WASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama has warned that a spate of sexual assaults in the military endangered US national security and vowed to do everything possible to fix the problem.Obama promised to act as he met Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel, the highest ranking US military officer Army General ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Squash Federation is proceeding with its policy of not using the common sense and persists on forcing top players Aamir, Farhan and Nasir to appear in the trial matches for the World Team Squash Championship to be held in France from June 9 to 15. All three players have already ...

KARACHI The World Kidney Day is celebrated each year to bring awareness about chronic kidney disease. The day was observed by Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) at three centers - Karachi, Sukkur and Kathore. A total of 982 people underwent physical examination. Experts at SIUT ...

QUETTA - Senior Vice President Balochistan National Party (BNP), Dr Jahanzaib Jamaldini, has claimed that party workers timely rounded up 10 workers of secret agencies who wanted to harm party President Sardar Akthar Mengal.“Kalashnikovs and identity cards of secret agencies were also seized ...

The ailing country needs drastic measures taken by the caretaker governing body to bring it back on track. It has been seen in the past that the caretakers have taken steps to improve the country in few a days; I wish that we could get rulers who are imbued with this spirit. Having not seen that, ...

The designation of the Haqqani network as a terrorist organisation would have no impact on Afghan reconciliation efforts, US officials said, hoping the peace process would continue. “We don’t anticipate this designation will have any impact on reconciliation efforts. Those continue to ...

LAHORE – After the Supreme Court has called Premier Gilani for indictment in a contempt of court case, the question arises whether dye has been cast against him or he still has time to prevent further damage to his government, his very office and even the president – whom he is ...

ADOPTING a vegetarian diet based around meat substitutes such as tofu can cause more damage to the environment, according to a new study. It has often been claimed that avoiding red meat is beneficial to the environment, because it lowers emissions and less land is used to produce alternatives. ...

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran on Saturday acknowledged its takeover of an oil well on the Iraqi border but insisted the well lies on its land, playing down the fallout from the first such incident since the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Our forces are on our own soil and, based on the known international borders, ...

LONDON (AFP) - Healthy people taking a daily dose of aspirin to prevent heart attacks may be doing themselves more harm than good, according to a new study by British scientists. Researchers found that the risks of bleeding from taking aspirin were such that its routine use in healthy people cannot ...

KARACHI - A plausible difference has been found in the transit trade agreements (TTA) between Pakistan and India with Afghanistan and Nepal which indicates the inefficiency of the Pakistani government to shield its sovereignty from future threats in economic prospects, The Nation has learnt. ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The harvesting season is yet to approach and agriculturists are concerned that excessive rains across the country may harm wheat crop this year. The harvesting season usually starts in mid April but the continuous rains might delay the process and it is feared that more rains can ...

WOMEN are more likely than men to suffer damage to their health from being in a strained marriage, research suggests. US psychologists found wives in tense marriages were prone to risk factors for heart disease, stroke and diabetes. In comparison, husbands seemed relatively immune from such ...

A daily aspirin taken to ward off heart attacks could do more harm than good, scientists warn today. Routine use of the drug fails to prevent victims of type 2 diabetes suffering a first cardiac arrest, their research suggests. They say there is no evidence to show it prevents a heart ...

FAISALABAD - Expressing grave concern over the sharp increase in the locally manufactured caustic soda flakes, Chairman All Pakistan Textile Processing Mills Association (APTPMA) Muhammad Riaz Sheikh and former Chairman APTPMA M Iqbal Arbi have expressed indignation over the unilateral enhancement ...

ISLAMABAD - In the face of rising anti-US sentiments coupled with grave political crisis confronting the country, the ruling circles here fear that Washington's opposition to peace deals in the restive tribal regions and demand for military operations could harm the stability of the country. ...

FAISALABAD - Chairman Faisalabad Dry Port Trust and former President, Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Sheikh Ashfaq Ahmed has strongly flayed the enhancement of banks mark-up by the SBP on the pretext of curbing inflation and said that this unwarranted increase would badly hit the ...