ISLAMABAD - Sheikh Silsala-i-Naqshbandia Owasia, Amir Moulana Mohammad Akram Awan termed the distance from the teachings of Islam and Islamic ways of life the reason behind the problems facing the country and the nation. Addressing a function at the launching ceremony of his Urdu translation of the ...

KARACHI - In Pakistan, Hypertension and heart problems are increasing day by day due to lack of exercise, obesity, diabetes, smoking and excess intake of Sodium. Hypertension (HTN) or high blood pressure is a cardiac chronic medical condition in which the systemic arterial blood pressure is ...

KARACHI - Despite strong protest by the coastal community activists, government functionaries are still reluctant to prioritise the fishermen problems. Truckloads carrying urban waste and dead animals from different towns dump it alongside the beaches, which makes the lives of 0.3 million ...

HAVELI LAKHA - Markazi Jamaat Ahle Sunnat Okara President Maulana Naeem Raza Noori has question the government ability to solve the challenges the country confronts at external front so how it will be able to solve the problems being faced by the common man. When a government cannot solve the ...

LOWER DIR - Students of the University of Malakand (UoM) on Sunday said that they were faced with numerous problems but the university administration was taking no step to resolve their grievances. Addressing a news conference at Timergara Press Club, the students leaders Rizwanullah, Jamshid ...

OPERA fans flock to hear soprano Angela Gheorghius sublime voice, but attracting nearly as much attention is her on-off marriage to Roberto Alagna. Angela Gheorghiu is 25 hours late, which is pretty good for the worlds most famous diva. The glamorous soprano is lauded for her silky tones but ...

LAHORE (APP) As many as 7,500,000 acres feet water was wasted owing to lack of water storage facility from June last to uptill now in the country Talking to APP here Sunday, Pakistan Agri Forum Chairman Muhammad Ibrahim Mughal said, Had the water reservoirs been established in the country, the ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER ISLAMABAD - US Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Carlos Pascual along with a delegation called on Federal Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar here on Tuesday and discussed various matters of cooperation in energy sector. Pascual while ...

They may have denied reports that they have split but the marriage of Will Smith and wife Jada is apparently in trouble. A source close to the couple told gossip website TMZ.com that the pair have decided to go away with their children on a family holiday before deciding what to do, but the ...

Sports Desk KARACHI - The Pakistan and Indian cricket boards are facing a logistical headache scheduling their bilateral Test series next year in March-April as the Asia Cup tournament is clashing with the much anticipated series. According to a senior official of the Pakistan cricket Board, the ...

RESIDENTS of the Palm Jumeirah, Dubais man-made island that is shaped like a giant date palm, are being forced to wash in the sea and visit lavatories at a nearby mall after a water pipe in one its exclusive apartment blocks ruptured. Severe plumbing problems hit the gated, seven-building Oceana ...

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama, now reeling in polls, has said the U.S. budget deficit problems were imminently solvable and that he hoped the credit downgrade would spur Washington to act. Standard and Poors downgraded the U.S. credit rating Friday from AAA to AA+ ...

NOORPUR THAL - The citizens of Thal are facing a lot of problems nowadays. The word dichotomy fits in its perfect connotation to the current state of the city. Although other several villages of Tehsil Noorpur also lack basic facilities but THQ Noorpur can truly be called their king clogged and ...

PATTOKI - Pattoki, a Tehsil Headquarter, is a small commercial centre catering to the daily needs of the village dwellers in its outskirts. But it is beset with various problems. The ground water of the city is salty and unfit for human consumption. Potable water is imported from the Ravi River ...

MULTAN The Bahauddin Zakariya Universitys University Teachers Forum on Friday urged the government not to make any political appointment against vice-chancellor seat and choose the most eligible person out of those proposed by the Search Committee for this office. Addressing a joint press ...

SHAHKOT - Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah has stated that the PPP-led government has nothing to do with national problems and issues as it has been adding to the masses plight through wrong and ill-conceived policies. He criticized the govt policies and strongly condemned the drone attacks on ...

BABIES who cry excessively and have problems feeding and sleeping have a greater risk of serious behavioural problems later in life, say scientists. One in five babies has symptoms that could lead to conditions such as ADHD, according to research. The review of previous studies looked at nearly ...

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has called upon the economists of the country to come up with out of the box solution to the economic problems of the country and make concrete recommendations on how to address some of the most critical issues faced by the economy. Speaking to the 2nd ...

LAHORE Capital City Police Officer Muhammad Aslam Tareen has issued special instructions to the officials of CCPO Office to immediately redress the problems being faced by the heirs to martyred policemen on priority basis. According to a police spokesman, the CCPO issued these instructions in ...

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 ...

KARACHI Six-foot tall and slim Muhammad Khalid, 30, was born in Kashmir but has spent the most of the years of his life in Karachi. On Kashmir Day, when rallies have been arranged to express solidarity with Kashmiris, Khalid is not too impressed. As a Kashmiri, I want freedom. But what is the ...

The auto workshops in residential areas of federal capital are creating problems for residents while the residents have demanded of the high authorities to shift these auto workshops outside from the residential areas. Talking to the Online news agency here on Thursday the residents of the federal ...

Residents of Chakwal are facing problems due to supply of unhygienic drinking water from last several weeks. As per details, the water supply lines of the city have been damaged due to the negligence of district administration and water supply department are getting the monthly water bill from the ...

ISLAMABAD Federal Judicial Academys Board of Governor meeting that would be held on December 25, 2010 has done nothing for the welfare of the lower staff, a source in the Academy told The Nation on Thursday. It is pertinent to mention that according to FJA Act the BoG meetings should be held after ...

ISLAMABAD- Unfortunately in Pakistan, ideological misunderstanding of religion and Shariah has created more loopholes and affected the implementation of laws like anti-money laundering and there was dire need to sensitise people, build up capacity and implementation of this law more ...

ISLAMABAD A judge under Article 204 of the Constitution does not come under the definition of a person therefore contempt of court proceeding could not be initiated against them, argued SM Zafar, counsel for Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain. Article 204(2a) says; A Court shall have power to punish any ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Technical problems are slowing down Irans uranium enrichment, allowing more time for diplomacy to defuse tensions over its nuclear program, a former official with the UN atomic watchdog said. It looks like that there might be still time for a negotiation, said Olli Heinonen, ...

LAHORE - PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif has identified the major problems and their solutions, urging the government to take steps to solve them without delay. In a four-page letter written to President Asif Ali Zardari, the former prime minister has also offered cooperation to implement the ...

Senior Advisor to Chief Minister Punjab Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa has said that the growers problems will be solved on priority basis so that maximum targets of wheat as well as other agri-products could be acquired as the agriculture is the backbone of our national economy. According to ...

LAHORE - The end of socialism and continuous fall of capitalism clearly show that Islami economic system is the only solution to financial problems of human being, said Editor-in-Chief TheNation and Chairman Nazria Pakistan Trust Majid Nizami. He said that Allama Iqbal was against feudalism but as ...