OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - A five-member team of consultants of Dasu Hydropower Project Saturday had an hour-long meeting at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and gave a detailed briefing to the LCCI office-bearers on the low-cost energy plant that will contribute 21.3 billion ...

ISLAMABAD - All the state institutions should work within their legal ambits in order to avoid confrontation and derailment of the system, as it could flourish democracy in Pakistan, law experts said. The renowned lawyers and legal experts shared their views while talking to TheNation on Thursday. ...

PESHAWAR - The residents of Kohistan district will not allow execution of construction wok on Dasu Dam, if their demands allocation of 20 per cent of the royalty and free of cost electricity from Dasu Hydro Power Project in Kohistan are not met. The Dasu Hydropower Project is a run-of-river scheme ...

ISLAMABAD - As part of President's regular interactions with the elected representatives as well as concerned government officials of the flood-affected areas of Sindh, President Asif Ali Zardari Friday monitored the flood relief activities in three districts of Sindh, namely Badin, Tando Allahyar ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Diet changes, exercise and other behavioral tactics do help obese adults shed some pounds with or without the help of medication, according to a study published Monday. In the new review, of 58 clinical trials, researchers found that behavioural programs helped obese people ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER OKARA - DCO Saif Anjum has ordered the Health Department and their mobile teams, constituted for anti-polio campaign, to work honestly. While presiding over a meeting of polio eradication committee, he said it should be ensured that no child under age of 5 years not be left ...

ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, while referring to a media report, which said that some Army corps commanders had proposed to Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to take over the country, said that all the institutions should work within their domain. According to ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) The government is all set to start the construction of multi-purpose Kurram Tangi dam as the feasibility study, detailed engineering design and tender documents of the project have already been completed. The dam to be constructed on Kurram River (FATA) would cost Rs.17,205 ...

JHANG - Philanthropists, journalists, doctors, educationists, social workers and NGOs people of the district, have established a trust with the name of the Jhang Development Trust (JDT) to generate funds on self-help basis to initiate development projects in the districts vis-a-vis assist the govt ...

During the 2010 midterm election campaign, virtually every hard-charging candidate on the far right took a moment to trash a Muslim, a mosque, or Islamic pieties. In the wake of those elections, with 85 new Republican members of the House of Representatives and a surging Tea Party movement, the ...

UNITED NATIONS - Ban Ki-moon, who was unanimously approved by the UN General Assembly on Tuesday for a second five-year term as the secretary-general, said he would work as a "harmonizer and bridge-builder among member states," to advance the cause of world peace in these turbulent times. Ban, who ...

ARIFWALA - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has approved Arifwala-Sahiwal Road project. This was disclosed by PML-N MPA Dr Farrukh Javed while talking to the media here on Monday. He said that Sahiwal-Arifwala dual carriageway was the long-standing demand of people of Arifwala. The Punjab CM ...

our staff reporter LAHORE (Online): Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has initiated construction work on Jabban Hydropower Rehabilitation Project at a cost of Rs. 3.7 billion, which is scheduled to be completed in one year and nine months. AFD, a financial institution of ...

ISLAMABAD PPP Secretary General Jehangir Badr has said the government is not planning to undo the good work done by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) in the last eight years. He stressed the need for a uniform education system, more universities for a knowledge-based economy and a sustained ...

ASTRONAUTS on space missions may not be able to take paracetamol to treat a headache or antibiotic drugs to fight infection, a study has found. Scientists have shown that medicines lose their potency more rapidly in outer space. The peculiar conditions away from the earth - including weaker gravity ...

LAHORE (PPI) - Though the formation of Govt-Industry Energy Council (GIEC) by the Prime Minister is a step in right direction but the need of the hour is to initiate work on doable power generation projects as energy is an essential driver of the economy and things are fast getting out of hand with ...

ISLAMABAD - Conveying Pakistans sincere sentiments of goodwill, solidarity and support for the continued stability, pe-ace and prosperity of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has expressed his concerns over the safety and security of Pakistani community in Bahrain and urged ...

KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday visited Tori Bund in Kashmore district to inspect work of repairing the breach during recent floods. The President, accompanied by Chief Minister, Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Irrigation Minister Saifullah Dharejo and Food Minister Nadir Magsi took ...

THE US military will start carrying out more counterterrorism missions against insurgents in eastern Afghanistan and work more closely with Pakistani forces in operations against insurgents along the porous and rugged frontier, the US general commanding the region said. Maj Gen John Campbell, ...

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court (SC), during the proceedings of Reko Diq on Wednesday, observed that all the illegal activities happened when the Assemblies were non-functional in the country. Tariq Asad, a petitioner, informed the apex court that amendments in 1993's Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) ...

LAHORE - The Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Saturday chaired a meeting at Lahore Registry of the Apex Court to review repair and renovation work of the SC building. The CJP passed directions to retain original texture of buildings architecture while constructing new blocks at ...

ITALIAN actress Caterina Murino, who played Daniel Craigs lover in Bond movie Casino Royale, has revealed that she is thrilled to work with Rufus Sewell. Murino said that she has been in love with Sewell since the first time she saw him in Dangerous Beauty. I panicked when I had to do an audition ...

LAHORE - A unique painting exhibition titled: Oil on Canvas by a promising artist Erum Ashfaq will be opened at Nairang Art Gallery today (Friday). The emerging artist, Erum Ashfaq's main interest is to focus on migration from city and towns. The painter's inspiration comes from the great Mughal ...

ISLAMABAD - A consortium of nine partners comprising of leading global telecom operators, announced on Friday the completion and commercial launch of a high-capacity, state-of-the-art fibre-optic submarine cable that stretches from India to Europe. The 13,000 kilometres long three pair fibre optic ...

LAHORE Former Tottenham Hotspur defender Graham Roberts will be accompanying the Pakistan Under-23 football team as a consultant during the 16th Asian Games Football Tournament slated to be held in China from November 7. Southampton-born Roberts had an impressive career as a player, representing ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Chairman Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority (ERRA), Altaf Muhammad Saleem on Thursday said the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) had promised to provide land at Bakrial for reconstruction of New Balakot City. The provincial government has not yet provided ...

LAHORE (APP) - The Judges of the Lahore High Court on Thursday performed no court work after 11 am due to tragic incident of suicide attacks at the procession taken out to mark martyrdom anniversary of Hazrat Ali (RA). According to a notification issued by the LHC, the civil as well as sessions ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Islamic Development Bank (IDB) mission here on Wednesday discussed three year work program 2011 to 2014 between IDB and Pakistan. An IDB delegation headed by its Manager for West and Southeast Asia Division Ahmed Saleh is visiting Pakistan to participate in the relief efforts. A ...

GUJRNAWALA - General Officer Commanding Maj Gen Muhammad Asif visited Jandiala Bund (Nullah Deg) at Zafarwal sector to check reconstruction of breached nullah. According to an ISPR handout issued here on Monday, GOC was given detailed briefing by military and civil administration regarding ongoing ...

ISLAMABAD A group show of five painters including Ambreen Anjum, Tanvir Ka-usar, Shahzad Kausar, Naf-eesa Kausar and Hanif Khan will begin here at the Jharoka Art Gallery, F-8/1, on Tuesday at 5.30 pm. The gallery has preferred to term the show as 'colours of summer that reflect the essence of the ...