KARACHI - The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) has urged the ministry of commerce (MoC) to include rice in addition to wheat for barter with Iran against electricity and stated that it would be a wise step to re-enter the market for selling country’s popular rice varieties to ...

KARACHI (PR): The board meeting of Cantonment Board Clifton (CBC) was held at CBC office. Station Commander Karachi Brig Anis Ahmed who is also the president of CBC presided the meeting. PCB urged upon the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board to take necessary action on the shortfall of water supply as ...

peshawar - Rejecting election results of PK-18, independent candidate Dr Inamullah on Saturday demanded the Election Commission of Pakistan and Supreme Court of Pakistan to take notice of the alleged rigging in the constituency and stop entrance of cheaters to Parliament. Addressing a news ...

islamabad - Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Thursday said that without turning around country’s sagging economy Pakistan cannot make sound progress and new government should give top priority to improve the economy.ICCI President Zafar Bakhtawari said this while talking ...

peshawarChairman Pakistan Patriotic Movement (PPM), Abdur Rashid Yousafzai, has strongly condemned MQM chief Altaf Hussain for his statement regarding the severance of Karachi from Pakistan and asked the government to stop Altaf’s speeches in Pakistan.Addressing a news conference here on ...

MIRPUR (AJK)The Kashmir Council EU emphasized that Pakistan’s upcoming government should concentrate on Kashmir issue and accord top priority to it.In a meeting of the Council held in Brussels the other day to review political affairs of South Asia region particularly situation in Kashmir, ...

Jamat-e-Islami leader (JI) Sindh Amir Dr Mairajul Huda Siddiqi has urged the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and Chief of the Army Staff (COA), General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani to take immediate notice of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader, Altaf Hussain’s daring the ...

islamabad - In its initial report on election monitoring, Aurat Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, has urged the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to declare polls null and void in constituencies where women were barred from voting.Over 100 women domestic election observers of Aurat ...

NOORPUR THALDeputy District Education Officer Madam Aziz Akhtar Niazi has directed the Education Department staff and teachers to perform duty honestly and diligently. She warned the AEOs, Headmistresses and teachers of strict action, saying that zero tolerance would show for negligent and work ...

Multan - Canadian High Commissioner Greg Giokas has said Pakistan has a fabulous agriculture sector.“Pakistan has a fabulous agri sector which is perhaps spending 20 per cent of their GDP in it whereas we spend 3 per cent of our GDP. We have highly paying jobs in the sector for which we need ...

LAHORE : Cotton growers should use modern agriculture technology to boost production. Agriculture (Ext & AR) Director General Muhammad Anjum Ali expressed these views talking to APP on Saturday. He said heavy loam soil was suitable for cotton sowing and cotton growers should select BT varieties ...

ISLAMABAD - Advances in clinical neurology and psychiatry, especially through neuro-imaging and therapeutics, have occurred in parallel. These efforts are paving way for ultimately understanding higher mental functions and consciousness in biological terms. Leading Consultant and Professor of ...

COLOMBO : The High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka Qasim Qureshi visited Galle District of the Southern Province of Sri Lanka. During the visit to Galle, the High Commissioner participated in a meeting with the officials of the Galle District Chamber of Commerce & Industry.  The ...

ISLAMABAD Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aaghai and Alif-Ailaan, non-governmental organisations, have started an extensive campaign, urging the national political leaders to join all the collaborative efforts being made to make education a top priority nationwide and by, in turn, mobilising votes for ...

ISLAMABAD - In order to create awareness among students against deadly but preventable disease thalassaemia, a seminar on danger and causes of thalassaemia held Friday. The seminar was arranged by the Department of Mass Communication, National University of Modern Languages (NUML), in collaboration ...

ISLAMABAD - The level of malnutrition in Pakistan is alarming that cannot be brought down through health sectors policies only as there is a need to adopt multisectoral approaches that should be devised through the lens of nutrition. Nutritionist, policy makers and health experts said this while ...

our staff reportermultan - Chief Coordinator World Water Assembly Hafiz Zahoorul Hassan Dahar has said that an international conspiracy is hatched by India and her patrons to turn Pakistan into Somalia.Talking to The Nation here on Friday, he said that work was underway in double shifts to ...

RAWALPINDI – Speakers at a seminar titled “Energy crises and its solutions” have suggested the government to take advantage of solar energy to overcome present shortfall of electricity on permanent basis.They said the sun poured 99.9 per cent more energy on earth than the whole ...

ISLAMABAD - Free, impartial and responsible media reporting should be ensured for upcoming elections to create awareness, disseminate information of actual circumstances and build opinion among masses for selecting suitable representatives of parliament.These views were expressed by participants of ...

PESHAWAR - PML-N Senior Vice President Nawabzada Khwaja Muhammad Khan Hoti urged the Election Commission to take action against a political party, which was using huge money in the polls campaign in violation of the commission’s set rules.“The Awami National Party (ANP) is spending huge ...

LAHORE : Punjab Group of Colleges Literary Society Chairman Prof Haleema Sadia has urged women to play for nation-building. “Women must play an active role in every department of life . The Ummah is confronted with several problems but these can be overcome by education and our women have ...

LAHORE - Pak-UK Chamber of Commerce & Industry President Razi Khan has urged upon the authorities to reduce 44 per cent losses and thefts in the electricity being produced in the country. The government is required to follow a strict policy to curb this menace and also benefit from Independent ...

KARACHI - Speakers at the meeting of Shura Hamdard Karachi chapter urged the government to improve governance, to change the mindset of the people and bring the minorities in mainstream of the society in order to resolve their problems.The meeting was held on Thursday on the theme: ...

SWABI - It is imperative that the academia, research organisations and techno-industrial sectors should pool their resources of knowledge and experience to cope with the emerging challenges and steer the feeble economy of the country out of the crisis. This was stated by the speakers in the ...

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has urged the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to end its “belligerent approach,” amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.“We both agree that now is the time for North Korea to end the kind of belligerent approach ...

PESHAWAR - Former federal minister for Railways Ghulam Ahmad Bilour urged the Election Commission of Pakistan to implement its code of conduct and take stern action against violators.He also lashed out at the political parties for using money to propagate in the media for elections.  ...

PESHAWAR - The women activists of a non-governmental organisation have demanded of the caretaker government to take further steps to ensure maximum participation of women voters in the upcoming general elections in the country.They viewed that women could play their role in brining a positive ...

KARACHI - Sindh High Court Chief Justice Mushir Alam on Wednesday has underlined the need for concerted efforts by South Asian countries to bring harmony in diversity and pluralistic society and ensure peace in the region.He was speaking at the closing session of a two-day conference ...

HAFIZABAD - Citizens Associations have called upon the EDO Health and the Tehsil Municipal Administration Administrator to ensure fumigation of all local streets, drains particularly new localities around the city to save the citizens from malarial and dengue mosquitoes and flies. The association ...

BAHAWALPUR - It is time for the masses to elect educated and righteous persons in the upcoming general elections to strengthen democratic system and improve national image in the world.These views were expressed by the speakers at a “Voters Education” introductory workshop arranged by a ...