JAKARTA: US rock band Aerosmith has cancelled a concert scheduled this week in Jakarta on safety concerns, a concert promoter said Sunday, following threats to bomb the Myanmar embassy in the Indonesian capital."We received the official confirmation yesterday from the Aerosmith management ...

LONDONTheo Walcott scored the fastest goal of the Premier League season as Arsenal beat Queens Park Rangers 1-0 to climb into third place on Saturday, while Wigan boosted their hopes of survival with a resilient 3-2 win at West Bromwich Albion.Walcott netted after just 20 seconds against relegated ...

ISLAMABAD -The International Day for Safety and Health at Work 2013 will be celebrated today (Sunday) with theme ‘The Prevention of Occupational Diseases’. The International Labour Organisation (ILO) declared this year, the day will be celebrated to promote the prevention of ...

TOKYO The International Atomic Energy Agency on Monday called on the operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to improve "essential systems" as it struggles to deal with leaks and power cuts. The stricken site has suffered an increasingly long line of mishaps, including a series of ...

LAHORE – The SNGPL on Tuesday conducted a grand operation against gas theft and caught a pilferage of billions of rupees at a textile mill.“Basafa Textile and Spinning Mill, 23Km Nabipura Kasur Road, was involved gas pilferage incepting the four inches main MS line,” said the ...

LAHORE - A memorandum of understanding was signed between Lafarge Pakistan Limited and All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) for provision of training and awareness to all its members on health & safety.Amr Reda, CEO of Lafarge Pakistan, observed, “The cement industry ...

Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chowdhry has said that the matter of safety and protection of witnesses is very important and needs to be tackled on priority basis.In his opening remarks at a meeting held on Saturday in connection with monitoring of ATC cases and for improvement in the ...

TOKYO (AFP) - Japanese police have questioned a former head of the nuclear safety body regarding possible criminal charges over the Fukushima nuclear crisis, news reports said Sunday. Prosecutors have interviewed Haruki Madarame, former chief of the Nuclear Safety Commission who was responsible for ...

With reference to keeping the safety of a pedestrian in mind, the authorities are responsible for preventing the dangers a pedestrian may face on the streets. For one, it is the pedestrian’s right to have zebra-crossings available at various junctions so as to regulate the traffic and make ...

KHANEWAL - Punjab Labour Minister Haji Ehsanuddin Qureshi has said that the provincial government is utilising its maximum resources for the development and rehabilitation of labourers and no one would be allowed to deprive the community of its rights.He was addressing the oath-taking ceremony of ...

ISLAMABAD - Trampling the ineffective opposition that came in the way, the PPP-led ruling government Wednesday comfortably got passed from the senate the contempt of court bill – primarily to save its new prime minister from meeting the fate of his predecessor.The Contempt of Court Bill, ...

LAHORE - District Coordination Officer Ahad Cheema has said that foolproof arrangements should be made for the functions of distribution of laptops among students.While presiding over a meeting at Town Hall, here on Monday, the DCO said that the lists of successful students should be verified from ...

This refers to the letter by Mr Hassan Bashir ‘Car thefts’ (February 9). I fully agree with the writer. But it is not only car thefts on the increase it is also carjacking which has created a continuous threat for the car users. Car lifters have once again become active in the Federal ...

ISLAMABAD - A meeting of the Ministerial CNG Safety Task Force, chaired by Hamid Asghar Khan Joint Secretary (Admn) was held to review progress of the Task Force and to share recommendations of the Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) regarding safety of CNG cylinders/kits. The meeting was ...

LAHORE – A miraculous rescue effort saved the lives of over 50 labourers on Sunday. They were on the brink of being killed as a dyke they had erected to save themselves while they filled tractor-trailers and trucks with the river-bed (the Ravi River) sand broke down, the Sandha police said. A ...

WASHINGTON - The Obama Administration has exuded confidence about the safety and security of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons in the wake of political turmoil inside the country.“We are confident that all of these issues are managed well,” Undersecretary of State for Arms Control Ellen ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Capital Development Authority (CDA) is continuing its efforts for compliance of “Building Standards for Fire Prevention and Life Safety 2010” to ensure safety of lives and infrastructure in federal capital.The Directorate of Building Control Service, CDA notified the ...

ISLAMABAD - Devising a comprehensive plan for checking the safety of CNG cylinders, Department of Explosives of the Ministry of Industries has hired Third Party Inspectors having technical expert in checking the safety of cylinders.Department of Explosives, Ministry of Industries in a statement has ...

ISLAMABAD (Online) - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Power Distribution Program has launched a ‘Quick Impact Safety Training Program’ in Hyderabad for the linesmen staff of the Hyderabad Electric Supply Company (HESCO). The scope of the program extends to ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI - Speaker Sindh Assembly Nisar Ahmad Khuhro, President Petroleum Marketing Business, Byco Petroleum, Kalim A Siddiqui and many other eminent personalities on Saturday conferred Global Food Safety Awards-2011 to CEOs, QHSE heads and Food Safety Heads of 22 national and ...

NEW YORK - A new report by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) claims that Pakistans fast-growing nuclear weapons arsenal is at greater risk due to the emergence of powerful militant groups with links to the countrys security services, a claim disputed by a US expert. Even the reports ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Japanese nuclear regulators failed to review and approve steps taken after 2002 to protect against tsunamis at the Fukushima plant and these proved insufficient to prevent the disaster three months ago, a UN report showed. A detailed assessment by an expert team from the ...

A HUMAN cannonball was killed when the stunt he was performing went tragically wrong in front of a crowd of Bank Holiday spectators. The stuntman, believed to have been aged in his 20s, was fired from the cannon but died when his safety net failed to engage him properly and he fell to the ground. ...

LAHORE National Highways & Motorway Police (NH&MP) N-5 Central Inspector General on Sunday observed a special campaign of 'Public Awareness in Friendly Atmosphere to impart Road Safety Education here. Small packets of candies and biscuits imprinted with road safety slogans were distributed among ...

NEW YORK - Despite government's stepped up protection for journalist/MNA Sherry Rehman, the Committee to Protect Journalists is "greatly concerned" over public threats made against her, the independent watchdog body said in a press statement Thursday. Sherry Rehmans life straddles the worlds of ...

LAHORE - PIA has achieved Proactive Safety Management System (SAG), which ensures compliance of over 860 safety standards as being practiced in the international aviation industry, a PIA spokesman said By doing so, a PIA spokesman said, in a short span of two and a half years, the airline has now ...

KARACHI - The strategy for the conservation and protection of sea turtles on the beaches of Pakistan will be discussed in a four-day consultative workshop starting today (Monday) under the auspices of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Balochistan Partnerships for Sustainable ...

An Australian defense health team heading into flood and insurgency-ravaged Pakistan will be unarmed and relying on the Pakistani military for security, the defense said on Thursday. The team, which will eventually total 150 defense personnel and 30 civilians, started deploying at the weekend with ...

LAHORE (PPI) - In view of the recent floods, WAPDA has been providing technical support to the provincial governments for safety of the various barrages and allied structures located at the main rivers, especially at the River Indus. For the purpose, Federal Water & Power Minister Raja Pervez ...

LAHORE The allotment of state land under the Graduate Scheme to agriculture and the forestry graduates is a magnificent notion however this scheme is still incomplete from many angles. The province is already facing reduction in forestry land as such the government needs to ensure safety of ...