OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - Ambassador of Iraq Dr Rushdi Al-Ani has invited Pakistani businessmen to initiate joint ventures with their Iraqi counterparts as abundant investment and business opportunities are available there. The Ambassador was speaking at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and ...

MARDAN - Chief Minister, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ameer Haider Khan Hoti on Sunday said that having difference of opinion was the right of every person, as it was the beauty of democracy, but it should not damage the democracy. He said political forces could only serve the people when there was ...

KARACHI - Standing Committee on Communication (FPCCI) Chairman and former IT, Health and Environment Minister Nauman Saigal said a major concern of the metropolitan cities like Karachi is safety from terrorism including bomb blasts. The security can be controlled if similar precautions are ...

ISLAMABAD (NNI)legation of representatives of Pharmaceutical Industry led by Nasir M. Qureshi, Chairman of Pakistan Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Association North Zone visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) and issued the impact of giving MFN status to India with respect to ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE Asserting that majority of dengue fever patients did not need hospitalisation, speakers at a seminar have said that rest at home with proper treatment is enough for complete recovery within 8 to 10 days. Addressing a public awareness seminar on dengue at Institute of ...

Our Staff Reporter MULTAN - Former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi observed on Thursday that the solution to all national problems lied in elimination of corruption, saying Pakistan also needed Anna Hazare-like movement. The people of Pakistan will have to raise voice against corruption as it ...

CHENGDU, ChinaVice President Joe Biden reassured China on Sunday on the safety of its US debt holdings and said the United States and China need to recognize their mutual global responsibilities and ensure greater fairness in trade and investment conditions. Biden brought a strong message of mutual ...

KATE Middleton has a natural sense of style, according to Sara Buys, her step-sister-in-law, and a style guru Joanna Lumley said, a trifle unkindly, that the Duchess of Cambridge should hire a "fleet of stylists" to help her to get her look and wardrobe absolutely right. Three months after the ...

NEW DELHI (AFP) - India can bounce back in the ongoing four-Test series in England if they get their "hunger and intent back", former captain and leg-spin great Anil Kumble said on Thursday. The tourists, struggling with form and fitness problems, currently trail 2-0 in the series and will lose ...

FAISALABAD - Chairman, Nazria-i-Pakistan Trust and Editor-in-Chief Nawa-i-Waqt Group Majid Nizami has said that currently the entire nation has been in the depths of despair and disappointment and it is the duty of all and sundry to make utmost efforts to revive hope for a prosperous future among ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistans newly elevated Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar Saturday termed Indo-Pak dialogue a positive step. Talking to mediamen, Khar said the priority of her government during talks with India was to set a future direction in the bilateral relationship. Highlighting Pakistans ...

Our Staff Reporter KARACHI President of Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Muhammad Saeed Shafiq has informed the Business and Industrial Community and Law Enforcing Agencies that businessmen having arms licences need no permission to carry weapons for their safety. He took exception ...

ISLAMABAD (NNI) The government needs to invest more in the state-run dispensaries, the first unit in the healthcare infrastructure, to enable them to effectively cope with the basic medical needs of the people. Investment in medicine supply, services, equipment and infrastructure is seriously ...

LAHORE America, India and Israel are eyeing the nuclear assets of Pakistan, so a daring leadership is need of the hour to counter such conspiracies. These views were expressed by former DG Military Training General (r) Javaid, Editor TheNation Salim Bokhari and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader ...

FAISALABAD - Speakers at a seminar called for taking steps to counter dropout trend in educational institutes and to pay special focus on education in children and youth. There are 70 million people across the country who are either lying under the age of 17 or have dropped out in ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - Government College University (GCU) Lahore Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Ikramul Haq (Sitara-e-Imtiaz) has said that Pakistan needs well-educated sportsmen to uplift its image aboard. "Sportsmen are true ambassadors of a country and their actions, statements and public ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE Pakistanis are a brilliant nation. They need a true leadership, discipline and positive thinking for bringing revolution in the country. Youth should follow the teachings of Allama Muhammad Iqbal to face the hardships of life bravely. Prof Humayun Ehsan stated this while ...

The Central Investigation Agency (CIA) has established its own spy network in Pakistan, a US newspaper has quoted an official, as saying. According to the US official, the CIA established its spy network in Pakistan's tribal areas during the last two years. A summit of spymasters that was held this ...

ISLAMABAD - Renowned human resource development practitioners unanimously underlined the need for making Pakistani organisations true learning systems in order to secure a competitive advantage. They said it during a high-level meeting of the Training Forum, Islamabad chapter discussing ...

LAHORE - Malaysia U-21 coach Ong Kim Swee has warned his team against taking their places in the Olympic squad for granted after clear misses led to team in first leg and recent matches used by Malaysia as preparation for the Olympic qualifiers. "Opportunities are few in nowadays football and it ...

ISLAMABAD - As it was feared and mentioned earlier that Pakistan team when it matters most go into deeper slumber. Despite early getting the prize wicket of Brendon McCullum the Pakistan fielding and bowling allowed the Kiwis to score a mammoth total of 302 runs. Kamran Akmal once again dropped ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Babar Awan, has said that Punjab government should compensate students for all the trouble they had faced for not receiving roll number slips. In a statement on Monday, the minister said that the Punjab governments good ...

ISLAMABAD - A literary discourse held on Tuesday wherein Impact Assessment Report and Strategy Paper were launched to mark 100 Years of International Womens Day (1911-2011). 'We Can End All Violence Against Women Campaign, a nongovernmental organisation organised the event. The strategy paper ...

NEW DELHI (Agencies) - Indian bowlers, especially off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, need to re-think their strategy for the flat sub-continental pitches or the team's World Cup campaign could be derailed despite a strong batting line-up, feels former batsman Sanjay Manjrekar. "Indian bowlers tend to ...

Roundtable Conference proposed by President of the country and co-chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Asif Ali Zardari is need of hour in view of world political scenario so that the political and economic challenges faced by the homeland could be resolved. This was said by Secretary Information PPP ...

RAMZAN CHANDIO KARACHI - Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah on Friday said that two letters have been written to Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani seeking funds for maintenance, restructuring and improvement of irrigation system in the province as well as for payment of remaining amount ...

LAHORE (PPI) - Farmers in Pakistan would need to bring efficiencies in farming not only to remain viable but also to prepare for challenges ahead as poultry industry worldwide is transforming with a rapid pace and Pakistani industry would need to adopt these changes to compete at world level. This ...

LAHORE - Chairperson Foundation for Rehabilitation & Education of Special Children (Fresh), Ashba Kamran has stressed the parents and teachers to help Fresh in identifying slow learners for their proper education and training. To learn, she said, a child must tolerate frustration, as some subjects ...

Pakistan will mount military assaults against terrorists in North Waziristan, the Pakistani ambassador to the United States vowed. Its only a matter of how, when and in what manner do we conduct operations there against the extremists and terrorists, Ambassador Husain Haqqani told Bloombergs ...

KARACHI Mourning procession of 9th of Muharram-ul-Harram was taken out on Thursday in the metropolis to commemorate the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (AS) and progeny of Holy Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). Strict security measures have been adopted by the Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) to meet any ...