MANDI BAHAUDDINGeneral people here gave mixed reaction to the Federal Budget 2013-14 while the business community termed it a balanced one with a hope that it would stabilise national economy and benefit all the segments of the society. Labourers' leaders, however, expressed their reservations. Jan ...

LONDON  - Britain’s Prince William will become the country’s first king to have proven Indian roots after saliva samples revealed direct lineage to the Commonwealth’s most populous nation, the Times reported on Friday.DNA from the second-in-line to the throne’s sample ...

The constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan says, ‘The State of Pakistan shall remove illiteracy and provide free and compulsory secondary education within minimum possible period’. The Human Development Report placed Pakistan at 136th position due to 49.9 percent literacy rate. ...

Islamabad -New National Assembly will be sworn in today (Saturday), completing the country's first-ever democratic transition of power, but for President Asif Ali Zardari the political future looks bleak.Country's 65-year history has been punctuated by three periods of military rule and Zardari was ...

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 ...

SIALKOTThe unexpected results of the May 11 general elections have put a question mark on the political future of Sialkot’s political big guns including PPP’s Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, PTI’s Chaudhry Ameer Hussain, Muhammad Ajmal Cheema and Muhammad Akmal Cheema.They all were ...

MULTANPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice chairman Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi declared on Sunday that his party would play the role of a strong, vibrant and effective opposition in the parliament.Talking to the journalists here, he added that the PTI was the party of the future and it would make ...

islamabadUnder the 18th Amendment, the independent candidates who have won the general seats of National Assembly or provincial assemblies in election will have the option to join any political party within three days after the issuance of a formal notification of their victory from the Election ...

TOBA TEK SINGH/SARGODHA/SIALKOTOur Staff reportersDefying all fears and speculations, the voters from all age groups including women streamed to polling station both in urban and rural areas well before the set time of 8:00am, queued up enthusiastically to cast their votes. The voting continued ...

Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced that if the USA wished to retain nine air bases in Afghanistan after its withdrawal, it should execute an agreement with his government. He said this while addressing a gathering at Kabul University on Thursday, saying that his government was willing to make ...

LONDON - David Moyes' first challenge when he takes over the Manchester United hotseat from Alex Ferguson will be to decide the future of England striker Wayne Rooney. It was Moyes who brought Rooney through at Everton aged just 16, but their relationship deteriorated after he was sold to United in ...

LAHORE Founder of Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah mobilised the youth before partition and swept the elections of 1946. The role of youth in the upcoming elections will be historic. These views were expressed by speakers at a seminar held at Hameed Nizami Press Institute of Pakistan on ...

Jared FerrieIn Myanmar's central heartlands, justice and security is elusive for thousands of Muslims who lost their homes in a deadly rampage by Buddhist mobs in March.Many are detained in prison-like camps, unable to return to neighbourhoods and businesses razed in four days of violence in ...

John NaishWarfare may be an awful thing, but it has a habit of accelerating health technology in ways that are helpful to everyone. For example, in World War II the Allies made significant medical advances in vital areas such as developing antibiotic drugs - which the Germans didn’t possess - ...

Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I would like to voice my concern about the brain drain eating up the Pakistani society like a termite. We cannot blame our smart and intelligent youth for not staying in this country that promises them no future, unless they are ready to compromise ...

The United States has said that the upcoming general elections in Pakistan will prove a milestone in the country's history.Director US National Intelligence James Clapper told a Congressional hearing in Washington that lack of effective tax reforms and collection system impede Pakistan's progress ...

SWAT - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate for the PK-80 Amir Muqam has claimed that his party would bring prosperous future for the entire nation.He was addressing a press conference at the residence of Malik Sardar Ali, ex-district nazim Swat who left the ANP and joined the PML-N along ...

MANSEHRA -    Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Engineer Shaukatullah said on Friday said that the government was trying its best to educate future generation and enable them to get higher knowledge.He said the government was committed to encourage talented students not only for their ...

LAHORE – The Lahore High Court on Friday directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to lodge a fraud case against director of an immigration consultancy firm Zobia Rabab for depriving a citizen of Rs1.7 million in the name of sending aboard.Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi issued this ...

VEHARI - Anita Ayoub, 13, a courageous but handicapped girl having no arms naturally, does not consider her disability a hurdle in her life as she is getting education with great courage and interest but her parents are unable to bear her educational expenses.Anita writes with thumb and finger of ...

LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday attended the laptop distribution ceremony at University of Engineering Technology.The CM said that laptops worth Rs 8 billion were being distributed among students on merit basis and brilliant students of other provinces had also been ...

NEW DELHI - India’s inability to pick 20 wickets in a Test match was exposed as the visiting England side won a series in India after 28 years. In an exclusive chat with espnstar.com from Karachi on Wednesday, former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram believes that the future of Indian bowling is ...

An interesting analysis of 18 American think tanks appeared in a Pakistani newspapers. It claimed that Asia will overpower Europe and America in the coming years, as developing nations of today are expected to be at the helm of world affairs in 2030. According to the think tank’s report, ...

Imran Khan, Pakistan’s greatest cricketing hero, has no time for doubters. This time next year, he says, he will be Prime Minister of Pakistan. The corruption that plagues the country will be no more. Extremism will be on the wane, and the economy, now comatose, will be booming. Mid-soliloquy ...

SAHIWAL - Future of Pakistan lies in the hands of young generation as today's youth will lead the country in future and a great responsibility lies on their shoulder. Jamaat-e-Islam District Political Committee Chairman Shahid Hameed remarked while addressing a meeting of party workers here the ...

Children are the future of any nation and therefore they should be groomed so that they become good citizens. Child labour is a serious crime all over the world. UNICEF defines child labour as some type of work performed by children below the age of 18. There is something seriously wrong with our ...

ISLAMABAD – The future of modern online pollution monitoring system capable of watching air and water waste pollution in the country is on stake due to insufficient funds.The machinery worth millions of rupees provided by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has also gone unutilised ...

Foreign Office Spokesman Moazzam Ahmad Khan has said that future contours of relationship with the United States will be based on the recommendations passed by the Parliament. Briefing newsmen in Islamabad on Thursday‚ he said no decision has yet been taken on the restoration of NATO supply ...

LAHORE - Survival of the fittest is buzz word in this age and wars are now fought in modern research laboratories rather than traditional wars on borders.This was stated by Chief Executive Punjab Agriculture Research Board Dr Mubarik Ali at an inaugural session of two-day national conference on ...

LAHORE - The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants hosted an event to discuss the future of the accountancy profession in Afghanistan. The Afghanistan Stakeholders’ Roundtable was held in Dubai, and was attended by a number of experts with interests in building the accountancy ...