LAHORE -  Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab Aftab Sultan on Tuesday warned that there would be zero tolerance for violators of the code of conduct prescribed for the general elections 2013 as the police are ordered to deal with them strictly. The provincial police chief said that ...

ISLAMABAD - A high-level delegation of American cotton scientists visited Pakistan last week to review progress and plan new strategies with Pakistani counterparts to fight the Cotton Leaf Curl Virus (CLCV), a devastating disease that affects cotton yields in Pakistan and caused loss of an ...

NEW DELHI (AFP) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday underlined the need for more action to tackle crime against women as the country reels under a spate of sex attacks that have made global headlines. Singh said his government had moved quickly to bring about significant amendments in ...

ISLAMABAD  - Intellectual Property Organization (IPO-Pakistan) Chairman Hameed Ullah Jan Afridi has said that intellectual property  is the base of nation’s economy and strong IP system can foster the creativity and innovations.He said that an IP system promotes the culture of ...

Pakistan should "urgently act" to protect minority Shias Muslims from rising sectarian attacks that have killed hundreds this year, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.At least 320 Shias have been killed in targeted attacks this year across Pakistan, including more than 100 in southwestern Baluchistan ...

LAHORE - Public relation experts through an effective strategy pave the way for solution of children’s problems. These views were expressed by speakers at an awareness session arranged by Children Complaint Office on Wednesday. Addressing the session on the topic “Raise your voice for ...

ISLAMABAD (NNI)legation of representatives of Pharmaceutical Industry led by Nasir M. Qureshi, Chairman of Pakistan Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Association North Zone visited Islamabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ICCI) and issued the impact of giving MFN status to India with respect to ...

MIRPUR (AJK) Pakistan Muslim League-N Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif has stated that the then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee had assured him that the Kashmir issue would be resolved by the year 1999 but Musharraf embarked upon the Kargil war and brought a bad name to Pakistan. 'I had to ...

ISLAMABAD - Leaders and workers of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) and Jammat-i-Islami staged separate rallies to celebrate Youm-i-Takbeer here on Saturday. The activists of PML-N largely comprising members of partys women wing belonging to Rawalpindi and Islamabad gathered at the Chaghi Model and ...

WASHINGTON (APP) - Pakistans ability to safeguard its nuclear assets remains unaffected by some recent acts of terrorism in the South Asian country, according to a senior US defence official. The official was answering a question in a media interaction in the backdrop of this weeks deadly militant ...

LAHORE - A crucial agreement for mapping and monitoring forests of Murree Forests Division and to highlight encroachments on forest land was signed between Punjab Forest Department and World Wide Fund for NaturePakistan (WWFP). The ceremony took place at the Punjab Forest Secretariat which was ...

ISLAMABAD - PML-Q (Likeminded) will not allow anyone to violate the rights of people of Balochistan and do corruption in the world's fifth largest gold and copper reservoirs in Reko Diq. This was stated by President of PML-Q (Likeminded) and Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs ...

LONDON (Agencies) - The post-Soviet state of Uzbekistan is a nightmarish world of rampant corruption, organised crime, forced labour in the cotton fields, and torture, according to the leaked cables, reports the Guardian. But the secret dispatches released by WikiLeaks reveal that the US tries to ...

KARACHI - Speakers at the 'Dialogue on Ecological Impacts of Floods on Tuesday underlined urgent need for efforts to rehabilitate and protect the displaced wildlife, reduce severe ecological impacts and promote forest coverage across the province to avert such catastrophic effects of floods in ...

KARACHI - Awami National Party (ANP) Sindh Chief Shahi Syed on Monday urged the political forces to play their role for lasting peace in Karachi as merciless hired assassins were killing innocent people on ethnic basis. In a statement issued here, Shahi Syed asked the political forces to come ...

ISLAMABAD Federal Minister for Minorities Affairs, Shahbaz Bhatti has announced a two-pronged strategy to ensure protection of minorities and to promotes interfaith harmony in the country here on Tuesday. Addressing a news conference at the Press Information Department, the Minister said that a ...

LAHORE- The Farmers Association of Pakistan (FAP) on Thursday strongly criticised the Punjab government and said that the Punjab Food Department has failed to protect the rights of the growers during the current wheat procurement campaign. According to a press release, the members of FAP during ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistans Armed Forces are committed to secure every inch of the country. These remarks were made by Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Pavez Kayani while addressing the troops taking part in the second phase of Exercise Azm-e-Nau 111 on Tuesday. He witnessed a number of logistic and ...

KARACHI - The Executive Committee of the Sindh National Front (SNF) held a meting at the residence of chairman, Mumtaz Ali Bhutto on Saturday. The Committee meeting was chaired by Mumtaz Ali Bhutto. The committee has reviewed the two-year performance of PPP led government and lashed out its ...

KAMRA Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has made it clear that the United States will have to take Pakistan into confidence over new Afghan policy. The COAS said this while informally talking to a group of senior journalists shortly after the rollout ceremony of Pakistans first ...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - An official US commission accused ally India of failing to protect Christian and Muslim minorities from violent attacks, prompting a denial Thursday from New Delhi. The report from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom placed India on a watch list over alleged ...

LAHORE - Gazetted Officers Residences (GOR-I) has been declared a high security zone after threats of terrorist acts as all the 14 roads, except two, leading to the exclusive area have been blocked 'till further orders. But seemingly, all these entry and exit points have been blocked permanently by ...

ISTANBUL (AFP) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) urged the international community Sunday to protect crucial water and sanitation systems during wartime ahead of an international forum here on water and the management of scarce sources. "Water, sewage and electrical power ...

KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan is planning to introduce 'Consumer Protection Bill' soon with an objective to improve banks' services towards consumers as well as to guarantee their protection in an increasingly market-oriented financial system. The laws, regulations and codes of the said bill ...

THE temperature might not be the only thing plummeting this winter. Many people also will experience a decrease in their vitamin D levels, which can play a role in heart disease, according to a new review article in Circulation. Vitamin D deficiency results in part from reduced exposure to ...

A super-vaccine that could give permanent protection against all forms of flu is being developed by British doctors. The once-in-a-lifetime vaccine could do away with the need for an annual jab, according to researchers at Oxford University. At present, the current jab has to be given every ...

EATING oily fish once a week may reduce age-related macular degeneration (AMD) which is the major cause of blindness and poor vision in adults in western countries and the third cause of global blindness, according to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition August 8, 2008. ...

Tibet may limit the number of tourists and mountaineers to Mount Qomolangma to protect its fragile ecology, the region's top environmental official has said. The rising number of tourists and mountaineers makes protecting the environment a tough job, said Zhang Yongze, director of the Tibet ...

AMY Winehouse is reportedly paying 1,000 per week to keep husband Blake Fielder-Civil safe in prison. The 'Rehab' singer's money pays five inmates to protect her husband from other prisoners, who have targeted him because of Amy's fame. She is also said to be shelling out a further 1,000 to ...