ISLAMABAD (APP) - The country may not achieve its targets of kinnow production and consequently exports this year owing to attack of virus. The spots of ring which appear on the skin of kinnow due to virus hurt the export. This virus and ring hits in those orchards where excellent yield is ready ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE Punjab Industrial Estate and Development & Management Company (PIEDMC) has claimed to generate own coal based electricity at Sunder Industrial Estate from October 31, 2012. Speaking with media, Punjab Industrial Estates and Development & Management Company Chairman SM ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources has drilled 131 exploratory wells during the last five years to meet the growing needs of oil and gas in the country. It a fact that the production of oil and gas in the country is less than their demand. However, the government has ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER ISLAMABAD - The first meeting of the Cotton Crop Assessment Committee, held under the chairmanship of Secretary Ministry of Textile Industry Shahid Rashid, has come to the conclusion that cotton production this year is expected to be 12.223 million bales. Representatives of the ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Improved fishing nets have saved tens of thousands of endangered sea turtles in recent years, but 4,600 are still dying annually, mainly in Gulf of Mexico shrimp trawls, said a US study on Wednesday. Turtle-excluder devices (TEDs), or large holes that allow the creatures to ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Cybercrime claimed 431 million adult victims last year and cost $114 billion, according to a report published Wednesday. The Norton Cybercrime Report 2011 said over 74 million people in the US were cybercrime victims last year, suffering $32b in direct financial losses. ...

LAHORE - Brands awards were distributed amongst top ranking brands in Pakistan. The Prime Minister of Pakistan distributed the award in a recent ceremony at the Governor House Karachi. Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah and the Governor Sindh Dr. Ishrat-uI-Ibad were also present at this ...

ARIANA (AFP) - A year after floods swept away homes and livelihoods, the survivors of a Taliban uprising are courting fresh disaster in the picturesque Swat valley by refusing to leave for higher ground. It was about 7pm on July 29 when Sayed Zamin Khan, 55, lent over his terrace, transfixed as the ...

KARACHI - At a morgue in Pakistans largest city, five linen pouches - each the size of a loaf of bread - line the shelf of a walk-in freezer. Wrapped inside each small sack is the corpse of an infant. The babies are victims of what one relief agency calls Pakistans worst unfolding tragedy the ...

KARACHI,(APP) Sindh Revenue Board (SRB) has set a collection target of Rs 25 billion for the next fiscal year 2011-12 in its first year after transfer of revenue collection powers to Sindh province under 7th National Finance Commission (NFC) Award. This was stated by the Advisor to CM for ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER KARACHI - The local equity market ended nearly flat Friday as investors remained sidelined due to growing uncertainty over countrys political situation. The benchmark KSE-100 index dropped by 11.86 points or 0.09 per cent to close at 12,484.17 points, on record low market turn ...

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 ...

KARACHI - Continuing its tradition of information and knowledge exchange, CIO Pakistan/ Afghanistan organised its 4th Annual CIO Year Ahead 12 Summit here the other day at a local hotel. Onboard for the Summit was event presenter, IBM Pakistan, says a press release. In partnership with the World ...

ISLAMABAD (APP): During the tenure of the present government Employees Old Age Benefit Institution (EOBI) benefits package for its registered employees, has been improved and currently it is paying Rs. 830 million every month to over 300,000 pensioners. Chairman EOBI Zafar Iqbal Gondal said this ...

ISLAMABAD - Government is all set to ensure the supply of 500 mcfd of LNG in Sui Soutrhern Gas Company (SSGC) system by next year (2012). Pakistan has invited expressions of interests (EoIs) from foreign and domestic companies for the supply of 500 million cubic feet per day (cfd) of liquefied ...

Fiats new TwinAir engine has scooped the 2011 International Engine of the Year competition, winning the major gong for engine of the year, plus three other awards including the Best New Engine 2011, Best Green Engine 2011 and Best Engine of less than 1,000 cc. The twin cylinder 875 cc engine is ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Government has announced to procure 1.3 million tons wheat this year. As per details, 0.5 MT would be kept as Federal Strategic Reserves and 0.4 MT under SAARC Food Bank. The provinces will decide as per their will and federal government might not be interfering in provincial ...

LAHORE-The Punjab Assembly which completed its third Parliamentary year on March 31, passed 41 bills in 101 days which cost national exchequer around Rs 287.7 million, much to the dismay of senior Parliamentarians who believe that the cost is too high for the legislation. Besides its routine ...

KARACHI Speakers have urged the government and non-government organisations to invest more on provision of safe drinking water, as five million people die every year of waterborne diseases. They were speaking at seminar to mark World Water Day held at Jhimpir near Karachi. The seminar was ...

A BELGIAN runner has set a new world record by completing 365 marathon races in a year. Stefaan Engels, dubbed Marathon Man, began his challenge in Belgium a year ago and has since run a marathon every day across seven countries. He crossed the finish line in the Spanish city of Barcelona after ...

UNITED NATIONS - The long-running talks aimed at enlarging the UN Security Council to bring the 15-member body in line with the Organisations current membership may move into higher gear this year, General Assembly President Joseph Deiss said Monday. The situation for the moment is quite complex ...

HER parents are hoping shell be one lucky baby. For Rose Gretton was born at 11.11 on 1/1/11. Incredibly, she was also one of 11 babies born on the first day of 2011 at Burtons Queens Hospital. Her mother Kacey, a training consultant from Midway, Derbyshire, said: 'With her being born at 11.11am ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Telecommunication Company LTD (PTCL) has launched countrywide PTCL New Year Bonanza which has especially been designed to encourage the existing and potential PSTN and Vfone subscribers. This limited time offer is applicable to all PTCL and Vfone customers from 1st Jan onwards. ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Saturday expressed his governments resolve to launch a 'jihad against corruption in the new year (2011) by making legislative measures including the approval of accountability law. It is our resolve for the new year, that we will launch 'jihad ...

EVEN after being expelled from the US, undercover Russian spy Anna Chapman has been named Woman of the Year by a Russian TV station. The state-owned Channel One honoured the 28-year-old when she appeared on its This Is Your Life-style show. The channel dedicated a prime time slot to Chapman where ...

LAHORE - While drawing up a roadmap for the revival of economy for the year 2011, Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) Monday termed the year 2010 as nerve-shattering for the trade and Industry. Power outages, repeated hikes in electricity rates, gas shortage, price spiral, ...

LAHORE Introducing a unique idea to curb crimes next year, City Police Chief on Wednesday claimed that the entire police deployed on protocol duties would be withdrawn in order to strengthen the functioning of the department. The era of terror strikes is over as the terrorists network has been ...

LAHORE - Punjab Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) initiated 11,553 inquiries out of which 8,255 were disposed of during the first 11 months of 2010 as compare to 2009 where 7,944 were started and 4,873 disposed of, a comparative report said. Similarly total cases registered during 2010 were 1,480 ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - About one in six Americans, or 48 million people, get sick from tainted food each year, according to new figures that US officials said Wednesday provide the best data yet on foodborne pathogens. Weve made progress in better understanding the burden of foodborne illness and ...

DUBAI (AFP) - British actor Colin Firth won Variety Magazines International Star of the Year award at the Dubai International Film Festival which opened with his film The Kings Speech. Actress Carey Mulligan presented Firth with the prize from the prestigious US movie industry magazine on Monday ...