The Taliban-linked militancy and violent incidents claimed the lives of nine soldiers from the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in a single day on Saturday, turning the day into the bloodiest one since January this year for the alliance stationed in the conflict-ridden ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Fakhruddin G Ebrahim reiterated on Thursday that the general elections, scheduled for May 11, would not get delayed even by a single day.Presiding over a meeting to review security arrangements for the upcoming elections, the CEC said a comprehensive security plan ...

ISLAMABAD (OUR STAFF REPORTER): - The SECP in order to facilitate the entrepreneurs has proposed important amendments to the Single Member Companies Rules, 2003. The SMC Rules were introduced in Pakistan in the year 2002 and detailed framework for registration of Single Member Companies were ...

RAWALPINDI : Nigerian High Commissioner to Pakistan Dauda Danladi has urged Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) to organise single country Expo in Nigeria and explore investment opportunities to strengthen bilateral trade ties. He said that business community can play a key role to ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean rapper Psy released his much-anticipated new single on Thursday hoping to repeat the success of “Gangnam Style” that made him the biggest star to emerge from the growing K-pop music scene.The video for “Gangnam Style” has become the most ...

NEW DELHI  - The scion of India’s Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, Rahul Gandhi, who is seen as a leading contender to be the country’s next PM, has suggested he may not marry or have children. Gandhi, a 42-yr-old bachelor, was recently named to the number two post in the ruling ...

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Nawaz Sharif has said that new election is only hope for solution of burning issue of Balochistan.Speaking to media persons after meeting with Talal Bugti at his residence here in Lahore on Monday former Premier blamed successive governments for the ...

ISLAMABAD  –  Experts and business community here on Wednesday welcomed the decrease in inflation to single digit saying that if the trend continues it would boost economic activities and enhance purchasing power of the common people.“The decreasing trend in the international ...

LAHORE - The discarded Pakistan batsman Imran Nazir is still determined to make a comeback to the national team and believes that he has the ability to win games for his country single-handedly.The aggressive batsman last represented Pakistan in the T20 series against England in 2010, before being ...

LAHORE – With the expected investment of Rs1 billion, the Punjab Government has decided to outsource the subject of Motor Vehicle Examination to private firm through bidding, TheNation has learnt. A high-ranking official of the Punjab Transport Department told this scribe that modern vehicle ...

KARACHI - Minister for Revenue Jam Mehtab Hussain Dahar of the ruling PPP, during the question-hour session on Thursday, told the Sindh Assembly that an area of 328,410 acres had been transferred to the Sindh Land Management & Development Company (SLMDC) for the construction of a new city, ...

LOS ANGELES Nicki Minaj has debuted a new track. The singer will release ‘Starships’ as the first official single from her upcoming album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. ‘Starships’ was produced by RedOne and begins with a guitar riff before going into a Euro dance-inspired ...

LOS ANGELES Pop superstar Madonna has been accused of copying her latest single from a track by a Brazilian musician. Joao Brasil claims the chorus of the Material Girl’s new song Give Me All Your Luvin’, which she performs with Nicki Minaj and M.I.A., is a rip-off of his own tune ...

RAWALPINDI  - Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) has planned to organize 10 single countries Expos in six different countries including SAARC region in 2012 to gear up the exports and strengthen national economy.Talking to APP President RCCI Jawed Akhtar Bhatti demanded the ...

NEW YORK - With frontman David Lee Roth back on board, American rock group Van Halen released Monday their first single and video with the flamboyant frontman in 27 years.The black and white video for the new song, “Tattoo,” from the band’s upcoming album, “A Different Kind ...

ISLAMABAD - The government’s trick of changing the methodology of calculating inflation rate has finally works for the economic mangers of the country, as inflation rate has reduced to the single digit figure of 9.8 per cent in December 2011 against same month of 2010.The inflation, which ...

OUR STAFF Reporter LAHORE - The business community and manufacturers have feared that the country may witness anarchy-like situation in the country if appropriate measures are not taken to overcome unprecedented long-hour forced power breakdowns. The traders said that the most of industrial units ...

Marc Anthony made light of his recent split from Jennifer Lopez during a concert in Colombia on Saturday, telling the crowd, Theyre saying Im single. Lopez and Anthony shocked fans by announcing their plans to divorce on Friday after seven years of marriage. Just a day after the public statement, ...

LEONA Lewis has been accused of plagiarising a song by a Ministry of Sound artist for her new single 'Collide. The track, which was unveiled yesterday, is said to have ripped off the song 'Penguin by Avicii - an up-and-coming Swedish DJ better known under his UK guise Tim Berg. The songs production ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rebecca Black, the 14 year-old singer whose song Friday was ridiculed for being inane until it made her a YouTube sensation, is looking to keep her pop culture star from fading with a new single. Black will release My Moment on July 18 in a music video on YouTube, her ...

ISLAMABAD - The fiscal tragedy of the cash strapped Pakistan State Oil (PSO) deepened further to possible default of fuel suppliers as receivables on Tuesday swelled to Rs 164.65 billion leading to disruption in fuel supply chain across the country. Though Ministries of Water and Power and Finance ...

ISLAMABAD Supreme Court Friday warned the environmental agencies both federal and Punjab that it would not allow a single drop of sewerage water to flow into Rawal Lake from where water is supplied to the residents of Rawalpindi. Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry heading a three-member ...

KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan has decided with immediate effect that maximum financing limit for a single export-oriented project under the Long-Term Financing Facility (LTFF) will not exceed Rs1 billion. According to a circular (SMEFD Circular Letter No. 4) issued on Monday, the decision ...

KARACHI PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday underlined the need for implementing the Charter of Democracy (CoD) as decided by all the political parties, saying that the implementation of CoD is necessary to steer the country out of present crises. He was addressing a Press conference along with ...

KARACHI - The top managements of the Askari Bank Limited and Askari Leasing Limited have granted their mutual approval for the amalgamation of Askari Leasing into Askari Bank. Both financial institutions are seeking approval from the State Bank (SBP), Security and Exchange Commission of Pakistan ...

KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Gulf states should implement a monetary union and single currency in phases, Kuwaits central bank governor said in comments published on Sunday, casting further doubt on a 2010 target date. Due to the limited progress achieved so far... I believe that the best way is to work out ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A new Michael Jackson single called This Is It will hit the airwaves on October 12, two weeks before it is available as part of a two-disc album released by the late pop stars record label. Sony Musics Columbia/Epic Label Group said it would release the This Is It album ...

KARACHI - The Federal government and analysts' anticipation of decline in the discount rate and inflation to single digit may not be achieved due to ongoing political crisis, banking and money market sources told The Nation. The government officials and the analysts are eyeing discount rate into ...

KARACHI - The Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) has decided to introduce a new billing system for its customers, effective from February 2009. This decision was taken to ensure that PTCL moves towards adopting environmental-friendly and customer-friendly policies in line with the ...

RAMALLAH (AFP) - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas hit out at US-backed Middle East peace talks on Sunday on the eve of a White House meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and President George W. Bush, saying that not one issue has been resolved. He also threatened to call snap ...