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Transfers and postings in the federal government departments was a prerogative of the executive and it did not fall in jurisdiction of courts, former...

Pakistan football team lost to Bangladesh 0-3 in the away leg of the World Cup Qualifier at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium on Wednesday. Playing under heavy...

Fifty women working at face whitening cream factory fell unconscious after being exposed to poisonous fumes on Wednesday. Police have lodged a case against...

The Pakistan rugby team slipped to third place in the Asian Federation Division III Tournament when host Indonesia sneaked away with a score in...

Abraaj Capital, the holding company of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC), has been asked by influential members of the Presidency to “convince” and...

Though the government claims to have instilled stability in prices during the next financial year through a public friendly budget, the huge reduction in...

ROME - World food prices fell for the first time in eight months in March after record highs largely due to oil prices, though the situation remains volatile, the UN's food agency said on Thursday.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation's Food Price Index dropped to an average 230 points in March, down 2.9 percent from its peak in February, but still 37 percent above March 2010, the Rome-based agency said.
"The decrease in the overall index this month brings some welcome

KARACHI - The guns fell silent and the streets were deserted after Pakistan were defeated by India in their World Cup semi-final in Mohali on Wednesday. Zealous Pakistan fans, who had fired throughout the match at the fall of every Indian wicket or a boundary scored by the Pakistani batsmen, did not bother to waste their ammunition after the defeat and returned home silently.
"I had purchased 200 bullets out of my savings to celebrate the victory but now I guess I will save it

SAINT PETERSBURG - Russian investigators launched a probe Wednesday against a couple suspected of throwing their toddler into a trash chute from the sixth floor of an apartment building.
The two-year-old survived the fall down the narrow chute and neighbours discovered him on the trash heap of the apartment building in the northwestern city of Saint Petersburg on Tuesday after they heard him crying.
The boy suffered concussion, a broken leg and several other injuries and

SAHIWAL - Real brothers killed their sister and her paramour in the name of honour at Chak Meer Dad Muafi the other day. Reportedly, Zubaida, a resident of Chak Meer Dad Muafi, developed illicit relations with Shaban. Zubaida's brothers Nazir and Tasleem caught her and Shaban red handed and slaughtered them with the strokes of an axe.
BLIND MURDER CASES' MYSTERY SOLVED: Sahiwal police traced a gang of killers involved in two blind murder cases and arrested them. As per details,

KARACHI - Despite a 37.5 percent decline in export of rice to Iran during the last financial year, Pakistani exporters are still not availing the 10 percent duty relaxation under the Pakistan-Iran Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) for what the sources refer to as lack of awareness.
Though Pakistan exports almost 80 percent of its rice to Tehran, the country's exporters are, interestingly, not availing the concession in import duty, which the neighbouring country has increased by

KARACHI - At least seven people were gunned down in the latest spate of targeted killings in various parts of the city on Wednesday. Rahat Fayyaz was killed in the area of Peerabad in Banaras. His body was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH).
An unidentified man was gunned down in the Garden police precincts. His body was shifted to the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK). Thirty-year-old Muhammad Saleem was gunned down at the Khadda Market on the Haji Ismail Road in the

MUMBAI - Veteran spinner Muttiah Muralitharan shrugged off a worrying injury scare to take four wickets as Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand by 112 runs in their World Cup Group A clash on Friday. It was always a tough ask for New Zealand on the Wankhede Stadium pitch, which will stage the April 2 final, where the highest ever successful run chase was 229. Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara had earlier led from the front, hitting a fine 111 as his team posted 265-9 before Muralitharan

LAHORE - Contrary to the Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO)'s claims regarding a reduction in load shedding, the city witnessed even greater power closures on Thursday. A couple of days ago, PEPCO officials assured the electricity consumers of a 'better summer' but the situation is entirely different. The power shortfall in the recent days has increased sharply owing to an increase in electricity demand while electricity production remained stagnant.PEPCO Director General

KARACHI - Preliminary analysis indicates that the new tax imposed by the government will erode profits by an average of two percent in FY11 on individual companies at the Karachi Stock Exchange, while the fiscal deficit is expected to cap in the vicinity of six percent, a figure which is deemed sufficient to mitigate the need of greater deficit financing.
However, the introduction of GST on fertiliser, pesticides, in tandem with the flood tax is likely to have a negative bearing

KARACHI - The exploration cost of Pakistan Oilfields (POL) contracted by 63 percent since the same time last year in the second quarter of FY11 as no established well was declared dry amidst passive drilling activity, while other incomes of the company rose by 35 percent annually during the period owing to healthy dividend income from associated undertakings including NRL and APL.
POL posted a Profit after Tax (PAT) of Rs 2.968 billion (EPS of Rs 12.55) for the second quarter of

KARACHI - At least six more people fell prey to targeted killings in the recent spate of violence and bloodshed in the city on Tuesday, raising the toll to 45 dead in six days. Activists of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) were among those killed in several incidents of targeted killings in various parts of the city.
Two dead bodies were found in the Zaman Town and Baghdadi police precincts. Two people were shot dead and one was injured by