LAHORE The mausoleum of Khan-e-Jahan Bahadur Zafar Jang Kokaltash, situated next to Royal Palm Golf and Country Club on the Canal Road, is rapidly decaying due to negligence of archaeology department. The octagonal tomb of Bahadur Zafar Jang Kokaltash, a lofty double-dome mausoleum, is losing its ...

LAHORE Pakistan will have to adopt genetically modified (GM) or biotech crops in the shortest possible time to tap true potential of agricultural productivity in the country. This was the upshot of speeches made at a seminar on Benefits of using biotechnology to boost agriculture produce, ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Pakistans former leader Pervez Musharraf warned Wednesday that his countrys spies will need to take counter-measures in Afghanistan if US troops leave it unstable or it becomes too close to India. On a visit to Washington, Musharraf described relations between the United States ...

KARACHI - The temperatures are dropping and we are getting dozens of requests every day for plastic sheets and blankets, both from families who are returning to their villages after vacating public buildings, and from people who simply moved to higher ground and are still waiting for water to ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) The World Bank Mission was informed that the Zarai Taqiati Bank needs to enhance its credit amount for middle term up to Rs 895 billion during next 4-5 years in order to meet the increasing demands of loans and to increase the growth rate of the agriculture sector of Pakistan. The ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Dr Ansar Parvez has said Pakistan needs to build more nuclear power plants to meet its energy requirements and therefore it requires international collaboration. It has already been tasked by the government to install 8800 MW of nuclear ...

Sports Desk LAHORE - Pakistans former leg-spinner, Mushtaq Ahmed has asked the PCB to look for a national coach who is well versed in man-management skills while appointing Waqar Youniss replacement. Mushtaq, 41, who himself remained assistant coach of the national team in 2006 and 2007 and ...

Around the world, the non-violent protests against graft led by Anna Hazare are being watched with enormous interest. From London to New Jersey to Malaysia, expat Indians are holding candlelit vigils in support of the movement. Its being touted as 'Indias second freedom struggle. In the 65 years ...

ISLAMABAD - The demise of wishful set of monologues might be too dear a dream to get shattered, yet inane articulations would never cast any magic. A bit of sense would be very doable variant at this juncture, instead and indeed. All what PML-N needs right away is some self-reflection to count on, ...

LAHORE (Reuters) - Over tea in Lahore with the spokesman of Jamaat-ud-Daawa, one subject dominates the conversation. Its not jihad, not Kashmir, but the economy. The first condition to bring peace in Pakistan is prosperity, said Muhammad Yahya Mujahid, spokesman for the JuD. Already people are ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday political sacrifices will be needed by both Democrats and Republicans to break a budget impasse and avoid a looming debt default. Under pressure to reduce Americas 9.2 per cent jobless rate, Obama used his weekly radio and Web address ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has to collect Rs 136 billion in seven days period in order to reach the revised annual tax collection target of Rs 1,588 billion set for the outgoing financial year 2010-2011, it has been learnt. Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has collected Rs 1,452 ...

NOORPUR THAL - Noorpur Thal in South Punjab is very backward the hottest Tehsil of the province. The tehsil consists of 82 villages. Large numbers of people are related with agriculture. But the farmers of Thal are facing a lot of problems and living hand to mouth. The seepage of Chasham ...

PESHAWAR Despite allocation of Rs 18.4 billion for law and order, the much-awaited explosive detectors have still not been provided to the militancy-plagued Khyber Pakhtunkhwa though the Chinese government has already provided it through soft loan of $ 2.96 million in July 2009. These modern ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Doctors have recommended that a guardian be appointed to manage the affairs of 88-year-old LOreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, whose fortune is subject to a long-running legal feud, a French newspaper said on Tuesday. Le Monde daily cited medical assessments that were carried out ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has great talent not only in cricket but also in other sports like tennis needs explorations and polishing. Reza Ali Mirza, who represented Pakistan at national and international circuits and appeared in the Wimbledon Junior Tennis Championship in 1986 and ...

LAHORE Pakistan Medical Association has demanded sufficient allocation for family planning to control the population growth and scrapping mobile health unit project. Addressing a press conference here at PMA House on Wednesday, the PMA office bearers demanded raise in health budget from existing ...

ISLAMABAD - The Early Recovery Working Group (ERWG) has prioritised the needs of the most vulnerable and the funding gap to meet the critical humanitarian needs at around $ 570m. According to the latest update issued on Tuesday by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), as many as 2.47 million ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has to collect Rs 576 billion in the last quarter (April-June) of the current fiscal year 2010-11 in order to reach the further downward revised target of Rs 1588 billion, The Nation has learnt on Wednesday. The FBR has already slashed the annual revenue ...

Alassane Ouattara can take some satisfaction in having finally realized his two-decade quest to become President of the Ivory Coast. But neither his problems, nor those of the West African country he now leads, will end with the arrest this week of ex-President Laurent Gbagbo. Consider the arc of ...

Although the Zakat system had been introduced some three decades ago and tens of billions have been distributed to deserving people since then, no government, federal or provincial, has taken any step for their permanent rehabilitation or bringing an end to their dependence. The amount of money ...

ISLAMABAD - While the recent meetings between the United Nations officials and the donor representatives would give major boost to funding scenario for Pakistans humanitarian crises, adequate steps should be taken for the redressal of the countrys over 8.4 million affectees of conflict related ...

ISLAMABAD - After failing to achieve revenue collection targets in two consecutive months, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) will now have to collect Rs 194 billion in the ongoing month (March) in order to reach the quarterly target of Rs 410 billion. As the tax department failed to meet the ...

Misbah-ul-Haq doesn't think Pakistan is making the most of its batting powerplays at the World Cup, something he wants to improve against New Zealand on Tuesday. Despite winning its opening three Group A matches, Pakistan hasn't been prolific enough in the powerplays except against Kenya, when it ...

LAHORE - The Punjab governments decision to give charge of two provincial departments to advisers to the chief minister has raised a legal question whether a non-elected adviser can perform the function of a minister and that too without taking oath from the governor. Sardar Zulfiqar Khosa, Begum ...

SIALKOT Through export, Sialkot-based small and medium industries were earning foreign exchange amounting over $ 1 billion yearly and strengthening the national exchequer. Sialkot is an important economic centre and totally export-oriented city of the country Their business acumen, the local ...

Former Secretary Election Commission Kanwar Dilshad said that PPP has lost support of majority allies in Senate and in wake of the present political scenario Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani needs vote of confidence. Talking to private TV channel here on Monday, Former Secretary Election ...

A SEA urchin secret could one day lead to knives which never need sharpening. The creatures have self-honing teeth which allow them to chomp through stone, carving out hideaways on rocky shores. Scientists have now learned how the urchins keep their teeth razor-sharp and believe that technology ...

ISLAMABAD - The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has announced auction of commercial and residential plots across the Capital, which a senior official termed a 'would be a life injection for the cash-starved civic body. Though, Chairman of the Authority had several times declared the land as an ...

ISLAMABAD - The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has to collect Rs 205 billion this month in order to meet the revised revenue target of Rs 700 billion set for the first half (July-Dec) of the ongoing financial year. The government had fixed Rs 700 billion tax collection target for July-Dec period of ...