive device to it Saturday midnight here in Shakas area of Khyber Agency, police said Sunday.The sources said that an explosive was fixed to one of the power supply towers to Landi Kotal, which went off ...

SHEIKHUPURA - The main accused who was involved in kidnapping-for-ransom of a seven-year-old schoolchild was shot dead by his own accomplices when the police was on the way to Chak Shahpur in the remit of Saddr Police for the arrest of other accused involved in the abduction. According to details, ...

SHEIKHUPURA - The main accused who was involved in kidnapping-for-ransom of a seven-year-old schoolchild was shot dead by his own accomplices when the police was on the way to Chak Shahpur in the remit of Saddr Police for the arrest of other accused involved in the abduction. According to ...

LAHORE - The major political parties of Pakistan on Wednesday welcomed re-election of Barack Hussain Obama as the US president, but the religious parties seemed less enthusiastic over the development as they saw no major change in his policy towards Pakistan. In their separate messages of ...

karachi   -  The main Eidul Azha congregation will be held here at Gulshan-i-Jinnah (Old Polo Ground). A statement of Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) on Thursday said that the Eidul Azha namaz would be offered at 8am. It said that Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan will offer ...

The head of Pakistan's premier intelligence agency will hold talks in Washington on August 1-3 with his CIA counterpart, a military statement said, with drone strikes expected to be a major issue.It is the first time in a year that the chief of the Pakistan military's powerful ISI will make the ...

Pakistan's economy continues to be affected by structural problems, including a domestic energy crisis, a precipitous decline in investment, persistently high inflation, and security issues, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) report said."Budget deficits remain high, driven by substantial subsidies ...

LAHORE – The National Accountability Bureau’s Punjab Director General Khursheed Anwar Bhinder on Thursday submitted an Interim Reference in the Accountability Court against five major accused of Canal Motors scam. The reference has not only exonerated Rana Anwar and his son former SP ...

PESHAWAR - Speakers at a seminar titled ‘Women Rights’ have said that customary practices, poverty and lack of awareness are the root causes of the growing tendency towards arranging early marriages of girls. The participants also stressed the need for certain amendments in the existing ...

KARACHI -Current world amateur champion Hossein Vafaei Ayouri of Iran is among top 20 players from seven nations who will appear in the six-day Jubilee Insurance sponsored international snooker championship that cue off here on March 4. PBSA president Alamgir Shaikh Tuesday said previously the ...

HOLLYWOOD - Here are the nominees in the main categories for this year’s Oscars, to be handed out at the climax of Hollywood’s annual awards season on Sunday.Also included is a list of the most nominated films.Best picture: “War Horse,” “The Artist,” “Money ...

NEW YORK  - Nearly two-thirds of married couples and people with a significant other say their partner is the most important source of happiness in their lives, according to a new global poll released on Valentine’s Day.And nearly half of all singles yearn above all else to find a ...

AZHAR KHANLAHORE – Lahore City Cricket Association (LCCA) president Khawaja Nadeem Ahmad says the regional body is focusing on quality instead of quantity and ready to bring some positive changes in the current system. Talking to TheNation, Khawaja Nadeem said: “I am just focusing on ...

NANKANA SAHIB - The police have arrested the main accused in Saba Rai rape case. The police arrested Shamroz Rai involved in Saba Rai rape case registered with the Shahkot Police Station the other day when he was coming back to Shahkot after cancellation of pre-arrest bail on non-prosecution by ...

LAHORE Following a fresh survey of factories and housing schemes discharging untreated wastewater at various points in Hadyara and Charrar drains, City District Government Environment Department has served notices on 359 polluting units with the directions to install treatment plants, TheNation ...

LAHORE As many as four matches were played in second qualifying round of the FMC International Squash Tournament here at the Punjab Squash Complex on Tuesday. In the first match, Aqib Hanif bt Shamsul Islam by 11/9, 9/11, 11/2, 11/2. Abbas Ali bt Khalid Khan by 11/8, 11/8, 13/11. Aurangzeb ...

KHANEWAL - Former Punjab chief minister Ch Pervaiz Elahi has claimed that if people of Punjab repose confidence in PML-Q and bring it to the power again, it will create a separate province in South Punjab. We will fulfil the people long-standing demand if the masses choose us to do so. He was ...

ISLAMABAD As many as 54 matches were decided on first day of the 8th Subh-e-Nau National Clay Court Tennis Championship as the qualifying round of the national event started here at PTF Tennis Complex on Wednesday. In the mens singles, eight players moved to the main round at the clay courts of ...

LAHORE PML-N spokesman Ahsan Iqbal says the meeting of Law Minister Babar Awan with PML-Q leader Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi here on Monday was a contact between two main characters of the Bank of Punjab scandal. He also termed them two old partners of the 'Musharraf Club. 'We have no worry, he said ...

KARACHI - Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Awami National Party (ANP), coalition partners of ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in Sindh government, are the main contestants for the Sindh Assembly seat PS-94. The seat of Sindh Assembly PS-94 Karachi-VI had fallen vacant after the assassination ...

LAHORE Unannounced loadshedding and constant tripping on Wednesday annoyed the electricity consumers as they had the inconvenience of being unable to run their routine commercial and domestic activities for more than four hours. The problem of overloading in the main grid station at Kot Lakhpat ...

KARACHI - Inequality, not religion in society is the main cause of increasing 'Taliban Phenomenon in Pakistan, which could be curtailed through providing jobs, equal and just system, but bombs and drone attacks are not the solution to the Taliban phenomenon. Eminent economist Kaisar Bengali, who ...

ISLAMABAD Sadia Gul, Monisa, Gul Zaman and Amna Latif have confirmed their berth in the main round of the WISPA International Squash Championship after beating their opponents in qualifying round on Monday here at Mushaf Squash Complex. The main round will start from Tuesday (today) at the same ...

ISLAMABAD Inquiry into deadly attack on Chairman Awami Muslim League Sh Rashid Ahmed during his election campaign has entered into a decisive phase, it is learnt reliably. Sources in police department revealed that one of the assassinated gunmen of Sh Rashid, Shehzad alias Shada, had recently ...

ISLAMABAD Shalimar police have arrested seven accused of an inter-provincial gang allegedly involved in looting a house located sector G-11/2 and recovered looted items of worth Rs2.5 million including gold ornaments, prize bonds, wrist watches, mobile phones from them. Farzana Imran resident of ...

KARACHI - Capital City Police Office (CCPO) Karachi Waseem Ahmed on Friday claimed that the Police have arrested the prime suspect of the countrys biggest bank heist, along with his two alleged accomplices and recovered 40 percent of the looted amount from their possession. He disclosed that while ...

Karachi (PPI) - Sour throat or pharyngitis is a pharynx inflammation resulting from infection, either by a virus or bacteria. A weak immune system and food allergy are the common causes of sore throat. Non-infectious causes are excessive shouting or singing, allergies, environmental irritants and ...

ISLAMABAD - Despite the passage of more than three months, the authorities concerned have failed to vacate the main artery of the city occupied by the minorities. Some 100 days have been completed of occupying the main artery by encroachers, who are presenting themselves as affectees; nothing has ...

KARACHI - A reduction in port charges, announced by the Karachi Port Trust and Port Qasim seem not to benefit the port business and trade as both are handling 100% captive cargo. Moreover, it will also result in lay off in overheads, the Nation learnt Monday. It is to be noted that Pakistani ports ...