LAHORE/KARACHI/PESHAWAR - The first budget presented by the PML-N government has evoked a harsh reaction from political leaders from opposition who have called it anti-poor, while the people in the government called it a poor-friendly budget. PTI Punjab leaders, Ijaz Chaudhary and Dr Yasmin Rashid ...

RAHIM YAR KHAN People from different walks of life protested outside the DCO office against the alleged occupation of green belts outside the Government Postgraduate College for Women (GPCW) here the other day. The protestors including City Council President Saifullah Niazi, Panjab Professors and ...

LONDON :  Private equity group Doughty Hanson has sold cinema operator Vue Entertainment to two Canadian investors for 935 million pounds ($1.5 billion), cashing in on an industry where new technologies like 3D movies have helped it to thrive in recession. The sale, to OMERS Private Equity and ...

LAHORE- Unlike the last cabinet of the Shahbaz Sharif government, the volume of the provincial cabinet this time round is quite huge and covers most of the provincial parts, including South Punjab. After ouster of the PPP ministers from the last government of PML-N in Punjab, the size of the ...

SIALKOTExporters, manufacturers, vender industry and traders have expressed deep concern over the increase in electricity tariff and termed it stabbing the already sinking industrial sector in the back.Sialkot which is totally export-oriented city and hub of cottage industry has been facing 18 to ...

LOS ANGELES : The finale of NBC’s “The Office” drew a season high of 5.7 million viewers, as fans tuned in to see the show’s biggest star Steve Carell return for a wedding and nostalgic farewell. The 75-minute finale episode was watched by 3.8 million viewers in the 18-49 ...

  BEIRUT   Syria's opposition warned on Monday that Hezbollah's role in fighting in Homs province amounts to a "declaration of war," but the militant group said it is merely protecting Lebanese people. The comments came as a watchdog said the Lebanese Shiite group was leading the battle ...

KARACHI - The political parties and civil society organisations have expressed shock over the anti-women remarks of former Sindh chief minister and chief of Peoples Muslim League Arbab Ghulam Rahim.They condemned him and demanded the Chief Election Commissioner to take notice of it.PPP Sindh ...

WAZIRABAD - Local political circles have expressed concern over the alleged involvement of female teachers of Governmental School in election campaign for former MNA Iftikhar Ahmed Cheema through students here in Wazirabad.According to some political workers, female teachers of governmental schools ...

The administration of President Barack Obama is completing a counterterrorism manual that will establish clear rules for targeted-killing operations, The Washington Post reported late Saturday.But citing unnamed US officials, the newspaper said the guidebook would contain a major exemption for the ...

FAISALABAD - Dispelling the impression that only clean water is suitable for dengue mosquito, a scientist said that it lays eggs on every type of stagnant water accumulated for six days.Entomologist Dr Anjum Sohail, Chairman, Department of Entomology, UAF was addressing an awareness seminar on ...

Lahore WWFPakistan conducted the second phase of its decades old environment educational campaign 'Spellathon on Saturday. More than 250 students of grades 1 till 9 from various schools of Lahore participated in this annual inter school competition. Top scorers of this competition would be ...

WASHINGTON - Amid concerns that a Congressional inquiry into Muslim 'radicalisation could stigmatise American-Muslims and increase hostility worldwide between Muslims and the US, Congressman Peter King opened on Thursday the controversial hearing organised by him on a defiant note, saying it 'must ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters converged on Ohio's state capital on Tuesday as legislators considered a bill to curtail collective bargaining rights for public workers and eliminate their right to strike. Republican supporters of Senate Bill 5 say the limits to public workers' ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) had announced draws for the 32-matches of PFF-KESC Lyari Football League 2011. The event will be comprised of 32 matches, having 24 league and eight elimination matches. The PFF has engaged in a partnership with the sponsors KESC to organise Lyari ...

ISLAMABAD - While supporting Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam (Fazal)s stance of resigning from the cabinet, Ahsan Iqbal said that the government by removing the culprit, and who pinpointed it, has equalled the donkey and the horse. Haider Abbas Rizvi also said that the government must have consulted its ...

NEW DELHI (AFP) - India has drawn up a shortlist of designs for a symbol to represent its rupee currency to match the dollar, the yen, the pound and the euro. Five designs based around the letter R as represented in both the Roman alphabet and Hindi script will be considered and a winner is to be ...

JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Mahatma Gandhis former home in a quiet Johannesburg suburb where he lived as a young lawyer has attracted a flurry of potential buyers from around the world, the current owner said Friday. Nancy Ball put the property on the market after struggling to find a buyer keen to ...

ISLAMABAD - The appointment of new Chairman in Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) from the DMG Group has drawn resentment among the FBR officials. Such an appointment in highly technical and specialised department speaks volumes about working of incumbent government. The placement of a junior DMG ...

BEIRUT (Reuters/AFP) - US Vice-President Joe Biden, the most senior American official to visit Lebanon in 26 years, took a swipe at Hezbollah on Friday, but denied seeking to sway an election that may unseat a Western-backed coalition. Lebanese vote on June 7 in a poll that pits an alliance ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Board of Revenue has collected Rs 860 million of tax revenue from the whitening of Rs 43 billion black money and undocumented businesses under the government's amnesty scheme since July 1 this year. Wednesday is the final day of this scheme and there would be no further ...