ISLAMABAD - Sun Weidong, Ambassador of China called on Federal Minister for Interior, Ch. Nisar Ali Khan here on Wednesday. The meeting was held in a cordial and frank atmosphere.The Minister reiterated the old age time tested friendship with China and informed that Prime Minister Mian Muhammad ...

LAHORE- PML-N seemingly has made an effort for ‘even distribution’ of ministries for the Punjab cabinet despite the fact that Central Punjab has once again been given a big share. Earlier, PML-N had given major share to Central Punjab in the federal cabinet by appointing nine ministers ...

Peshawar- Speakers at a seminar on Saturday demanded equal share for women politicians in key positions at provincial and federal levels.Women political leaders belonging to main political parties reiterated that all political parties of the country should acknowledge the contribution and ...

SHEIKHUPURA/ATTOCK The PML-N made a clean sweep of all the seven National Assembly seats in the district while two Punjab Assembly seats out of seven bagged were won by the independent candidates in PP- 165 and PP-168 in the general elections, as per unofficial results. In NA-131, Rana Afzal ...

    LAHORE/Islamabad Well, well, well. After much anxiety and wholesale nail-biting, it turned out to be the PML-N’s day; a historic moment which has elevated Nawaz Sharif to the throne of Prime Minister for a third time. After unofficial results showed his party leading on the ...

Islamabad - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) will share the official and unofficial election results in order to update the public about the developments in respective constituencies through instant information sharing.Generally, it has been witnessed that polls results are notified two to ...

ISLAMABAD - The World Press Freedom Day was observed in Pakistan on Friday which reminded people of many journalists who embraced martyrdom or faced jails for keeping aloft the banner of freedom.The World Press Freedom Day is annually observed on May 3 reminding that freedom of press and expression ...

DUBAI ICC chief executive David Richardson Tuesday urged disgraced Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and M Asif to accept their guilt and share information on fixing to start their rehabilitation. Former captain Butt, along with fast bowlers Asif and M Aamir, was banned by the International Cricket ...

LAHORE – Annoyed at former Punjab chief secretary Nasir Mehmood Khosa’s decision over promotion share, the former Punjab Secretariat Service (ex-PSS) officers have decided to move court, it has been learnt.A year ago, the ex-PSS officials made a request to the former chief secretary to ...

LAHORE – The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has allocated 40 percent representation of the youth, proving that it wanted to bring about a change, said PML-N women leader Shakeela Luqman. In a statement she lauded the PML-N leadership for brining fourth the youth. About the ticket issue, she ...

RANCHO MIRAGE - Na Yeon Choi, Suzann Pettersen and Jodi Ewart Shadoff fired four-under par 68s Thursday to share the first round lead at the LPGA Kraft Nabisco, the first major of the season.Both South Korea's Choi and Norway's Pettersen had four birdies with no bogeys on the par-72 Dinah Shore ...

Pakistan share prices jumped nearly 50 percent last year in a staggering development that belies major problems in an economy where falling foreign exchange reserves and turmoil could spell trouble in 2013.Its biggest share bazaar, the Karachi Stock Exchange's benchmark KSE-100 Index founded in ...

Technically speaking, Kabul is the capital city of a war zone and has been for over 40 years now. All the visible signs are there, of course: heavily fortified foreign embassies and Afghan government buildings, armoured personnel carriers, manned by troops of many nations, crawl the streets that, ...

KARACHI - The Sindh government has expressed annoyance over the federal government’s arbitrarily reducing the province’s share of the gas development surcharge (GDS). Authorities at the helm in Sindh have, through official letters, raised the issue with the federal government. But these ...

KARACHI  - Pakistan’s exports to the European Union (EU) can surge by at least 30 to 40 per cent or $700 million to $ 1 billion in value if we fully utilize our existing potential and capacity in 75 items, now enjoying duty-free access to the EU for two years.This was stated by the chief ...

LA QUINTA (California)  - Camilo Villegas and David Toms delivered bogey-free nine-under rounds on Thursday to share a one-shot lead after the first round of the US PGA Tour's $5.6 million Humana Challenge.On a day when low scores were plentiful, Villegas grabbed nine birdies on the Nicklaus ...

RAWALPINDI  – Anti-Terrorism Court in Rawalpindi on Friday approved a plea to send the records of the trial of seven suspects charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks along with a judicial commission that is set to visit India to interview key officials.ATC judge Shahid ...

ISLAMABAD - Sensing adverse reaction from Pakistan Army, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has not shared the outcome on last month’s attack on Pakistan’s military pickets amid the reports that it does not intend to share those findings, it is learnt. Informed officials ...

LONDON (AFP) - England captain John Terry produced a typical block to spare Chelsea defeat in a 1-1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur in his first match since he was charged by UK prosecutors with racial abuse.Chelsea centre-back Terry blocked a goalbound shot from Emmanuel Adebayor in stoppage time ...

GREENSBORO (AFP) - Jeff Quinney, who is playing in just his 11th tournament of the year, fired a seven-under 63 to grab a share of the lead after Thursday's first round of the Wyndham Championship. The 32-year old Quinney is tied with fellow American Tom Gainey after the opening round of the final ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) Following is the detail of estimated transfer to the Provincial Governments on account of their share in federal taxes and straight transfers during the year 2011-2012. Classification Budget Revised Budget 2010-11 2010-11 2011-12 Divisible Pool Taxes (Rs in million) Income Tax ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The economic experts of Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) have urged the textile sector of the country to pay all its taxes accordingly in order to bridge the tax gap of Rs500 billion which remains uncollected every year. "The textile sector, which has made a ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences is hosting two days workshop titled Prosperity through Entrepreneurship conducted by the National University of Science and Technology. The workshop was a first round of the Discover Business Plan Competition by NUST. ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Peoples Party has decided to slash down the share of the coalition partners in the truncate cabinet to be formed after the dissolution of the incumbent one by the Prime Minister in the next few days and in this connection both the President and Prime Minister have talked to the ...

JOHN W SCHOEN The popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt are at their hearts about crushing poverty and hopelessness - especially among young college grads and a shrinking middle class chafing under autocratic rule rife with corruption. The turmoil has been fuelled by a complex mix of economic, ...

KARACHI - Pakistan State Oil, the largest oil marketing company in the country, is expected to lose its market share in furnace oil volumetric sales by 500bps over the next five years. This projection is based on the declining number of PSO retail outlets, which reduced from 1088 in FY07 to 839 in ...

DUBLIN (Ohio) (AFP) Geoff Ogilvy, Justin Rose and Rickie Fowler shared the lead at the Memorial on Thursday as Phil Mickelson got a jump on Tiger Woods in his chase for the world number one ranking. Australias Ogilvy made eight birdie putts to briefly take sole possession of the lead on ...

MALLORCA (AFP) South Africas James Kingston added a level par 70 to his opening round of 65 to share the lead of the Mallorca Open with Swedens Pelle Edberg at the halfway stage on Friday. They were three clear of the field with Welshman Stuart Manleys 68 bringing him into a tie for third on two ...

KARACHI - State Bank of Pakistan Governor Salim Raza has emphasized the banks to make serious efforts to meet financing needs of SMEs sector. He regretted that this sectors share in total banks financing has drastically reduced during the last two years. Addressing the third meeting of the SMEs ...

HOUSTON (Texas) (AFP) Anthony Kim and Bryce Molder survived their share of errant shots Saturday to share the third-round lead at the Houston Open, the last tuneup for next weeks Masters. Kim was in all kinds of trouble off the tee, hitting just three of 14 fairways. But his putting helped him ...