LAHORE  - In yet another surprise move, the Punjab police declared a state of general hold-up for two hours across the Punjab province on Thursday, intensifying snap checking and search for suspected persons.Police officials said that on the orders of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab, ...

RAWALPINDI - An anti-terrorism court (ATC) here on Saturday recorded the statements of four more prosecution witnesses in connection with Mumbai attack case.ATC No 1 Special Judge Ch Habib-ur-Rehman, while assuming the hearing of Mumbai attack case, penned in the statements of four prosecution ...

RAWALPINDI - An anti-terrorism court (ATC) here on Saturday recorded the statements of four more prosecution witnesses in connection with Mumbai attack case.ATC No 1 Special Judge Ch Habib-ur-Rehman, while assuming the hearing of Mumbai attack case, penned in the statements of four prosecution ...

ISLAMABAD : Mobile banking in Pakistan has witnessed a reasonable growth as the number of such accounts (M-Wallets) has reached 1.4 million by 2012, showing an increase of 156 per cent as compared to previous years. The current number of m-banking accounts is seven times higher than the numbers at ...

RAWALPINDI - Onion prices have increased by more than 40 per cent in the market during the last three weeks, bringing its rate from Rs 45-50 to 70-75 per kilogramme.Onions, which is used in a variety of food products and is considered an important ingredient for home-made dishes, were available in ...

RAWALPINDI - Unknown dacoits on Monday deprived a Major of Pakistan Army of cash and mobile phone at gunpoint in the limits of Police Station (PS) Race Course, besides hitting four other localities swaging cash, gold, mobile phones, motorcycles and valuables.Police, as usual, filed cases on the ...

RAWALPINDI - A trial court on Saturday issued fresh summons to five prosecution witnesses in Mumbai attack case.Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Rawalpindi Number 1 Special Judge Chaudhry Habib-ur-Rehman summoned five prosecution witnesses to appear before the court to get recorded their statements in ...

An anti-terrorism court in Rawalpindi has summoned five witnesses including Mark Siegel on 5th of next month in Shaheed Benazir Bhutto murder case.Mark Siegel‚ who is a friend of Bhutto family‚ has also submitted his reply before the Federal Investigation Agency.Other witnesses include ...

RAWALPINDI - The four prosecution witnesses have been cross-examined by the defense counsels in former premier Benazir Bhutto (BB) murder case during a trial held by Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Rawalpindi Number 1 at Adyala Jail on Saturday.The four witnesses, who have been cross-examined by the ...

ISLAMABAD - The Senate witnessed a great hue and cry on Tuesday after a PML-N senior legislator Pervez Rasheed informed the House that PTA was all set to auction 3G, 4G and LTE etc mobile cellular licence/spectrum at meagre rates and, what he termed, it would be another biggest scam in the ...

Sports DeskLAHORE - Fauzia Gilani, Prime Minister wife, witnessed the cricket on the first day of the Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women Cricket Challenge Trophy and gave away player of the match award to Maryam Hassan of the winner Punjab women cricket team at the Kinnaird College Cricket ground here on ...

SYDNEY - An Australian surfer was recovering Thursday after being dragged under the water by a shark that sliced his leg open then circled him as he screamed for help in a scene witnesses said was “like Jaws”.Tattoo artist Glen Folkard, 44, was catching waves off Redhead Beach when a ...

RAWALPINDI - Five witnesses of prosecution were cross-examined in former premier Benazir Bhutto (BB) murder trial held by Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) Number 1 here at Adyala Jail on Tuesday.The five witnesses of prosecution included Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Assistant Director Forensic, ...

ISLAMABAD – Members of the judicial commission probing the Memogate scandal were surprised on Friday when parties involved in the issue failed to submit the list of witnesses as the deadline expired.“Until January 13 (Friday), we did not get the list of witnesses from the parties ...

LAHORE – Bullish trend prevailed in LSE on Monday gaining 23.09 points as the index closed at 2817.25 points.The market’s overall situation, however, did not correspond  to an upward trend as it remained at 649,399 shares to close  against previous turnover of 1.236 million ...

KARACHI - Provincial lawmakers from the ruling PPP have asked PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif to tender an apology for “framing” slain former PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto and President Asif Ali Zardari during his tenure(s) as the country’s premier.This demand was renewed during the ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) The Islamabad Stock Exchange (ISE-10) on Monday witnessed bearish trend as the index closed at 2,418.19 after losing 0.31 points as compared to previous days trading. Manager of First National Equity Pvt Ltd, M.M. Hassan told APP that extra ordinary pressure in Asian markets and ...

KARACHI - An anti-terrorism court here on Tuesday recorded testimonies of two police officers in a case pertaining to killing of Sarfraz Shah in a suspected encounter. Sub-Inspector Raja Muhammad Javed who was duty officer in Boat Basin Police Station at the time of the incident, appeared before ...

LAHORE - FIA can take action against the witnesses and employees of Allied Bank Limited (ABL) who have backed-out of their witness against Moonis Elahi in NICL case, said a senior FIA officer seeking anonymity on Thursday. The FIA (Federal Investigation Agency) on Wednesday failed once again to ...

ISLAMABAD - The regional offices of National Accountability Bureau (NAB) are giving a look of administrative mess-up by default, as the pivotal slot of chairman NAB has been lying vacant since long while certain people with vested interests in the department are also using the situation by design ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Nepal Ram Prasad Shrestha on Wednesday sat with a two-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and witnessed proceedings of the Court. The visiting Nepalese Chief Justice adorned the bench beside the CJP Iftikhar ...

LAHORE The City witnessed severe traffic mess on various leading arteries due to Tahafuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat rally on Sunday. Dozens of vehicles and ambulances apart from general public moving in the City seemed stuck into the gridlock. The City traffic police and the wardens were helpless to keep ...

LAHORE - Anti-terrorism Court on Tuesday summoned more witnesses in Tipu Truckanwala murder case for recording their statements. On Tuesday, two private witnesses recorded their statements before the court after which the court adjourned hearing till December 11. Earlier, the court had provided ...

ISLAMABAD - The trade deficit in July 2010 remained at $1.45 billion as compared to the $1.17 billion deficit during the corresponding period of the year 2009, thus registering a growth of 31 percent during the aforementioned period. Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) here Thursday released the ...

PESHAWAR/ISLAMABAD The worst monsoon floods and torrential rains have killed more than 800 people in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa while a considerable number of people are still missing in various parts of the province. Besides paralysing life in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the floods have damaged infrastructure ...

KARACHI - The Karachi stock market witnessed massive erosion on Thursday and the stocks fell more 3 per cent but in thin trade as cautious investors sold shares amid lack of positive triggers and on uncertainty about capital gains tax and a higher-than-expected rise in inflation. Investors remained ...

ISLAMABAD - Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) has witnessed a marginal growth of 0.66 percent during the first five months (July-November) of the current fiscal year as compared to the same period of last financial year, Federal Bureau of Statistics reported on Saturday. The growth is based on the ...

KARACHI - The local bourse witnessed a range bound session, as investors sold shares at higher levels to book profits following a 3 per cent rise this week, dealers said. The KSEs 100 index gained 10.11 points or 0.10 per cent, to close at 9,737 level with turnover of 170.94m shares. The index made ...

KARACHI - The Karachi Stock Exchange witnessed buying activity in the oversold market on Friday as the KSE-100 index gained 35 points. The benchmark index kicked-off the day in green numbers, up 13.28 points and sustained the positive stance till the end, closing at 7,177.64 points with a gain of ...

KARACHI - Karachi Stock Exchange again witnessed buying spree on Monday amid different positive reports on the political and economic fronts. The KSE-100 index gained another 254 points and it edged up to 7,872.49 points on Monday. The KSE recorded a turnover of 399.67 million shares that involved ...