SADIQABAD Makhdoom Ahmad Mehmood who has recently resigned from his office but his resignation has not be accepted by President Zardari, said that the public had rejected the PPP for its bad governance during the last five year tenure and elected new ones.Mr Mehmood was meeting with various ...

ISLAMABAD - ONLINE - Smoking not only damages health, it is bad for the brain too, according to a Scottish study spanning nearly 60 years. Professor Lawrence Whalley and his team looked at how the cognitive abilities of 465 people, half of them smokers, changed over their lifetime. They were first ...

  ISLAMABAD National Accountability Bureau (NAB) investigators had to wait patiently for three hours in the morning hours on Tuesday for the former Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf to appear in person in the Rental Power Projects (RPPs). They were, however, communicated from NAB Chairman's ...

New research indicates that high and abnormally low blood pressures can have a detrimental effect on one's thinking ability or however, the association seems to be influenced by age, educational level, and use of blood pressure drugs. The findings are based on a study of 847 subjects who completed ...

How right was Musharraf, when he said that he will never shed his uniform, for we now see the real man, minus the uniform. He is a man whose lawyers are pleading that his  aged mother who is unwell in Dubai wants to see her son. This is a former military dictator who brought into disrepute the ...

At around 5pm on April 23, 2013 men, women, and children of all ages merrily walked or jogged on the tracks of Model Town Park, when suddenly, a van with a mounted spray-gun, arrived to spray insecticides. Five to six-thirty in the evening is prime time when people are walking or jogging in the ...

SYDNEY  -  The recall of two 35-year-old veterans for the Ashes series against England shows the lack of quality coming through the Australian ranks, with the squad the "best of a bad lot", media said Thursday.Selectors picked Brad Haddin and Chris Rogers, with five openers among seven ...

Pakistani society has become very materialistic. The masses are seen to be running madly in pursuit of selfish and materialistic desires. The attainment of such desires is breeding greed, malice, selfishness and injustice in the society. The youth, particularly that belonging to the elite class is ...

SIALKOT - The political scenario of constituency NA-111 Bajwat, Sialkot-II is still taking twists as the mainstream political parties including PML-N, PTI and PPP are striving to give tough time by bringing strong candidates against each other.The provincial leadership of PML-N has allotted its ...

Knowledge and skills depend on the education system as education is merely the delivery of knowledge rather skills and information from teachers to students. What is really important about being and becoming educated? Being an educated person means you have access to finest state of mind regardless ...

ISLAMABAD- Interior Minister Malik Muhammad Habib Khan Thursday rolled big heads of some major departments, in his first significant administrative decision taken ‘in public interest’.He removed Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General (DG), DG of Immigration and Passports ...

HAFIZABAD/ATTOCK/BUREWALA/GUJRANWALA/SHEIKHUPURA/JHANG/HAFIZABAD - At least 13 persons including six women and a minor were killed and seven others including a Woman injured in separate incidents of enmity, honour killing, suicide and road accidents over the past 24 hours. According to detail, in ...

Los Angeles (DM) They are the bane of many a teenager’s life. But the days of spots may now be numbered after scientists discovered why some people are more prone to them than others. The researchers, from UCLA, have discovered more about the bacteria that live on the skin and cause acne. ...

I recently read a letter in your paper from a businessman complaining about the mobile services provided by a Norwegian company. I face the same issues too and am sure many other users go through the same agony each day. It’s very frustrating when the call suddenly gets disconnected, ...

JHANG/CHINIOT/KASUR/MINCHINABAD - At least seven persons were killed in different road accidents, shootout and violent incidents over the past 24 hours. As per detail, in the first incident that took place in Mauza Kapori situated in the limit of Garh Mahraja Police, a man and his son were killed ...

JHANG/CHINIOT/KASUR/MINCHINABAD - At least seven persons were killed in different road accidents, shootout and violent incidents over the past 24 hours.  As per detail, in the first incident that took place in Mauza Kapori situated in the limit of Garh Mahraja Police, a man and his son were ...

Islamabad - Defence Minister Syed Naveed Qamar on Friday said that there is no such thing as ‘good’ or ‘bad’ Taliban, and that all those who are terrorists should be eliminated, reported a private TV channel. Speaking to media representatives in an informal conversation ...

LAHORE – The flight schedule was disrupted Saturday at Allama Iqbal International Airport (AIIAP) due to foggy weather and poor visibility, said an official of CAA. The official said due to poor visibility on Saturday and Friday nights most of the domestic flights were delayed by eight to ...

KARACHI  – Due to dense fog, zero visibility at Lahore, Faisalabad, Multan and adjoining areas, the schedule of PIA flights departures and arrivals remain affected. This was stated by the spokesman of the PIA in a statement here on Monday. Due to heavy fog at Lahore and adjoining ...

As the expected date of the general elections is drawing nearer the political activity in the country is gathering momentum with each passing day. Many a political pundit is predicting the future and a lot is being talked about and discussed over the electronic media in this regard. Almost all ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan People’s Party-led coalition government’s performance since assuming power in early 2008 has been a complete failure if viewed in context of governance while the same team’s performance is wonderful in the Parliament where they have managed to restore the 1973 ...

It is really irksome that the Sui Gas bills are delivered with only one day left to pay the bill. Usually they are delivered in the afternoon, when the men folk have left for work, and the last day for the payment is the very next day. I would like to request the management of Sui Gas to please ...

After prolonged protests by the medical community in Quetta, their colleague, Dr Saeed Khan, managed to secure his release from his captors but only after paying a huge ransom of Rs 15 million. This is a serious reflection on the writ of the state, besides pointing to a complete failure of the ...

I lament that our government has blatantly exposed its incompetence in one go to seven world leaders, which is very shameful on our part, provided the government realizes it. Pakistan in general and President Zardari in particular, must be feeling proud to host and head D-8 Summit in Islamabad. ...

Not a day passes without the media spotlighting the pervasive phenomenon of bad governance in the country, which manifests itself in various shades of colour. The craze of self-enrichment by the ruling and powerful classes to the utter neglect of the interests and basic needs of the people at large ...

JHANG - At least five people were killed in different incidents occurred in separate parts of the district over the past 24 hour. As per detail, five people killed a 40-year-old man over old enmity here. The outlaws including Umer Hayat, Sikander, Ashraf, Zafar Iqbal and Ahmed, residents of ...

LAHORE - Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said nobody was immune to terrorism after 9/11, reported a private TV channel late Wednesday. “Abduction for ransom has become the hallmark of the day, leaving no hope for survival of common people,” he said while addressing inaugural ...

BAHAWALNAGAR - Four persons were killed while nine another sustained serious injuries in separate incident of cross-firing and mishaps in different areas here on Sunday.According to details two rival Rajpot groups of Mauza Ramnagar had a clash over land which was ensued by gunfight. Resultantly ...

KARTACHI - Sindh players had a bad day in the opening league round of the Langnese National Ranking Snooker which began here Sunday at the new venue the NMBP sporty complex at Clifton. Bilawal Agha, M Ishtiaq, Sultan, Khurram Agha and Naveen Perwani, all belonging to the host province, lost their ...

The floods that have ravaged Pakistan for past few years, displacing millions of poor, is more a man made disaster than a natural disaster. Pakistan gets the least quantum of rains in the monsoon season, which is a regular seasonal feature in South East Asia. Unfortunately, in spite of moderate ...