BEIJING: The death toll from the H7N9 bird flu outbreak inChinahas risen to 31, according to official figures, with four more people dying of the virus inChina’s eastern provinces. The number of people infected also increased to 129, official statistics showed, up two since Thursday. The four ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court took cognizance of about 98 cases on administrative level during the last 10 months, a press release said on Saturday.The actions were taken on media reports of human rights violations, particularly acid attack, gang rape, kidnapping for ransom, police torture and ...

WALES (DS):The owner of a cave centre in Wales is threatening to sue weather forecasters over inaccurate reports. Ashford Price runs National Showcaves Centre for Wales, in the Brecon Beacons National Park. He claims that the weather reports are ruining his business by putting visitors off visiting ...

NEW YORK - A 35-year-old Yemeni man, one of dozens of prisoners on hunger strike at the US Guantanamo Bay prison, narrated a horrifying tale of what it’s like to be kept alive through force feedings and the degrading conditions in the detention centre in an article published in the New York ...

KARACHI – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Saturday dismissed reports that it was negotiating with former Zimbabwean batsman Grant Flower to appoint him as batting coach of the national team. A senior official in the Board, who declined to be named, said that no talks were in progress with ...

LAHORE – Dubai Islamic Bank Pakistan Limited has reported a year end profit before tax of Rs501 million. Furthermore, a 38 per cent deposit growth was achieved in comparison to 2011, taking total deposits to Rs53.11 billion in 2012. The BoD of Bank held a meeting to approve its financial ...

WASHINGTON  - WikiLeaks on Monday launched a searchable archive containing 1.7 million US State Department documents from 1973-76 that had been officially declassified but were not easily accessible to the public.The "Public Library of US Diplomacy" brings together the archived memos - ...

BEIJING (AFP) - A new strain of bird flu has claimed two more lives in China's business capital of Shanghai, taking the total number of human deaths attributed to the H7N9 virus to five, state media said Thursday. Four of the deaths have occurred in the commercial hub, while the other was reported ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the authorities to arrest Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf. According to a private television channel, the apex court ordered the prime minister’s arrest during a hearing of the rental power projects case. The bench ordered the arrest of 16 persons, ...

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations reported that global food prices slightly increased in Sept after two months of stability, and warned that despite increased cereal production in low income countries, global harvest of this commodity is expected to decrease this year. During Sept, the Rome-based ...

Nankana Sahib - The members of Hindu community and other minorities are as patriotic as their Muslim countrymen, said Federal Parliamentary Secretary on Minorities Affair Ramesh Lal while talking to newsmen during a visit to Gurdwara Janamasthan here. Ramesh Lal along with a delegation performed ...

MULTAN - The district government refuted on Tuesday reports regarding supply of stinky and substandard aata to the Ramadan Bazaars, claiming that quality aata was made available at all bazaars of Multan districts in light of orders of Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif.A spokesman of district ...

LAHORE - DG Khan Cement Company Limited (DGKC) has announced its 1HFY12 financial results. The company has reported a superb 6.67 times higher earnings to Rs1.28b translating into an EPS of Rs2.92 as against the PAT of Rs192m (EPS of Rs0.44) in the corresponding period last year. The gigantic ...

Eddie Murphy has become the latest celebrity to fall victim to a death hoax. The Coming To America star was confirmed as being alive and well, contrary to reports that TMZ claims originated on MediaFetcher.com. Speculation about the 50-year-old’s passing caused the topic “RIP Eddie ...

LAHORE - A meeting of Punjab University Advanced Studies and Research Board  was held under the chairmanship of Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran here on Monday which solved cases of PhD scholars presented for review in the board by different PU departments, institutes, colleges and ...

ISLAMABAD - The presumed reconciliatory measures aimed at making peace with the militants are believed to have encouraged them to gain strength and unleash fresh spree of attacks on security forces while the security officials admit that peace talks’ reports have adversely affected their ...

A cheating husband in the US has been arrested after claiming that his mistress was a burglar. Kevin Gaylor, 24, invited a college student he met on Craigslist to his home in Colorado Springs early on Wednesday morning, but his romantic plans were scuppered when his wife unexpectedly returned home ...

LAHORE The European Union will get verified the reports about the discovery of mass graves in Indian Held Kashmir, a senior EU diplomat said here on Tuesday. Mr Pierre Mayaudon, deputy head of EU delegation in Islamabad, said while talking to TheNation that before offering any official comment on ...

KARACHI - Coordination Committee of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) has strongly deplored the baseless and malicious reports being circulated against the MQM by a particular segment of media in connection with the martyrdom of MQM convener Dr Imran Farooq. In a statement, the Coordination Committee ...

MIRANSHAH (INP) - The Shura-e-Mujahideen of North Waziristan Taliban led by Commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur Wazir has unanimously decided to expel and punish all those journalists who were involved in publishing baseless news against Taliban of North Waziristan Agency (NWA). A spokesman for Gul ...

KARACHI - Silk Bank Limited posted earnings of Rs1.524 billion, up 112 per cent YoY in 2010 against Rs719 million during 2009, the Silk Bank reported on Wednesday. The Board of the Silk Bank Limited held its annual meeting on Wednesday to review and approve the financial performance and accounts of ...

ISRAR AHMED RAWALPINDI - Regional Police Officer (RPO) Hamid Mukhtar Gondal has rebuffed certain media reports by saying that former RPO Nasir Khan Durrani did not write any kind of remarks on the service book of Malik Mumtaz Qadri, who gunned down Governor Punjab Salman Taseer in Islamabad. A ...

KARACHI - The National Bank of Pakistans earnings for the first half (Jan-Jun) of current calendar year 2010 sharply increased by 24.5 per cent to Rs7.8 billion, translating into an earning per share of Rs5.81 over the first quarter this year, NBP said on Tuesday. In 2Q2010, net earnings were ...

KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistans Oil and Gas Development Co Ltd (OGDCL) on Thursday reported a net profit of Rs59.18 billion ($690 million) in fiscal year 2009/10. That compared with a net profit of Rs55.54 billion ($647 million) last year. OGDCL also announced a final per share cash dividend of Rs ...

KARACHI - Hub Power Company Limited (HUBCO) earnings amounted to Rs99.6 billion during July-June FY10 from Rs82.7 billion in FY09, showing 20 per cent increase in growth over the same period last year. The company announced its FY10 results on Monday. According to HUBCO financial accounts, the ...

KARACHI - Engro Corporation (ENGRO) has posted Rs3.4 billion, translating into EPS of Rs10.37 during the second quarter (April-June) of the current calendar year, compared with Rs1.0 billion (EPS Rs3.63) in the same quarter last year. Engros consolidated earnings stood at Rs1.5 billion with EPS ...

ROME (AFP) - Italy reported on Friday a switch into a trade deficit in May with a deficit of 1.957 billion euros from a surplus of 1.11 billion euros at the same time last year, but exports showed a firm rise. Data from the official statistics office Istat showed a strong rise in exports in May on ...

MADRID (AFP) Spanish track cyclist Toni Tauler, a silver medal winner at the Beijing Olympics, has tested positive for a banned substance, Spanish media said Tuesday. Tauler, 36, a former road cyclist, was tested by the Spanish Cycling Federation before the world championships in Ballerup, Denmark ...

ISLAMABAD - Taking a suo moto action in the separate human right cases, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Friday sought reports from the Secretary Finance, Secretary Education Punjab and PPO Punjab. According to details, Mansoor Alam, resident of Karachi, in his application to the Chief ...

KARACHI - Hub Power (HUBC PA) reported Third Quarterly Fiscal Year 2010 earnings (unconsolidated) of Rs 1.44 billion (EPS Rs1.24), up 13 percent Year-on-Year basis while down by 18 percent Quarter-on-Quarter basis. According to an analyst Faraz Farooq no payout was announced in-line with the ...