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LAHORE - LG Electronics (LG), recently, announced that it is on track to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by almost 14 million tonnes this year, up from its previous record of 12.9 million tons last year. This revised forecast is part of LG's aim to achieve its goal of 200 million tonnes of cumulative reductions from 2009 through 2020. As part of its "Green 2020" master plan for green growth and sustainable management, LG has been reducing greenhouse gases through improved

ISLAMABAD - Sport should be taken as sport, but the Mohali defeat has raised many questions, among them the most critical one being: why had Pakistan not opted for the power-play when Shahid Afridi and Misbah-ul-Haq, captain and vice captain respectively, were at the crease?
What makes everyone suspect that it was a fixed match, with Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani being the chief guest on the historic event, was the way the Indians took a start and Pakistan clearly appeared

ISLAMABAD - The Senate was informed on Wednesday that various government departments owed Rs 83,522.47 million to WAPDA and its total recoverable amount across the country was Rs 210,784.64 million.
This was stated in written reply to a question. No supplementary question was raised in the House as the question-answer session was deferred because no minister or anyone who could speak on behalf of the government was present in the House.
Giving the province-wise breakup, the

ISLAMABAD - Lack of coordination between the legislators and bureaucracy is responsible for the failure to control polio in the country, as 24 new cases have been registered so far in the current year, which is twice in number when compared with same period last year. Another alarming fact is that 0.25 million children are still inaccessible in FATA. Public representatives and health experts made these comments on Monday while asking for proper monitoring and oversight of the National

GENEVA - Up to one million Ivorians have now fled fighting in the main city Abidjan alone, with others uprooted across the country, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Friday in a sharp upwards revision of previous estimates.
"The massive displacement in Abidjan and elsewhere is being fuelled by fears of all-out war," UNHCR spokeswoman Melissa Fleming told a news briefing in Geneva. "Available estimates are that between 700,000 and one million could now be displaced," Fleming

KARACHI - The country's first state-of-the-art fertiliser, grain and storage terminal has been shut down for an indefinite period at Port Qasim. The dedicated Fertiliser and Grain Terminal (FGT) was recently developed on BOT basis by a joint investment venture comprising Fauji Akbar Portia (FAP), Fauji Foundation and National Bank of Pakistan at a cost of $135 million (Rs 10 billion) at Port Qasim and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in October 2010.
The

LAHORE - The Government College University (GCU) Endowment Fund Trust (EFT) has given Rs 1.529 million in scholarships to as many as 28 needy and talented students of the varsity for their complete one-year academic and hostel expenses. Dr Khalid Manzoor Butt from the GCU EFT Executive Committee said that a seven-member GCU Financial Aid Committee headed by Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies Chairperson Dr Sultan Shah has given the scholarships, donated by Old Ravians, purely on

FAISALABAD - District Coordination Officer (DCO) Nasim Sadiq has said that Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has provided Rs 30 million for the Faisalabad blast victims. He said this while giving cheques to MPAs Chaudhry Shafiq Gujjar, Chaudhry Zafar Iqbal Nagra and Begum Rana Muhammad Afzal on behalf of the CM who visited the district headquarters hospital to distribute cheques among the injured. The heirs of those killed received the cheques at their residences.
The

ISLAMABAD - Development funds of around Rs 160 million were allegedly misappropriated by Workers Welfare Fund (WWF) Sindh Chapter, the National Assembly Standing Committee on Labour and Manpower was told Friday. The committee, chaired by Dr Ghulam Haider Samejo, was told that the funds had been provided to the Sindh Chapter of the WWF by the head office. Labour Ministry Secretary Arif Azeem told the committee that the WWF head office had granted the sum to the provincial chapter of

FAISALABAD - The business community of Faisalabad has come forward and raised Rs three million donations for the rehabilitation of Civil Lines bomb blast's victims who are recovering at district headquarters hospital and the Allied Hospital. The announcement was made at the first joint meeting of the National Group of Faisalabad Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) and Anjuman Tajiran City Faisalabad.
The joint committee headed by industrialist Mian Muhammad Idrees is likely

HAFIZABAD - Educationist Professor (retd) Ejaz Butt has said that Hafizabad Colleges District Officer Ejaz Ahmad Bhaghat has embezzled more than Rs 2.4 million while misusing his powers. Addressing a press conference at the press club, he said Ejaz Bhaghat appointed lecturers in BPS-17 on contract basis in Government College Hafizabad three year ago.
He added that instead of several senior female assistant professors in the said college, Ejaz Bhagat gave the college's powers to a

HAFIZABAD - The city police have arrested Karam Dad Bhatti, a close friend of the Bank of Punjab former president Hamaish Khan over his alleged involvement in a fraud case. According to details, the police have apprehended Karam Dad Bhatti in a fraud case of Rs 50 million on the complaint of Bank of Punjab Hafizabad Manager Rana Muhammad Saleem. The manager also nominated him in another fraud case of Rs 39.7 million. The police arrested him formally and sent him to jail. It was told

ISLAMABAD - A special audit has identified irregularities worth Rs 51,504,835 by the ex-managing committee in connivance with the developer in the development expenditure and purchase of land of the Senate (Sectt) Employees Cooperative Housing Society Islamabad. According to the audit report, a copy of which is available with Pakistan Today, the development contractor M/s Raja Ishtiaq Associates was found involved in the financial irregularities worth of Rs 50,732,217. According to