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ISLAMABAD - Around 2.1 million children are born with mental disorders each year because of iodine deficiency in pregnant women in Pakistan. According to health experts, iodine deficiency in the mother leads to stillbirth, miscarriage and birth of children with mental disorders, lack of cognitive abilities and congenital abnormalities like deafness, dumbness and stunted growth. Urinary iodine test results revealed that around 36 percent of mothers and 23 percent of pre-school children

KARACHI - Five robbers stormed into a private bank at Shahrah-e-Waqas in the Saeedabad area of Baldia Town and took away Rs 3.2 million on Saturday. Police said that the five robbers disguised as customers entered the United Bank Limited (UBL) branch at around 11:15 am and held the bank staff hostage at gunpoint after overpowering the security guard.
They remained in the bank for 15 minutes and escaped with Rs 3.2 million.
Saeedabad SHO Payar Muhammad Mugheri said that the

DASKA - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has approved special grant of Rs 90 million for the early repair, reconstruction and widening of three main roads. The PML-N leader from Daska MPA Yahya Gul Nawaz said the CM had approved this grant during his recent visit to Sialkot.
He said Rs 40 million would be spent on upgrading the Daska city's main College Road and construction of a service road along it. He said the government was spending Rs 50 million on the reconstruction of

KARACHI - Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Commerce have decided to fix the export value of $20 million for issuance of VIP protocol passes at airports to avoid the rush and security risks.
Though almost 200 exporters having the export value of around $10 million have applied for the facility, the two ministries responsible to issue the passes have set a new condition of $20 million export value to enjoy the passes, sources disclosed.
Under the new condition the small

WASHINGTON - Japanese automaker Toyota recalled another 2.3 million vehicles Thursday to fix floor mat and carpet defects that could jam the accelerator, the latest in a spate
of recalls to hit the firm. Pressed by US authorities, Toyota announced the recall of 2.17 million vehicles in the United States to fix flaws in its Lexus GS, RX and LX models and Toyota's Highlander, 4Runner and RAV4 SUVs. It also called in 147,000 vehicles in Canada, bringing total worldwide recalls to

LOS ANGELES - The race is on between Paramount's Justin Bieber: Never Say Never and Sony's Adam Sandler-Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy Just Go With It. In an impressive start, Never Say Never opened to an estimated $12.4 million from 3,105 theaters on Friday to beat Just Go With It, which grossed an estimated $9.7 million from 3,548 theaters.
Both movies should crack the $30 million mark for the full weekend. Heading into the frame, most box office observers expected Just Go

NEW DELHI: India's premier civilian investigation agency has estimated that the country's former Telecom minister A Raja could have received as much as 30 billion rupees ($600 million) as bribe in the 2G spectrum scam, local media reported Friday.
According to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), he caused loss to the national exchequer by selling the spectrum at undervalued rates at 400 to 500 billion rupees, 'The Times of India' said.
The former minister is currently

WASHINGTON - AOL Inc has agreed to purchase The Huffington Post, the influential and rapidly growing news, analysis and lifestyle website, for $315 million, the U.S. internet company announced on Monday. The move will create a media group that will have a combined base of 117 million visitors a month in the US, and reach 270 million people globally, AOL said in a statement.
Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor in chief of The Huffington Post, will lead a newly formed The

ISLAMABAD - A mega scam in the federal Interior Ministry involving embezzlement of Rs 825 million is in the making, as officials have not provided auditors with the details of the money credited into the government's account. Documents available with Pakistan Today reveal that the Interior Ministry had issued 88,838 arms licenses in 15 months from March 28, 2008 to June 30, 2009.
The estimated fee collected by the Interior Ministry for these arms licenses was Rs 515.51 million

KARACHI - In terms of subscription growth, Zong once again came out on top with 19.7 percent increase since June 2010 in its subscriber base, while the number of subscribers of Ufone, Warid and Telenor also grew by 3.29 percent, 3.21 percent and 2.53 percent, respectively, while Mobilink witnessed a contraction of 2.04 percent in its subscriber base since June 2010.
In annual terms, subscribers of cellular segment have increased by 2.45 million from 99.18 million in June 2010 to

SAN DIEGO - Venezuela's Jhonattan Vegas has made one of the most explosive starts ever on the PGA Tour and is on track to eclipse Tiger Woods as the fastest player to earn $2 million in prize money. The 26-year-old stunned the golfing world by winning this month's Bob Hope Classic in only his fifth appearance on the US circuit and he followed that with an ice-cool display at last week's Farmers Insurance Open, where he tied for third.
Many had expected the long-hitting Venezuelan

LAHORE - The federal government has sanctioned Rs 120 for the Pakistan Hockey Federation and has promised to increase the amount in the next year to meet the PHF's demand of Rs 500 million. The PHF executive board in its last meeting approved a budget of Rs 500 million with a deficit of Rs 300 million.
PHF secretary Asif Bajwa had said that they will raise the deficit amount from different quarters and would ask the government to come to its support. It has been learnt that the

LAHORE - Class five examinations under the Punjab Examination Commission (PEC) will kick-off today (Tuesday) in all districts of Punjab amid load shedding and a hectic date sheet. The class five examinations would continue until February 4. Students of class 8 have already started pulling-up their socks as their exams would commence from February 7 to February 12.
According to a PEC official, about 2.5 million students from all districts of Punjab would sit in the exams of class

GUJRANWALA - Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) Gujranwala has become a parasite of provincial government, members of national assembly (MNAs) and members of provincial assembly (MPAs) for its survival and to pay its electricity bills and salaries of the employees.
With at least Rs four million monthly income, WASA had become a defaulter of more than Rs 50 million and it often remained under the threat of power disconnection by Gujranwala Electric Power Company while sometimes

NEW YORK - A management team that claims they helped put the $ in Ke$ha is apparently asking for an immediate-and enormous-return on its inve$tment. The suit was filed in Manhattan Supreme Court by DAS Communications, in which they define the artist born KeshaSebert as "a very young and inexperienced artist whose 'star' may not continue to rise."
Court papers show that the company is seeking $14 million in damages from Sebert, and an additional $12 million from super-producer Dr.

SAHIWAL - Federal Minister Mehar Ghulam Farid Kathia inaugurated a development project worth Rs 380 million in Noor Shah. Under the project, development schemes of electricity, Sui gas, drainage and roads would be completed in Harappa and Noor Shah.
Speaking on this occasion, the federal minister said it was the first and foremost duty of the federal government to provide all basic facilities to the people. He added the government would make all-out efforts to create job

LAHORE - Five armed robbers looted valuables including gold ornaments, cash, laptops and cellular phones worth around Rs 10 millions from a house located in the Township Police Station precincts on Sunday.
According to details, robbers armed with automatic weapons entered businessman Haji Abdul Hammed's house and took his son Rameez and two servants hostage. The robbers locked all family members in a room and escaped after robbing valuables including 100 tolas of gold, Rs 0.7