NOORPUR THAL Most of the educational institutions running both in the public and private sectors in the city and its adjoining areas lack basic facilities like teaching staff, fans, air-coolers, cold potable water, school buses and shadows for students. A survey conducted by The Nation revealed ...

ISLAMABAD - AHMAD AHMADANI - The Senate Standing Committee on Water and Power on Monday expressed its deep shock when Islamabad Electricity Supply Company Chief Executive Yousuf Awan disclosed the Presidency, Prime Minister’s House, Supreme Court, GHQ, ISI Headquarters, National ...

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) Thursday forecast mainly hot and dry weather for most parts of the country during next 24 hours. According to the synoptic situation, seasonal low lies over north-east Balochistan and its adjoining areas.Continental air is prevailing over ...

LAHORE- Plains of the country remained in the grip of severe heat weave on Wednesday with frequent outages adding to the woes of heat stricken people.As no significant rain giving system is approaching the country, the prevailing heat wave is likely to persist during the next couple of days with ...

LAHORE- Two unidentified men were found dead from different parts of the city on Saturday. Police investigators believe the deceased were drug addicts and succumbed to heat. A 45-year-old man was lying dead onto footpath near the Batiwala Chowk in the Shafiqabad police limits. Some passersby ...

MIAMI - LeBron James scored 16 of his 30 points in a pivotal third quarter to lead the Miami Heat to a 90-79 victory over Indiana and to within one win of returning to the NBA finals. The reigning NBA champion Heat took a 3-2 lead over the Pacers in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals. The ...

SIALKOTA number of people from Sialkot district and its adjoining areas swarmed the Head Marala which is a famous picnic spot along the banks of River Chenab. Meanwhile, a Sialkot city-based youth has lost his life while taking a bath in the Upper Chenab Canal. Due to the sizzling hot weather and ...

LAHORE - Parts of the country including Lahore received rainfall of varying intensities on Sunday with experts predicting more rains during the next 24 hours. Rains, patches of clouds and strong winds provided much-needed respite to the people from the severe heat wave persisting for the last one ...

LAHORE  - Another two persons succumbed to scorching heat on Saturday in the provincial metropolis, police sources said. The police recovered both the bodies from different parts of the city and. A 75-year-old man, yet to be identified, was recovered the limits of Data Darbar police. ...

LAHORE -plains of the country remained in the grip of severe heat wave on Friday with experts predicting the prevailing harsh weather conditions to persist during the next couple of days. Lack of rains and abundance of sunshine is causing gradual increase in the mercury level with frequent ...

HAFIZABADFollowing sharp rise in the mercury coupled with prolonged power loadshedding for the past one week, heat-borne diseases have also increased in the city.During last 48 hours, more than 150 children, suffering from cholera and gastro dieses, have been admitted in the DHQ hospital. As ...

SHEIKHUPURA/HAFIZABAD/SIALKOT/BAHAWALPURBecause of scorching summer and prolonged outages, a number of people particularly schoolchildren in parts of the Punjab got fainted and were hospitalised while one of them has been reported dead. In Sheikhupura, like other parts of the country, and its ...

BAHAWALPUR/SIALKOT/BAHAWALNAGAR/BHAKKARUp to 22-hour unscheduled loadshedding of electricity here is badly affecting the work of small and big sized industrial units, traders and studies of the students.In Bahawalpur, loadshedding periods have increased to 18 hours, making the people’s lives ...

SIALKOT  - Scorching heat claimed two lives in Sialkot district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Bajwat villager Bashir Hussain, 47, and Ghulam Rasul, 51, from Pasrur.The temperature rose to 43 degrees Celsius as the hot winds continue lashing the district and its adjoining areas. ...

LAHOREScorching heat claimed a life in the provincial capital on Monday. The 40-year-old man was rushed to hospital after he fell unconscious in the Model Town courts. Eyewitnesses told the police that the man was walking on the footpath when he fell.  He was taken to hospital where doctors ...

ROME  - Thousands of people protested in Rome on Saturday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating jobs to help pull the country out of recession.“We hope that this government will finally start listening to us because ...

LAHORE - The City received rain on Tuesday with experts predicting mainly hot and dry weather and dust raising winds during the next 24 hours. Strong winds started blowing in the wee hours that followed by showers, making weather pleasant in the morning by causing considerable decrease in the ...

SIALKOTThe massive participation of the masses in PTI Chairman Imran Khan public meeting held at Jinnah Stadium here on Monday has proved that the “winds of political change” have started blowing and Sialkot might witness a big political upset, especially in National Assembly ...

LAHORE : The international standard high quality Pak “fire and heat proof” garments, especially manufactured for car racers and motorbike riders attracted 20 foreign markets. Abdul Ghafoor Butt, CEO of BFW, told APP here Friday that Pak-made fire and heat proof garments meet ...

ISLAMABAD - Facing fury from mainstream political parties over the provision of ‘slack’ security in the wake of repeated terrorist attacks, the Chief Election Commissioner has attempted to pacify the leaderships of three grieved parties and extended his ‘wholehearted’ ...

SHEIKHUPURA - Like other parts of the country, the city and its adjoining areas are in the grip of heat wave. As a result 8 people including two of them vendors fainted. According to detail, Badar, Mansha, Yousaf and Rani Bibi in village Vern were working in their field and suffered sunstroke. They ...

PATTAYA  - Japan's Ai Miyazato put on a performance to match the sizzling heat as she fired a five-under 67 to take the first round lead in the $1.5 million Honda LPGA Thailand tournament Thursday.Miyazato, who won the same tournament two years ago, took a one-shot lead over Australian veteran ...

ISLAMABAD - The city managers are weighing the merits and demerits of a proposal aiming to make the gigantic facility Pakistan-China Friendship Centre, a symbol of friendship, economically self-sustainable by renting/leasing out the portions of the building.Inaugurated on December 17, 2010 by ...

MULTAN - Despite the fact that much of public’s attention is focused on Prime Minister’s appearance in the supreme court, the electioneering is picking up in Multan as the prospective candidates have started submitting their nomination papers for two national assembly seats NA-148 and ...

NEW DELHI  - Less than a year after being hailed as India's greatest cricket captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni finds his head on the block after another woeful Test series abroad.The 30-year-old could do no wrong when he led India to World Cup glory at home in April last year, his second big ...

BRUSSELS  - Two weeks before a new summit, European leaders are under pressure to deliver a credible solution to the debt crisis after Standard & Poor's punished their policies with stinging credit downgrades.Eurozone governments face an uphill battle as they scramble to avoid a messy debt ...

BERLIN  - Germany’s main opposition party piled pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday over a scandal dogging her handpicked candidate for president, calling for new elections if he were to step down.As new revelations emerge almost daily about Christian Wulff, 52, and a home ...

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE  - US President Barack Obama lands in Washington Tuesday after his Hawaiian vacation, facing a buzz saw of Republican campaign attacks as his reelection bid enters an intense new phase.Obama left behind the idyllic beaches, sumptuous restaurants and golf courses of his ...

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The Gothic gloom of the House of Commons committee corridor is a baleful place for Conservative leaders; it was here that Margaret Thatcher was despatched by her own treacherous MPs in 1990. But on Wednesday night against the odds David Cameron was greeted like a hero. Stick it up em, carry on, ...