PARIS The world has entered a ‘new danger zone’ with levels of Earth-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere never experienced by humankind, the UN's climate chief warned Monday.When it breached the CO2 threshold of 400 parts per million (ppm) last week, the world "crossed a historic ...

ABU DHABI :-Abu Dhabi's planned financial zone will complement Dubai, which should benefit from a deepening of financial markets in the United Arab Emirates, a senior Abu Dhabi executive said on Sunday. "It brings complementarity to Dubai and to the region overall," Mahmood Ebraheem al Mahmood, ...

  PAJU, South Korea : South Korea was due Monday to pull out its last workers from a joint factory zone in North Korea - a rare symbol of cross-border cooperation now crippled by a tense military stand-off. The move raises the prospect of the permanent closure of theKaesongcomplex, the last ...

ATHENS - Senior euro zone officials will meet on Monday to approve payment of another 2.8 billion euros (2.35 billion pounds) in rescue loans for Greece, on condition that the country’s lawmakers approve a reform law the day before, the country’s finance minister said on ...

PAJU, South Korea Dozens of South Korean workers returned from a jointly run factory park in North Korea on Saturday as part of an evacuation of the flagship project following months of military tensions.The move plunges into doubt the future of the Kaesong complex - once a rare symbol of ...

  LONDON   Emmerson Boyce scored a desperate last-minute own goal as Tottenham Hotspur snatched a 2-2 draw at Wigan Athletic on Saturday that prevented the home side from climbing out of the Premier League relegation zone. A stunning goal from Callum McManaman had looked set to ...

NEW YORK - “It seems Lahore is fated for yet fewer kites in the sky and more intolerance on the ground,” a prominent Pakistani columnist wrote in a leading American newspaper, referring to the Punjab caretaker government’s decision to suspend plans for the revival of ...

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea said Monday it was withdrawing all workers and suspending operations at a lucrative joint industrial zone with South Korea, blaming foreign “warmongers” at a time of acute tensions.The announcement came amid reports of heightened activity at the North’s ...

SARGODHA - Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Mushaf Base has been declared red zone and all roads leading to the base will be closed from March 31. According to the police, keeping in view the current security environment in the country and threats to PAF Installations, the Officer Commanding Pakistan Air ...

SARGODHA - Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Mushaf Base has been declared red zone and all roads leading to the base will be closed from March 31. According to the police, keeping in view the current security environment in the country and threats to PAF Installations, the Officer Commanding Pakistan Air ...

Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that Tahirul Qadri has been allowed to set up stage at Express Chowk near D-Chowk in Islamabad.He‚ however‚ said no one will be allowed to enter the Red Zone where diplomatic community is housed and Parliament House and Supreme Court are ...

LAHORE – The Supreme Court of Pakistan was told on Monday that the Punjab Government had arranged a proper system for the disposal of industrial effluents from more than 250 leather tanneries in the Sialkot District.The apex court disposed off the suo moto case after the undertaking of the ...

PARIS - President Nicolas Sarkozy threatened in a key election rally Sunday to pull France out of Europe’s 26-nation visa free zone unless the EU does more to keep out illegal immigrants.Sarkozy, who this week said France had too many foreigners, made the threat at a mass meeting which he ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - The Jammu & Kashmir Joint Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the sole joint forum of the business community from across the Line of Control emphasized the need for the establishment Free Trade Zone on either sides of the LoC to make the trade a success and bring about economic ...

DAVOS, Switzerland  - International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde led a global push on Saturday for the euro zone to boost its financial firewall, saying “if it is big enough it will not get used.”Lagarde, supported by the British finance minister, George Osborne, said the ...

MIRPUR  - The AJK government has kicked off a phased plan to establish new mega industrial estate over an area of 26,000 kanals land in the city. Estate is aimed at accelerating industrial development and would be established at Mirpur-Bhimbher Road near Khaliqabad town for which the required ...

KARACHI - Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan general secretary Liaquat Baloch on Friday warned the government that the next sit-in of JI would be staged outside the Sindh Chief Minister House and in Islamabad, if missing JI activists were not recovered.Addressing the participants of JI sit-in held outside ...

Living in tune with the natural world seems to be second nature to the vast majority of the Afghan populace and, whilst I do realise that I am putting my neck in a noose here, it must be said that we, here in Pakistan, except for in some of the northern areas, would do well to take lessons from ...

BAGHDAD  - Rockets were fired against Baghdad's Green Zone as Iraq's military marked its anniversary with a parade Friday, a day after the country suffered its worst attacks since August and weeks after US troops left.Further violence against Shiite pilgrims, who were the targets of Thursday's ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Banking stocks helped drive an advance in the FTSE on Monday ahead of a crucial EU summit later in the week. French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel meet on Monday to outline joint proposals for more coercive budget discipline in the euro zone, which ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Failure by European leaders at their summit this week to fix the fatal flaw in the euro zone, its lack of political union, would risk tremendous market upheaval, a rupture of the common currency and global economic fallout. The world economy already is slowing, leaving it ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER LAHORE - Ras Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAK FTZ) is organizing a two-day road show to attract Pakistani businessmen, entrepreneurs and investors to benefit from the business opportunities available at RAK FTZ and expand their business in the region. The road show will be held on ...

COLOMBO (INP) - A 10-member team of officers from the Pakistan Army Engineering Corps is currently visiting Sri Lanka on the invitation of the Sri Lankan Army. The de-mining team, led by Colonel Zaafir Nisar, will be staying in Sri Lanka till October 28. The purpose of this friendly visit by the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - The euro zones debt crisis might already have pushed the blocs economy back into recession, according to business surveys that showed Chinas economy taking a stride forward in October. Purchasing managers indexes (PMIs) on Monday only served to underscore why Europes leaders are ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The world economy is stepping into a new danger zone, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Saturday, as growth slows and investor confidence weakens. Speaking in Beijing, Zoellick urged Europe and the United States to tackle their debt problems, and noted that near ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The proposed new city of Zulfikarabad in Sindh has taken a significant step forward as a Chinese company has submitted a proposal to set up an economic zone in the new city and also offered to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) before the forthcoming visit of the Chinese ...

SIALKOT (PPI) The construction of an international standard Tanneries Zone has been started on 384 acres near village Khambraanwala-Sialkot (adjacent to Sialkot International Airport) with an estimated cost of Rs 780 million, with a sole aim to purge the export-oriented Sialkot city from tanneries ...

KARACHI - Bin Qasim Industrial Zone holds great potential for attracting foreign and local investment due to its unique location, being adjacent to the port having most modern shipping facilities. These views were expressed by the speakers at Bin Qasim Association of Trade and Industrys annual ...

BOLTON (England) (AFP) Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson was thrilled to record his first back-to-back Premier League victories as Maxi Rodriguezs late strike proved to be the difference at the Reebok Stadium on Sunday. In a generally underwhelming encounter, Rodriguez latched on to a decent pass from ...

KARACHI (PR) - Emirates Airline, the official partner of FIFA World Cup.2010, and Marriott Hotel have zoned in on the world cup fever and provided football fanatics with an opportunity to enjoy the frenzy that surrounds the game at exclusive Emirates Football Zone created at Nadya Lounge at ...