lahore - The electricity shortfall is touching 5,000MW with 12 hours loadshedding in urban and rural limits of the country. The hydel plants, IPPs and thermal power plants are jointly generating 10000MW against the demand of more than 15000MW.The city is under the grip of massive outages with ...

karachi Patron-in-chief of Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has demanded the Election Commission of Pakistan to conduct thorough investigation into massive rigging in elections. Addressing a reception in honour of newly-elected MNAs and MPAs from Sindh through video link at Bilawal ...

karachi - A large number of the PTI supporters and people from all walks of life came on roads and protested against the alleged rigging, demanding the Election Commission of Pakistan for repelling in three constituencies in Karachi.After a meeting of the PTI leaders here Sunday, the party workers ...

manamaNaval forces from more than 41 countries gathered in Bahrain -- across the Gulf from Iran -- on Monday to prepare for a massive minesweeping exercise, the US Fifth Fleet said.The International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) "is the largest exercise of its kind in the region and will ...

islamabad -  ahmad ahmadani - There seems no respite from spiraling up power outages, as government does not have funds to release KESC’s outstanding dues of Rs 71 billion while power utility has warned of massive power loadshedding in the port city of Karachi, parts of interior Sindh ...

  BULAWAYO   Bangladeshcame out on top by making fewer mistakes, and ended up crushingZimbabweby 121 runs. The home side fell into a sink-hole of wickets in the middle order, from which they never recovered. The material differences between the two teams were Nasir Hossain’s timely ...

NEW DELHI - India has warned Pakistan that it will retaliate massively even if Pakistan used tactical nuclear weapons against it. As Pakistan is developing "tactical" nuclear warheads to miniaturise its weapons to be carried on short-range missiles, India will protect its security interests by ...

GUJRANWALA - Short circuit-induced massive fire wreaked havoc here in Old Sabzi Mandi and gutted at least 60 shops and 70 makeshift shops.According to rescue sources, the fire erupted due to an electric short circuit at a UPS shop in Qaisra Bazaar which engulfed the neighbouring shops. Strong wind ...

islamabad - Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has sought 165 per cent hike in the prices of hydel power from NEPRA while the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) has also asked to approve Rs 2.20/unit increase in electricity tariff on account of monthly fuel price adjustment.At ...

HONG KONG  - The trial over one of Hong Kong's biggest ever money laundering scams saw a mainland Chinese man jailed on Wednesday for a fraud involving US$1.69 billion, according to court officials and press reports. The city's high court sentenced Luo Juncheng to 10 and a half years in jail ...

Taliban multi-pronged attacks in Afghan capital Kabul which began on Sunday and over on Monday had claimed the lives of eight people and injured 46 others, head of Crime Investigation department of Kabul police said."In the counter offensive against terrorists in Kabul, eight security personnel ...

Army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani has said the army stands united with the nation on the issue of war against terrorism. He termed the Islamabad suicide blast cowardly and shameful act.