A curfew was imposed Friday in areas of north-eastern India's Assam state after three people were killed and several injured during a strike called by a tribal group, police said.
Smuggling of women and children to other countries as cheap and easily exploitable labour or for prostitution is a widespread problem across Africa, the United Nations Unicef agency said in a report on Friday.
Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr on Friday threatened the US-led coalition with suicide attacks if it launched offensives on Iraq's holy cities, while his militiamen killed a Bulgarian soldier in an ambush.
Police have unearthed two organised gangs of Khadim Hussain Dhadhi and Naseera Sandeela and seized stolen goods worth millions of rupees, including an oil tanker, two cars, 10 motorcycles, 10 bicycles, five television sets, five Kalashinkovs, one rocket l
Sindh High Court on Friday was informed by the Deputy Attorney General that interior ministry has issued instructions to Punjab government regarding shifting back Ahmed Omer Sheikh, a convict in US journalist Daniel Pearl kidnapping and murder case, to Hy
National University of Science and Technology (Nust) has signed MoU with Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences (GSCAS) to build up the standards of academic excellence as well as to expose the students and researchers to a broader range of experi
The government has set up a network of quality testing accredited laboratories to improve quality of agriculture commodities to meet international standard for enhancing country's exports.
A large number of male and female school children, studying at various public schools in Lyari area of the city on Friday held a protest demonstration against unavailability of "promised" free textbooks to them and changes in educational curricula without
The Consul General of Peoples Republic of China, Sun Chunye on Friday inaugurated two-day China Education Exhibition, being held here at a local hotel from April 23 to 24.
Pakistan and Laos on Friday agreed to co-operate in maintaining peace and stability in South Asia and other regions for promotion and preservation of international peace and security.
Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has expressed satisfaction on the ratification of the Third Generation Agreement by the European Union parliament in Strasbourg.
President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali have sent separate messages of felicitations to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai on their Revolution Day falling on April 24.
The possibilities of further co-operation between the United States and Pakistan in the field of defence were understood to have come up under discussion, in the meeting between Federal Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Shaukat Aziz and US Deputy Secr
Secretary General of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), Long Yongtu, said that Pakistan is an important country in the region and its contribution for promoting future economic co-operation in Asia is highly valuable.
What right Bush has got to allocate Palestinian land to Israeli settlers, just because he may be the President of a super power. Why is the world silent on this? Tomorrow he might allocate Pakistan's land to some other country. Are we going to keep silent
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on 21st January 2004, instructed banks and DFIs, that after 31-01-2004, the Karachi InterBank Offered Rate (KIBOR) of one, three & six-month tenor, and other longer tenors, shall be used as a benchmark rate for determining
Glued to computer screens in a Cairo cybercafe, Egyptian teenagers lead US forces against China and a shadowy Middle Eastern group, while most of the country seethes in anger over US policy in the region.
Pakistan, caught in a deadly debt trap, is struggling hard to rid itself of external loans of over $30 billion and cumulative domestic debt of Rs 1.94 trillion as on 31st January 2004.
President General Pervez Musharraf voiced a common public complaint when he said at the concluding session of an international conference on the UN Convention Against Corruption in Islamabad on Thursday that western banks are flourishing on the money loot
The happy tidings Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund Chief Executive Kamal Hayat gave the other day, of expanding current projects with special emphasis on education and health sectors, should go a long way towards increasing public confidence in the reach
Fun & Food for Special Children, a concept which was launched about three years ago by renowned artist and social worker Jimmy Engineer, has picked momentum and different restaurants, 5-Star Hotels and clubs have started inviting special children.
Chairman Wapda Tariq Hamid has said that the authority could consider an increase in cash award for the employees to acknowledge their outstanding performance.
The management of Lahore General Hospital (LGH) has initiated disciplinary action against doctors and paramedics staff of the hospital for negligence in the performance of their official duties.
An accountability court on Friday called the witnesses to record their statements on May 07 in a reference against former Federal Minister, Ahmed Mukhtar.
The Wapda Senior Selection Board met under Chairman Tariq Hamid to consider promotions from Chief Engineer to General Manager (Power/Water); Superintending Engineer to Chief Engineer (Power/ Water); and Director (Commercial) to Director-General (Commercia
Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) has extended power facility to 5,013 villages across the country during the first nine months of the current year.
World Book and Copyright Day was observed on Friday world-wide including Pakistan with focus on promoting reading habits and protecting intellectual property through copyright.
Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) Punjab during it's raids at the Lahore Airport and surrounding areas has recovered Indian-made 77,250 psychotropic injections, and 7.70 kilograms of heroin, and also smashed two gangs involved in this heinous business.
Like others, children of Pakistan and India are also playing their role for friendship and lasting peace between the two countries, as a delegation of 21 children from India crossed in Pakistan through Wagah on Friday.
The trade volume of about 400 million Euro between Belgium and Pakistan was encouraging as it had increased manifold during last one year, said Ambassador of Belgium in Pakistan, Patrick Renault.
Local children belonging to different segments of the society will hold a meeting with the Sindh Assembly Speaker, Syed Muzaffar Hussein Shah and other MPAs at the provincial assembly building here on Saturday.
Karachi Water & Sewerage Board (KWSB) has collected Rs 523 million in the first nine months of the current fiscal, showing an increase of Rs 45 million compared to the amount recovered in the same corresponding period of the last fiscal.
The Islamabad Club is a major social centre, which offers recreational and physical sports facilities of all kinds in the capital of the country. The intellectual sport of bridge also attracts male and female members and high ranking senior civil, militar
The top US legislators have urged the administration to take concrete action against China and India to break trade barriers, obstructing national export of textiles and apparel.
The tennis whitewash in the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Ggroup I at the hands of Taiwan at the latter's synthetic courts in Taipei came as a forewarning to the coming debacle and tragedy that overtook Pakistan in the one-dayers and Test matches against India,
Keeping in mind that the overall standard and reputation of our teleplays is high, the fact that this play was absorbing and sad doesn't truly surprise. But that is perhaps a kind of a left-handed compliment. Let me get straight to the point. The play Haw
Muhammad Nisar Shekhani, Chairman, Site Association of Industry (SAI) urged the Prime Minister, Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali and Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, Federal Minister for Water and Power, to direct the ministry concerned to ensure that the required not
April 16 was the bleakest day in Pakistan's cricket history when India devastated this country to its worst defeat in a Test match by the whopping margin of an innings and 131 runs in over three days. To add insult to injury India carried away the series
President General Pervez Musharraf has offered profound condolences to the leadership of Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea over the loss of lives in a tragic train accident.
Two innings defeats have provided enough stimulation to the inevitable debate on the performance of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials, who failed to reorganise a competitive cricket.
The PIA, with immediate effect, promoted Mazhar Z. Kayani, District Manager Peshawar and appointed him as General Manager (Passenger Services) PIA Head Office, Karachi.
Dr Jamil Azeemabadi is a poet known for geet, dohay, ghazal, rubai, sonnet, heiko, mahiya, salasi and several other genres. His collections of these genres have been published separately in book forms. He has also written a good number of Hamd and Na'at.
A dancer from Dhaka, another from India and girls from a local educational institution remained in the limelight of cultural events held in Lahore this past week. Other highlights of the week were a few exhibitions, the staging of a popular TV play and a
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a technical assistance (TA) grant of $400,000 to Government of Pakistan to research the determinants and drivers of poverty reduction and ADB's contribution in rural Pakistan.
Archaeology means digging up the past. According to specialists in this field, the word archaeology comes from two Greek terms meaning discourse (logos) on ancient (archaios) things.
In order to give further impetus to already accelerated construction activity in the city, CDGK will shortly restore the frozen residential plots allotted under the Chief Minister quota, whereas for commercial plots under the same quota the city governmen
Diarrhoea is a dangerous disease and must be treated as earliest as possible. Roughly one in every two hundred children who get diarrhoea dies from it. Diarrhoea causes dehydration and malnutrition and kills millions of children every year worldwide. Pare
A delegation of Vice Chancellors of 17 universities of the country will depart for Saudi Arabia on Friday, April 23, on a nine-day study tour under auspices of the Higher Education Commission.
On Thursday, April 22, 2004, nearly 90 million thirsty people of Pakistan went to bed without getting a glass of clean potable water. What the remaining 50 million people could get was no better.
Five persons of a family drowned in the River Indus on Thursday evening as their small boat capsized when they were returning home near Dera Ghazi Khan, some 50 miles west of Multan.
Abida Parveen is one of those singers who have excelled in light classical music and mystic poetry presentation. The vivacity that has become unique with her performance vis-à-vis her command over the pronunciation of each word that goes into the composit
District & Session Judge Karachi Central Syed Pir Ali Shah on Friday adjourned hearing against Asif Ali Zardari, husband of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, in Justice Nizam Ahmed murder case.
Islamabad is experiencing an overdose of cultural activities. It seems bingeing is here to stay all through the summer season. Moreover, it mars the beauty of an occasional event as overdoing of anything loses its attraction for the general public.
A ring leader of a gang of bus hijackers Jalil Jafar and his accomplice were killed and another two arrested when the Frontier Corps and Levies launched an operation in Sanjavi village near Pir Kash mountainous range on Thursday. The encounter continued f
Hey, everyone knows that milk is full of nutrients. But there are so many beverages in the fridge these days, why drink milk? Well, for starters, it's a great source of calcium, and it helps you build and maintain strong bones. Above all if it is UHT tre
The federal government is taking keen interest in the development of Northern Areas to bring it at par with other developed of the country and has launched various development projects including power schemes.
Post-modernism is in full, steam these days. One of the reasons for this much discussed philosophical trend of our times is that it is the top item on the cultural agenda of globalization.
Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) Peshawar Region has given a deadline till June 30 to commercial consumers in the provincial metropolis to deposit their additional security otherwise their gas supply would be disconnected after the expiry of the
"Awe and shock" bombing of Baghdad ended the war in Iraq within 3 weeks, as against estimated 3 months. Now after full one year of victory, America is under awe and shock at the intensity of the resistance unsetting the timetable of honourable (i.e. with
The provincial police chief Muhammad Raffat Pasha has directed the police officers and jawans to perform their duties with a missionary zeal and spirit and ensure protection of life, honour and property of general public at all costs.
Parliamentarians belonging to Fata including MNA from Kurram Agency Dr Syed Javed Hussain, Senator Hafiz Abdul Malik, MNA Maulana Noor-ul-Haq Qadari and Senator Hamidullah Jan Afridi from Khyber Agency called on the NWFP Governor Lieutenant General Syed I
In the annual of men, individuals have not been lacking who conspicuously devoted their lives to the socio-religious reform of their connected peoples. We find them in every epoch and in all lands. Babylonia gave to the world one of the greatest reformers
Pakistan Ambassador to the United States Ashraf Jehangir Qazi called on US Assistant Secretary of State Christina Rocca on Tuesday and discussed, among other matters, recent developments in Pakistan-US relations, sources told newsman here on Friday.
Foundation of All-India Muslim League: The year 1906 marks the cleavage and culmination of Muslim politics in the subcontinent, when the Aga Khan III led the Muslim delegation and met Lord Minto, the Viceroy of India from 1905, at Simla to demand the poli
Approval by European Union parliament of the extension in partnership and progress agreement between Pakistan and the EU will help boost foreign investment and economic activity in the country.
The committee formed under Dr Ikhtiar Baig, Member Sindh Privatisation Committee, opened the sealed bids/financial proposals for hiring of financial advisor on privatisation of Lakhra Power Generation Company here on Wednesday.
Four dacoits were killed and three of their accomplices including a woman were injured in an encounter with police at Burewala, district Vehari, on Friday morning.
Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) on Friday announced to participate in HSC Part-I and II annual examinations 2004 process in protest and warned that if excesses by activists of an ethnic political party were not stopped, they will not con
The latest close of key indices on major world stock exchanges and the London closing values of the euro, the Japanese yen, the British pound and gold bullion (previous day's closes in brackets).
Remarkable improvement of water inflows in major rivers of the country is seen, especially in Indus, Jhelum, Chenab and Kabul owing to recent rains in various parts of the country especially in upper parts of NWFP and AJK.
The workers of the Pakistan Muslim League-N on Friday set up a camp at Chowk Kutchery on the ninth day of their protest against the sentence awarded to Makhdoom Javed Hashmi in a sedition case, describing the sentence as unfair and repugnant to the norms
Nawabzada Asrar Ahmed Khan, younger son of ARD's founder Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan, Nazim of the City Union Council, Muzaffargarh, managed to attain the support of 27 out of total 49 members and foiled the bid of the ruling party MNAs and MPAs to dislodge
Finance Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday said here that closer relationship between Pakistan and the United States "is in the best interests" of both countries.
Glowing tributes were paid to senior lawyer late Ijaz Hussain Batalvi in a reference organised in his honour by Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) here on Friday.
The Trade and Investment Conference of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) countries was a successful event and would be a positive impact on the overall socio-economic structure of the member countries, said Hussain Ahmed Ozgen, President Rawalpi
The Deputy Foreign Minister of the Republic of Yemen, Hussein Tahir Bin Yahya will arrive here on Sunday on a two-day official visit to Pakistan. He will be accompanied by a two-member delegation.