Lahore - Textile industry is passing through unprecedented loadshedding in the history of Pakistan, as no such abnormal electricity cuts have ever been made in the past. Accordingly, dire consequences of the prevailing situation are emerging out fast in the textile hubs of the country. ...

LONDON:-New Zealand paceman Tim Southee will take no further part in the tourists' ongoing warm-up match against the England Lions at Leicester because of a foot injury, a team statement issued Saturday said. However, a team spokesman said New Zealand coach Mike Hesson was confident the 24-year-old ...

MANCHESTER: Veteran soap star Liz Dawn is recovering after suffering a heart attack. The actress, a former smoker who played Vera Duckworth on long-running TV series Coronation Street, was taken to a hospital in Manchester after experiencing chest pains. Dawn, who was diagnosed with incurable lung ...

DASKA - A groom suffered brain haemorrhage soon after his Nikkah during proceedings of his marriage here at a marriage hall.Reportedly, the wedding procession of village Baddokey Cheema-Daska based groom Hafiz Muhammad Ansar had gone to Gujranwala city. Where, his Nikkah was solemnised and other ...

DASKA - A groom suffered brain haemorrhage soon after his Nikkah during proceedings of his marriage here at a marriage hall.Reportedly, the wedding procession of village Baddokey Cheema-Daska based groom Hafiz Muhammad Ansar had gone to Gujranwala city. Where, his Nikkah was solemnised and other ...

LAHORE – As Punjab industry is suffering at least 12 hours power loadshedding and four-day gas suspension, textile manufacturers have strongly protested at the injudicious distribution of electricity and gas supply, calling for an equitable supply. “Punjab alone should not be made sole ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday that the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) suffered Rs 26.5 billion loss due to corruption and mismanagement during the financial year 2008-09, while the daily deficit in running the organisation currently stood at Rs 40 million (Rs 1.2 billion per ...

PARIS : Argentina international fly-half Juan-Martin Hernandez, who missed the World Cup last year and sat out seven months of action, suffered another injury setback on Friday. Hernandez, 29, came off after just 18 minutes of Racing-Metro's 22-13 win over Bordeaux in the French Top 14 after ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE Corporate results remained unable to stir the equity market sentiments, however the institutional interest in fertilizer scrips on higher local rates led short recovery at a volatile session of the local bourses. The market closed the week at 11,525 level, down 3.9 ...

LAHORE - The equity market during the outgoing week took a record plunge of around 815 points due to panic-selling generated by the turmoil on the global share markets on the back of a huge drop in the oil rates at international level. The Karachi Stock Exchange remained bearish throughout the ...

MUZAFFARGARH - A seminar was on Saturday held to spread awareness about rights of children and highlight their problems. They said that marriage in tender age, poverty, education, food, lack of health facilities and unfavourable social situations are main problems of children. So, they said, the ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) Federal Minister for Environment Samina Khalid Ghurki on Thursday said Pakistan is enduring about Rs 365 billion per year losses due to environment degradation. She said this while sharing her views with Ambassador of Argentine Mr. Rodolfo J. Martine- Saravia and Regional Director ...

ISLAMABAD - Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) has observed violation of commercial policy in Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which caused loss to authority of Rs 671.38 million. The irregular award of licenses and loss to authority was allegedly due to weak financial controls and non-adherence to ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI - The local equity market tumbles Wednesday in a broad sell-off as investors feared that the US and the European countries would suspend the economic aid of Pakistan after CIA chiefs negative comments about the role and competence of the establishment of Pakistan. The ...

ISLAMABAD (Agencies) - President Asif Ali Zardaris father Hakim Ali Zardari was hospitalised on Wednesday when he suffered brain haemorrhage. He was immediately shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) for treatment in critical condition. Hospital sources said that the health of the ...

KARACHI Friday brought bad news for the local equity market as it not only suffered heavy losses but the KSE 100-share index also fell below 12,000-point level amidst heavy selling pressures in the scrips of the blue-chip companies by the investors across the board. The KSE 100-index closed at ...

TURNING off mobile phones, avoiding the Internet and tuning out of the television and radio can leave people suffering from symptoms similar to those seen in drug addicts trying to go cold turkey, researchers have found. The scientists asked volunteers to stay away from all emails, text messages, ...

Mental therapy could be as effective as physical exercise in reducing back pain, signalling relief for thousands of chronic back pain sufferers. Researcher Rob Smeets, from the University of Maastricht, Netherlands, and colleagues studied 223 people suffering from chronic back pain and found that ...

ISLAMABAD - National Assembly (NA) on Friday was informed that Pakistan International Airlines Corporation (PIAC) suffered total losses of Rs10.945 million during first nine months of the ongoing year. Minister for Defence Ahmed Mukhtar, in a written reply during question-hour, said that the ...

At least two children died and 2 along with mother were injured when fire erupted in their house located in Ranjha Jhumt here on Monday. According to information, the fire erupted in a house due to the electricity short circuits last midnight when the family members were sleeping the fire burnt to ...

KARACHI The Anti Corruption Court on Friday adjourned hearing of a case pertaining to alleged corruption in Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), till September 28. The accused sacked PSM chairman Aftab Moin appeared before ATC special judge Shaukat Memon on Friday, but during the proceedings, he suffered a ...

The number of flood affectees has been surging continuously across the province and its number has reached upto 4 million while out of them 1 million affectees are suffering from various diseases, said Jamil Soomro, Advisor to the Chief Minister, Sindh. Talking to BBC He said that among these ...

LAHORE (PPI) - Pakistan Railways is facing million of losses due to flood, as railways tracks have been washed out in flood-hit areas of Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, Punjab and Balochistan provinces. Railway administration has started rehabilitation work and survey for damages. According to railways ...

ISLAMABAD (PR) - The SEA-ME-WE-3 consortium has said that their submarine cable system had suffered a fault near India on January 21, 2010. The traffic was not affected, however, the fault requires to be repaired. The Consortium has planned an outage to localise the fault. Consequently, a planned ...

ISLAMABAD - The National Assembly was informed on Wednesday that eighty percent components of the cars would be manufactured locally from next year as compare to seventy percent presently. Minister of State for Industries and Production Ayatullah Durrani told the House during the Question Hour ...

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Global trade last year suffered its biggest collapse since World War II, an unprecedented 12 percent drop according to new figures, with worrying signs suggesting 2010 threatens only mediocre recovery. World trade has also been a casualty of the crisis, contracting in volume by ...

COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankas President suffered a major defection on Sunday when the matriarch of his party pledged support for the main Opposition candidate ahead of Tuesdays fiercely contested election. Former president Chandrika Kumaratunga met the common Opposition candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka ...

LAHORE - Hardly any country has suffered more from the 'brain drain than has Pakistan. Nearly 3,500 graduates of countrys medical colleges remained jobless annually and most of them go abroad. This was stated by the Chairman Denmark Pakistan Chamber of Commerce (DPCC) and a research economist Abid ...

KUALA LUMPUR (APP) - Pakistan half-back Sajjad Anwar spent three hours in the Kuantan hospital for the treatment of the neck on Saturday night during the Asian Cup final. Sajjad collided with Korean penalty corner specialist Kim Byung Hoon while dashing to block his effort. Talented Sajjad Anwar, ...

KARACHI - Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) is generating Rs 5 billion monthly only through its billing, while the total revenue of the company is Rs 41.219b. The expenditure of the company stood at Rs 6b monthly, The Nation learnt from sources. It is pertinent to mention here that the company ...