LAHORE - Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz central leader Maryam Nawaz Sharif has stressed that the May 11 elections should not be compromised for any reasons, saying the state should provide foolproof security to political leaders at all levels as peace is the key to free and fair polls. In an ...

Karachi - Three blasts and a hand grenade attack targeted within hours secular political forces in different parts of Karachi, killing at least four people and wounding 41 others on Saturday, the four consecutive day of election related violence that has put in further doubt on time holding of ...

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for Commerce and Textile Maqbool H H Rahmatoola on Sunday said we must increase export of value added items for the survival of the country. He said that government is working on increasing exports while focusing on small and medium enterprises. He said this while ...

KARACHI - Cops having association with defunct Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan were arrested by Anti Violent and Crime Cell here on Friday.According to details, Assistant Sub Inspector Rana Ishrat deployed in AVCC found involved in the murder of ASI Ashraf and was also providing assistance to the TTP in ...

TOULOUSE, France (AFP) - French police arrested two people on Tuesday in connection with the attacks by extremist gunman Mohamed Merah, whose shooting spree in and around the southern city of Toulouse this year left seven people dead. One man described by police as a member of the traveller ...

Foreign Office Spokesman Moazzam Ahmed Khan on Thursday said that attack on Malala Yousafzai is reprehensible act and it should not be linked to other matters.When his attention was drawn that Malala Yousufzai issue is being exploited by US and Britain to launch operation in North Waziristan‚ ...

NEW YORK - A senior Chinese official has alleged that militants in north-western China have ‘deep-seated ties’ to Pakistan-based terror groups, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal Wednesday.The newspaper called the accusation ‘unusually explicit’ that could put ...

SLEEP-disordered breathing - snoring, mouth breathing and apnoea (abnormally long pauses in breathing during sleep) - can affect anyone, but a recent study shows that particularly in very young children, there is more than a good night’s sleep at risk.A new analysis of data provided by ...

PARIS  - Commonly-prescribed sleeping pills are linked to a more-than fourfold risk of premature death, according to an American study published in the journal BMJ Open on Monday.These medications were also associated at higher doses with a 35-percent increased risk of cancer as compared with ...

SIALKOT - The Gujranwala regional police officer has said that the mutual cooperation between police and public is vital for bridging the gap between them so as to ensure peace.Ahmad Mubarak said that the police should go ahead with the friendly hands towards the public for ensuring justice to the ...

AHMEDPUR EAST - No political understanding has yet taken place between the Bahawalpur National Awami Party and the Pakistan Muslim League-N, BNAP spokesman said. Talking to media representatives, the spokesman refuted the news item appeared in a section of the media that party chief Nawab  ...

WASHINGTON  - Across southern Florida, rabbits, raccoons, bobcats and foxes have been disappearing at dramatic rates over the past decade, and invasive Burmese pythons are to blame, a US study said Monday.The big snakes which are native to southeast Asia have been devouring all kinds of ...

PARIS - Car owners with a television are 27 percent more likely to suffer heart attacks than people who have neither, according to a global study on physical exercise and heart disease published Wednesday.More broadly, the study — covering more than 29,000 people in 52 countries — ...

SADIQABAD - The PML-Functional provincial vice president has ruled out holding of credible elections unless all the eligible voters are registered.“The nation is demanding immediate holding of general elections while the Election Commission of Pakistan had submitted incomplete voters’ ...

OLDER women with sleep apnea have twice the risk of developing dementia as those without the breathing disorder, according to a study published Tuesday, but the data werent conclusive as to why. The findings indicate that people with sleep apnea should be screened for cognitive problems, said ...

BABIES who cry excessively and have problems feeding and sleeping have a greater risk of serious behavioural problems later in life, say scientists. One in five babies has symptoms that could lead to conditions such as ADHD, according to research. The review of previous studies looked at nearly ...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The United States has halted drone attacks on militants along Pakistan's western border in a development analysts believe is linked to US attempts to secure the release of a jailed US consular employee. After months of frequent strikes from unmanned US aircraft on militant ...

YALE University researchers have identified two novel genetic mutations that can trigger hypertension in up to a third of patients suffering from a common cause of severe high blood pressure, they report in the Feb. 11 issue of the journal Science. The findings are a major step in understanding the ...

THEY are two of the most common chronic conditions in women - migraine and chronic pelvic pain. And, according to the latest research, the two complaints may be linked. Seven out of ten women with chronic pelvic pain also have migraine, three times the normal rate. Researchers say more ...

A CHEMICAL found in toothpaste and other toiletries has been linked to brain damage in unborn babies, a study has revealed. Scientists are worried after new findings revealed that triclosan can contribute to brain damage in the womb; the study found that pregnant women who are exposed to high ...

BEIJING (AFP) - A top official at Chinas food and drug safety watchdog who is under investigation has been linked to alleged bribery cases involving US giant Johnson & Johnson, a Chinese newspaper reported. Zhang Jingli, one of four deputy heads of Chinas State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), ...

PERFLUOROOCTANOIC acid (PFOA), a chemical used in non-stick cookware, food packaging, as well as, for making carpets and fabrics stain and water repellent, and thyroid disease in adults. The substance to be found throughout the home has previously been branded, as being potentially ...

A NEW study carried out at the University of Haifa has found that the hormone oxytocin, the love hormone, which affects behaviours such as trust, empathy and generosity, also affects opposite behaviours, such as jealousy and gloating. Subsequent to these findings, we assume that the hormone is an ...

WHILE fatherhood might be far from the minds of most young men, behavior patterns they establish early on may impact their ability to become a dad later in life. Excessive laptop use tops this list of liabilities, according to one reproductive specialist at Loyola University Health System ...

LAHORE - Federal Minister for Industries and Production Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo has said the prices of the Pakistan Steel Mills products would be linked with the international markets and the PSM would have to seek permission from the Ministry of Industries and Production for any change in its ...

FORMER EastEnders actress Louisa Lytton has been linked to the next movie in the American Pie franchise. The Daily Mail reports that Lytton, who played Ruby in the BBC One soap, will take on the role of an English woman called Imogen in American Pie: Book Of Love. The part would mark the first big ...

Maintaining blood sugar levels, even in the absence of disease, may be an important strategy for preserving cognitive health, suggests a study published by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC). Senior moments, also dubbed by New York Times Op-Ed columnist David Brooks as being ...

KARACHI (PPI) - Patients with a deadly lung disease are three times as likely to experience severe coronary events - including heart attacks - than their normal counterparts, according to a recent study. The study is based on an analysis of cardiovascular disease risk in nearly 1,000 patients with ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad in India has claimed that a serving Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit, who was arrested in connection with the Malegaon blast, was also involved in 2007 Samjhauta blast. ATS said to the Nashik Court that the accused had used ...

PARIS (AFP) - A newly-discovered genetic flaw may lay the nervous system open to assault from the body's own immune system, leading to multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published Sunday. In MS, the immune system attacks myelin, the fatty sheath that protects the cells of the central ...