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Doctors lock down PIMS

Hundreds of patients were left in the lurch on Wednesday at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) when doctors locked down almost the entire...

Heavens pour down

Heavy rains coupled with strong winds on Monday resulted in water flooding the Parliament House, Presidency, basement of the Supreme Court (SC) and several...

ICT clamps down on profiteers

Special price checking teams headed by the magistrates of Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration imposed fines worth Rs 34,400 on 53 profiteers on Sunday....

31 US special forces die as Taliban down helicopter

Thirty-one US special forces, most of them from the elite Navy SEALs unit that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, and seven Afghan...

Railways hints at mass train shut down

Railway authorities have hinted at shutting down dozens of branch trains, considering them burden on the already cash-strapped service and also to streamline the...

Tempting Indian treats beat others hands down

In the holy month of Ramazan, international fast food companies across Karachi announce special deals and discounts for Iftar, but the people of the...

One down, 160 more to go?

If the tragic collapse of five-storey residential building in Baghdadi, Lyari early Thursday morning is anything to go by, several questions arise on disaster...

Jobless claims edge down last week

New claims for unemployment benefits were little changed last week, a government report showed on Thursday, pointing to a marginal improvement in the labor...

Indo-Pak series flops down to a friendly

Pakistan football team will square up with India in a one-off soccer friendlier on September 3 in Derby, England, instead of three-match series as...

Double the trouble as two KESC plants down

While the citizens were expecting reduced load shedding in Ramazan after the government ensured enhanced gas and furnace oil supply to the Karachi Electric...

Freezers break down at capital’s only mortuary

Freezers at the only mortuary service in the federal capital, at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), have been working ineffectively for the...

Five more gunned down in Karachi

At least five more persons were gunned down here in the city on Saturday, police said. According to the details, violence continued in the city...

Rebel deadline for Gaddafi to step down ‘expires’

A deadline for strongman Moamer Gaddafi to step down and remain in the country has expired, the chief of Libya’s rebel Transitional National...

‘Captain America’ shoots down ‘Harry Potter’

Superhero movie "Captain America: The First Avenger" triumphed at the U.S. and Canadian box offices with $65.8 million in weekend ticket sales as the...

US cuts down Afghan supplies through Pakistan to 35pc

The United States has dramatically reduced its reliability on Pakistani supply routes to Afghanistan down to 35 percent given the volatile nature of the...

China and US play down tensions at ASEAN summit

The United States and China on Friday sought to calm tensions over the South China Sea, saying new conduct guidelines between Beijing and Southeast...

PML-N leader gunned down in Quetta

A PML (N) provincial leader and former Nazim Saleem Jadoon was shot dead in front of his office here on Wednesday. Saleem Jadoon was...