LAHORE -A 5-member delegation of the British Council led by its UK based Chief Executive Martin Davidson on Monday visited a low-cost girl’s private school affiliated with the Punjab Education Foundation (PEF) under its Foundation Assisted School (FAS) program in Baghbanpura. The purpose of ...

LONDON (NAWA-I-WAQT): Pakistan born prominent legal expert Solicitor Muhammad Aslam Sheikh who is contesting election for Council Election 2013 of Britain’s legal experts’ representative organization Law Society of England and Wales, is emerging as a stronger candidate for the slot. A ...

Islamabad - Religious scholars form the Pakistan Ulema Council have issued a Fatwa which declares the non-casting of vote a sin, adding that voting is an Islamic responsibility.  The Fatwa further states that women have equal rights to vote, adding that it is not religion that bars them from ...

Sahibzada Fazal Kareem, chairman Sunni Ittehad Council (SiC) and chief of Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP), passed away after a protracted illness on Monday. He was 58. Fazal Kareem was a liver patient and admitted to Allied Hospital Faisalabad few days ago. He has left behind four sons, Hamid Raza, ...

BANGUI - The rebel strongman who seized power in the Central African Republic last month, Michel Djotodia, on Saturday ordered the creation of a transitional body to designate an interim president for the country. The decree complies with demands from the six-nation Economic Community of Central ...

ISLAMABAD - Medical Lab Technologist Association of Pakistan arranged 4th National Seminar of MLT with collaboration of College of Medical Lab Technology here at National Institute of Health.The topic of seminar was “Quality Control and Techniques in Histopathology”. The chief guest of ...

KARACHI - The British Council Pakistan and Servis Sales Corporation joined hands to make learning a fun activity for Pakistani kids by providing creative learning resources through CDs and social media. Servis Fun and Learn is an initiative that aims to make learning fun for young learners through ...

LAHORE – Headed by Maulana Samiul Haq of JUI-S, a delegation of Defence of Pakistan Council (DPC), called on PML-N President Nawaz Sharif at Raiwind on Monday and condoled the death of his brother Abbas Sharif.Both the sides discussed the current situation, particularly Karachi and ...

ISLAMABAD    - President Asif Ali Zardari  on Thursday approved the reconstitution of Council of Common Interests. The Prime Minister will  be its Chairman and the  CMs,  Federal Science and Technology Minister Mir Changez Khan Jamali, Federal Communications Minister ...

LAHORE - Punjab University Academic Staff Association on Tuesday held its first emergency meeting of the newly elected executive council under the leadership of President Dr Aamir Sarwar. The meeting, which was attended by all newly-elected members, nominated four members including Dr Shaukat Ali, ...

Every time, there is talk of bilateral, trilateral, quadrilateral, regional, continental and international talks on the Afghan issue, one’s mind inexorably turns to the cat belling fable of the Greek sage, Aesop. One is not sure if something of value would ever come out of such closed door ...

ISLAMABAD - The general council of Pakistan Basketball Federation (PBBF) was called here on Tuesday at a local hotel as 22 members attended the meeting which was chaired by PBBF president Asif Bajwa. Various suggestions regarding promotion of basketball were discussed during the meeting. Commenting ...

Difa-e-Pakistan Council leadership warned the government that if Nato supply line restored, they would stage a sit-in from Peshawar to Chaman, demaning closure of the supplies to Nato on permanent basis. Jamaat-i-Islami Ameer Syed Munawar Hassan, Jamat-ut-Dawa Ameer Hafiz Saeed, Jamiat ...

ISLAMABAD – The US gave money to a Pakistani Muslim group that organised anti-Taliban rallies, but which later demonstrated in support of an extremist who killed a leading liberal politician, the US Embassy said Wednesday.The Fox News quoting American news agency The Associated Press reported ...

LAHORE The component parties of Defa-e-Pakistan Council held a meeting on Saturday to finalise arrangements for the public meeting at Minar-e-Pakistan on December 18. Secretary General Jamaat-e-Islami Liaqat Baloch chaired the meeting attended by Maulana Abdul Malik of the Jamiat e Ittehadul ...

LAHORE (APP) - Provincial Zakat Council Punjab (PZCP) has approved the first six-month budget for 2011-12 over Rs 870 million for educational scholarships, health, marriage grant, technical education and leprosy patients. This was decided in a meeting of Provincial Zakat Council Punjab held under ...

ISLAMABAD - Gilgit-Baltistan Council, which met here at the Prime Minister House Friday under the leadership of Premier Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in his capacity as Chairman of GB Council, unanimously approved the budget of GB Council for the period of 2011-12. The budget estimates consist of Rs ...

ISLAMABAD - Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council, which met here under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, gave approval to the AJ&K Council budget for the year 2011-12. While addressing the AJ&K Council session Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani reiterated that the government ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit Baltistan Mian Manzoor Wattoo presented the AJ&K Councils Budget estimates of Rs 8352.234m for the year 2011-12 and revised estimates of Rs 8632.065m for the year 2010-11. Receipt target of Rs 6192m was proposed for third budget of ...

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council split a key sanctions list on al Qaeda and the Taliban on Friday in an effort to give a boost to the reconciliation process in Afghanistan. The 15-nation council unanimously passed two resolutions which set up one new blacklist of individuals and ...

LAHORE - Brooke Bond has over 140 years of tea expertise and has been catering to the diverse preferences of consumers across the country. As one of the major players in the tea industry, Brooke Bond has always been at the forefront of new initiatives in the category, says a press release. With ...

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Sunday announced the formation of a Government-Industry Energy Council (GIEC) with a mandate to prepare recommendations to address the energy crisis in the country. The Petroleum Institute of Pakistan would be a permanent member of the GIEC. While ...

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Sunday terming energy as an essential driver of countrys economy announced formation of a Government-Industry Energy Council to address countrys energy issues and make far-reaching reccomendations for the government. Addressing the inaugural session of the ...

British and French military aircraft are preparing to protect the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi after the UN security council voted in favour of a no-fly zone and air strikes against Muammar Gaddafi's forces. With Gaddafi's troops closing in on Benghazi, the French prime minister, Franois ...

LAHORE In an interesting development in the case against the dual office of President Asif Ali Zardari, an advocate has moved an application to question the locus standi of the petitioner to lead this question to the court accusing him of violating the Punjab Bar Council Rules to move this plea ...

KARACHI - Pakistan Romania Business Council is formally launched here with the aim to further enhance trade between the two countries. Ambassador of Romania Emilian Ion, while speaking on the occasion of inauguration ceremony said that creation of a Pakistan Romania Business Council will generate ...

A day after he inadvertently read out bits of the Portuguese foreign minister's speech at a Security Council debate, Indian external affairs minister S M Krishna on Sunday said that these things happen because many of these speeches make the same initial points. "There was nothing wrong in it," ...

KARACHI A total of 700 young researchers across Pakistan were trained in a year under British Councils International Strategic Partnership in Research and Education (INSPIRE) programme. This was stated at concluding session of two-day workshops on research essentials for young Pakistani ...

BIPIN DANI PUNE (India) - India's former international umpire Bomi Jamula has been appointed as an Umpiring Resource Person by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). The 57-year-old Jamula has been a first-class umpire since 1982 and has officiated five ODIs from 1990 to 1999. He has been a level-III ...

LAHORE Executive Council of PIAs Senior Staff Association (SSA) met on Friday and expressed its pleasure on the participation of President Asif Ali Zardari in the PIAs employees convocation on Saturday (today). The meeting was presided over by President of SSA, Abid Saleem Khan, who on behalf of ...