It seems such a paradox that we often talk about the ‘Quaid’s Pakistan’ but keep silent over the state of affairs in the Quaid’s city. Today, all the political parties pledge to make and rebuild the country according to the ideas and principles given by the great Quaid. Yet ...

  karachi Being upset by the sequence of events in the last few days, MQM chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday referred to Imran and said the one who does not have any character is being portrayed as a hero. In a telephonic address to his party’s coordination committee, Altaf started crying and ...

ISLAMABAD On the one hand Independents are joining Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) in a big number making it comfortable for the party to form government without the crutches of smaller parties, while on the other hand gigantic problems awaiting the would-be government in shape of worst ...

The next prime minister Mian Nawaz Sharif has promised to stand together with the West in taking on the forces of terrorism, hours after voting finished in the country’s historic general election. During a close-fought campaign Nawaz Sharif had promised to end drone strikes and review the ...

HAFIZABAD Round-the-clock efforts are being made by the contestants to woo electorates for ensuring their victory in the upcoming election. The arch rivals in the general election Ch Afzal Hussain Tarar of PML-N and Ch Mehdi Hassan Bhatti of independent group (both were not contesting the election ...

MUZAFFARGARH/MULTAN - PML-N Chief Nawaz Sharif on Friday demanded action against former president Pervez Musharraf according to the law, saying he was a national criminal and should not be freed because he had damaged the national institutions.Addressing a public gathering in Kot Addu, Nawaz said ...

london - Health groups said on Thursday they could rid the world of polio by 2018 with a $5.5 billion (3.5 billion pounds) vaccination and monitoring plan to stop the disease taking hold once more now there are only a handful of cases worldwide. Experts say the plan offers the best chance yet to ...

tokyo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday previewed the “third arrow” of a three-part economic policy aimed at boosting growth in the long-stagnant economy, promising to open the economy through free trade deals, make it easier for women to work and promote growth sectors ...

LAHORE  - Former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif has said the PML-N government, on coming to power after the next elections, will save the country and bring it back to the mainstream of the world.Addressing the PML-N workers here Tuesday, Shahbaz mentioned achievements of the Nawaz Sharif ...

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has vowed to bring in constitutional amendments to prevent military operations against countrymen in any parts of the country. He reaffirmed his commitment not to support military operation anywhere in the country including North Waziristan.In a TV ...

PESHAWAR - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Chief Minister, Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has said that 80 per cent work on Palai Dam has been completed owing to the endeavors of the present government. The project will be completed till June with total financial implication of Rs 911.143 million and it will irrigate ...

WASHINGTON  - US President Obama promised Saturday new tax incentives for firms that create jobs in the US — and punishment for those who export them overseas. In his weekly address, the president said that in the next few weeks, he will “put forward new tax proposals that reward ...

MANILA  - Even movie super-spy Jason Bourne needs help against the nightmarish traffic in the Philippine capital Manila, the city’s administrator said on Wednesday. Metro Manila chairman Francis Tolentino is taking steps to avoid chaos on the roads when the latest instalment in the ...

"He who is the most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in the performance of it." – Jean Jacques RousseauThe political atmosphere of the country is heating up and it is expected to reach its climax somewhere near the upcoming general elections. Presently, the man stealing the show ...

Alexandra Burke has promised her fans a more sexier new album than her debut effort. The singer has been working with Colombian DJ Erick Morillo for the new set, which she hopes will be out before spring next year. Burke told the Daily Star: Ive been doing some amazing stuff with him in LA. One ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER SADIQABAD - The political assistant to Punjab chief minister visited a physically handicapped typists house and promised government jobs for his two sons on the CMs directive, besides giving him a cheque of Rs 100,000 as financial assistance in Khanpur. Following a news item ...

KARACHI (PPI) - The present government is committed to promoting education in the province and for the propose it has chalked out a plan to give each taluka of Sindh a government college, said Sindh Senior Minister for Education and Literacy Pir Mazharul Haq here on Sunday. He said that Malaysia ...

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Activist Anna Hazare vowed a "revolution" in India as he began a 15-day public hunger strike Friday after a triumphal procession through the streets of Delhi that drew hundreds of thousands of supporters. "We have to bring a total change in this country," the 74-year-old activist ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER CHUNIAN - A local private school has fleeced as much as Rs1.1 million from 65 students giving attractive advertisements to get BEd/MEd degree from Islamia University of Bahawalpur. The students and their parents on Tuesday protested in front of Chunian Press Club and demanded ...

LAHORE (APP) - Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf inaugurated the 201MW Reshma Power Plant, currently contributing 40MW as test generation to the national grid, at Raiwind near here Saturday. Addressing the inaugural ceremony, the Minister said that energy is the greatest ...

ISLAMABAD Federal Minister for Sports Mir Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani said that government would support the Pakistan Tenpin Bowling Federation (PTBF) for the promotion of this game as well as for the participation in the international bowling events. He was talking to a delegation of the PTBF led by ...

KABUL (AFP) - The US commander in Afghanistan said Thursday a troop surge should start turning the tide of war by mid-2010 as Barack Obamas new strategy won reinforcements from Italy and backing from Russia. As senior US officials said a timeline for troops to start leaving was not set in stone, ...

MUMBAI While the Indian cricket board has already commenced readying the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai for the 2011 World Cup, to be co-hosted by the BCCI, SLC and BCB, the Sri Lankan cricket officials have commissioned the services of Colombo-based M/s. Surath Wickramasinghe Associates (Pvt.) Ltd ...

KARACHI (APP) - SBP Governor Salim Raza has promised Federal Advisor on Textiles Dr Mirza Ikhtiar Baig to accommodate exporters on priority basis whose shipment were delayed due to rain related incidents. According to Dr Baig here Wednesday, this assurance was extended to him by SBP Governor at a ...

MANCHESTER (AFP) - Australia captain Michael Clarke insisted the umpires were right to call-off the second Twenty20 international against England here at Old Trafford without a ball being bowled. The day/night match was abandoned after two pitch inspections by umpires Peter Hartley and Nigel Llong, ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Advisor to Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin said on Monday that there would be reasonable increase in salaries of government officials in the forthcoming budget. Talking to a private TV channel, he said, Increase in salary of salaried class and pension would be inflation ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US government promised to guarantee hundreds of billions of dollars of the banking giant Citigroup's debt in a massive new bailout ahead of new global moves Monday to lift the world economy. The government said it was issuing a 306-billion-dollar guarantee for the bank's ...

KASUR - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the PPP government is committed to the betterment of masses and is fulfilling all promises made with the people. He expressed these views while addressing a big public meeting after inaugurating a gas project in village Usman Wala on ...

KARACHI - The Pakistan Cricket Board is yet to appoint a special counsellor for speedster Shoaib Akhtar but interestingly some piece of advice came from the chief Lahore High Court justice Syed Zahid Hussain, it would be in his own interest if he obeys to it. "The chief justice had ...