LONDON- Mark Webber will be under pressure to produce his best at next weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix if he is to keep alive his hopes of retaining his seat with defending champions Red Bull next year. After a difficult start to the 2013 season, Webber knows he has to deliver consistent strong ...

New research indicates that high and abnormally low blood pressures can have a detrimental effect on one's thinking ability or however, the association seems to be influenced by age, educational level, and use of blood pressure drugs. The findings are based on a study of 847 subjects who completed ...

ISLAMABAD - A simple operation which could cure high blood pressure is being tested on patients in the UK.The breakthrough treatment could save thousands of lives each year after the trials showed a substantial and permanent reduction in blood pressure and a decrease in drugs needed.It is hoped the ...

FAISALABAD - The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) have criticized the low pressure of gas supply to textile industry as 90 percent low gas pressure has been hitting the industrial production, rendering the textile industry unable to operate.In a statement issued, PTEA Chairman Asghar ...

FAISALABAD - The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) have criticized the low pressure of gas supply to textile industry as 90 percent low gas pressure has been hitting the industrial production, rendering the textile industry unable to operate.In a statement issued, PTEA Chairman Asghar ...

CARACAS  - Venezuela plunged into uncertainty Monday, with acting President Nicolas Maduro due to be proclaimed the winner of a tight election to succeed the late Hugo Chavez despite international pressure for a recount.After Chavez dominated elections for 14 years, his political heir barely ...

ISLAMABAD – The major political players, PPP and PM-N, are delaying announcement of their candidates till the last moment ostensibly to counterbalance pressure from those who have also filed nomination papers, seeking tickets.The move comes on the face of potential threat from those party ...

RAWALPINDI - After a series of allegations against Punjab Emergency Service (PES) Rescue 1122 Director General (DG) Dr Rizwan Naseer, the former Chief Minister (CM) Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif instead of ordering probe into the allegations had closed the file saying, “Chief Minister has seen. ...

ISLAMABAD – A study analyzed that a modest reduction in salt intake for four or more weeks caused significant falls in blood pressure in people with both raised and normal blood pressure. This happened in both men and women, irrespective of ethnic group, it was reported. The study led by ...

ISLAMABAD - World Health Day is being observed today and the theme of this year’s World Health Day campaign is high blood pressure.This year’s campaign provides an opportunity to focus attention on the prevention and control of heart disease and stroke through a focus on hypertension ...

MOHALI : Matthew Wade has said the batsmen need to find the right balance between patience and aggression if they are to give Michael Clarke the support. "Michael has had to score a truckload of runs for us. I felt very disappointed when I got out in this Test match. Individually we'd like to stick ...

LAHORE - The PML-Q’s political partnership with PPP seems to be in danger as many leaders of the junior coalition partner are shaky about contesting next elections in alliance with the PPP, The Nation has learnt.Though desirous of revision to the seat adjustment formula agreed with the PPP, ...

BEIRUT - Syria’s exiled opposition has for the first time agreed on the concept of dialogue with the regime, while maintaining its insistence on President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, ahead of key US-Russian talks on the Syrian conflict. Key Assad backer Moscow and opposition supporter ...

Terming Tahirul Qadri a ‘pressure group’, Federal Law Minister Farooq H Naek has said that a specific pressure group was pressing the government to fulfil its extra-constitutional demands.The law minister was called to Karachi by President Asif Ali Zardari and reached Islamabad on ...

RANCHI England batsman Eoin Morgan on Friday said that "pressure will always be there" on India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as he has to shoulder the burden of expectations of a billion people."I think he (Dhoni) is always going to be under pressure. He is the captain of India. He has 1.2 billion ...

ABU DHABI  - Andy Murray believes his landmark US Open triumph has lifted so much pressure off his shoulders that his path to more Grand Slam glory in 2013 is now free of self-doubt.World number three Murray became the first British man since 1936 to win a major when he defeated Novak Djokovic ...

BANGALORE - Guiding a Pakistani side to play against India on their home soil may be a pressure job but Dav Whatmore says he is comfortable doing his duties in the upcoming bilateral series since he has already worked with sub-continent players in the past.The short Pakistan tour will begin with a ...

KOLKATA - With the four-Test series levelled at 1-1 after India's ploy to prepare a turning track backfired in Mumbai, the hosts will seek to bounce back as they go into the third Test against England on Wednesday with intense pressure on their under-performing star players to deliver before its ...

PARIS  - Paris and London called in Israel’s envoys for consultations Monday as the Jewish state faced mounting diplomatic pressure over plans to build 3,000 settler homes in east Jerusalem and the West Bank.Germany and Russia also raised concerns about the Israeli plans, which the UN ...

LONDON (AFP) - Pressure is mounting on multinationals, notably Google and Starbucks, to justify the amount of tax they are paying in Britain amid accusations that the levels are far too low.According to figures cited by Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke, Google paid only £3.4 million ($5.4 ...

VEHARI - Though trade unions are meant for protecting labour rights, the groups have been lobbied for serving vested interests, according a survey conducted by TheNation.The unions have also been used as pressure group. When an individual has no separate entity, he/she joins union. Like other parts ...

LONDON  - Championship leader Lewis Hamilton has warned that there is no time to relax despite his victory at last weekend's Canadian Formula One Grand Prix.The McLaren driver now has a two-point lead in the title race over nearest rival Fernando Alonso of Ferrari in what has been the sport's ...

AUGUSTA - A new golfing year, but the same old question confronts Luke Donald and Lee Westwood for the Masters at Augusta National next week - when will they finally win a major?The English pair have shared the world number one ranking for all but 10 weeks in the last 17 months, but in that time ...

Centcom Commander-in-Chief Gen James Mattis and Nato Isaf Commander in Afghanistan Gen John Allen came to Islamabad. They met Pakistani COAS Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Thursday in the first meeting between the two sides since Nato helicopters under General Allen’s command, killed 26 soldiers ...

LONDON  - A lawmaker is to demand that the UK television watchdog probe new hacking claims against News Corp, piling more pressure on BSkyB Chairman James Murdoch, whose fitness to own a broadcast licence is already under scrutiny. A BBC Panorama documentary broadcast on Monday alleged NDS, a ...

COLOMBO Virat Kohli is being hailed as one of cricket's finest upcoming batsmen and senior India player Sachin Tendulkar agrees but he does not want the youngster to be put under too much pressure just at the beginning of what seems to be a promising career. "He is a very good player. He is a ...

The All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) has warned the government that it would stop publishing its advertisements from March 12 owing to non-payment of dues. Its Executive Committee that met in Karachi on Tuesday also hinted at the possibility of countrywide protests in case their dues were not ...

NEW YORK - Israel's main backers in the US are putting "extraordinary" public pressure on US President Barack Obama ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington, demanding that Obama harden his stance with regards to the Iranian nuclear programme, the New York Times reported on ...

AUCKLAND - A series that comes down to its final match is always one worth watching but that is not the only thing that makes the battle between South Africa and New Zealand so compelling. In between both sides handing out comprehensive beatings to each other, with South Africa's perhaps the more ...

The American officials are holding vigorous negotiations with the Pakistani leadership convincing the latter to backtrack from the Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline project. As an alternate, they have offered to sell Liquefied Natural Gas, or LNG, at a discounted rate to Pakistan. While such economic ...