ISLAMABAD - Global Energy International has put the fate of multi-billion-rupees LNG import project in limbo as it has ostensibly threatened to quit if its demands are not met, well informed sources revealed on Wednesday. Making mockery of the prescribed rules and regulations, Global Energy ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leadership has decided to put the government on mat on the memo controversy and lodge strongest protest during the address of President Zardari to the joint sitting of the Parliament soon after the 10th of Muharram. Although the joint session of the ...

ISLAMABAD - Despite severe power crisis in the country, the power sector reforms are now limited to the claims, as government gurus, in an apparent bid to get their own pie, have so far put the Pepcos dissolution and power sector reforms in limbo. Sources privy to the development informed The ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged Republicans on Saturday to stop picking "ideological fights" and focus instead on job creation efforts as he pressed Congress to begin voting next week piece by piece on his defeated jobs package. With an eye to the 2012 election, Obama is working ...

British troops were placed at a 'permanent disadvantage in Afghanistan because of failures by military chiefs, a damning report reveals yesterday. The Armed Forces were sent into a 'nasty little war in Helmand, a Taliban stronghold in the south, with a lack of defence intelligence, not enough ...

LAHORE The son of a former General Manager of Wapda was put behind the bars shortly after he assaulted a female traffic officer at Ferozpur Road, police sources revealed on Wednesday. Khakan Hamayun, who introduced himself as the son of Hamayun Akhtar, exchanged hot words with Nargis Bibi over ...

LAHORE Justice Azmat Saeed of the Lahore high Court on Wednesday adjourned hearing of a petition which seeks reopening of 82-year-old case of Ghazi Ilamuddin Shaheed who killed a Hindu, Ram Pal, in 1929 on finding that the latter has written a book derogatory to the respect and status of the Holy ...

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan is defying mounting Western pressure to end a giant tax dodge with fewer and fewer people contributing to government coffers, spelling dire consequences for a sagging economy. Barely one percent of the population pays at all, as a corrupt bureaucracy safeguards entrenched ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed of the Lahore High Court on Friday adjourned till May 15 hearing of a plea challenging the proposed conversion of a park into residential plots at the Lahore Press Club Housing Scheme (LPCHS) to accommodate 295 new members. The bench adjourned ...

THE upcoming 'Wolverine and 'Avatar sequels have reportedly been put on hold following the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan. Hugh Jackman is due to reprise his role as the clawed superhero for a sequel to 2009s 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which will see much of the action set in Japan. But ...

LAHORE - An Anti-Terrorism Court on Tuesday ordered the prosecution witnesses to record their statements in murder case of Arif Amir alias Tipu Truckanwala and adjourned the hearing till March 3. Earlier, the court had recorded statements of two private witnesses and provided case record to Khawaja ...

LONDON (AFP) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has for his own safety been moved to a segregation unit of the London prison where he is being held pending extradition to Sweden, one of his lawyers said Friday. The prison authorities are doing it for his own safety, presumably, lawyer Jennifer ...

NEW YORK - A US judge on Monday temporarily stopped Oklahomas new anti-Sharia law from taking effect, according to news media reports. Oklahomas law - a ballot initiative approved by 70 percent of Oklahomans in the November 2 elections - would change the state constitution to prohibit courts from ...

MIAMI (AFP) Unbeaten former Olympic gold medallist Odlanier Solis will face Ray Austin in a non-title heavyweight fight with the winner earning the right to face WBC champion Vitali Klitschko. Solix (16-0, 12 KOs) will fight Austin (28-4-4, 18 KOs) at the AmericanAirlines Arena on December 17. The ...

Punjab Government dispatched a letter to district administration Bhakar to put the security on high alert in the district to avert any untoward incident in the city. According to details Home department of Punjab issued a letter to district government of Bhakkar to observe high security ...

KARACHI The Anti Corruption Court on Friday adjourned hearing of a case pertaining to alleged corruption in Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), till September 28. The accused sacked PSM chairman Aftab Moin appeared before ATC special judge Shaukat Memon on Friday, but during the proceedings, he suffered a ...

Expressing disapproval over the rising complaints about non-implementation of court orders, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry remarked that the officials not complying with the court orders would be incarcerated. During the hearing of a case about non-implementation of SC orders regarding ...

The opening of the graves of two brothers killed by lynching in Sialkot has been put off on the orders of local magistrate. The bodies of the two brothers, Mughees and Munib, who were lynched in Sialkot, were scheduled to be re-examined today on orders of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Magistrate ...

KARACHI - Sindh Cabinet Saturday decided to give Rs5000 as Eid relief to the flood affectees, who have been registered in the flood relief camps. The provincial cabinet also gave approval of an official data of financial losses of Rs447.8 billion, with over 7 million people displaced due to the ...

PEBBLE BEACH (California) (AFP) When it comes to his many and varied near-misses at the US Open, Phil Mickelson prefers to look on the bright side. Five runner-up finishes in 11 years may seem like an agonizing array of almosts, but for the American who celebrated his 40th birthday on Wednesday ...

The delegation of Ministry of Youth Affairs, instead of enhancing country's reputation, defamed Pakistan's name in China. China has conveyed its concern to Pakistan while the Pakistani officials are trying to cover the incident. According to reliable sources, the youth delegation visited China ...

Four-Battalions of Pakistan Army put on high alert for relief and rescue operation to avert any untoward situation in Thatta and Gawadar. According to spokesperson of Pakistan Army, three battalions of Pakistan Army have been alerted to avert any crisis from 'Cyclone Phet' in coastal areas of ...

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Europes economic recovery will gather speed this year, new EU forecasts said on Wednesday, but only if a debt bushfire in Greece is tamed before it becomes a forest fire. The European Commission raised its growth predictions for the core euro currency area to 0.9 percent this year, ...

Owing to negligence of concerned authorities, the future of thousands nurses is at stake as the schedule of their examinations has not been announced yet. According to sources, thousand of girls have taken admission in different nursing institutions of the province including Rawalpindi and their ...

LONDON (AFP) Tottenham strengthened their grip on fourth place in the Premier League after a 2-0 win over London rivals Fulham at White Hart Lane on Tuesday. A first-half goal from England striker Peter Crouch and a second from the previously out-of favour David Bentley secured the win for Spurs, ...

LAHORE - A market based economic model is the most effective tool to put economy back on rails and mechanism to this regard needs to be evolved in collaboration with private sector for the sake of progress and prosperity in the country. This was the upshot of the speeches delivered at a seminar on ...

BUENOS AIRES (AFP) Spanish ace Carlos Sainz and Qatari teammate Nasser Al-Attiyah said Friday they had put last years woes behind them as they embarked on another Dakar Rally campaign in Argentina. Now racing for Volkswagen after his switch from BMW, the 39-year-old Al-Attiyah raced for the latter ...

President Obama begins a four-nation tour of Asia today with the joint goal of reviving American influence in a region that is increasingly dominated by China and fighting the growing perception that he is a leader who has achieved little on the world stage. With Mr Obama acutely aware of Beijings ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Governments everywhere must make the interests of small and medium sized businesses a key priority or put sustained economic recovery at risk, three of the worlds leading accounting bodies have warned following a global survey which they commissioned. CPA Australia, the Certified ...

LAHORE - The LCCI former Presidents Wednesday urged the government to take immediate measures to put economy back on rails that had been facing multiple external and internal challenges for the last few years. The LCCI former Presidents, who are experts in their respective areas of businesses, ...