PESHAWAR - Keeping in view the precarious law and order situation, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Home and Tribal Affairs Department has directed Secretary Higher Education Department to ask all the vice chancellors of both public and private sector universities of KPK to avoid receiving any foreigner in ...

RAWALPINDI - ISRAR AHMED - While two major political parties, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz PML-N) and Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI), are all set for final show of power in the city before ending election campaign on May 9, City District Government Rawalpindi (CDGR) and law enforcement agencies have ...

LAHORE - Wreckage of the fallen pedestrian bridge along the Canal Road has become a major irritant for the Punjab University (PU) students as the local authorities have failed to clear the rubble even after lapse of over a month.The huge split-arm of the over-head pedestrian bridge, which was ...

KARACHI - Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers & Exports Association (PRGMEA) in collaboration with Pakistan Customs held an introductory seminar on October 11, 2011 on recently introduced WeBoc clearance system introduced by Pakistan Customs for import and export consignment clearance in ...

Sports Desk LAHORE - Pakistan's runaway wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider was cleared for national duty after the Pakistan Cricket Board slapped him with a fine. The fine was imposed on Haider for violating the PCB's code of conduct when he fled to London from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last year ...

KARACHI - Confusion prevailed at Customs House on Thursday as the clearance activity came to a halt for more than 24 hours following the arrest of two officials of Provincial Excise and Taxation (E&T) Department by the Anti-Corruption Department on account of their misconduct. According to details, ...

The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has suspended the power supply to Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) on nonpayment of dues pending against the facility, a private TV reported. The suspension may increase the sufferings of Karachiites as they are likely to face severe water shortage ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has bound all imported cargoes entered in the customs area for clearance to be accompanied by a copy of packing list and invoice. Earlier, Federal Board of Revenue had temporarily relaxed the provision added vide SRO No 198 (I)/2005, dated February 28, ...

KARACHI - The traders have shown serious concerns over the long delays in the clearance of containers at Qasim International Container Terminal (QICT), PICT and KICT, saying that problems at terminals are worsening day-by-day as thousands of containers are stucked up, causing severe problems for ...

Thirty-one miners died from gas inhalation in a coal mine in central China early on Sunday, and nine others were still missing, state media said.The deaths occurred in the pre-dawn hours in a coal mine near the city of Dengfeng in Henan province, Chinese news agency said. The report said 108 miners ...