Tag: International

The International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was observed in Lahore with a determination to eradicate the evil of drugs from Lahore....

New Zealand all-rounder Scott Styris announced his retirement from international cricket Friday, saying he wanted to concentrate on the domestic Twenty20 competition and the...

Pakistan’s former skipper Shahid Afridi on Wednesday indicated another U-turn on retirement saying he was waiting for suitable time for a return to the...

The Privatisation Commission is all set to hold road shows for the exchangeable bonds of the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) at...

Politicians from the ruling alliance praised the annual budget 2011-12 and said it was an ideal financial document while politicians from the opposition parties...

The US space shuttle Endeavour was on its way back to Earth on Monday after undocking from the International Space Station on its final...

Disgraced left-handed opener and former Test captain Salman Butt said that the passion still runs high in him for the game and will surely...

International Sufi Council (ISC) Chairman Fakhar Zaman on Thursday made nominations for council presidents in various member countries. The nominated presidents included Galleze Ouiza, Algeria,...

The Aga Khan University (AKU) is organising an International Day of Action for Women's Health on Saturday, May 28, the AKU announced on Wednesday....

The latest attack on Karachi’s PNS Mehran Base has dimmed the chances of revival of international sports in the country but the Pakistan Cricket...

Advanced field trials of biotech crops in Pakistan In the early 1970s, Pakistan was the first country to adopt and popularise the semi-dwarf high-yielding wheat...

Yasir Butt clinched the FMC International Squash Pakistan Circuit–II by beating Mohammad Shahnawaz in the final here at the Punjab Squash Complex courts on...

Russia called on Friday for a UN and African Union peacekeeping force to stem violence in war-torn Libya, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said. “We...

Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) has decided to celebrate the International Dance Day on April 29 by putting up a dance show at...

ISLAMABAD - The federal cabinet approved agreements on a number of issues involving various countries in its meeting held at Prime Minister (PM)'s Secretariat and chaired by PM Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday, and gave the go-ahead for authorities to start negotiations with various countries on several Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs). Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan told a press briefing after the cabinet meeting that the cabinet accorded approval in principle to start

KARACHI - After a long gap of 12 months, the first public offering of 2011 of value-added steel firm, International Steels (ISL), will come to the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) this month, the market sources said. At least 61.9 million shares that constitute 14 percent of the capital of ISL would be offered through book building between April 12 and 14 to the institutions and high-net worth individuals at a floor price of Rs 12.9. While some 20.6 million shares (4.7 percent of capital)

LAHORE - The 25th International Book Fair ended at the Lahore Expo Centre on Sunday. The book fair had attracted a large number of people for five consecutive days where more than 160 foreign and local publishers had displayed their stalls.
Punjab Governor Punjab Latif Khosa visited the fair on its concluding day. Earlier various imminent personalities including Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif had also visited the fair.