LAHORE : Experts have said that it is the need of the time to evolve a strategy to increase the production of fodder. Agr experts told APP on Monday that growers could increase the production of fodder up to 2 to 3pc if they selected suitable land for sowing fodder, used quality seed and ...

LAHORE :-Strong fiscal policies backed by long-term stability, sizeable budget for energy projects, cut in spending, tax on agri incomes, rationalization of taxes and decrease in duties on imported raw materials and increase in tax revenues are prerequisites to sustainable economic growth of the ...

LAHORE - With the changing political realities on the electoral battleground, NA-126 is likely to witness a tough fight among the PML-N, PTI and JI candidates on May 11. Though there are also other candidates in the race for NA-126, keeping in view the political reality of PTI, strong presence of ...

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI - In the face of attacks on the political offices of both Awami National Party and Muttahida Qoumi Movement offices across the country, particularly in Karachi, MQM Chief Altaf Hussain telephoned ANP President Asfandayr Wali and discussed overall political situation in the country ...

KARACHI - Sindh Chief Minister Justice (r) Zahid Qurban Alvi has said that prime responsibility of the interim provincial government is to hold free, fair and transparent elections for which an effective strategy have been evolved which will be made public after finalisation.Talking to a delegation ...

LAHORE - Terming budget strategy paper 2013-14 as unrealistic and impractical, the business community has said that it does not contain measures to achieve macroeconomic targets.They observed that the revenue target for next year has been set at Rs2.83 trillion which is unrealistic as the currents ...

Strategy has an old fashioned, militaristic ring to it, like the Germans are about to invade. Security, by contrast, promises safety and succour, and projects an air of rational authority. It evokes our childhood stuffed animals.Security will keep the monsters away. So it seems a matter of common ...

ISLAMABAD  – Though a lot of measures are already in place to secure women rights in the country, a concrete strategy is urgently needed to implement the respective laws at the grass root level.The government’s endeavour was aimed to safeguard women from acid throwing, harassment, ...

SIALKOT - Russian trade representatives Kozlov and Dr Shahid visited Sialkot from 19th to 20th September to plan strategy for enhancing bilateral trade between the two countries. The delegation visited various industrial units in Sialkot and was highly impressed by the product quality.Kozlov and Dr ...

SIALKOT - Russian trade representatives Kozlov and Dr Shahid visited Sialkot from 19th to 20th September to plan strategy for enhancing bilateral trade between the two countries. The delegation visited various industrial units in Sialkot and was highly impressed by the product quality.Kozlov and Dr ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER HAFIZABAD – Key stakeholders held a brainstorming session on the eradication of bonded labour and pledged strenuous efforts to root out the menace and ensuring Constitutional rights of the brick kiln workers.This was the crux of a consultation meeting of the key ...

Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik Tuesday said they have finalized the strategy to free abducted Pakistanis from the custody of Somali pirates. While talking to media, he said that he has met Governor Sindh Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ebad in this regard adding that he ensured families of abducted citizens ...

ISLAMABAD - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Power Distribution Programme on Tuesday held a meeting of Distribution Standards Committee of all the nine (9) government-owned power distribution companies (DISCOs).The purpose of the meeting was to discuss strategy for ...

LAHORE- The PML-N will finalise the strategy on Saturday (today) if to attend or boycott the President Asif Ali Zardari’s address to the joint session of the Parliament due on the same day. Before the presidential address, the PML-N parliamentary parties will hold a joint meeting with ...

LOS ANGELES “John Carter,” the 3D space adventure film that opens on Saturday, was supposed to be the Walt Disney Co’s latest franchise movie, a blockbuster on par with “Cars” and “Pirates of the Caribbean” that generates profits beyond the film to ...

LAHORE – In a major breakthrough, Pakistan has decided to urge the US to step up sincere efforts in combating narcotics in Afghanistan, the main source of funding for the terrorists, rather than launching the so-called initiative of Central Asian counter drug programme, which Russia has also ...

LAHORE – Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that an effective strategy, in the form of close coordination between departments, has been devised to prevent the possible outbreak of dengue. A Cabinet committee has also been formed in this regard, he added. The committee is also assisting in ...

WASHINGTON - As it draws down troops in Afghanistan, the United States plans to rely heavily on its special forces, gambling the elite troops can serve as a firewall to prevent the Taliban seizing back power, experts and officials say.Having backed a major troop buildup when he entered office, ...

RAJANPUR - Muzaffargarh DCO held a meeting of a committee, formed on the advice of Dera Ghazi Khan Commissioner to resolve reservations and problems of the doctors.Rajanpur DCO Ghazi Imanullah, DG Khan DCO Iftikhar Sahoo, Layyah DCO, EDOs (Health) of all the four districts - Dr Imran, from DG Khan, ...

Naqash ButtLAHORE – A customer posted a self-made music video on You Tube complaining about how United Airlines mishandled his guitar. There are over 5 million views of this video on You Tube!A single bad experience magnified over social media can prove devastating.An international research ...

LAHORE – A multi sectoral strategy for effective control on dengue and to prevent it from transforming into epidemic in coming season was very vital.This was stressed by different speakers at a ceremony held here on Saturday. They said that effective role of all the stakeholders including ...

KARACHI - State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Yaseen Anwar has stressed upon the banks to develop an effective strategy by focusing on important areas for the sustainable growth of the SME sector.Presiding over the 4th meeting of SME Credit Advisory Committee here on Wednesday, he observed that a ...

KABUL (AFP) - The head of the UN refugee programme in Afghanistan on Tuesday described its strategy in the war-wracked country since 2002 as the "biggest mistake UNHCR ever made".Almost a quarter of the population of Afghanistan is made up of refugees returning from Pakistan and Iran. Many find ...

KARACHI - Most of the MPAs are unaware about the recently approved 'Sindh Sanitation Strategy 2011 prepared by the Sindh government to deal with the sanitation problems. Even, some of the ministers as well as MPAs from ruling PPP have no knowledge about any policy recently prepared by their own ...

HYDERABAD (Agencies) - England will work this week on their two-ball strategy for one-day internationals after admitting it made a significant difference to tactics in their warm-up win on Saturday. New ICC regulations regarding the use of two balls - one from each end - as well as restrictions on ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, marking the 10th anniversary of the US military campaign in Afghanistan, has said Qaeda was on the ropes but enormous challenges remain to rebuild the country. In delivering justice to Osama bin Laden and many other Qaeda leaders, we are closer than ...

Heres the trickiest counterterrorism puzzle for US policymakers: How do you stop al-Qaeda from attacking the American homeland without getting bogged down in protracted wars against insurgents? One answer would be to establish deterrence in the long war against Islamic extremism, like the standoff ...

Dave Palmer returned from the jungles of Vietnam to teach at West Point. His topic: The history of the Vietnam War. As there was no textbook on the still-raging conflict, Palmer wrote one. At that point in the conflict, the American plan was simply to kill enough of the enemy to make them quit. ...

Interview with Rick Rozoff, the manager of the Stop Nato website and mailing list and a contributing writer to Global Research.ca in Canada. I want to ask you some questions about the transfer of command in Afghanistan from General Petraeusto General Allen. Do you see any definitive change in the ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Terming record high forex reserves an achievement of the government, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said that this achievement had been made despite major economic challenges like last years devastating floods, abnormally escalating prices of fuel in international ...