At least five more patients died of the dengue virus here in Lahore on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 69 in the provincial capital, a private TV reported. According to details, the patients identified as Ghayas-ud-Din, a member of the Punjab Public Service Commission, Danyal, 19, Fatima, 60, ...

At least 142 new dengue cases have been registered in Punjab during last 24 hours. According to official statistics, 1772 cases have been registered in Lahore while 132 new cases have been registered in government and private hospitals of the city. During last 24 hours, 8 dengue cases were reported ...

LAHORE - The menace of dengue fever continued to haunt the masses across the province including the City with the number of affected people coming to public sector and private hospitals increasing with every passing day. Though the government has claimed to make necessary arrangements at public ...

LAHORE - Vice-Chancellor Punjab University Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran has said that during 140 years of its existence, the Oriental College has produced the largest number of scholars in Urdu language and literature than any other institution in the subcontinent. These scholars have rendered ...

LAHORE - A special meeting of the Editorial Board of Punjab University Magazine 'Mehwar was held here on Friday under the chairmanship of Vice Chancellor Punjab University Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran to finalise the arrangements for publication of Golden Jubilee number of the magazine. The members of ...

Federal Law Minister Dr Babar Awan on Monday underlined that in order to ensure speedy justice in the country, number of judges in courts must be doubled. Federal Law Minister Dr Babar Awan expressed these views while addressing in a simple but dignified ceremony in connection with foundation stone ...

The number of flood affectees has been surging continuously across the province and its number has reached upto 4 million while out of them 1 million affectees are suffering from various diseases, said Jamil Soomro, Advisor to the Chief Minister, Sindh. Talking to BBC He said that among these ...

The United States tripled Wednesday the number of helicopters helping Pakistans flood relief effort, as top US officials issued somber warnings about the massive scale of the disaster. The boost in the US deployment came as outgoing UN humanitarian chief John Holmes appealed for $460 million in ...

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Senior Minister Rahim Dad Khan Monday said that the scourge of terrorism as well as recent devastating flood had greatly marred the developmental process in the province as most of the developmental funds had been diverted towards tackling these pressing problems. Talking to ...

KARACHI - The alarming increase in the number of people, seeking charitable food, portrays the bleak picture of the devastating economic downturn and its far-reaching repercussion on the common man. The awesome unemployment and low wages are boosting up this scenario and driving more people to seek ...

LAHORE Keeping in view the importance and beneficial role of Education Voucher Scheme (EVS) in imparting quality education to the economically deprived children, the Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) has decided to increase the number of vouchers so that maximum number of deserving children could ...

ISLAMABAD Despite the socio-political indicators inferring a mega decline in Afghan refugees return to Afghanistan, the monthly data of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) shows an unexpected surge in their number. The Afghan refugees return started last month on March 22 under ...

Misuse of vehicle number plates inscribed with words 'press' is continuing without any check from Police and other authorities and is earning a bad name for members of the media. It has been learnt that a number of luxury vehicles are using "press" number plates though the vehicles do not belong to ...

KARACHI - A number of Vptcl sets have been found operating un-registered due to nonchalant attitude of Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) and Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). The Nation has learnt that some 2 million Vptcl are operating in the country and many of them do ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The number of millionaires in the United States jumped by 16 percent last year after slumping by 27 percent in 2008, a report released Tuesday shows. Last year, some 7.8 million US households had a million dollars or more in investable assets not counting capital invested in ...

India is not a "war mongering" nation and does not have any extra-territorial ambitions, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said on Saturday. "We might have difference of opinion with our neighbours but we have no extra-territorial ambitions. We are not a war mongering country," Mr Antony said in ...

PARIS (AFP) - France Telecoms deputy chief executive Louis-Pierre Wenes, architect of a modernisation drive at the former state monopoly that is blamed for a wave of staff suicides, resigned on Monday. Stephane Richard, an ex-aide to the French finance minister who is to take over as CEO in 2011, ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Nearly 40 million Americans lived below the bread line last year as the recession dragged down incomes sparking the first major rise in the poverty rate in five years, an official report showed Thursday. Real median household income declined by 3.6 percent between 2007 and 2008 ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Pakistan and Iran will enlarge the lists of items under preferential trade agreement (PTA). According to a private news channel this was decided in the 5th Pak-Iran joint trade committee. It was also decided that Pak-Iran experts meeting would be held in Islamabad in August for ...

UNITED NATIONS - The UN refugee agency chief on Monday appealed for international solidarity to support hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis fleeing the conflict in the northwest as the government troops pound the area in an attempt to defeat the militant insurgency. With the help of the UN High ...

The frightened people fleeing from the district here intensified with the relaxation in curfew, while the officials have advised evacuating people using Shamozai route instead of the G.T. Road. Swat media center said that following the relaxation in curfew from 6.00 A.M. this morning to 1.00 P.M. ...

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Former world number one Kim Clijsters will announce on Thursday her plans for the 2009 WTA season amidst rumours the Belgian 25-year-old is set to return to full competition. Journalists have been invited to the northern Belgian city of Bree for a press conference on Thursday ...

INDIAN WELLS (California) (AFP) - Confidence and concentration make world number one Rafael Nadal a formidable foe, but they don't make the world number one unbeatable, rival Novak Djokovic said Friday. Serbia's Djokovic, ranked number three in the world, defeated Nadal in the semi-finals en route ...

PATTAYA (AFP) - Mexican golfing star Lorena Ochoa clinched the 1.45-million-dollar Honda LPGA Thailand tournament Sunday with an impressive six-under-par 66 round that included seven birdies. The world number one started the tournament slowly Thursday, but powered up the leaderboard with low scores ...

KARACHI (PPI) - Marsh crocodile, an endangered specie, high in demand due to its commercial value, is fast vanishing in Sindh and Balochistan owing to diversion of water channels and hunting in order to export its skin. World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)-Pakistan sources told PPI that a study was ...

The number of judges in Lahore High Court (LHC) has been increased to 60 from 50. Law ministry has issued a notification in this connection. The current number of judges in LHC is 33, which would be reached to 37 after re-appointment of four deposed judges. However, 23 vacancies of judges would ...

Tibet may limit the number of tourists and mountaineers to Mount Qomolangma to protect its fragile ecology, the region's top environmental official has said. The rising number of tourists and mountaineers makes protecting the environment a tough job, said Zhang Yongze, director of the Tibet ...

The number-two figure in Zimbabwe's opposition was Friday facing a treason charge after his arrest within minutes of arriving back home to campaign in the June 27 presidential run-off election. Police also detained Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai twice Thursday in ...

PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has said that the required number of MPs for the impeachment of President Musharraf could be acquired, but we don't want to do that in order to avoid political upheaval. PPP prefers to resolve all the matters through dialogue and negotiations and avoid ...