MULTAN - The number of surgeries being conducted at Nishtar Hospital plummeted to half as the Anaesthesia Department of the hospital refused to send doctors to the operation theatres under the pretext of shortage of medical officers, sources disclosed on Monday.The number of patients waiting for ...

Oil prices fell almost four dollars in Asian trade Friday, after a "bloodbath" on world markets, with traders increasingly convinced a global economic slowdown will hurt energy demand, dealers said. Brent North Sea crude sank below the 80-dollar mark for the first time in about a ...