lahore - The business community, while felicitating Mian Nawaz Sahrif on landmark victory in the elections 2013 in centre as well as in Punjab, has said that the comprehensive success of PML-N has revived the hopes of depressed business community which was in deep trouble because of sever energy ...

  ISLAMABAD   Nasir Mehmood Chaudhry is described as the godfather of handicapped cricket, as he has done tremendous job in the promotion of handicapped cricket in general and players in particular in his short stint as director development and media Pakistan Cricket Association for ...

WASHINGTONAngry at the role of pro-Khalistan elements in the launch of a Sikh Congressional Caucus last week, the Indian government has cautioned the Obama administration and US lawmakers who joined the group against helping revive what was a violent separatist affair that has largely faded away, ...

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) and Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST) Islamabad campus have joined hands to work for the revival of Pakistan’s sagging film industry.PNCA has involved the young and creative students of SZABIST ...

Caretaker Punjab chief minister Najam Sethi in his message at the social website “Tweeter” said some legal hitches stood between the kite-flying enthusiasts and their beloved merrymaking spring festival, thus it was not possible for him to make an exception, though he tried his best.He ...

FAISALABAD - The Punjab Medical College and the University of Agriculture Faisalabad on Wednesday agreed to revive the Environment Watch, a forum that monitored hazardous effects of sprays on crops and vegetables and was inactive for the past ten years.All research organisations, including the Ayub ...

LONDON (AFP) - Prime Minister David Cameron is to attempt to relaunch Britain's international image in the wake of urban riots, in a bid to attract investors and tourists, The Sunday Telegraph newspaper said. Citing a letter to chief executives, the broadsheet said Cameron would launch the new ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The USAID has disbursed working capital and rehabilitation cash assistance of $1.158 million under its Malakand Grants Programme among 239 hotels and 22 fish farms till June 30 this year. A total amount of $5.25 million has been earmarked for these two sectors, of which $1.4 ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF) President Asif Bajwa has vowed to make all out efforts to revive the sport in the country saying it had a lot of basketball talent which only needed to be put in the right direction. Talking to journalists here on Tuesday, he said ...

LAHORE Ghafoor Butt the film-maker has said that his upcoming film Khamosh Raho with a wonderful social background story would beat all the previous records on box office. This movie would be released on 10th of June. The script writer and the director are Nasir Adeeb and Altaf Hussain ...

PESHAWAR (APP) - The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has chalked out a comprehensive plan for revival of beekeeping industry in the flood hit areas of the province. The government has chalked out a mega project 'Honey is Remedy for Health" for the uplift and revival of beekeeping industry in the ...

LAHORE - Speakers at a seminar have suggested the government to distribute 2.6 million acres of state land among the landless tillers in the flood-hit areas, as in this way 58 percent tenancy will be abolished. Our first and foremost plan should be the rehabilitation of the small farmers and best ...

ISLAMABAD - Undoubtedly 6th September remains the apogee in our 63 years of history since independence for it was on this day that the armed forces of Pakistan displaying exemplary bravery and sacrifice successfully beat back the aggression of Indian forces. This was said by Chief of the Naval ...

ASHGABAT (Reuters) - The leaders of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan will revive talks on construction of a major gas pipeline when they meet at next months United Nations General Assembly session, a Turkmen government source said on Tuesday. Turkmenistan, holder of the worlds fourth-largest natural ...

KARACHI The PML-N Sindh while nominating office-bearers in the interior of Sindh for the party reorganisation in the province has preferred turncoats and weathercocks after sidelining the loyalists, who had stood solidly behind the party when it was in dire striates in Oct 1999. The loyalists and ...

BEIJING (AFP) China has once again failed to qualify for the World Cup, but 40-something businessman Kong Debao thinks he has a way to revitalise the beautiful game he has created kungfu football. By infusing the sport with graceful martial arts moves, Kong believes he can help the national team ...

KARACHI (APP) - Federal Minister for Production and Industries Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani Monday said the government was very much alive to the difficulties of industry and trade in the country and was making all-out efforts for their revival. We believe in public and private sectors partnership for ...

Pakistan Thursday reiterating its commitment to revive the dialogue process with India said Pakistan has been working for peace and stability in the region, but at the same time it is facing issues with its two immediate neighbours India and Afghanistan which are hindering peace. Addressing weekly ...

Cricket boards of India and Pakistan are in touch to discuss resumption of bilateral cricket ties in the near future at neutral venues. Sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board told PTI that a BCCI official had spoken to PCB this week and some discussion revolved around the possibility of revival of ...

New Zealand's pace spearhead Shane Bond makes a comeback to official cricket after two years when he plays in a Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka here on Wednesday. Bond, 34, regarded as the best New Zealand fast bowler since Richard Hadlee, was delighted to be playing again for his country ...

KARACHI (APP)- A great breakthrough was made with revival of Creek View and Terraces residential project, part of DHA Creek City, after formalisation of arrangements reached between DHA and AKD (Messrs Aqeel Karim Dhedhi) in the wake of the ongoing economic recession and market slum conditions in ...

TOKYO (AFP) - Scientists are in an unprecedented project to restore Japan's largest coral reef by planting thousands of baby corals growing on tiny ceramic beds. Corals in Sekisei Lagoon stretching between the Okinawan islands of Ishigaki and Iriomote have plunged by 80 percent over the past two ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) Eidul Fitr is the time to revive the spirit of altruism, which is lacking with each passing day in the society. Especially in the holy month of Ramazan besides fasting and offering prayers, one tries to involve those people in the joys of Eid who are deprived of all these ...

LIKE several other stars on the verge of professional ruin, Michael Jackson might start performing in Las Vegas, the city that saved the careers of many. Colony Capital, the investment company which recently bought the loan on the singer's Neverland Ranch in California, to help him avoid ...