KARACHI With the inauguration of new branch in Peshawar, the Banks network has touched the 400 branch landmark, says a press release. Strategic investment in its network and outreach is a part of Bank Alfalahs pledge to expand the customer base. Commenting on the development, Atif Bajwa, CEO Bank ...

LAHORE It was her 198th day in the struggle to find her missing husband but the resident of Mandi Ahmedabad left the Lahore High Court disappointed as sun sat on Tuesday, following the court disposed of her petition, seeking recovery of her man allegedly detained by the intelligence agencies. The ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE 'Impalpable Ballads a solo painting exhibition of Faiza Khan opened here at The Collectors Galleria on Tuesday. On the occasion, about 20 art pieces, mostly oil on canvas, were displayed. Talking about her work the artist said, My recent work is a manifestation of ...

PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court on Monday opened the trial of three top Khmer Rouge leaders more than three decades after the country's brutal "Killing Fields" era. Judge Nil Nonn said the court "declares opened the substantive hearing" in the case against "Brother Number ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Secretive North Korea is expected to register the one millionth cellphone user on its new 3G network by the end of the year, barely four years after people were thrown into prison camps, or possibly even executed, for owning one. Most of the users are in the capital of Pyongyang, ...

KARACHI Playhouse Childcare is a recently launched childcare facility which is being described as a godsend by working mothers in Karachi, says a press release. The Playhouse Childcare has a unique facility where mothers can drop off their children and leave worry free, says a press ...

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - British billionaire Richard Branson on Monday opened the worlds first-ever commercial spaceport in the New Mexico desert, the new home for his company, Virgin Galactic. The eccentric businessman, with usual flair, sported a black jacket and waves of hair flying as he inaugurated ...

Eight people were killed when a gunman opened fire in a beauty salon in the southern Californian city of Seal Beach, the Los Angeles Times said on Thursday. The gunman opened fire inside the crowded Meritage salon. Six people died immediately and three were rushed to hospital with serious injuries. ...

Our Staff Reporter KARACHI - Chase Value Centre, the pioneers of modern retail has inaugurated a new outlet at North Nazimabad here on Friday. This is the second outlet by Chase Value Centre and the seventh addition of the Chase group. Named 'Chase Value Centre in view of its high value offerings ...

A missing dot in an email address might mean messages end up in the hands of cyber thieves, researchers have found. By creating web domains that contained commonly mistyped names, the investigators received emails that would otherwise not be delivered. Over six months they grabbed 20GB of data made ...

LAHORE - The Government College University (GCU) Lahore is starting admissions to the MS and M Phil programme from Thursday (today). This year, the university is offering admissions to MS/M Phil in 22 disciplines including Botany, Environmental Science, Bio-technology, Chemistry, Forensic ...

KARACHI A store designed to enhance customer experience, the 65th Borjan Store on Zaibun Nisa Street sets a new standard in the category. The outlet was inaugurated on 11th Aug by Zafar Abbas, Borjan COO, says a press release. Also present on the occasion were Naveed Shahzad, Country Sales and ...

MULTAN Telenor Pakistan has started operations at a new S&SC in Multan on Abdali Road. The new S&SC will provide support services to 4 franchises and cover the area ranging from Khanewal, Kabirwala, Muzaffargarh to Lodhran, Bahawalpur and Khanpur. The opening ceremony was attended by Chief ...

CANNES, France OMD worldwide captured eight Media Lions, both as the submitting agency and as the credited media agency at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, making it the most medalled media network at the 2011 festival, says a press release. Manning Gottlieb OMD, London took ...

A musical lightning generator and four harp-playing pendulums were among the custom-made instruments unveiled by Bjork as she opened her world tour. The Icelandic singer performed the first date of her Biophilia tour on Thursday to launch the Manchester International Festival. The festival ...

PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Four top Khmer Rouge leaders went on trial at Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court on Monday for genocide and other atrocities during the hardline communist regime's reign of terror in the 1970s. The case, described as the most complex since the Nazi trials after WW II, has been ...

KARACHI National Bank of Pakistan which holds the honour of serving Pakistanis in every nook and corner of the country has opened another branch in Umer Kot, Thar Desert area of Sindh, says a press release. Dr. Asif A. Brohi, SEVP/Group Chief, Commercial & Retail Banking Group, NBP inaugurated the ...

After four years, Egypt has permanently opened the Gaza Strips main gateway to the outside world. The move to lift most travel restrictions on Gaza residents brings long-awaited relief to the territorys Palestinian population and a significant achievement for its Hamas rulers. But it raises Israeli ...

LAHORE - Sony recently inaugurated Sony World at ChenOne Tower at Sargodha and the ceremony was graced by the Country Manager Sony products for Pakistan, Shinya Mukaida and Manzoor Khan, Director Pan Pacific Electronics, says a press release. Also present were GM Operations Javaid Khan, Khalid ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - The LCCI President Shahzad Ali Malik has stressed the need for sector-specific measures for the revival of economy as the political uncertainty has not only dented business sentiments but also decelerated economic activities in the country. He was speaking at the ...

MOATIZE, Mozambique (AFP) Brazilian mining giant Vale opened a new $1.7 billion coal mine in Mozambique on Sunday, tapping the southern African countrys thermal and coking coal reserves of around 23 billion tonnes. Vale celebrates today the beginning of mining activities at its coal mining ...

KARACHI - Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has launched the new offices of its Integrated Business Centre (IBC) of Gulshan-e-Iqbal in Civic Centre. Tabish Gauhar, CEO of KESC, inaugurated the offices. Tabish Gauhar in a message on this occasion said: The KESC continues to serve this great ...

LAHORE The first-ever Lahore Shopping Festival 2011 was heralded with a dazzling opening ceremony here at Lahore Polo Club in the presence of hundreds of participants who had flocked here to be part of this historic event. The festivities of the Lahore Shopping Festival were declared open by the ...

KARACHI - Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah Tuesday inaugurated International Halal Conference organised by Sindh Board Investment, at a local hotel. Addressing the inaugural session, Chief Minister Sindh said that it is gratifying to know that a number of foreign investors have earmarked ...

DHAKA (Agencies) - Captains of the 14 competing teams at the World Cup paraded through Dhaka's historic Bangabandhu Stadium on Thursday in brightly coloured rickshaws, the transport of choice in the teeming city of Dhaka. Protected by a sheet of bullet-proof glass, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubais boom may have fizzled, but you can still live the high life perched atop the worlds tallest building as the glitzy Gulf emirate unveils one of the worlds highest restaurants. Atmosphere, on the 122nd floor, is one private elevator ride up the glass and chrome Burj ...

SALMAN ABDUHOO LAHORE - The first-ever bio-fertilizer plant in the country with capacity of producing over 5,000 bags daily is being opened in City on Saturday (today), it was learnt. Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana Iqbal will inaugurate the plant, which is equipped with the latest technology of 21st ...

PAKPATTAN The 768th Urs of leading saint of the Silsila Chishtiya Hazrat Baba Fareed Gunj Shakar (RA) reached its zenith with the opening of the Bahishti Darwaaza amid celebrations here on Sunday evening. The ceremony was performed by Sajjada Nasheen of the Dargha Dewan Maadood Masood Chishti ...

Islamabad All the figurative ceramics whispering the different facets of life around are the main source for Shahid Waheed to share his sheer observation of societal behaviour. His exhibition of variety of ceramics entitled Whispering Earth will be unveiled here today (Saturday) at the Rohtas Art ...

ISLAMABAD Painting exhibition titled Reverence of Nature by Matloob Baig will be opened on Monday at gallery 6. Matloob Baigs paintings portray his worship for the striking beauty of nature, his admiration of changing splendour of the seasons, his veneration of the sharply silhouetted gnarled ...