NOORPUR THALThe government has planned formulating agriculture policy for next decade to boost productivity, said Sargodha Division Agronomy Specialist Muhammad Ramzan Khan Niazi here on Saturday. Speaking on different crops, he highlighted the importance of understanding agricultural problems and ...

LAHORE : President Asif Ali Zardari will not contest the election for the office for another term, a TV channel reported on Saturday. The president’s current five-year term is expiring in September. The head of state is elected by the Senate, the National Assembly and the four provincial ...

The PML-N parliamentary committee on Thursday nominated Mian Shahbaz Sharif for the Punjab chief ministership. It will be his third term, following his election first in 1997, a tenure which ended when military rule was imposed in 1999, and then in 2008. When he takes oath, he will equal the record ...

lahore - The upcoming government of the PML-N has no other option but to approach International Monetary Fund to control its fiscal imbalances, which country has been facing due to dwindling foreign reserves, balance of payment crisis, weakening exchange rate and financial mismanagement during the ...

Islamabad -Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Admiral (Retd) Fasih Bokhari, Monday said the country cannot be purged of corruption unless the system is reformed; otherwise, all the efforts of corruption watchdogs would go in vain. “Without correcting the system the agencies would ...

Well, that didn’t take long. Four months into a fresh four years, President Obama is already assuming the familiar crouch of a scandal-struck second-termer.British Prime Minister David Cameron was visiting the White House on Monday morning and the two leaders were scheduled to hold a news ...

LAHORE :-The British government is committed to a long-term, productive and friendly partnership with Pakistan and the UK considers Pakistan a long-term strategic partner and will continue to support all its endeavors aimed at expansion of bilateral trade relations. UK High Commissioner Adam Thomas ...

Caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has decided to impose a ban on all government departments and offices using air conditioners from May 15, till the improvement of energy situation in the country. Caretaker government has also appealed to the private sector to cooperate for conservation ...

LAHORE - Long-term economic goals should not be sacrificed for short-term political goals. Institutional reforms should not be copied rather than they should be tailored with respect to Pakistan, said speakers while addressing a two-day international conference on” Institutions, Growth and ...

Islamabad - Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has termed Pakistani judicial system the strongest backer of democracy, enjoying full confidence and faith of legal fraternity, other institutions and the public at large.He was addressing the concluding session of three-day International ...

Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has said the government completed its five-year constitutional term because of the independent judiciary which plays pivotal role in eradication of oppression and injustice."Today there is no one to give extension to usurpers," said the CJ while ...

ISTANBUL - An Istanbul court on Monday slapped world-renowned pianist Fazil Say with a 10-month suspended jail term for blasphemy. The court handed down the sentence after finding Say guilty of "insulting religious values of a part of the population" in a series of tweets that critics said insulted ...

The Lahore High Court on Wednesday set aside three-year jail term awarded to ex-MNA Jamshed Dasti in a fake degree case.On April 5, Dasti had filed an appeal in the Lahore High Court against three-year jail sentence awarded to him by a district court in the fake degree case.Dasti’s nomination ...

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - The United States accepts that a diminished but resilient Taliban is likely to remain a military threat in some parts of Afghanistan long after US troops complete their combat mission next year, reported a private TV channel quoting US Army Gen. Martin Dempsey in an ...

LAHORE – The PML-N on Monday said that those who were advocating a long term technocrat set-up were not sincere to the nation.“Such elements are imposing the uncalled agenda of undemocratic forces,” PML-N MNA Khurram Dastageer said while talking to the media.“Even ...

According to ‘Gilani Research Foundation’ survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan, notes that 65 percent in Pakistan are fearful and apprehensive about insurgency in Balochistan. Recent surge of violence in Balochistan and tribal areas indicates that the year 2013 may be tougher than the ...

BRUSSELS  - Europe has won the immediate battle to save the euro, but the war to make the single currency sustainable in the long run has only just begun.Relief in Brussels is palpable: the European Central Bank’s conditional promise to act as buyer of last resort for the bonds of ...

FBR’s amnesty scheme is an excellent proposal to increase revenue and also to encourage investment of the declared money without any fear. However, following points may please be considered in national interest. Tax rate should be low to encourage inflow of money from abroad. All declared ...

ALGIERS  - An Algerian court sentenced the fugitive head of Al-Qaeda’s north African offshoot to death Tuesday for a string of 2007 attacks, including a deadly bombing at the prime minister’s office. Abdelmalek Droukdel, leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb and eight ...

SAMBRIAL - The leading exporters of the districts said that mounting prices of POL products was a “cut-throat” for Sambrial, Daska, Pasrur and Sialkot industrialists and will leave the exporters in a quandary to compete their counterparts in the international markets, especially ...

Taiwan’s Beijing-friendly leader Ma Ying-jeou secured a second four-year term as president Saturday, promising better ties with China after an election watched intently by the United States. “We’ve won,” a jubilant Ma, 61, told crowds of supporters gathered at his campaign ...

ISLAMABAD - The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan has reappointed Muneer Kamal, Shazad G. Dada, Asif Qadir and Abdul Qadir Memon on the Board of the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) for the 2012 term. They had also served on the KSE Board last year as independent directors and their ...

LAHORE– An Accountability Court on Saturday sent notorious conman Sibt-ul-Hassan alias ‘Double Shah’ to jail for 14 years allegedly involved in making Rs441.347 million by cheating public at large.The court has also ordered authorities to confiscate his property and imposed fine ...

SIALKOT - The exporters of the industrial hub expressed their grave concerns over the prolonged and unscheduled loadshedding, terming it intentional. They said that 16-hour unscheduled loadshedding had crippled the industrial activity and had pushed the export industry on the verge of collapse. ...

ISLAMABAD - Washington might officially cease using the term AfPak for Afghanistan and Pakistan to mollify Islamabad, which has been objecting to bracketing the two countries together since formulation of the US policy under this banner in 2009.“Respecting sovereignty of Pakistan, the US ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE The Lahore High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary on a petition seeking inclusion the name of another Indian prisoner, Surjit Singh allegedly confined in Lahore central jail, in the list of foreigner prisoners languishing in ...

LAHORE- Additional District and Sessions Judge Ma Rukh Tarrar on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 500, 000 to one drug-peddler on finding him guilty of possessing and trafficking around 80 kilograms of hashish. Police had nabbed Amir Nawaz near Shahdra, who was trying to ...

KARACHI-The nationalist leaders of Sindh have rejected the Federal budget for the next fiscal year of 2011-12 and said it was anti-people and full of anomalies. They said that people of Sindh have no positive expectations from the present government as corruption and inflation are rampant during ...

LAHORE - Employees and Associations of PIA have termed latest MoU between PIA and Turkish airline a death warrant as the managements recent secret step to terminate airline operations in Istanbul is tantamount to shut down the operations of an international airline. Pakistan Airlines Pilots ...

Some leading exporters have said that the uncontrolled hike in POL prices would prove a "cut throat" for Sialkot industries, besides, making it very hard for Sialkot exporters to stay in competition in the international trade markets with India, China, Nepal, Taiwan and Thailand. Talking to the ...