Imran Khan fears attacks on ‘strategic assets’
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan Monday said that the attacks on the key naval base could be a precursor to further such attacks on...
Mirza happy to put injury woes behind her
Indian star Sania Mirza made a winning return to the French Open on Monday and said she was simply happy to be playing again...
E&P sector wary of corporate tax
A 500bp increase in the corporate tax for Exploration & Production sector in the upcoming budget is likely to hurt Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL),...
JI to re-launch journal
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) is planning to re-launch its 70-years old interpretative journal Aalmi Tarjuman-ul-Quran with a new name Tarjuman-ul-Quran. The new journal comprising 112 pages...
‘Tree of Life’ scoops Cannes top prize
Reclusive US director Terrence Malick clinched the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival for ‘The Tree of Life,’ a fantastical family drama uniting...
‘Petro dollars’ feed Jihadis in Pakistan: WikiLeaks
Islamic charities from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates financed a network in Pakistan that recruited children as young as eight to wage...
Answer to food insecurity lies with biotechnology: experts
is among the countries faced with highest food insecurity, complete breakdown of supply chain and negative flour consumption, and a national dialogue on...
NATO or not, dharna hurts local trade
The two-day dharna (sit-in) of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) at MA Jinnah Bridge on Saturday and Sunday, organised to choke off NATO supplies to...
Firdous for Pak-KSA co-op in education sector
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq said Pakistan and Saudi Arabia can benefit from each other in the field of education,...
CDA yet to release funds for Marghzar Zoo
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has not so far released the funds approved by in 2007 for upgrading Marghzar Zoo, owing to which the...
Samir earns tennis scholarship from US University
Pakistan’s newly-crowned Davis Cupper Samir Iftikhar, achieved another milestone in his short career with a lucrative four-year scholarship from the University of New Mexico,...
UVAS holds workshop on Prosperity through Entrepreneurship
The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) hosted a two-day workshop on “Prosperity through Entrepreneurship”, conducted by the National University of Science and...
Bahrain upholds 2 death sentences in police killings
A Bahrain emergency appeals court upheld death sentences on Sunday for two men found guilty of killing police officers during recent unrest, punishments human...
Hard to port
Much is made of Pakistan’s abundance of natural resource. But the transition of these resources into geo-strategically important ones has been a painfully slow...
Govt’s new drive to ensure 100pc literacy gains fresh momentum
The Punjab government’s new admission drive in schools to ensure 100 percent literacy in the province gained a fresh momentum after the secretary schools...
‘Judges enjoying protocol but common man suffering’
Judges are receiving the same protocol enjoyed by the rulers, but the common people have to to face miserable conditions in both dictatorial and...
Rise and rise of corruption in sport
In a startling disclosure, FIFA’s security chief Chris Eaton stated on Wednesday that soccer match fixing yields US$90 billion annually. This could have been...
