ISLAMABAD National Accountability Bureau (NAB) released its annual report for 2012 - a watershed year in the history of the bureau - as the report says that on the enforcement side of NAB activities recoveries through Voluntary Return (VR) and Plea Bargain (PB) amounted to Rs 25 billion.Despite ...

LAHORE The Lahore High Court on Friday sought a detailed report from Environment Department, Climate Change Division, Wildlife Department and Punjab Government about number of licences issued to import white tiger in Pakistan and also the figure of the dangerous animal.Expressing dismay over ...

LONDON -Global oil prices slid on Wednesday as traders awaited the latest inventories report from leading world consumer the United States. In London early afternoon deals, Brent North Sea crude for delivery in June dipped 32 cents to $102.28 a barrel.New York's main contract, West Texas ...

ISLAMABAD - There is no convincing evidence that taking high doses of selenium – a popular dietary supplement - can prevent cancer, according to a new review. Selenium is a mineral that is essential for humans, and is also present in soil and rocks. While daily selenium recommendations from ...

LAHORE (PR): Governor of Punjab, Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood, launched the Institute of Public Policy (IPP) of Beaconhouse National University’s Sixth Annual Report. The report entitled, ‘The State of the Economy: From Survival to Revival’ focuses on the current economic situation of ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan is the most dangerous place to be born in Asia as it has the highest first day mortality rate for babies in Asia and shares 6 per cent burden of the global first day deaths due to high rate of pre-term births, low birth weight, poor nutritional status of mothers, poor family ...

SINGAPORE : Oil was up in Asian trade Monday after an upbeat US jobs report bolstered confidence the US economic recovery is on track.US stocks surged to record highs following the report, with the buoyant mood also lifting the oil markets because a strong US economy -- the biggest in the world -- ...

ISLAMABAD - OUR STAFF REPORTER - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday directed secretary interior to appear before the court in person in Musharraf escape case on Tuesday (today).Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui heard the case against Inspector General of Police (IGP) Islamabad Bani Amin for his ...

ISLAMABAD - Presented four months ago to the outgoing premier, a probe report drafted by a judicial commission into the events surrounding the killing of al Qaeda head Osama bin Laden in a US Navy SEALs swoop on May 2, 2011 in the garrison town of Abbottabad has not been released for public review ...

WASHINGTON - A US government-appointed panel urged Washington Tuesday to step up pressure on Pakistan over religious freedom, warning that risks to its minorities have reached a crisis level.In an annual report, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom also raised concerns about what it ...

lahore - The Lahore High Court Chief Justice on Monday sought a detail report and reply on electricity load-shedding in Punjab from Ministry Of Water and Power, Ministry of Petroleum, Ministry of Finance and other respondents.“No priority is being seemed regarding the load-shedding,” ...

WASHINGTON/LONDON - The White House disclosure that the Syrian government has twice used chemical weapons still leaves the Obama administration stuck with a limited choice of military options to help the rebels oust President Bashar Assad.Arming the rebels runs smack into the reality that a ...

LONDON : World oil prices rose sharply on Wednesday as traders set aside demand concerns after a raft of weak global economic data, and digested the latest update on American energy stockpiles, analysts said. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in June jumped $1.31 to $101.62 per barrel in late ...

LAHORE :-Chief Minister Najam Sethi has taken notice of the chopping off hands of an alleged thief in the Choti Bala area of Dera Ghazi Khan and directed RPO to submit a report.  The Chief Minister said that the incident of cutting hands of a person is highly regrettable and a dastardly act ...

ISLAMABAD - Taking notice over issuance of more than 1,400 CNG licences by the PPP-led government, despite imposition of ban, the Supreme Court has directed the Director General FIA to assign an honest and competent officers’ team to investigate the matter and submit the report within six ...

washington - The admission made by an official human rights body of Indian-occupied Kashmir's "government" in August last year about the existence of over two thousand unmarked graves has been featured in a U.S. report on human rights.The report, titled "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices ...

WASHINGTONSPECIAL CORRESPONDENTA prominent US civil rights group said Thursday that an independent review of post-9/11 interrogation and detention programmes, which concludes that "it is indisputable that the United States engaged in the practice of torture" underscores the need to stop the ...

WASHINGTONSPECIAL CORRESPONDENTA prominent US civil rights group said Thursday that an independent review of post-9/11 interrogation and detention programmes, which concludes that "it is indisputable that the US engaged in the practice of torture" underscores the need to stop the "disturbing ...

Islamabad - The Supreme Court on Thursday made public, the report of the Lal Masjid, ruling that there is no restriction in any law not to make report public or to keep it confidential.A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and comprising Justice ...

LONDON :  Global oil prices drifted lower on Wednesday, mirroring losses on European stock markets, as traders awaited the weekly report on inventories in top crude consumer the United States. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in June slid 57 cents to $99.34 per barrel approaching midday in ...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan rejected a petition to keep the Lal Masjid report confidential and ordered that it be made public.A three member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the Lal Masjid suo moto case. The Lal Masjid commission had requested that ...

KARACHI (PR) - Small businesses with well-developed finance teams achieve faster, more sustainable growth for longer and can attract investment to help them develop, says ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).A new report from ACCA – Accountants for small business – ...

KARACHI - Sindh Caretaker Chief Minister Justice (Retd) Zahid Qurban Alvi, while taking serious notice of the killing of SHO Preedy Police Station, Agha Asadullah, has sought the report from Sindh Inspector General Police. He directed the IGP to take effective measures to maintain law and order in ...

UNITED NATIONS - Foreign investors are increasingly resorting to investor-State arbitration to settle investment disputes, with a record number of cases filed last year, according to a new report released on Wednesday by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).The report, ...

KARACHI  - A division bench of Sindh High Court (SHC) asked the Pakistan Standard and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) to submit a detailed report within 15 days about the raids and actions so far conducted against the re-use of tin packing material for oil and ghee. The order came up on a ...

PESHAWAR - Monitoring committees comprising senior district officers have been constituted to monitor and report violations after commencement of the election activities in Charsadda. The committees will submit its reports on daily basis to the District Returning Officer wherein actions and ...

The Lahore High Court on Monday issued notice to the Ministry of Religious Affairs for April 11, on a petition challenging the increase in Hajj expenses for Hajj 2013.LHC Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial heard a petition regarding the increase in Hajj expenses.The petitioner informed the court that ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court sought reply from the federal government on a petition moved by Jamadut Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed against drone attacks on Pakistani land. During the proceedings on Thursday a deputy attorney general (DAG) sought time as the caretaker government had taken ...

ISLAMABAD - Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, hearing a case of Lal Masjid Commission report, on the insistence of Advocate Tariq Asad that apex court order the authorities to put name of Pervez Musharraf in the Exit Control List remarked that his name has already been put on ECL.Last week, ...

KARACHI - Medical board, set up to determine the right age of Shahrukh Jatoi, the main accused in Shahzeb murder case has finaliSed its report and would submit it before the court on Monday (tomorrow).Civil surgeon of Services Hospital, Muhammad Tufiq and head of the medical board said that the ...