HAMPSHIRE, UK: They would have struggled to keep up with a fleeing thief but it didn’t stop police officers using the warm weather to go on the beat… in pink flip flops. Sgt Richard Holland and PCSO Rebecca Williams exposed their toes as they patrolled in Winchester, Hampshire – ...

ROME : Italy’s 87-year-old President Giorgio Napolitano was re-elected by lawmakers on Saturday in a desperate bid by right and left to end a two-month deadlock, a move slammed as a “coup” by a protest party that staged a rally in front of parliament.Napolitano won with a sweeping ...

ISLAMABAD - With unrelenting efforts of Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso prospects of release of funds to tackle power crisis has brighten as high ups of the Finance Ministry Tuesday pledged to release first installment of Rs.10 billion soon.The premier on April 10 announced Rs.20 billion to ...

LAHORE - In a haste to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Procurement Tax Labels and Supervision System to tackle illicit trade of tobacco in Pakistan, the Federal Board of Revenue has resorted to sheer violation of the PPRA Rules 2004, through its tendering process advertised on March 13, ...

Probable next US secretary of state John Kerry called for "fresh thinking" Thursday as he outlined his foreign policy agenda and plans for relations with Iran, China and the Middle East."American foreign policy is not defined by drones and deployments alone," he told the Senate Foreign Relations ...

MULTAN - French Ambassador to Pakistan Philippe Thiebaud has said that Pakistan and France are faced with same challenges, adding that both the countries can launch joint ventures in areas like energy, food processing, water and environment.Addressing the participants of a Chemistry Travelling Expo ...

LAHORE - Provincial Disaster Management Authority’s Director General Khalid Sherdil has directed all departments to be prepared to deal with Dengue virus during the coming season.PDMA’s DG said that the Meteorological Department has predicted normal rainfall during the month of ...

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 ...

ISLAMABAD - Former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Sardar Wazir Ahmad Khan Jogezai has held mandate of PPP-ruling coalition insufficient to deal with the mega constitutional matters. During an exclusive interview with TheNation over proposals for new provinces, he said, PPP-led ruling ...

There is a lively debate taking place in the UK media between left and right wing commentators as to the causes of the English riots, in which hundreds of shops and businesses have been looted. However, both sides agree that the looting has been inexcusable. I hope both sides will also agree with ...

ISLAMABAD - The government of Pakistan as well as United Nations lack a workable mechanism to tackle the problem of millions of illegal immigrants living in Pakistan with the focus to facilitate registered Afghan immigrants seemingly taking precedence over a host of other important factors ...

LAHORE At last, the Punjab government has opened its eyes and started making strategy to counter medics strike, which means end of inconvenience and humiliation of patients and their families at major public sector hospitals across the province including the City. The doctors are on strike for ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Koreas President has urged negotiations to tackle the peninsulas nuclear crisis but analysts say chances of international talks are slim because of deep divisions and a lack of pressure on the emboldened North. Lee Myung-bak, who has vowed a tough stance against any further ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf on Monday said that reforms plan has been formulated to effectively tackle the critical challenge of enormous power deficit and transforming it into major driver of the countrys economic development process. Addressing the opening ...

RAWALPINDI (Online) - The City District Administration has finalized all arrangements to tackle the situation likely to be expected in Nullah Leh during the season of monsoon. The co-ordination among different departments including District Administration, Civil Defence Department, Education, ...

LAHORE Pakistan skipper Mohammad Yousuf said that his team was all prepared to tackle the verbal attack from the Aussies during the forthcoming three-match Test series. Australia always play tough cricket on the field and at times they try to pressurise their opponents with their banter and ...

UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursday stressed the need for renewed multilateralism to tackle a host of global challenges, including climate change, the economic crisis and disarmament - three issues that will take centre stage during the upcoming General Assembly session. I ...

KARACHI - It is not Pakistan but the countries of the entire region as well as the whole world are facing the tough economic debilitating challenges. Every country in the world is handling the situation in its own manner. Pakistan should also try to tackle the economic trouble time ahead according ...

VIENNA (AFP) - OPEC ministers headed for Vienna on Monday to wrestle with the issue of falling oil prices, with analysts expecting them to agree to trim output to help keep crude above 100 dollars a barrel. The question facing the oil producer group, which is to hold a policy meeting Tuesday, is ...

TAKING 1000mg of a specific olive leaf extract (EFLA(r)943) can lower cholesterol and lower blood pressure in patients with mild hypertension (high blood pressure). These findings came from a 'Twins' trial, in which different treatments were given to identical twins. By doing this, researchers ...