I have a layman’s view, but it is hard to understand that a country so rich, not only in natural resources, but in personal wealth displayed by the buildings and cars, has an empty exchequer? Are we the rich residents of a poor nation? The main issue seems to be the corruption factor. If we ...

ISLAMABAD - Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Friday avoided answering questions during an informal meeting with journalists at the Presidency.However, replying to a question on the strategy of Pakistan after withdrawal of Nato forces from Afghanistan, the army chief said: ...

LAHORE - The PML-N has nominated party chief Nawaz Sharif as the prime minister ahead of the upcoming National Assembly session on May 28, news channels reported on Sunday quoting party sources.They also said that parliamentary party of the PML-N would formally approve the nomination of Nawaz at a ...

LAHORE - More independents joined the PML-N on Wednesday, putting it in a comfortable position to form governments in the Centre, Punjab and Balochistan; and stand by in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in case the PTI-led coalition fails to set up government. PML-N had formed two teams, one for Sindh under ...

ISLAMABAD - A simple operation which could cure high blood pressure is being tested on patients in the UK.The breakthrough treatment could save thousands of lives each year after the trials showed a substantial and permanent reduction in blood pressure and a decrease in drugs needed.It is hoped the ...

ISLAMABAD - A simple aerobic walking program is as effective as clinical therapy in treating lower back pain, a new study suggests.Health Professions say that their treatment option - that includes walking two to three times a week for a period of 20 to 40 minutes - fits easily into a daily routine ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Wednesday directed the Board of Investment (BoI) to evolve a mechanism to become more effective in facilitating investments in the country.Presiding over the 6th BoI Board meeting here at the PM Secretariat, the Prime Minister said the BoI should be ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan could become major trading country by simplifying its Customs procedures and regulations as well as there is also need to reduce rate of Custom duties on various item which would ultimately enhance trading activities in the country.These remarks were made by Zafar Bakhtawari, ...

Five thousand seven hundred and forty children and teens died from gunfire in the United States, just in 2008 and 2009. Twenty more, including Olivia Engel, who was seven, and Jesse Lewis, who was six, were killed just last week. Some reports say their bodies weren’t shown to their ...

BAHAWALPUR - Islamia University Bahawalpur Vice-Chancellor Dr Muhammad Mukhtar has underlined the need for joint efforts to root out corruption from society. He stressed that there should be insight into the causes of corruption which has crippled and blotted the social fabric of society and earned ...

ISLAMABAD – A simple eye test may help combat Alzheimer’s disease by detecting the sufferers well in advance of the destruction caused by the killer brain disease, scientists claim.Alzheimer’s is an incurable condition and experts believe the key to tackling it - and stopping it - ...

Pakistan Muslim League President Senator Chaudhry Shujat Hussain has presented a simple formula to end the ongoing electricity load shedding in the country.Unfolding the formula while talking to media at his Gulberg residence here in Lahore this afternoon, Ch Shujat Hussain said that installed ...

ISLAMABAD - The leadership of Pakistan Peoples Party, Azad Jammu Kashmir chapter, has announced that the PPP has simple majority to establish future AJK government devoid of having alliance with any political party. PPP-AJK President Ch Abdul Majeed, Vice President Ch Muhammad Yasin, General ...

LAHORE (APP) - Chairman Mumtaz Bakhtawar Memorial Trust Hospitals and Veteran Business Leader Iftikhar Ali Malik has appealed to the business community to come forward for the help of their brethren during this hour of trial. Talking to media here on Thursday, he announced on the behalf of Founders ...

LAHORE Secretary Health Punjab Fawad Hassan Fawad has made the complicated process of getting short period ex-Pakistan leave very simple for doctors participating in seminars, conferences and workshops abroad. Now doctors can directly fax their short period ex-Pakistan leave applications to the ...

SOME people overindulge on junk foods or needless shopping sprees when they feel depressed. Others lose control the minute they feel happy. Is there a way to avoid such extreme actions? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research demonstrates simple techniques that can help people act in their ...

WE go into a restaurant with the aim of eating healthily. The menu does not tell us much about fats, salt or additives contained in the dishes. So how do we make the best decision? Psychologists Rocfo Garcfa-Retamero and Jrg Rieskamp have analysed the influence that inferences about missing ...

CANNES (AFP) - Canada's Atom Egoyan, in the running for the Cannes festival top prize with "Adoration," said the complex; multi-themed film is at heart a simple story of an orphan who wants to find out what happened to his parents. "The story of his parents is kept from him for various reasons ...