washingtonFree them or put them on trial. This urges a petition to President Barack Obama over the prisoners held at Guantanamo, jailed and in limbo for more than a decade.The petition launched by Guantanamo's former chief military prosecutor Colonel Morris Davis was signed by more than 137,400 ...

DHAKA - Bangladesh defended Tuesday its decision to snub foreign aid after the collapse of a garment factory complex where at least 388 people died as the UN revealed it had offered specialist help to find survivors. With the death toll from the country's worst ever industrial disaster still ...

BEIJING/LONDON : Health officials raised further questions on Friday about the source of a new strain of bird flu infecting humans in China after data indicated that more than half of patients had had no contact with poultry.The H7N9 virus has been found in 87 people, mostly in eastern China, and ...

BEIJING (AFP) - China’s economic growth likely picked up slightly in the first quarter of this year, according to an AFP poll of analysts, but they say the rebound is fragile and key data unreliable.First-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) for the world’s second-largest economy is due ...

KARACHI (PR) – Burj Bank has concluded 2012 as a turnaround year in terms of service delivery with the announcement of its annual financial results. The Bank started the year 2012 with a focus on delivering world class Shari’ah compliant banking services to its customers. In 2012, the ...

Pakistan’s economy witnessed a modest improvement in FY12 – real GDP grew by 3.7 percent during the year, compared with 3.0 percent in FY11, says the State Bank’s Annual Report on the State of the Economy for the year 2011-12 released Wednesday. It said the growth was more ...

Isn’t it amazing how our tastes in people, fashion, books and movies change, as we move from childhood to the world of adults? We look back at some of our sartorial choices or the films we liked then and can’t help suppress a shudder.I remember being enamoured of the dresses a friend in ...

KARACHI - Pakistan has successfully grown the most expensive and consumed form of rice 'Japonica. The seeds, received from Japan, were distributed in different areas of Punjab, KPK and Sindh for trial production. After the entire process, the result of Japonica was according to the demand of ...

ISLAMABAD - The country's textile exports have recorded at $2.209 billion during the first couple of months (July-August) of the ongoing fiscal year 2011-12 showing an increase of 12.67 per cent compared to the exports of $1.960 billion of the preceding fiscal year 2010-11. According to the figures ...

CARDIFF (Agencies) - Known to accord fitting send-offs to the seniors, it remains to be seen if India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has any plans for Rahul Dravid, who will bring the curtains down on his illustrious ODI career after the final one-dayer against England on Friday. Dhoni's gestures in ...

BERLIN (AFP) - Germany on Monday held crisis talks amid news that at least 12 people have died and hundreds have taken ill following an outbreak of a highly virulent strain of bacteria found on imported cucumbers. Belgium and Russia banned the import of vegetables from Spain, believed to be the ...

MADRID/BERLIN (Reuters) - European happiness with the death of Osama bin Laden was tempered on Wednesday by details showing he was unarmed when shot dead and qualms about whether torture of prisoners helped US forces track him down. Al Qaeda leader bin Laden was shot in the head in a US special ...

PARIS (AFP) - Baby-faced Sebastian Vettel demonstrated the ruthless determination of a pit-lane veteran to sweep away rivals as well as bitter, mid-season infighting to become Formula Ones youngest world champion. The 23-year-old overcame a 25-point deficit in the last two races, winning a ...

A MAN, who the doctors suspected to be suffering from a cancerous tumor, is found to have a pea sprouting inside his windpipe. My blood pressure was very low. My oxygen count was very low. I was dehydrated, my left lung collapsed, and I had pneumonia, 75-yr-old Ron Sveden from Brewster told the ...

WELLINGTON (AFP) - New Zealands economy grew 0.6 percent in the three months to March, the fourth straight quarter of expansion following a long recession, official figures showed Thursday. The rise in gross domestic product (GDP) compared with the previous three months followed revised growth of ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Despite challenges, production of Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) has shown growth of 4.36 percent during the first nine months of current fiscal year over the corresponding period of 2008-09. The Quantum Index Numbers (QIN) of LSM stood at 203.46 points during July-March ...

WASHINGTON - World Bank member states on Sunday supported capital increases that will provide $5.1 billion in cash and enhance Chinas clout at the financial institution created after World War II to eradicate poverty. The 186 members agreed to provide $3.5 billion to the banks unit that lends to ...

KARACHI - The branch network of Islamic banks in Pakistan expanded to 528 in June 2009 compared with around 326 branches in June 2008. According to the State Bank recent document, over the last few years, the Islamic finance industry is reportedly growing at around 15 percent globally. Considered ...

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Private sector business activity in the 16-nation eurozone grew in October at its fastest rate since 2007, with France leading the way, a survey showed Wednesday. The purchasing managers index (PMI) for the 16 countries using the single currency, compiled by data and research group ...

SEOUL (AFP) - South Koreas economy grew at its fastest pace for more than seven years in the third quarter, official figures showed Monday, as Asias economies lead the world out of its slump. Gross domestic product rose 2.9 percent quarter-on-quarter in July-September and 0.6 percent compared with ...

PARIS (AFP) - A stark warning by state media Wednesday of possible mass unrest in China signalled deepening fears over the global recession, as Europe grappled with more job losses and an energy cutoff during a winter freeze. The economy of Asian powerhouse China might become so bad in the next few ...

KARACHI - Showing robust growth both in sales and profitability, the fertilizer companies' profit grew by 45 per cent during (January to September 2008) nine months of running calendar year 2008. The total profit (after tax deduction) of all the listed fertilizer companies increased to Rs11.489b ...

KARACHI - United Bank Limited (UBL) continued to deliver strong financial performance in a challenging external environment, with consolidated profit before tax of Rs.14 billion at the end of third quarter 2008, which was 23 per cent higher than the same period last year. Profit after tax ...

WASHINGTON - As the Democratic presidential nomination race winds down, talk grows about a possible Barack Obama-Hillary Clinton ticket, according to media reports. Time magazine reported that former U.S. President Bill Clinton is considering the role change for his wife if she cannot win the ...

KARACHI - Fixed line subscribers remained flat overall for April 08 at 4.8 million. The operators, giant Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTC) with a 97.1 per cent share managed to keep its subscriber base stable over December07-Apirl 08, which translated into stability for the entire segment. ...