About 20 operations are put off every day and around 60 have been postponed so far in few days in a 1400-bed Jinnah Hospital.Hospital sources said 1000 patients including 300 visit the emergency department of the hospital for treatment every day and around 30 needed surgery but due to persistent ...

About 20 operations are put off every day and around 60 have been postponed so far in few days in a 1400-bed Jinnah Hospital.Hospital sources said 1000 patients including 300 vist the emergency department of the hospital for treatment every day and around 30 needed surgery but due to persistent ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Thursday reproached SSP (Operations) Lahore issuing contempt notices to him and his two subordinates for arresting son of a widow in violation of the court orders.The court was hearing a contempt petition moved by Salima Bibi who sought action against SSP ...

Pakistani troops overran two militant hideouts and killed 16 insurgents after heavy overnight fighting at a flashpoint near the Afghan border in which two soldiers also died, the military said Sunday.The fighting took place in the wake of a fresh military push in the Tirah valley in the tribal ...

KARACHI - Heavy contingent of the police conducted targeted operation in various areas including Khayaban-e-Badar of the City, apprehending at least twenty five suspects. Numerous suspicious vehicles also were impounded during the operation, adding various firearms including SMG, 6 TTs and a pistol ...

A Spokesman of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) said on Sunday morning that Peshawar Air Base which was attacked by terrorist last on Saturday night is in total control and normal operations have resumed. Giving the details of attack and the security operation at the base, he said in a statement issued ...

NEW YORK - Agents with Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency posed as American CIA agents in operations to recruit members of Jundallah, the Pakistan-based militant group, to conduct the Jewish state’s ‘covert, bloody, and ongoing campaign’ against Iran, a report in an ...

ISLAMABAD - AutoSoft Dynamics, an industry leader in bank automation IT solutions, has signed an agreement with Sindh Bank Ltd. to provide its robust AutoBanker software to automate their core banking operations in over 150 branches, of which almost 50 are already in operation to date. The popular ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistans military clings to its decision not to launch a military offensive in the coming months as Armys top commanders met on Friday ahead of a US envoys expected visit to Pakistan. The Corps Commanders Conference held at the General Headquarters (GHQ) discussed a host of strategic ...

Amnesty International has released an urgent appeal on the internet asking people to write to the Pakistani Government, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Chief Minister Nawabzada Aslam Raisani and their own countries diplomatic representatives to take concrete ...

KANDAHAR (Reuters) - It is unclear if the United States will be able to pay troops on time in the event of a debt default, the top US military officer told troops in Afghanistan on Saturday. Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US militarys Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Pentagon officials were ...

KARACHI - The governmental and non- governmental rescue organisations having or claiming the responsibility for working in volatile situations stopped working in the restive city causing increased number of losses. Ethnic and political violence erupted in various parts of the metropolitan city ...

KARACHI - Fauji Akbar Portia Marine Terminal, a dry bulk cargo handling and storage terminal, located in the vicinity of Port Qasim Authority, is expected to shut down permanently due to facing heavy financial losses caused by the violent attacks of the unregistered dock labourers on its employees ...

KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan has allowed NRSP Microfinance Bank to commence business as a nationwide microfinance bank. Earlier, the SBP had issued a license to the Bank. NRSP Microfinance Bank now becomes the 6th microfinance bank to operate on nationwide basis whereas two microfinance ...

JAMES TRAUB The most delicious aspect of the WikiLeaks cables is overhearing Mommy and Daddy gossip about the neighbours: Gaddafis a nut, Prince Andrew a boor, Sarkozy a megalomaniac, and so on. Of course, we already knew all that - and the fact that we did has given rise to the dismissive ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) The Ministry of Religious Affairs is planning to take over the control of Umra and Ziarat operations aimed at ensuring maximum facilities to intending pilgrims at reasonable packages. Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Hamid Saeed Kazmi talking to this news agency said that the ...

KARACHI - Train operations in Karachi Division were severely affected as nearly Rs2 billion allocation for the rehabilitation of 36 ageing locomotives was allegedly misused. A source, privy to the situation, on condition of anonymity told TheNation here on Thursday that half of the allocation for ...

PARACHINAR Security forces have killed at least 32 militants in Orakzai, Kurram Agencies and Hangu. According to details, at least 16 militants including a militant commander have reportedly been killed as the gunship helicopters pounded their suspected hideouts in Kurram Agency here on ...

KARACHI - Showing its interest to acquire the major shareholding of RBS-Pakistan, EFG-Hermes, Egypts premier investment banking firm and brokerage services provider, has requested State Bank of Pakistan to grant permission for conducting the due diligence of RBS Pakistan, the central banks official ...

KARACHI - The Royal Bank of Scotland has decided to recommence the process for the sale of its potential shareholding and local operations in Pakistan. According to the information dispatched to Karachi Stock Exchange on Thursday, the RBS Group plc said it has started again the process for the ...

KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has advised commercial banks to make special arrangements for avoiding breakdowns and providing adequate cash at Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), especially on the eve of Eidul Fitr to facilitate customers. In a communication to all commercial banks on ...

ISLAMABAD - The prevailing financial crunch has not only affected the commoners but some leading business enterprises and industrial tycoons have been forced to suspend their operations as well, on account of adverse earning conditions. The gravity of the situation could be witnessed from the fact ...

KARACHI - Swiss Business Council (SBC) has started conducting its business out of its own office, established at Karachi, after operating for nearly a year from Swiss Consulate, Karachi. During its first year of operation, it has made significant progress in developing business-to-business ...

WASHINGTON - The Pakistan Embassy Saturday described as an "off-the-cuff remark" a U.S. senator's statement suggesting that the drones operated from an air base inside the Pakistani territory, saying there were no foreign bases in the country. "It was an off the cuff remark and not a revelation as ...

BRUSSELS (AFP) - NATO has launched its first anti-piracy mission off Somalia after one of its warships successfully escorted a cargo ship to the port of Mogadishu, the alliance's chief said Monday. "One NATO ship just finished escorting a ship which was bringing in supplies" for the ...

LAHORE - Siemens AG, the world's largest Engineering Company is restructuring its worldwide operations to focus on three Sectors Industry, Energy and Healthcare. These will be divided into 15 Divisions. This was announced by Siemens Pakistan at the start of their media campaign Answers that ...

KARACHI - Leading organizations in Pakistan have been choosing Oracle to be able to address important business issues including compliance to regulatory requirements, data security, enhanced business efficiencies, disaster recovery and business recovery. Organizations across diverse industries ...

KARACHI - The PPP-backed employees' trade union workers of the MCB Bank turned violent on Monday and they not only paralysed the operations of the bank in the entire Karachi, but also damaged a couple of branches of the Bank and manhandled some members of the staff. The unionists also created a ...

KARACHI- The UK-based Barclays Bank has transferred $100 million to Pakistan to kick-off its operations. This acquisition transaction made by the said bank has accelerated the growth of foreign direct investment in the country. The Barclays Bank had transferred 100 million dollars to Pakistan to ...

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. World Health Organization issued its first guidelines on Tuesday aimed at reducing complications and deaths from the rising numbers of operations now being performed. WHO, which is based in Geneva, says that 234 million major surgeries are now performed every year ...