ISLAMABAD (APP) - Diplomats and business community urged members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to address their mutual disputes for exploiting economic potential of the region mired in poverty. They said SAARC could be turned into a vibrant forum for the benefit ...

China has worked out policies to transform two western border towns into key financial and manufacturing hubs connecting the countrys inland areas with neighbouring central and south Asian countries, particularly Kazakhstan and Pakistan, officials and experts said. The State Council, Chinas ...

MULTAN - Contrary to their claims and slogans, the federal and provincial governments have left poor dengue patients at the mercy of pharmaceutical companies as the medicine manufacturers have doubled the rate of different liquid glucose bottles (drip) but no action is taken against them, The ...

KARACHI - Intelligence agencies have asked the National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) to beef up security for fears of further sectarian killings in Karachi. Sources privy to the development confided to TheNation on Sunday that the intelligence agencies have warned the authorities concerned that ...

ISLAMABAD Though amended bill pertaining to LPG Policy 2006 is likely to table in up coming Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) meeting, yet LPG marketing companies, making mockery with the decision of Ogra to fix prices, are charging their own rates prices adding salt to the nations ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Criminal Investigation Agency (CIA) of Islamabad Police has arrested a fraudster, who used to call Judges after portraying himself as Registrar Supreme Court and also recovered mobile phone and SIM from him, a police spokesman said here Tuesday. According to details, Magistrate ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Tuesday said that Confidence Building Measures by Pakistan and India were making headway and it would take time in complete return to normalcy between the two countries. Talking to newsmen here at Foreign Service Academy, ...

RAWALPINDI (Online) - Renowned nuclear scientist and member Planning Commission for Science and Technology Wing Dr Samar Mubarak Mand has declared the prevailing energy crises extremely hazardous for Pakistan saying the country is not only facing the loss of Rs 300 billion per annum but also ...

What if we could create a dolphin language translator? Such a device may no longer be limited to the realm of science fiction, as two scientists are currently developing an underwater computer that they hope to someday use for two-way communications with wild dolphins. The Cetacean Hearing and ...

ISLAMABAD - Minister for Information & Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan Wednesday in the Senate elaborating the governments position on the killing of Osama Bin Laden said it was a unilateral action of US forces while the lawmakers termed the statement evasive, incoherent and apologetic. Later, ...

ISLAMABAD - A five-member delegation of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) led by Muhammad Yahya P Maroofi, Secretary General of ECO, called on the Commerce Secretary here at the Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday. The Secretary General briefed the meeting about the progress made by the ECO in ...

ISLAMABAD - A comprehensive list of contractual officials working in government sector including corporations, ministries and other departments falling in the jurisdiction of federal government, is in the making and this move for sure will send a wave of shock to the hundreds of baboos, sources ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf on Monday said that 826 MW additional electricity will be added in the system by December this year. Speaking at the meet the press here at National Press Club, the minister said that the government has already included additional ...

KARACHI - Though the high-powered PML-Q delegation led by its chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain came to Sindh to assess the prevailing situation in Karachi and to understand the reasons behind the current turmoil in the metropolis, yet political analysts believe that its main aim Is to warm up its ...

ISLAMABAD The Tunisian film 'Making Of, directed by Nouri Bouzid, served as an eye-opener for the viewers as how the so-called 'martyrs are prepared. The award-winning movie 'Making Of was screened here Saturday late at the Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) to mark the 23rd anniversary ...

HYDERABAD (APP) - Advisor to President Dr. Abdul Qayoom Soomro said that if the government succeeds in its efforts to writing off the 50 billon dollars foreign debt, the country would witness a faster economic development. The present government is making sincere efforts to convince all those who ...

After almost nine years of insurgency, the Taliban are approaching the Afghan government and foreign forces about laying down arms, the commander of foreign troops in the country said Tuesday. US General David Petraeus, who commands more than 150,000 NATO and US troops in Afghanistan, said many ...

ISLAMABAD Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has filed a writ petition in the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench, in which it has been prayed that the Election Commission of Pakistan should be directed to commission the services of National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) in the preparation of ...

KARACHI - Korangi Association of Trade and Industry has demanded that government should disclose all the details related to Pakistan-Afghanistan Transit Trade Agreement in the larger interest of nation and economy. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Patron-in-Chief, Korangi Association of Trade ...

Additional District and Session Judge Chakwal Abdul-Hasnat Zulqarnain Haider made a new record in the history of Punjab judiciary by announcing verdicts on 83-cases during 4-months. According to details Add. District and Session judge Abdul-Hasnat Zulqurnain had been appointed only 4-months ago on ...

LAHORE - Vice-Chancellor Punjab University Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran has stated the varsity will make all-out efforts to meet the huge likely deficit of Rs763 million resulting from the recent raise in government servants salaries and pension as well as other allowances, by generating income from its ...

LAHORE Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that Ferozepur Road, one of the busiest arteries in the provincial metropolis, will be converted into a model road and for this a major project has been initiated. He said that in addition to construction of footpaths, modern bus ...

KARACHI - The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation KESC has presently operating its Bin Qasim Power Plat at very low capacity which resulted in 3 to 4 hours load-shedding besides rotational load-shedding of 4 hours in may parts of the city. As per details, the KESC has produced from it central ...

KARACHI (APP) - Federal Minister for Production and Industries Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani Monday said the government was very much alive to the difficulties of industry and trade in the country and was making all-out efforts for their revival. We believe in public and private sectors partnership for ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Friday said that telecom sector in Pakistan has made enormous progress and the performance indicators are showing encouraging signs. He said tele-density which was merely 2.3pc in 1999-2000 has now soared to 62.4pc which is highest in the ...

KARACHI - The Staff Union of MCB Bank Limited (CBA) has categorically denied its association with the Shaheed Usman Ghani Group on account of its continual involvement in the violent and illegal activities against the MCB Bank. MCB Staff Union of Pakistan President Rayafat Khan Jadoon, while ...

Pakistan has rendered countless sacrifices in fighting the scourge of terrorism and made the world a safer place with it relentless anti-terror endeavor, Islamabads ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani told a gathering of scholars at the Center for Empowered Living and Learning in Denver. ...

KARACHI - State Bank of Pakistan Governor Syed Salim Raza has said that SBP has been making relentless efforts with sincerity, dedication and honesty for the development of countrys economy. Speaking at the flag hoisting ceremony held at SBP here Friday to mark the Independence Day, Mr. Raza said ...

TBILISI (AFP) - Tbilisi on Saturday accused Russia of having made an undisguised threat and of having dangerous designs on Georgia after Moscow warned that it reserved the right to use military force in the Caucasus. The Russian defence ministrys expression of its readiness 'to use all available ...

Reese Witherspoon loved starring in Monsters vs Aliens - because she got to act like 5-year-old. The actress - who lends her voice to the character of Susan Murphy in the animated flick - insists she enjoyed using her imagination while making the movie. Its definitely not hard. Its like you go in ...