islamabadForeign countries are going to shut doors on unaccredited, unlicensed and uncertified labour by 2015 and at present this is the big challenge to vocational and technical training institutes to make the whole workforce accredited, licensed and certified.  Executive Director National ...

DHAKA Hundreds of factories which form the hub of Bangladesh’s garment industry are to close indefinitely after worker unrest sparked by the death of more than 1,100 colleagues, employees announced Monday.As the search for bodies from last month’s collapse of a factory complex wrapped ...

QUETTA - A complete strike was observed in Quetta and other Baloch dominated districts of Balochistan on second consecutive day on Friday. The strike call was given by the Baloch National Front (BNF) -- an alliance of various hardliner nationalist parties and organisations. The BNF had announced ...

lahore - The circular debt continues to affect the operations of thermal power plants, as the Narowal thermal plant, which had been partially operating during the first week of January, is now fully shutdown since March 26, 2013 on account of fuel shortage, official sources in the company told The ...

UNITED NATIONS - The UN human rights chief Friday urged all branches of the US Government to work together to close the Guantanamo detention centre, stressing that the indefinite incarceration of detainees is a clear breach of international law.“I am deeply disappointed that the US Government ...

CHRISTCHURCH  - This is not the first time that match-fixing rumours have started doing the rounds and former New Zealand cricketer Craig McMillan has told Indian bookmakers to "put up or shut up", following the recent allegations against Kiwi players. 'Sunday Times', a British newspaper, ...

ISLAMABAD  - Eight power units have been shut as water level in Tarbela Dam nears its dead level, reported a private TV channel on Monday.The channel quoted sources as saying that only six units were working. About 520MW electricity is being produced by the dam, the sources added. Experts say ...

LOS ANGELES  - Television entrepreneur Simon Cowell says he’s learned one lesson from the US launch of his TV show “The X Factor”. To keep his big mouth shut.That means he is not commenting on speculation that music stars such as Britney Spears, Janet Jackson and Black Eyed ...

LAHORE – All ghee and cooking oil mills throughout the country remained closed on Saturday to protest against Karachi’s transport mafia after Friday’s incident in which four tankers, carrying consignments of edible oil, were torched.The transport mafia, backed by political parties ...

LAHORE – The Punjab chapter of the Young Doctors Association has announced to close down the indoor facility at Punjab Institute Cardiology and OPDs (Outpatient Department) of all public sector hospitals in the City today in protest against suspension of doctors over the issue of deaths from ...

Under gas load management plan, CNG stations in Faisalabad and Bahawalpur regions have been closed for three and two-and-a-half-day respectively at 6:00am today, a private TV reported on Thursday.CNG pumps will reopen in Bahawalpur at 8:00pm Saturday night while in Faisalabad the outlets will ...

LAHORE – Legislators from both sides of Punjab’s political divide on Thursday became one voice in blasting the provincial police over the ever-increasing crime rate. They also protested against the absence from the Officials’ Gallery of the Assembly of Chief Secretary, Home ...

QUETTA - University of Balochistan remained closed Wednesday to mourn the brutal murder of Danish Ali, a lecturer of Computer Science Department. Danish Ali was killed on Tuesday by unidentified assailants in the outskirts of city. The academic activities remained suspended in all departments of ...

The department responsible for pest control was beaten at its own game after a plague of moths forced it to close down. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in UK had to be fumigated following an infestation of the common clothes moth. The move led to a wave of jokes targeting ...

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday ordered the suspension of operations at an ageing nuclear power plant southwest of Tokyo because it is located close to a dangerous tectonic faultline. It comes eight weeks after a massive quake and tsunami damaged the Fukushima Daiichi ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE The Lahore Township Industries Association (LTIA) has decided to launch a series of protests against massive scheduled and unscheduled power outages and on the first leg of protests a complete strike would be observed in the LTIA on April 26 (Tuesday). In subsequent ...

LAHORE The federal government is seriously considering shutting down countrys first private detective company - Fact Finders- terming its functioning as illegal and unconstitutional, sources disclosed to TheNation here Friday. A leading intelligence agency has forwarded its report to the Interior ...

OSAKA (AFP) - The nuclear emergency following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan has led 25 embassies to temporarily shut their doors in Tokyo, Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto said Wednesday. Matsumoto provided the figure in an appearance before the lower house foreign affairs committee. As of ...

KARACHI - Fauji Akbar Portia Marine Terminal, a dry bulk cargo handling and storage terminal, located in the vicinity of Port Qasim Authority, is expected to shut down permanently due to facing heavy financial losses caused by the violent attacks of the unregistered dock labourers on its employees ...

THE supply of electricity from the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (Kanupp) to Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) was shut down after the power plant encountered technical problems, reported a private TV channel on Sunday. KESC is not receiving any electricity from Kanupp since Saturday morning, ...

LAHORE - The major markets and trade centers of the provincial capital on Monday remained shut to mourn the sad demise of President All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajiran Haji Maqsood Butt. Anjuman-e-Tajiran had announced a complete closure of markets and business activities on Monday to mourn the death of ...

Plan to import jet fuel, gasoline to plug supply gap SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Pakistans 100,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) joint venture Pak Arab Refinery Ltd (PARCO) has been totally shut down by severe floods and the government plans to import jet fuel and gasoline to plug the supply gap, traders said on ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Rejecting media reports about the closure of Pakistan Steels Mill (PSM) for six months to one year, Federal Minster for Industries and Production Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani Saturday said that the government would soon announce a bailout package for the plant. Talking to a private ...

LAHORE In an attempt to ensure energy conservation at a time when the country is facing acute power shortfall, the government has directed the traders and shopkeepers to close down business centres before 9 pm here in the Punjab capital. However, all the markets and business centers would be ...

THE power of the imagination is well-known: its no surprise that scary music is scarier with your eyes closed. But now neuroscientist and psychiatrist Prof. Talma Hendler of Tel Aviv Universitys Functional Brain Center says that this phenomenon may open the door to a new way of treating people with ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters/AFP) - The United States wants India and Pakistan to resume peace talks, but would leave it to the two countries to decide the way forward, a US official said on Thursday. The scope and the character of that dialogue is something for Indian and Pakistani leaders to decide on how ...

ISLAMABAD - The small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are on the verge of collapse due to present spell of power shortfall across the country that can render thousands of people unemployed, TheNation reliably learnt. As per market sources, around 8 hours loadshedding has been recorded in different ...

NEW YORK - The Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent watchdog body, Friday criticized what it said was Pakistan government's move to remove Geo and Aaj, the two major independent television broadcasters, from cable carriers in five major cities. "The promise of open media in Pakistan ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) considered a great solace for consumers in need of handy cash became a source of nuisance in the twin cities, many of them shutting down unannounced just before Eid. These out of order ATMs have dashed hopes of many consumers to celebrate Eid in ...

BHUBANESWAR, India (AFP) - Authorities in India insisted Friday they had halted deadly clashes between Hindus and Christians in the east of the country that have exposed the country to stinging criticism. At least 10 people have died and thousands have fled their homes as a result of the ...