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ISLAMABAD - Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) Chairperson Farzana Raja Tuesday asked the Pakistan Postal Services to resolve the problems faced by the beneficiaries of the programme because of the postmen and other lower staff.
Talking to a delegation headed by Sardar Muhammad Umer Gorgaje, Federal Minister for Pakistan Postal Services, at the BISP Secretariat in Islamabad, she said the BISP was striving hard to ensure timely provision of monthly cash grants and other

KOLKATA - Zimbabwe captain Elton Chigumbura said Sunday that his country's return to Test cricket after a six-year absence would help the players become more competitive. Zimbabwe, who played their last Test in 2005 against India, are set to face Bangladesh in August followed by matches against Pakistan and New Zealand.
"The next three months are going to be very important for us. We are all excited about playing Test cricket and we know it is going to improve us as players,"

LAHORE - Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has urged the media to play an effective role for combating the challenges faced by the country.
Addressing senior journalists and columnists at a local hotel here, she said that Pakistan's image internationally was grimed on the issue of terrorism and minorities and government wanted to work with the columnists to improve this image. Dr Firdous said the government had made some unpopular decisions,

LAHORE - The Centre for Peace and Democracy arranged a seminar organised in collaboration with the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI). There was unanimity amongst the participants that trade was the best option in building confidence and boosting relations between Pakistan and India, as well as creating new opportunities for economic growth. Among others the key speakers included former economic advisor Dr Salman Shah, CPD Director M Shoiab Adil, LCCI SVP Sheikh Muhmmad

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that the parliamentary group of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q has improved the image of politicians by upholding democratic norms and values, rather than hankering after power. He said that the move would usher in a new era of politics of principles.
Addressing the PML-Q parliamentary group at the CM Secretariat, the chief minister said that the decision of the parliamentary group had not only enhanced their respect, but also

ISLAMABAD - The legislators in the lower house Tuesday underlined the need to take immediate steps to ensure food security by providing various incentives to the farming community.
MNA Nighat Parveen Mir moved a motion and asked the house to discuss the steps being taken by the government to improve agriculture in the country. She stressed the need to adopt a more encompassing approach in finding solutions to the problems being faced by farmers. She suggested that small farmers

ISLAMABAD - The trust developed through small barter trade taking place between Indian held Kashmir and Azad Kashmir has provided some former militants peaceful, non-violent role and alternative vision for change and conflict transformation despite considerable obstacles being faced by traders living on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC).
"The cross border relationships of trust developed through trade have proved to have resilience to political turmoil and have begun to

ISLAMABAD - Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Pakistan on Friday signed an agreement to invest $242 million in improving power distribution system in Pakistan. The investment is part of the $810 million 'Power Distribution Enhancement Investment Program' approved in 2008.
The multi tranche financing facility targets investment in priority areas to reduce power losses and increase the reliability of the power distribution system. ADB Pakistan Director Rune Stroem

KARACHI - Karachi is the economic heart of Pakistan and the Sindh government has always strived to strengthen the city and enhance its productive capacity, Adviser to Sindh Chief Minister on Information Sharmila Farooqui said on Sunday.
"The PPP government has increased the beauty of Karachi during the last three years by completing 230 schemes at a cost of Rs 50 billion and different projects are being completed with an amount of Rs 16 billion during the current year," she said

LAHORE - Pakistan batsman Younis Khan, captain Misbah-ul-Haq and fast bowler Umar Gul have moved up in the ICC Player Rankings after showing good performances in the Wellington Test against New Zealand which ended in a draw on Wednesday.
Younis, who surged to the top of the batting table after his Karachi triple-century against Sri Lanka a couple of years ago, has climbed five places to 14th position in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after his scores of 73 and

ISLAMABAD - Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday assured the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government of his full cooperation to improve the security situation in the province. He said the provincial government would be fully assisted as the PPP-led government at Centre was committed to ensuring peace and further improving the security situation in the country.
He was chairing a high-level meeting here at the Ministry of Interior to review the security matters in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

LAHORE - Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leaders have declared the Punjab governor Sardar Latif Khosa's announcement of meeting with Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif, a beginning of new era of political reconciliation in Punjab.
They said that PPP wanted to avoid politics of confrontation so that government could concentrate on the resolution of masses problems. Former Minister for Information and Central leaders of PPP Khalid Ahmed Khan Kharal has said the PPP

ISLAMABAD: The government has bifurcated Hyderabad Electric Power Company (HESCO) to establish a new power distribution company, Sukkur Electric Power Company (SEPCO), to meet the needs of an expanding population as well as to more effectively manage the transmission network.
The Ministry of Water and Power informed the National Assembly Standing Committee on Water and Power of their intention here on Saturday. Chairman Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah headed the meeting of the

KARACHI: The elevated price of cement during the first quarter of the financial year 2011 is likely to surge profits for the industry by 33 percent annually.
The hike in local cement prices and the improved demand outlook on the back of expected reconstruction activities has made an increase in the sector's profitability more plausible.
The cement sector's profitability underwent sustained pressure during the first quarter of the financial year 2011, led by a dwindling

LAHORE
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Sunday called on foreign-based Pakistani journalists to play their due role in removing all misconceptions about the country on the international front.
He was talking to a six-member Pakistan Journalists Association delegation from the UK, headed by Tahir Chaudhry, at his residence. A representative of a charity organisation called the Muslim Hands was also present on the occasion.
The prime minister said that Pakistan had