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A freak long-range goal from Mexico forward Monica Ocampo saw the central Americans hold England to a 1-1 draw on Monday in their opening...

The National Council for Maternal and Neonatal Health (NCMNH) would hold a three-day Intensive Course in Emergency Obstetrics and Neonatal Care (EMONC) from July...

Army Sports Directorate will organise the Summer Under-16 training camps for Tennis and Cricket from June 28 to July 12 at the Army Tennis...

Theatre actor and director Omair Rana is conducting a workshop at the Knowledge Factory designed at discovering and developing skills related to drama, theatre...

Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jehangir has termed the public representatives’ demand for military’s accountability a welcome development. Addressing a seminar organised by...

US President Barack Obama held talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday, focusing on the turmoil raging across the Arab world and...

The Sports Board Punjab is holding a workshop on drugs free society and promotion of sports. The workshop is to be conducted by...

LAHORE - Police thrashed activists of the outlawed Hizbut Tahrir and arrested around 16 of them in order stop them from holding a protest at Qartaba Chowk on Sunday. A deputy superintendent of police (DSP) and Civil Lines Police Station house officer were also injured when Hizbut Tahrir workers retaliated in order to avoid arrests.
According to details, around 100 activists of the outlawed organisation tried to stage a protest at Qartaba Chowk but heavy police contingents were

LAHORE - The Sports Board Punjab will hold U-14 boys tennis trials on April 18 here. The selected players will play in the Inter Provincial U-14 boys Tennis Championship to be held at Karachi on April 29-30.
The players and officials from all over Punjab will report at Tennis Court, Bagh-i-Jinnah at 9 am.

KARACHI - Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has denied the provision of furnace oil (FO) to Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) until price differential claims of Rs 3.9 billion are honoured by the utility corporation. A clear directive from the federal government is also needed to provide the facility to KESC, which is demanding FO on gas rate after reduction of gas supply from Sui Southern Gas Company, sources said.
However official sources in PSO on Friday have claimed that the oil

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani will visit Afghanistan for weekend talks with President Hamid Karzai, Islamabad said on Thursday. Gilani will fly to Kabul on Saturday at the invitation of Karzai, Foreign Office spokeswoman Tehmina Janjua told a weekly news briefing.

ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will visit Afghanistan for weekend talks with President Hamid Karzai, Islamabad said Thursday.
The visit comes ahead of the main fighting season in neighbouring Afghanistan, where 130,000 US-led troops are battling Taliban insurgents whose leaders are widely believed to be based in the tribal areas of Pakistan.
Relations have been strained over insecurity, with both accusing each other of destablising their countries,

LAHORE - Gender Reform Action Plan's (GRAP) Punjab chapter is holding a "Spring Festival" in Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) on Thursday (today) with Pakistan Today as its media partner. This festival is aimed at providing up-to-date knowledge to our future generation of efforts being made by Punjab government to address gender biases in the society and to develop alliances with the youth to take forward gender reforms.
PROFILE: GRAP has been working as a flagship

SEOUL - South and North Korea held more talks Tuesday about a potential volcanic threat from the peninsula's highest mountain, in a rare example of cooperation after months of confrontation. Four South Korean experts met their North Korean counterparts at the North's border town of Kaesong for a second round of talks on ways to deal with any eruption at Mount Paektu, the South's unification ministry said.
After a day of discussions they agreed to hold an experts' meeting next

ISLAMABAD - The Planning Commission will hold a Youth Idea Challenge to hear the voice of youth about inclusiveness of economic growth through a video competition.
The competition invites all academic institutions in all provinces as well as AJK and Gilgit Baltistan to participate and express their ideas at the National forum, said a press release issued here on Tuesday.
The documentaries are expected to reflect the vision of the Pakistani Youth on distributing the benefits

LAHORE - A five member delegation of Thailand's Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, led by its President Adirek Sripartak, visited office of the Punjab Board of Investment and Trade (PBIT) and held talks with the PBIT management to explore areas of mutual interest and to boost bilateral trade.
PBIT Vice Chairman Rizwan Khan, PBIT Director General Habib Gilani, Sajid Yousafani and other high ranking officers participated in this meeting. PBIT Vice Chairman Rizwan Khan welcomed members of

LAHORE - Christian Progressive Movement (CPM) Chairwoman Naila J Diyal condemned the Punjab government for not allowing her organisation to hold a procession at Nasir Bagh on April 10 to highlight their community's issues.
Diyal said her organisation had submitted a request in this regard to the Lahore district coordination officer, Lahore police chief and Pakistan Housing Authority director general on March 28 but was denied permission to hold the event on Tuesday.
She said