Poland's opposition Peasants' Party on Sunday officially kicked off a national drive to collect signatures for a petition demanding the immediate withdrawal of Polish troops from Iraq.
Thousands of Sikhs from across the world have begun arriving in this northern Indian city to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the installation of Sikhism's scripture in the Golden Temple, witnesses said Sunday.
Five people died in floods which swept across eastern and southern Romania at the weekend, damaging hundreds of homes and disrupting road and rail traffic, authorities and media said on Sunday.
Australians will vote on October 9 in a cliff-hanger election pitting the conservative government against centre-left Labour, with national security and the economy key issues, Prime Minister John Howard said on Sunday.
Flushed with success after its most successful Olympics with three gold medals in the bag, Thailand plans to bid to host the Games in 2016, according to a newspaper report on Sunday.
British teenage boxing sensation Amir Khan intends to stay amateur and put big-money offers on hold after bowing out of the Athens Olympics with a silver medal on Sunday.
The powerful performance in Athens by China and Japan marked the "awakening of Asia" that heralded a strong showing by Asians at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, International Olympic Committee (IOC) chief Jacques Rogge said on Sunday.
An ecstatic team of Brazilian volleyball players cried, threw their coach in the air and dived head first on to the ground in unison after beating Italy 3-1 to win the men's Olympic gold medal on Sunday.
Cuban master Mario Kindelan met the future of boxing and survived the experience when he out-pointed British teenager Amir Khan in the highlight of final action at the Olympic tournament on Sunday.
The Pakistan Peoples Party, Azad Kashmir has announced to launch an across-the-state mass contact drive from September 5 to force the government to stop its anti-state and anti-people policies.
Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) has finalised a scheme to strengthen the distribution network of residential and commercial consumers of Defence Housing Authority (DHA).
As many as 2,872 agitational activities, including hunger strikes, demonstrations, rallies, sit-ins etc were recorded between January 1 and August 24 this year in Sindh province.
The Small Dams Organisation (SDO), established with the objective of combating drought conditions in water scarcity areas of NWFP, has completed construction of Azakhel small dam in Peshawar.
PML Senator Nisar A Memon on Sunday asked the 'Memon Professionals Forum' (MPF) to send recommendations to the government for new legislation and implement existing laws, especially pertaining to education, healthcare and creation of more jobs for the upl
The Pakistan Muslim League (PML) submitted its annual accounts to the Election Commission of Pakistan at its office on Sunday to fulfil the requirements of the Election Commission.
Punjab Baitul Maal Minister Chaudhry Mohammad Ejaz Shafi has said the government will provide all out assistance and grant to the NGOs for the launching of health, education and other public welfare-oriented projects.
The Muslim Commercial Bank (MCB) has introduced Islamic Banking in Multan, and opened its first branch to facilitate the people of this region introducing "Riba free " Islamic investment deposit scheme with objectives to earn 'Halal' profits in strict con
Japan's Defence Minister said on Sunday Japan may have to consider negotiating changes in the agreement that governs the status of US forces in Japan following a dispute over the management of a US helicopter crash in the southern prefecture of Okinawa ea
A Kremlin-backed career police officer was set to be crowned leader of Chechnya in a vote Sunday that Moscow hopes will show progress towards peace in the embattled republic but that was nonetheless punctuated by violence.
Israel's image in the United States may be tarnished and relations with its main ally suffer even if suspicions a Pentagon analyst gave secrets to the Jewish state prove false, Israeli officials said on Sunday.
Asia may have little to complain about if President George W. Bush wins a second term in office despite the lack of a coherent US policy and its waning influence in the region, analysts say.
Iraq's interim deputy prime minister, Barham Saleh, arrived in Tehran Sunday on a mission from his US-backed government to press Iran to stop interfering in its neighbour's affairs.
Eight people were killed and 54 injured Sunday, 12 of them critically, in a pre-dawn pile-up of five vehicles on a motorway in south-west France, authorities said.
Iran has answered all "serious questions" about its nuclear activities but says some "marginal problems" could arise when the UN's atomic energy agency meets next month, a spokesman said Sunday.
President Jacques Chirac urged Iraqi militants on Sunday to release two French journalists they were holding in Iraq and sent Foreign Minister Michel Barnier to the region to help seek their freedom.
Demonstrators carrying colourful banners and signs marched up one of New York's main avenues on Sunday to protest President George W. Bush's policies over the Iraq war and the economy the day before the Republican convention opens.
Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal deputy secretary general Liaquat Baloch has said that after the election of Shaukat Aziz, General Pervaiz Musharraf is trying his best not to shed the uniform and in this regard, General Musharraf is making lame excuses but he has
Secretary General Pakistan Muslim League, Senator Mushahid Hussain on Sunday held a meeting with former Prime Minister and President PML Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain at his residence here.
I am finding it quite difficult to come up with recommendations for the government to intervene in the rice sector, as market forces are the main players in the decision-making, process of all stakeholders.
Road transportation is not only the most popular and widely used it is also the only mode which is available to most of the population in Pakistan. Transportation of passengers and goods by roads creates jobs, reduces transportation costs and increases ac
On a dusty river bed in the shadow of the Potala Palace, home of Tibet's exiled Dalai Lama, a bridge is rising that China says will bring prosperity to the Roof of the World.
Have you ever noticed why there is such a large spread between the buying and selling price of real assets and those of financial assets charged by a specialised dealer of those assets. Try taking a car to an automobile showroom and ask the value of the c
Nowadays, 'Takaful' has become a buzzword amongst the insurance circles in Pakistan. This Shariah-compliant, co-operative form of insurance has finally 'come of age' having been in practice for over two decades in the more 'enlightened' regions of
The brightening of prospects of improving the primary and secondary education in the country, to which US Ambassador to Pakistan Nancy Powell excitedly referred while speaking as the chief guest at the district improvement grants award ceremony, in Karach
Shaukat Aziz's victory in the election for the new Prime Minister was a foregone conclusion. But the manner in which the drama unfolded in the National Assembly on Friday left a bad taste in the mouth.
The Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) on Sunday said it would call an all parties conference (APC) against the "unconstitutional and undemocratic" election of Shaukat Aziz as prime minister.
Former foreign affairs secretary Akram Zaki on Sunday, rejecting Indian charges of backing infiltration across the Line of Control, urged New Delhi to refrain from such malicious exercise.
Intelligence agents and police have arrested three men suspected of involvement in two assassination attempts on President Pervez Musharraf, a security official said on Sunday.
The government has established an independent company that will independently operate Lakhra coal-fired power plant, previously operated be the Jamshoro Power Company.
Overseas Pakistanis living across Britain on Sunday welcomed the election of Shaukat Aziz as Prime Minister and hoped he would use his economic acumen for ensuring that fruits of economic growth trickle down to the poor.
The Pakistan Workers Confederation (PWC), Punjab, has announced to hold a national conference on September 15 to discuss various issues relating to labour laws, economic and social rights of working class, unemployment and price-hike issues.
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has greeted Shaukat Aziz, the newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, and expressed hope that under his guidance Pakistan would achieve success in socio-economic fields.
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Sunday said that his government's sole agenda was welfare of the people and economic prosperity and stability of the country.
Women are fully prepared to focus on the abrogation of Hadood Ordinance after their successful crusade against Karo-kari in Pakistan, said Ms Raheela Tiwana, deputy speaker Sindh Assembly.
Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Muhammad Yusuf has said that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz while empowering him to make any announcement and taking measures about provincial development, has assured that the federal government would extend full co-operation
Conducive weather is brightening the prospects for a bumper cotton crop of 11.5 million 375-lb bales in 2004-05 season with very good cotton quality. As the harvesting is gaining momentum, more and more ginning factories are resuming operation in new crop
Conducive weather is brightening the prospects for a bumper cotton crop of 11.5 million 375-lb bales in 2004-05 season with very good cotton quality. As the harvesting is gaining momentum, more and more ginning factories are resuming operation in new crop
The city traffic police issued 541,247 challan tickets, and collected fine worth Rs 79.5 million from traffic rules violators during the first seven months of the current year (January to July 31).
After several years of direct air link suspension with Moscow, the national carrier PIA restarted its service with the departure of first PIA flight PK-733 to the Russian capital.
The security forces have wiped out the hideouts of miscreants from Wana, Shakai and surrounding areas, DG ISPR Major General Shaukat Sultan said on Sunday.
As many as seven division and 18 single benches will work at the principal seat of the Lahore High Court, during the week commencing from Monday (August 30, 2004).
Punjab ministers while congratulating the new premier on his exaltation, have said the victory of Shaukat Aziz as the prime minister would bring improvement in the areas of economic, agriculture and law and order stability in the country and further enhan
The controversy between Punjab and other three provinces over ban by Punjab on inter-provincial movement of wheat has deepened posing serious threat to inter-provincial harmony.
The member Sales Tax, Central Board of Revenue (CBR), Shahid Ahmad has said the CBR would to launch a special value addition scheme, and those which go for value-addition would be exempted of the audit.
China hopes that its decades' old partnership with Pakistan will further grow particularly in the economic field, after the election of Shaukat Aziz as new Prime Minister.
The staff of Collectorate of Sales Tax and Central Excise, Rawalpindi, is demanding Rs 1000 as bribe for issuance of computer numbers necessary for obtaining new sales tax registration under Centralised Registration Office (CRO), Central Board of Revenue
To express solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners staging hunger-strike in Israeli jails for the last 15 days, the activists of the Islami Jamiat Talaba (IJT), Punjab University, held a peaceful protest demonstration outside the Lahore Press Club on Su
The AJK Minister for Finance Raja Nisar Ahmed Khan has said that preservation of Kashmir's forests is vital for economic growth of Pakistan and warned that forests have reduced over 12 percent area of state which were 42 percent on the time of independenc
The Karachi Building Control Authority has advised the citizens to beware of housing projects, publicised by the builders without seeking No Objection Certificate (NOC).
Recently an agreement was signed between Shell Pakistan Ltd and Pak Suzuki Motor Co Ltd With the signing of formal agreement by Zahra Ahmed, General Manager Lubricants, Shell Pakistan and K. Ayukawa M.D. Pak Suzuki, Shell Pakistan will now supply Suzuki r
The cotton buyers slightly stepped up buying towards the middle of the week as sellers appeared defiant to sell below their investment, during the week ended on August 28, 2004, relevant sources said.
Though the Punjab government has set a precedent while declaring free education up to matriculation, the Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISEs) of the province are following the practice of enhancing exam fees disproportionately, thus depr
Prime Minister of Azad Jammu Kashmir Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan has said his government was spending 33 percent of the total budget on health and education sectors.
Supreme head of Muslim Conference and former AJK premier Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan has said that Pakistan-India talks on Indian occupied Kashmir will not be result-oriented as they do not involve Kashmiris and as New Delhi takes these parleys to pursue its
Sindh Inter-Provincial Co-ordination Minister Dr Sohrab Khan Sarki has notified that Sindh Chief Minister Dr Arbab Ghulam Rahim would soon visit 25 under-construction police check-posts and three police stations at Sindh-Balochistan border, and review the
World Wide Fund for Conservation of Nature (WWF-Pakistan), in collaboration with ICI Pakistan and City District Government Karachi (CDGK), on Saturday organised a beach-cleaning event at turtle nesting ground of Sandspit here to mark its project "Save The
Sindh Education and Literacy Minister Dr Hamida Khuhro has hinted at bringing about changes in the syllabus of primary schools so as English could be taught in primary classes along with mother tongues--Sindhi and Urdu.
The meteorological department has forecast partly cloudy and windy weather for Karachi with maximum temperature ranging between 31°C and 33°C on Monday.
Demonstrations would be staged in each and every village, town and city of the country on September 11 to express their anger against the acts of America and its allies against Muslim world and to condemn their aggression, brutalities and atrocities.
Brazil's Vanderlei de Lima will be presented with a medal named after the founder of the modern Olympics in recognition of his 'exceptional demonstration of fair play and Olympic values', the IOC said.
Not very often in the peacetime that a nation has called upon one of his worthy sons to use his prodigious talents to salvage the country at the brink of precipice; to unite a divided house and a society fragmented by ethnicity, parochial prejudices, reli
Iran has offered Pakistan technical assistance in the projects of iron ore exploration as part of expansion of production plant at Pakistan Steel, Karachi.
Ten freedom fighters including a top leader and six civilians were killed in the latest separatist violence in Indian occupied Kashmir, police said on Sunday.
The raw materials prices to produce polyester staple fibre at the outset of 2004 have jumped by over 50 percent, touching their highest levels at the international markets because of rising oil prices.
The raw materials prices to produce polyester staple fibre at the outset of 2004 have jumped by over 50 percent, touching their highest levels at the international markets because of rising oil prices.
Orascom Telecom Holding SAE (OTH) has agreed terms to renew the licence of its ''Mobilink'' branded Pakistani GSM subsidiary for an additional 15 years starting after the expiry of its current licence in July 2007 and ending July 2022.
Orascom Telecom Holding SAE (OTH) has agreed terms to renew the licence of its 'Mobilink' branded Pakistani GSM subsidiary for an additional 15 years starting after the expiry of its current licence in July 2007 and ending July 2022.
Orascom Telecom Holding SAE (OTH) has agreed terms to renew the licence of its 'Mobilink' branded Pakistani GSM subsidiary for an additional 15 years starting after the expiry of its current licence in July 2007 and ending July 2022.
India on Sunday successfully tested its indigenous Agni-II ballistic missile, the military said as it announced it was armed with a shorter-range version of the nuclear-capable missile.
India on Sunday successfully tested its indigenous Agni-II ballistic missile, the military said as it announced it was armed with a shorter-range version of the nuclear-capable missile.