The headlines in the papers after the elections were exhilarating, invoking new hope after a long, dark period. One, in particular, was very inspiring. “Pakistan, the bravest democracy in the world,” it declared. Truer words were seldom spoken.None of the other nations preaching ...

FAISALABADThe climate change has raised serious concerns for developing countries and Pakistan is not alone to face social, environmental and economic impacts in this scenario. This was stated by the speakers at the concluding session of 3-day seminar on climate change, jointly organised by the ...

In part one, I said that a real change is about economic equality of all human beings, regardless of race, religion, gender, ethnicity or nationality. In essence, it means: end of this huge income disparity and accumulated wealth, equal access to and right of all people over all that is produced or ...

FAISALABAD Speakers at an international seminar expressed their concerns that Pakistan is in a severe grip of climate change and unless she takes measures to mitigate the menace, the situation would further worsen, causing yield reduction of major crops from 7 to 45 percent in the next four ...

If there was one slogan, during election 2013, that politicians used it to their heart’s content and people bought it with all their heart, it was ‘change’. No one asked and so no one explained the nature of this much sought after ‘change’. Thus, the agenda of change ...

Islamabad- After the change of guards in the National Assembly, the positions of Leader of the House and the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate are likely to be swapped between Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) because of the former's landslide victory in ...

Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) senior leader and nominated Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif has said that as soon as his party government was sworn in police culture would be changed for ever.He stated this while addressing the meeting of parliamentary committee in Lahore on Monday. The ...

 The people of Pakistan are waiting for a ‘Messiah’; a leader who will save the country from falling into the abyss what they don’t understand is that the problem lies in all of us. The main problem is that everyone is corrupt on all levels. Corruption and bribes are common, ...

Lahore -Punjab Chief Minister-designate Shahbaz Sharif said on Friday PML-N was committed to ending the people of the miseries they were facing at police stations, courts and revenue offices.“We are finalising a strategy on the basis of workable suggestions to change thana culture,” he ...

MULTANBhauddin Zakariya University (BZU) Vice Chancellor Dr Kh Alqama said on Thursday that unfortunately Muslim Ummah lagged far behind in the field of research, stressing the need for bringing a change in the mindset through promotion of literacy and knowledge.Addressing the participants of a ...

Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani has asserted that the change of government would have no bearing on the existing foreign policy and the Iran gas pipeline project. He reiterated the traditional foreign office stance, that drone strikes are a violation of our sovereignty.The Iran gas pipeline ...

SAUL LANDAU  - Climate change seems to have exacerbated the stupidity of US daily life, or maybe we’ve long suffered from the consequences of the capitalist mode of production, plus the negative spin offs from the massive US war machine. Both systems feed off nature, which cannot sustain ...

ISLAMABAD - In a move to have political dividends in the long run, the upcoming PML-N government is all set to re-name the much criticised poverty alleviation Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) with National/Pakistan Income Support Programme.Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) will not discontinue ...

Lahore -  Noted scholar and policy analyst, Mowahid Hussin Shah believes that Western powers including the US would not change their policies towards Pakistan after the 2013 elections. Speaking at Hameed Nizami Press Institute of Pakistan on the topic, “Pakistan and the Western World: ...

KARACHI - MQM Chief Altaf Hussain said that his party was formed to protect the rights of the deprived people and not for perpetrating hatred towards any nationality or segment of the society.He stated this in a telephonic address to MQM’s Co-ordination Committee and workers on Friday at Nine ...

The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Friday said if his party workers did not amend themselves, they would lose their leader forever.In a telephonic address to members of the Interim Rabita (Coordinating) Committee and other party workers, Altaf said he initiated the MQM in ...

President, Air League of PIA employees Lahore chapter, Ahmad Butt has said that workers of the Air League have a strong commitment to transform PIA into one of the top airlines of the world under the dynamic leadership of Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif. He resolved to use talent of the workers for ...

LAHORE - Given that not much time is left in the withdrawal of Nato forces from Afghanistan, the US administration is waiting passionately to work with the new political dispensation in Pakistan which, it thinks, would prove to be a great helping hand to it in controlling the spread of Taliban, ...

A senior Defense Department official said Thursday that the Pentagon sees no need to change the broad congressional authorization under which the military conducts lethal drone strikes against terrorist targets and estimated that the war with al-Qaeda could continue for up to two decades, said a ...

This is the fourth year in a row that the once famous apple crop of the Murree area has been decimated by what can only be called ‘Hairdryer winds’ - just when the blossom fades and fruit is trying to set during the last half of April: these persistent, hot, dry winds - blowing day ...

islamabad - Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Chief Munawar Hassan on Thursday said that if masses with their votes help seizing the security of ‘some hundred families’ of the country a pleasant change could be possible as they were treating masses as slaves.Addressing the last election campaign ...

CHINIOTParvez AhmadFormer Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that May 11 is not merely a polling day rather it is a day of change destiny of the country and fate of people. Addressing a public meeting at Hockey Stadium Chiniot here on Tuesday, the PML-N kingpin asserted that if voted to ...

CHINIOT - Former Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that May 11 is not merely a polling day rather it is a day of change destiny of the country and fate of people. Addressing a public meeting at Hockey Stadium Chiniot here on Tuesday, the PML-N kingpin asserted that if voted to power, ...

  California BBC The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences is to allow all of its members to vote in the documentary shorts and foreign language film categories. Previously, members had to see the nominees in cinemas to be eligible to vote in the final round of balloting. However, DVDs ...

BANNU - Despite security threats, the inhabitants of district Bannu have also swept away with the popular wave by jumping on to the bandwagon of electioneering. Political wheeling and dealing, acceptance and rejection of candidates, and size and rise of political gatherings are the hot topics of ...

Chief of his own faction Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)‚ Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has said that 11th May is not election day but is day to change the destiny of the country and fate of the people.Addressing a public meeting at Piplan near Mianwali on Sunday‚ he said that power crisis ...

President, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Nawaz Sharif said that youth is the force of PML-N here on Saturday.Addressing a public meeting, PML-N chief urged the youth to play their role in development of the country and vote his party.The PML-N Chief promised that his party will change the ...

LAHORE - AYAZ MAHMOOD KHAN - In a bid to break my nocturnal routine, I came out of my den too early and started walking on empty roads of the city.After covering a distance of ‘thousand yards’, I crashed onto an empty bench placed at a narrow green strip between Mall Road and Jewelers ...

islamabad - A fierce competition has forced the contesting candidates to mobilize women voters in their respective constituencies in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) thus breaking all the social taboos hoped to surface in May 11 general elections.Background discussions and interviews ...

NEW YORK:  Lindsay Lohan doesn’t think she can give up smoking in rehab. The 26-year-old actress - who was sentenced to 90 days in treatment after pleading ‘’no contest’’ to charges for lying to police about driving during a car crash on the Pacific Coast Highway ...