Islamabad - Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) after managing its way to be part of treasury benches in Centre may get award of being a coalition partner of ruling party (PML-N) in shape of one federal ministry in coming week.Former Chief Minister KPK, Akram Khan Durrani, will be given ministerial slot ...

LONDON - World oil prices finished on a high note on geopolitical worries in Syria, having begun the week on the back foot following news of strong OPEC oil output, US shale production forecasts and Chinese demand fears.Other commodities were dented somewhat by weak Chinese data and after the World ...

London- Commodity prices diverged this week, but oil topped $105 per barrel after an upbeat non-farm payrolls report in theUnited States, which is a top consumer of many raw materials including crude. TheUSeconomy added a modest 175,000 jobs in May, official data showed Friday, scotching worries ...

BahawalnagarThree children of a family have fallen prey to measles during a week here in Chak 310/HR Cholistan area, some 125-km away from here. According to details, three brothers indentified as 10-year-old Sarfaraz, four-year-old Mumtaz and one and half-year-old Riaz, sons of Abdul Sattar have ...

ISLAMABAD - Resolving the impasse between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) to jointly form next government in centre, the leaderships of both parties are likely to announce their alliance next week.“The ongoing talks, which is going in the positive ...

FAISALABADThe president of Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry said that no discrimination in gas supply to industries in Faisalabad would be tolerated, adding that SNGPL had failed to provide uninterrupted supply of gas to industries thus it needs to be privatized.Mian Zahid Aslam said ...

LAHORE - PTI Chairman Imran Khan, who received multiple injuries by falling off a forklifter during the election campaign, is recovering fast and he is most likely to resume his political activities next week.A spokesman of Imran Khan on Saturday said that injury to PTI chief’s back has ...

karachi - KCCI’s President Muhammad Haroon Agar has demanded to denotify banks, Customs and ports from observing five-day week and they should be operative 6-day in a week for the larger interest of commerce and industry as well as the country. He expressed deep concern and discontentment ...

LAHORE - (OUR STAFF REPORTER) - The SNGPL management is planning to provide four days a week gas supply to CNG sector of Punjab.The gas outlets of the province are observing four day a week gas load management plant for past two months. “The gap between demand and supply is shrinking and we ...

LAHORE  - Two more measles patient died at a Lahore hospital on Wednesday, bringing the death toll in the provincial capital City to 50. So far 75 children have died of measles in the province. On May 9, authorities claimed to have achieved the target fixed for nine-day anti-measles campaign ...

MIAMI: Enrique Iglesias is to marry next week. The ‘Hero’ singer - who turns 38 today (Wednesday) - will reportedly tie the knot with long-term girlfriend Anna Kournikova in Miami in a star-studded ceremony. A source said: ‘’Anna’s been gagging to get married for years ...

Imran Khan has been advised to rest for a week after sustaining skull and back injuries in a fall at an election campaign rally, a hospital official said Wednesday.The former cricket star was admitted to the private Shaukat Khanum hospital that he founded in Lahore on Tuesday after falling off a ...

JAKARTA: US rock band Aerosmith has cancelled a concert scheduled this week in Jakarta on safety concerns, a concert promoter said Sunday, following threats to bomb the Myanmar embassy in the Indonesian capital."We received the official confirmation yesterday from the Aerosmith management ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's foreign exchange reserves have recorded at $11.764 billion on April 26 2013.According to the details, country's foreign exchange reserves have declined by $164 million in one week, as it recorded to $11.764 billion on April 26 2013 from $11.938 billion on 19th April 2013. ...

SEOUL Metro - He might have scored a huge hit with Gangnam Style follow-up Gentleman, but Psy has admitted that the week the track was released was ‘the worst of his life’.Speaking to MTV News the South Korean superstar revealed that he felt the pressure when it came to releasing song, ...

frankfurt - The European Central Bank will cut its key interest rate, already at an all-time low, at its policy meeting next week and may also unveil new measures to kick-start bank lending to businesses, analysts predict.The ECB's rate-setting governing council is to convene in Bratislava on ...

ISLAMABAD - To advocate for the cause of protecting the mother and the child from preventable diseases through immunisation, the World Immunisation Week and Mother and Child Week was launched here on Wednesday.This year the vaccination week focuses on measles elimination with the slogan 'stop ...

LONDON: Gold rebounded above $1,400 an ounce on Friday as strong buying of coins and bars continued, primarily in Asia, but prices were still on course for a fourth week of losses after a brutal sell-off. Analysts said more weakness could be on the cards, including further outflows from ...

ISLAMABAD - At a time when country’s economic situation is in morass due to depleting foreign reserves and soaring budget deficit, Pakistan would hold key talks with United States of America, International Monetary Fund and World Bank from next week.Pakistan’s economic team, likely to ...

LAHORE : A spokesman for Punjab Health Department has said that OPDs in all teaching hospitals, DHQ, THQ, Rural Health Centers, Basic Health Centers and Special Health Institutions will remain open six days a week as usual. He said medical colleges would remain close, whereas the staff of clinical ...

A BLIND pensioner doesn’t let his handicap hold him back with his twice weekly hobby - water skiing. Peter Sheath, 74, from Southampton, has been water skiing for a quarter of a century - despite being blind since the age of 30. He no longer performs daring tricks and jumps, such as 360 ...

LAHORE – The Punjab University Institute of Communication Studies will celebrate its annual student week from Monday. The students will participates in various contests of Qirat and Naat , debates and arts and crafts competitions. SHINE: PU students clinched top positions in the Women’s ...

The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered to eliminate all no-go areas of the city in seven days.The court has ordered authorities concerned to submit fresh and separate reports mentioning the actions taken by the law enforcers to curb the sustained violence in Karachi.Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad ...

WASHINGTON  - Dull but still positive economic data helped US stocks to another weekly gain Friday, with the S&P 500 chalking up its third straight weekly rise, and its eighth rise in nine weeks.The gains were minimal after a solid runup from the beginning of the year, and traders could ...

LONDON  - Star performer oil hit an eight-month peak this week on the back of simmering tensions in key crude producer Iran, but other commodities enjoyed mixed fortunes as traders tracked the Greek debt crisis.“This week, sentiment has once again shifted toward Europe’s sovereign ...

LONDON  - Oil rallied this week, with Brent hitting a six-month high on recent upbeat data, winter weather in the northern hemisphere and Iran tensions, while other commodities steadied as traders eyed Greek news.“This week, the crude oil markets broke free from almost a month of ...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court on Tuesday rejected the Punjab government’s plea to resign from the stay order granted earlier against the recruitment of 30,000 educators as the officials were unable to answer the court’s and the petitioner’s queries.Punjab’s Advocate ...

KARACHI - The dollar weakened against the rupee in the interbank market during the outgoing week, dealers said on Saturday. It commenced the week’s trading at Rs 90.27 for buying, fell 14 paisas and closed at Rs 90.13 for buying and Rs 90.18 for selling. The European currency increased ...

JUBA/BEIJING  - South Sudan will announce plans for an oil export pipeline through East Africa next week, a priority for the new nation because its crude is “no longer safe” in Sudan, a government spokesman said on Saturday.Landlocked South Sudan took about three quarters of ...

Islamabad - Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Friday that the joint session of Parliament would be summoned in the first week of next month (February). “The joint sitting will take up terms of engagements with Nato and the government will take its allies and opposition into ...