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Print - 2014-03-17
Relief items worth Rs 50 million from Punjab reach Sindh

Relief items worth Rs 50 million from Punjab reach Sindh

Sixty trucks of relief items worth Rs 50 million sent by Punjab government for the affectees of Thar have reached Sindh. The relief articles include 20, 000 food hampers, 40,000 mineral water bottles of Nestle company and packets of 75,000 kilogram rice w
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Kashmir issue: JI chief flays Indian minister's statement

Kashmir issue: JI chief flays Indian minister's statement

Ameer Jamaat e Islami, Pakistan, Syed Munawar Hasan, has said that any solution of the Kashmir issue on the pattern of Ireland or Scotland won't be acceptable and the issue must be resolved by granting the Kashmiris the right of self determination ensured
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
'Youth should be educated, trained to serve country'

'Youth should be educated, trained to serve country'

Pakistan's future is bright having its growing and dynamic population of young people and energetic workforce who should be educated and trained to serve country's in various aspects from nation-building to socio-economic development.
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
UAF to establish satellite veterinary clinics

UAF to establish satellite veterinary clinics

The University of Agriculture Faisalabad will establish state-of-the-art satellite veterinary clinics on the outskirts of the city, said UAF Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Iqrar Ahmad Khan. He was addressing the symposium on tick and tick borne diseases arranged
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
TV time linked to less sleep for kids

TV time linked to less sleep for kids

The more television children watch, the less total sleep they're getting, according to a small Spanish study. Researchers found that a nine-year-old who watched five hours of television a day, for example, slept an average one hour less a night than a nin
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Earth has a secret water reservoir

Earth has a secret water reservoir

A hundred and fifty years ago, in "Journey to the Centre of the Earth", French science-fiction forerunner Jules Verne pictured a vast sea that lay deep under our planet's surface. Today, that strange and haunting image has found an unexpected echo in a sc
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Slightly elevated BP also tied to strokes

Slightly elevated BP also tied to strokes

People with blood pressure that is elevated but not enough to be considered "high" are still at an increased risk for strokes, according to a new analysis of past studies. Researchers found that having so-called prehypertension was linked to a 66 percent
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Africa to spew half world's particle pollution

Africa to spew half world's particle pollution

With its exploding urban population burning ever more coal and wood, Africa could contribute as much as 55 percent of the world's particle pollutants by 2030, a study said on March 11. In 2005, the continent's global share of these atmospheric pollutants
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Four new ozone-depleting gases found in atmosphere

Four new ozone-depleting gases found in atmosphere

Worried scientists said on March 09 they had found four new ozone-destroying gases in the atmosphere, most likely put there by humans in the last 50-odd years despite a ban on these dangerous compounds. It is the first time since the 1990s that new substa
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Scientists find key 'fat gene'

Scientists find key 'fat gene'

Geneticists said on March 12 they had pinpointed the most important obesity gene yet, throwing up a possible target for drugs to tackle a dangerous and growing epidemic. Mice bred to lack a gene dubbed IRX3 were almost a third lighter than rodents with th
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Blood test can predict Alzheimer's

Blood test can predict Alzheimer's

Researchers in the United States say they have developed a prototype blood test that can tell with 90-percent accuracy whether a healthy person will develop Alzheimer's disease within three years. The test looks for 10 signatures of fatty proteins called
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Robots, hands-free wizardry wows at high-tech fair

Robots, hands-free wizardry wows at high-tech fair

A "toddler" robot that sees red, a digital master chef and a suitcase that never gets lost - new technology at the world's biggest high-tech fair has the potential to change lives. The gadgetry ranged from time-saving to life-saving in the buzzing CeBIT h
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Hearing-aid apps pump up the volume, double as headphones

Hearing-aid apps pump up the volume, double as headphones

New smartphone apps that link to hearing aids are helping people with impaired hearing to pump up the volume on their devices or to use them as headphones to stream phone calls, YouTube videos and music. About 36 million American adults have some hearing
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Mouse-over test helps uncover scam mails

Mouse-over test helps uncover scam mails

If you receive an email that seems dodgy, an easy trick for testing its trustworthiness is to run the screen cursor over any embedded links, according to a German computer magazine. Doing so will usually pull up a tiny box showing the true address of the
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Portable technology conquering the everyday

Portable technology conquering the everyday

With smart watches and fitness armbands that can communicate with smartphones, the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona gave an insight into the future of wearable technology. The technology market is undergoing profound changes and many hardware man
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Web founder calls for Internet bill of rights

Web founder calls for Internet bill of rights

A bill of rights should be created to govern the Internet in the wake of revelations about the depth of government surveillance, the inventor of the World Wide Web said on Wednesday. Tim Berners-Lee made the proposal as part of the "web we want" campaign
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Move over '123456': passwords go high-tech too

Move over '123456': passwords go high-tech too

Internet users may before long have a secure solution to the modern plague of passwords, in which they can use visual patterns or even their own body parts to identify themselves. Developers at the world's biggest high-tech fair, CeBIT, say that one of th
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Skip the clubs and go online

Skip the clubs and go online

Want to know what music is popular, but don't want to deal with the fuss of hitting the clubs every night? A group of DJs and music experts from Amsterdam, Brussels, London and Paris have gotten together to regularly update their 22 favourite songs from a
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Yahoo serves up Yelp user reviews

Yahoo serves up Yelp user reviews

Yahoo on Wednesday began serving up Yelp reviews in US search results as it sought to win users away from Google. "We're thrilled to announce that we've partnered with Yelp," Yahoo product management senior director Anand Chandrasekaran said in a blog pos
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Google grabs Green Throttle video game talent

Google grabs Green Throttle video game talent

March 12, 2014 (AFP) - Google on Wednesday confirmed that video game gear gurus from start-up Green Throttle have joined its team, fuelling talk of plans for an Android-powered game system. The Internet titan did not disclose details regarding the deal un
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Plug-in no longer necessary for spoken Google Chrome searches

Plug-in no longer necessary for spoken Google Chrome searches

Google Chrome users are now able to initiate web searches simply by saying the words "Okay, Google" into a microphone. The most up-to-date Android (version 4.4 or KitKat) comes with the spoken search option firmly bundled, but this change extends the func
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Cathay Pacific net profit tripled in 2013

Cathay Pacific net profit tripled in 2013

Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific said on March 12 net profit more than tripled last year on a rise in Chinese travellers and fuel-cost savings, but its cargo unit saw earnings fall while analysts warned of a tough future. The city's flag-carrier said prof
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Cathay Pacific net profit tripled in 2013

Cathay Pacific net profit tripled in 2013

Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific said on March 12 net profit more than tripled last year on a rise in Chinese travellers and fuel-cost savings, but its cargo unit saw earnings fall while analysts warned of a tough future. The city's flag-carrier said prof
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Titan eyes jewellery exports

Titan eyes jewellery exports

India's biggest jewellery retailer Titan Co Ltd hopes to start exports in the next fiscal year to perk up sales that have been dampened by the country's strict curbs on gold imports, a senior company official said on March 12. Struggling with a ballooning
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
BMW drives on to record sales, earnings in 2013

BMW drives on to record sales, earnings in 2013

German top-of-the-range car maker BMW said on March 13 it achieved record sales and earnings and plans to pay an increased dividend to shareholders. "With its fourth straight record year, the BMW group's strong performance continued during the past year d
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
BMW drives on to record sales, earnings in 2013

BMW drives on to record sales, earnings in 2013

German top-of-the-range car maker BMW said on March 13 it achieved record sales and earnings and plans to pay an increased dividend to shareholders. "With its fourth straight record year, the BMW group's strong performance continued during the past year d
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Dubai Islamic Bank eyes Kenya, Indonesia for expansion

Dubai Islamic Bank eyes Kenya, Indonesia for expansion

Dubai Islamic Bank plans to expand its operations into Indonesia, Kenya and other African countries as it emerges from a period of consolidation, the bank's chief executive said. The emirate's largest sharia-compliant lender, which currently makes some 95
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Chevron cuts production outlook on rising costs

Chevron cuts production outlook on rising costs

Chevron Corp, the second-largest US oil company, cut expectations for its 2017 production on March 11 by 6 percent, citing lower natural gas prices, rising costs and project delays. The company, like many of its peers, has seen mixed results from spending
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Lloyds Bank to cap pension increases for 35,000 staff

Lloyds Bank to cap pension increases for 35,000 staff

Lloyds Banking Group said on March 11 it would cap the pensions of around 35,000 employees in a move that will boost income by 1 billion pounds ($1.66 billion) but risks a backlash from disgruntled employees.
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Unilever buys majority share in China water business

Unilever buys majority share in China water business

Dutch food and cosmetics giant Unilever said on March 09 it has bought a majority stake in Chinese water purification company Qinyuan in its biggest investment in the country in a decade. "We are delighted to be making this strategic investment - a majori
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Deutsche Post confident after boosting profits in 2013

Deutsche Post confident after boosting profits in 2013

Deutsche Post, the German mail and logistics giant, said on March 12 that its profits rose last year and were set to rise further this year. Deutsche Post said in a statement that its net profit jumped by 27.5 percent to 2.091 billion euros ($2.9 billion)
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
UniCredit posts record $19 billion loss after writedowns

UniCredit posts record $19 billion loss after writedowns

UniCredit posted a record 14 billion-euro ($19 billion) loss on March 11 due to huge writedowns on bad loans and past acquisitions as it moved to clean up its balance sheet ahead of an industry-wide health check by European regulators. Italy's biggest ban
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Parma put the boot into 10-man Milan

Parma put the boot into 10-man Milan

Antonio Cassano scored a brace as Parma stunned ten-man AC Milan 4-2 to drop the Serie A giants to 12th and virtually out of contention for European football on Sunday. After two consecutive defeats the pressure was on Milan coach Clarence Seedorf, who in
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Arsenal back into title bid

Arsenal back into title bid

Tomas Rosicky fired Arsenal back into the Premier League title race as the Czech midfielder's quick-fire strike clinched a crucial 1-0 win over north London rivals Tottenham on Sunday. Arsene Wenger's side began the weekend seven points behind Chelsea, bu
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Title-chasing Liverpool sink sorry United

Title-chasing Liverpool sink sorry United

Steven Gerrard scored two penalties as Liverpool closed to within four points of Premier League leaders Chelsea with a 3-0 win at beleaguered rivals Manchester United on Sunday. Gerrard found the net from 12 yards either side of half-time before Luis Suar
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Russia closes 'best ever' Games under Crimea shadow

Russia closes 'best ever' Games under Crimea shadow

Russia on Sunday laid on a glittering closing ceremony in Sochi to draw the curtain on the Winter Paralympic Games hailed as the "best ever" but held under the long shadow of the stand-off over Crimea.
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Seven up for Barca as Messi breaks another record

Seven up for Barca as Messi breaks another record

Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to become Barcelona's all-time record goalscorer as they cut the gap on La Liga leaders Real Madrid to four points ahead of their meeting next weekend with a 7-0 thrashing of Osasuna. After a slow start, the hosts were spar
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Nepal rout Hong Kong in clash of World Twenty20 debutants

Nepal rout Hong Kong in clash of World Twenty20 debutants

Nepal marked their arrival on the international cricket stage with a massive 80-run win over fellow newcomers Hong Kong in a preliminary group match at the World Twenty20 Sunday. Nepal hammered 149-8 after being sent into bat and then bowled Hong Kong out
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Garcia retains light welterweight title

Garcia retains light welterweight title

Danny Garcia kept his undefeated record intact late Saturday by taking a majority decision over challenger Mauricio Herrera in a light welterweight title fight. Garcia improved to 28-0 and retained his World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association tit
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Federer, Djokovic in final

Federer, Djokovic in final

Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic set up another mouth-watering final at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells after winning their semis on Saturday. Federer ended the giant-killing run of Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov when he cruised to a 6-3 6-1 victory i
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Johnson out of World Twenty20 with toe infection

Johnson out of World Twenty20 with toe infection

Feared pace bowler Mitchell Johnson was ruled out of the World Twenty20 with a toe infection on Sunday, dealing a blow to Australia's hopes in the tournament. Johnson cut his right big toe after the third Test win over South Africa and after infection set
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Bangladesh thrash Afghanistan in World Twenty20 opener

Bangladesh thrash Afghanistan in World Twenty20 opener

Hosts Bangladesh made an impressive start in the World Twenty20 with a nine-wicket demolition of Afghanistan in the tournament opener in Dhaka on Sunday. Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan grabbed three wickets for eight runs as Afghanistan, sent in to bat,
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Bargain retail lifts US shopping centers as big names stumble

Bargain retail lifts US shopping centers as big names stumble

Bargain store chains are flooding into North American malls and shopping centers like never before, upstaging old mainstays like J.C. Penney and Sears that are reeling from the one-two punch of an ailing economy and competition from online stores. "We're
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Venezuela central bank head acknowledges economic 'crisis'

Venezuela central bank head acknowledges economic 'crisis'

Central Bank President Nelson Merentes acknowledged on Sunday that Venezuela was undergoing an "economic crisis" but said measures like a new market-based currency mechanism would help bring rapid improvements. "It's a crisis, but it's not a crisis of suc
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
US Treasury's Lew welcomes Chinese currency move

US Treasury's Lew welcomes Chinese currency move

The United States welcomed China's recent decision to allow its currency's value to vary more against the US dollar, a Treasury spokesperson said on Sunday. US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew spoke on Saturday evening by phone with Chinese vice-premier Wang Y
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Greek leftist leader says EU-IMF creditors owe 'reparations'

Greek leftist leader says EU-IMF creditors owe 'reparations'

Radical leftist Alexis Tsipras said Sunday that international creditors had committed a "crime" against southern Europe and should pay reparations for hardships endured under austerity regimes. Tsipras, whose Syriza party leads in opinion polls over the r
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Ukraine has part-paid Gazprom February supplies: minister

Ukraine has part-paid Gazprom February supplies: minister

Ukraine has paid in part for imports of Russian gas in February and has sufficient stores to provide for the summer period, Energy Ministry Yuri Prodan said on Sunday. Prodan, speaking to journalists on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting, said Ukraine had
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Saudi Arabia's 2013 GDP up 3.8 percent

Saudi Arabia's 2013 GDP up 3.8 percent

OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia's GDP grew by 3.8 percent in 2013, media on Sunday quoted Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) governor Fahad al-Mubarak as saying. The International Monetary Fund said last May that it expected growth in the largest Arab econ
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Bulgaria to strip foreign power firms of their licences

Bulgaria to strip foreign power firms of their licences

Bulgaria may strip foreign-owned power distributors of their operating licences if they fail to pay their dues to indebted state public power provider NEK, the energy minister said on Sunday.
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
German officials want to clamp down on amnesty for tax dodgers

German officials want to clamp down on amnesty for tax dodgers

Senior German lawmakers on Sunday called for tougher rules to make it harder for tax cheats to claim amnesty by turning themselves in, days after soccer manager Uli Hoeness was sentenced for 3-1/2 years in prison for tax evasion.
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Total expects legal action over 2012 North Sea gas leak

Total expects legal action over 2012 North Sea gas leak

French energy group Total said on Sunday it expected British authorities to launch legal proceedings against it over a major gas leak at a North Sea oil rig in 2012. Total's Elgin platform, located around 240 km (150 miles) off Scotland's east coast, spew
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Total expects legal action over 2012 North Sea gas leak

Total expects legal action over 2012 North Sea gas leak

French energy group Total said on Sunday it expected British authorities to launch legal proceedings against it over a major gas leak at a North Sea oil rig in 2012. Total's Elgin platform, located around 240 km (150 miles) off Scotland's east coast, spew
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Lloyds to grow SME lending by one billion pounds in 2014

Lloyds to grow SME lending by one billion pounds in 2014

Lloyds Bank said it will grow its lending to small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) by a further 1 billion pounds this year, seeing stronger growth prospects for smaller businesses as Britain's economic recovery takes hold.
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
UK to extend plan to boost new home-building until 2020

UK to extend plan to boost new home-building until 2020

Britain plans to extend a scheme to encourage house building and develop a new town close to London, finance minister George Osborne said on Sunday, ahead of a budget announcement this week that will stick closely to his austerity programme. The governmen
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
British finance minister warns recovery incomplete

British finance minister warns recovery incomplete

Finance minister George Osborne warned Sunday that Britain's economic recovery was on course but far from completion as he prepared to deliver his annual budget this week. The chancellor of the exchequer said Britain was not exporting, investing, building
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Nasdaq OMX considers expanding into foreign exchange

Nasdaq OMX considers expanding into foreign exchange

Exchange operator Nasdaq OMX Group Inc is considering a move to offer trading and clearing of foreign exchange, as investigations into alleged currency market manipulation boost interest in easier-to-regulate trading via exchanges, one of its executive vi
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Computers dethrone humans in European stock trading

Computers dethrone humans in European stock trading

European equity investors are placing more orders via computers than through flesh-and-blood traders for the first time as new market rules drive more money managers to go high-tech and low cost. The widespread regulatory changes, designed to make trading
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Tokyo investors to eye Fed meeting

Tokyo investors to eye Fed meeting

Tokyo investors will focus on the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting next week looking for fresh trading cues following a big sell-off over the past week fuelled by fears over China's economy and the Ukraine crisis. The benchmark Nikkei-225 index lost 3.
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Emaar boosts Dubai bourse but Ukraine hurts rest of region

Emaar boosts Dubai bourse but Ukraine hurts rest of region

Positive news from Emaar Properties boosted Dubai's bourse on Sunday but the Ukrainian crisis pushed down almost all other stock markets in the Middle East. Emaar announced plans to sell up to 25 percent of its shopping mall in a public offer expected to
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Sri Lankan rupee up

Sri Lankan rupee up

The Sri Lankan rupee edged up on Friday from a near two-week low hit in the previous session as dollar sales by banks outpaced late dollar demand from importers, dealers said. The spot rupee strengthened to 130.52/57 per dollar during the session before c
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Ukraine tensions may be longer-term boon for Turkish lira

Ukraine tensions may be longer-term boon for Turkish lira

Buying the Turkish lira versus the dollar or the euro might be a counter-intuitive play on any prolonged tensions between Russia and Ukraine on the north side of the Black Sea. Turkey's strategic position and its potential as a conduit for natural gas fro
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
European equity capital markets activity hits highest since 2007

European equity capital markets activity hits highest since 2007

European equity capital markets have begun 2014 with their strongest annual start since 2007, Thomson Reuters weekly data showed on Friday, as a rash of initial public offerings (IPOs) helped business surge 38 percent on the same period last year.
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
European equity capital markets activity hits highest since 2007

European equity capital markets activity hits highest since 2007

European equity capital markets have begun 2014 with their strongest annual start since 2007, Thomson Reuters weekly data showed on Friday, as a rash of initial public offerings (IPOs) helped business surge 38 percent on the same period last year.
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Cold US weather encourages inflows into energy ETPs in February

Cold US weather encourages inflows into energy ETPs in February

Extremely cold temperatures in North America encouraged investors to put almost $300 million into energy futures exchange traded products (ETPs) in February, as they sought to capitalise on strong demand for natural gas and US crude.
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Canada dollar stable for now, but set to fall more

Canada dollar stable for now, but set to fall more

The Canadian dollar is expected to stabilise for the next couple of months, but the battered "loonie" will dip further over the longer term as the Bank of Canada holds interest rates steady, a Reuters poll showed. The Canadian dollar started off the year
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Wake for 'twice-killed' Mexican drug lord

Wake for 'twice-killed' Mexican drug lord

Relatives of Nazario Moreno, head of the Knights Templar drug gang killed last week despite being reported "dead" in 2010, gathered for a wake with no police presence late Saturday. Moreno, best known by his nicknames "El Chayo" and "El Mas Loco" (The Cra
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Polluted Paris prepares for partial car ban

Polluted Paris prepares for partial car ban

Paris on Monday launches alternate driving days for the first time in nearly 20 years to tackle dangerous air pollution levels amid controversy on whether the ban is warranted or will yield results. The restrictions in the French capital and 22 surroundin
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Serbia votes in snap polls amid economic gloom

Serbia votes in snap polls amid economic gloom

Serbians were voting in snap polls Sunday, with the ruling centre-right SNS party tipped to cement its grip on power with the promise of economic reforms that would lead the Balkan country into the EU. With ballooning public debt, a bloated public sector
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Taiwan scrambles ships to chase Chinese boat

Taiwan scrambles ships to chase Chinese boat

A Chinese fishing boat with nine crew aboard was escorted to Taiwan Sunday after an hours-long sea chase involving five coastguard vessels and a naval frigate, officials said. The crew of the "Zhe Ling Yu 69088", a 260-tonne vessel from China's eastern pr
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Cameron seeks limits on EU judicial powers and migration

Cameron seeks limits on EU judicial powers and migration

British Prime Minister David Cameron will seek to prevent mass migration and European Union interference in police and judicial matters, he said on Sunday, providing the most detail yet on how he intends to reform the country's relationship with the EU. U
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Mercury, the incredible shrinking planet

Mercury, the incredible shrinking planet

Beneath its Sun-scorched exterior, the planet Mercury is cooling, which is causing it to shrink ever so slightly, scientists said Sunday. Over the last 3.8 billion years, the planet has shrunk by up to 14 kilometers (8.8 miles) to reach its present diamet
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Israel to allow fuel into Gaza

Israel to allow fuel into Gaza

Israel is allow the resumption of diesel deliveries into Gaza on Sunday, a day after the territory's sole power plant stopped working due to a lack of fuel, officials said. The defence ministry had on Thursday shut down the Kerem Shalom goods crossing int
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Venezuela wants US to join 'peace commission' to end unrest

Venezuela wants US to join 'peace commission' to end unrest

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro urged Washington on Saturday to join a "high-level commission" to promote peace after more than a month of deadly anti-government demonstrations. Maduro blames the United States for the riots, a charge US officials on F
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Spain deports Madrid train bombing convict to Morocco

Spain deports Madrid train bombing convict to Morocco

Spain on Sunday deported a Moroccan man after he completed a 10-year jail sentence for obtaining the explosives used in the 2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people, the government said. Spain's National Court in 2007 sentenced Rafa Zouhier, 34,
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Rahul Gandhi predicts bigger election win than 2009

Rahul Gandhi predicts bigger election win than 2009

Rahul Gandhi Sunday forecast a bigger win for India's ruling Congress party in next month's elections than it secured last time, rejecting comments by senior party members that they face an uphill battle. Gandhi, frontrunner to be prime minister should Co
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Girl, 5, dies after car plunges off Istanbul ferry

Girl, 5, dies after car plunges off Istanbul ferry

A five-year-old girl was killed and three women were injured when their car plunged into the sea while boarding a ferry in Istanbul, local media reported on Sunday. The ferry began pulling away from the dock on Saturday in the tourist district of Sirkeci
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Warming melts last stable edge of Greenland icesheet

Warming melts last stable edge of Greenland icesheet

The last edge of the Greenland ice sheet that had resisted global warming has now become unstable, adding billions of tonnes of meltwater to rising seas, scientists said on Sunday. In a study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, they said a sur
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
HCCI chief welcomes S M Muneer's appointment

HCCI chief welcomes S M Muneer's appointment

President, Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Gohar Ullah has welcomed the appointment of S M Muneer as Chief Executive of Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) and said that this was a good decision of the present government.
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
JUI-F criticises PPO

JUI-F criticises PPO

Deputy chief, JUI-F Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Maulana Atta-ur-Rehman and Secretary Information Abdul Jalil Jan have said that the Protection of Pakistan Ordinance (PPO) is only part of the Western propaganda campaign against religious seminaries, which will not
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Bullet-riddled body found

Bullet-riddled body found

A bullet-riddled body of man, stuffed in a gunny bag, here in early hours of Sunday was recovered from beneath the "Teen Hatti Bridge". Rescue sources said that the identity of deceased could not be ascertained, however he appeared to be in his age of thi
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Altaf condemns attack on Hindu temple

Altaf condemns attack on Hindu temple

The government should take measures to protect life and property of the Hindu community and their places of worship. The founder and leader of MQM Altaf Hussain has expressed condemnation of desecration of the holy pages which led to violence and arson at
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Former IGP Jehanzeb Burki passes away

Former IGP Jehanzeb Burki passes away

Former Inspector General of Police Punjab Jehanzeb Burki has passed away here on Sunday. He left behind four daughters and one widow. He was 75 years old. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has expressed deep sense of sorrow and grief over
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Vegetable Enhancement Plan worth Rs 410.87 million evolved

Vegetable Enhancement Plan worth Rs 410.87 million evolved

Punjab Agriculture department has evolved a three year multi-pronged "Vegetable Enhancement" plan costing Rs 410.87 million. Sources in Agriculture department told Business Recorder on Sunday that the proposed plan would be carried out in 18 distri
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Dar for completion of NSKH project in Swat by May

Dar for completion of NSKH project in Swat by May

Finance Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Sunday directed the quarters concerned to complete Nawaz Sharif Kidney Hospital (NSKH) in Swat by end of May this year. He was chairing the meeting of Punjab Hospitals Trust here to review construction of NSKH at Swa
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Imran demands better working conditions for nurses

Imran demands better working conditions for nurses

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman, Imran Khan, Sunday expressed serious concern over the continuing protest by nurses and demanded that they be given proper contracts and better working conditions and pay scales. In a statement Sunday Imran said the
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Journalists, writers pay tribute to Khalid Hasan

Journalists, writers pay tribute to Khalid Hasan

Pakistani intellectuals and writers paid tribute to the memory of Khalid Hasan as they highlighted the late author's extraordinary works and several contributions to the field of journalism. Friends and colleagues of Hasan, who in his long career also wor
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Encroachers take over commercial land of Rawalpindi

Encroachers take over commercial land of Rawalpindi

Almost all the main commercial areas of Rawalpindi city and cantonment have been taken over by encroachers, as shopkeepers and vendors are occupying most of the footpaths and parking areas, hampering smooth flow of traffic and pedestrians. The irony is th
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Curbing car theft: Mobile Verification System introduced in Islamabad

Curbing car theft: Mobile Verification System introduced in Islamabad

Islamabad Police has introduced a Mobile Verification System to curb car theft as it has prepared a database where information of stolen vehicles is incorporated. The police personnel deployed at various nakas and patrolling places are able to check detai
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
Complete shutdown in IHK against killing of youth

Complete shutdown in IHK against killing of youth

Complete shutdown was observed in the Indian held Kashmir to protest against the killing of youth by Indian police in Naidkhai area of Bandipora district. According to KMS, call for the shutdown has been given by the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Confe
Published 17 Mar, 2014 12:00am
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