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With the port city ravaged by ethnic violence and global markets buckling to reports predicting another recession, the local bourse took a 200 plus...

Along with Bartoli‚ Svetlana Kuznetsova and Jelena Jankovic were eliminated‚ while Sam Stosur won on the opening day of the Rogers Cup tennis tournament...

The Lahore district coordination officer (DCO) and the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) staff are not on the same page resulting in poor performance...

The Matriculation Result 2011 exposed the Punjab government’s claim of doing a lot for the promotion of education, as no government school student secured...

Former members of The Doors have marked the 40th anniversary of Jim Morrison's death in Paris. On Sunday, keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby...

LAHORE - Gender Reform Action Plan (GRAP) Project Coordinator Hafiz Ilyas inaugurated the spring festival session to mark the Women's Year 2011 at Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) on Thursday and said that gender equality was considered to be the vital concern in the process of development therefore investment in women's empowerment was the key to improve the economic, political and social conditions in Pakistan.
LCWU gender studies department organized the spring gala

NEW YORK - Who came up with the idea for Facebook? It's always been a shady story. Mark Zuckerberg, the company's wunderkind CEO, has said that the social network was his own creation, something he designed and built while he was a student at Harvard.
Nobody really believes it's that simple. Zuckerberg's email and instant messages from the time suggest that he may have found inspiration, money, and source code from a number of other people. In 2008, Facebook settled a lawsuit

KARACHI - With economic observers quite skeptical about its benefit for the ailing economy, the country's 0 reserves have once again swelled to a record high and are less than $40 million away from hitting the $18 billion mark. Economic observers, however, see limited or no major impact of the soaring but 'frozen' dollar reserves on the country's troubled economy. According to data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Thursday, the country's total liquid foreign reserves

LAHORE - Heinrich Boll Stiftung (HBS) and Shirkat Gah Women's Resource Centre held an International conference titled "Women, Religion and Politics" at a local hotel to mark 100 years of International Women's Day on Thursday. The two day conference is the last of the series of events exploring engendered dimensions of various religious and political paradigms and their impact on women's lives at local as well as international level. Distinguished international scholars including Yesim

KARACHI - The volatile economic outlook as well as the poor security situation helped to sustain the cautious stance of investors. However the index managed to cling on to the psychological mark of 12,000 despite all odds. The range bound behavior of the index was illustrative of the timidness of investors. The trading day was characterised by limited volumes of 77 million shares.
The KSE 100 index closed at a level of 12,045.38 with a gain of 0.13 points, while total volume

LAHORE - Lawyers marked "Iftikhar Day" on Wednesday to pay tribute to the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry for his struggle against dictatorship after his suspension on March 9, 2007 by Pervez Musharraf. The lawyers hoisted black flags on the bar rooms and held general-house meetings. The Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) held its general-house meeting on Wednesday. A large number of lawyers attended the meeting. LHCBA President Ashgar Ali Gill said that CJ

LAHORE - A vigil was held outside the Lahore Press Club (LPC) on Monday to mark the Women's Day. Kashf Foundation staff and clients from low income groups gathered outside the LPC to express solidarity with women all around the world. Talking to journalists outside the LPC, Kashf Foundation Internal Audit Head Ghulam Haider Chaudhry said that Pakistan could have economic development by investing in women entrepreneurship.
A real socio-economic change is possible only if families

STATS CORNER - Shahid Afridi became the first bowler to take four or more wickets in three successive matches in World Cup. Afridi achieved this feat during the match against Canada at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, on Thursday. The Pakistan skipper, who took five wickets for 16 runs against Kenya at Hambantota on February 23, claimed four wickets for 34 runs against Sri Lanka at Colombo on February 26. He dismissed five Canadian batsmen for 23 runs in the third match.
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Lahore - Mujahid Squad Police on Thursday held a Quran Khawani in the memory of Mujahid Squad and Elite Force martyrs who embraced martyrdom while encountering terrorists attacking Sri Lankan cricket team on March 03, 2009. Superintendent of Police (SP) Mobiles Muntazir Mehdi and dozens of officials from Mujahid Squad and Elite Force were present on this occasion.
Participants recited Quran and prayed for the martyrs including head constable Faisal Rasheed and constables

Lahore - Shirkat Gah in collaboration with Women Reclaiming and Redefining Culture program held a film festival at Ali Auditorium on Wednesday to create awareness about 'Violence against Women' (VAW). The film festival was held to mark 100 years of International Women's Day (1911-2011). The film festival showcased work of students of four different universities including Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Punjab University, Beaconhouse National University (BNU) and

LAHORE - Rice exports have surpassed $1 billion mark during the first seven months of the current fiscal year 2010-11. Figures released by Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) have revealed that between July 2010 to January 2011, rice exporters have exported 2.08 million tonnes of rice worth $1.14 billion, while Pakistan exported rice worth $1.18 billion during the same period of 2009-10.
However, figures indicate that rice exports have witnessed a decline in term of

LAHORE - The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) will organise a function at its central secretariat in Islamabad today (Saturday) to mark the Kashmir Day. Party leaders, parliamentarians and workers would participate in the function. In his message on Kashmir Day, PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif said that solution of the Kashmir issue could guarantee cordial Indo-Pak relations and regional peace.
He said that since regional peace and progress was linked to solution of the Kashmir