Managing Director Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) Muhammad Akram Soban said that the authority has finalized the monsoon 2013 mitigation plan.The plan includes annual dredging/de-silting of Lai Nullah, cleaning of all sewerage network in WASA's jurisdiction, inspection of machinery/equipment and ...

SYDNEY - The small Australian town of Wee Waa is readying for its global launch of the new album by French group Daft Punk, despite being pipped at the post with the music already available online. Wee Waa, a farming town known as the "Cotton Capital of Australia", lies about 500 kilometres ...

ISLAMABAD – With the start of summer, the Capital Development Authority is getting ready to cater to the water needs of the federal capital by strengthening its enforcement and water conservation mechanism.In this regard, CDA Chairman Syed Tahir Shahbaz chaired a meeting and directed the ...

ISLAMABAD - Parliamentary Committee on National Security has almost completed the initial draft recommendations to redefine the country’s foreign policy with specific reference to the country’s ties with the US and cooperation with Nato/Isaf in ongoing war on terror.Sources aware of the ...

MILAN (AFP) - Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti shored up support for a plan of budget cuts and pension reforms due to be unveiled on Monday in a bid to defeat a crisis that has threatened to destroy the eurozone. The measures are aimed at calming a wave of panic on the market that helped oust ...

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Britain is to add "bunker-busting" bombs to the arsenal its warplanes are using over Libya, a weapon it said on Sunday would send a loud message to Muammar Gaddafi that it is time to quit. Britain and other NATO powers are ratcheting up their military intervention in Libya to ...

Deadly battles between south Sudan's army and a renegade commander have killed 105 fighters and civilians, the military said, as the war-scarred region moves towards independence. The violence comes days after results of a referendum on secession confirmed south Sudan would declare independence in ...

LAHORE - Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer with the assistance of renowned water experts has prepared a 100-point report, which highlights benefits of Kalabagh Dam (KBD) construction. Talking to Nawa-i-Waqt Sunday, Salmaan said the project had been made a political issue. If the benefits of KBD reach ...

LAHORE - PML-N and PPP have decided to mount more political pressure on President Musharraf to quit office rather than bringing impeachment move against him. The coalition, in this regard, has prepared a 22-point chargesheet and also a strategy on which work has been started. This strategy was ...

French skydiver Michel Fournier will make a second attempt Tuesday at his historic 40-kilometer (25-mile) leap out of a balloon at the edge of the stratosphere back to Earth. The 64-year-old parachutist was forced to postpone his jump Monday at the last minute due to high winds, but his team said ...

Australian umpire Darrell Hair's controversial exile from elite cricket will come to an end when he stands in the second Test between England and New Zealand at Old Trafford here Friday.  Throughout his career the 55-year-old has been known for having absolute certainty in his own judgment ...