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Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has shown concern on the spread of private security agencies and their poor performance while presiding over a high-level...

The law enforcement agencies (LEAs), especially police, must maintain law and order in the prevailing situation, Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad Khan said on...

In the current geo-political and geo-strategic dynamics in the world, Pakistan and China need each other more than ever, Sindh Governor Dr Ishratul Ebad...

Political freedom is a prerequisite for exploiting the economic potential of South Asia in true perspective and involvement of stake holders in policy making...

News of suicide attacks, drone attacks, targeted killings, attacks on schools and shrines flash across the media as breaking news, but the Sorange mines accident was lost somewhere in the cacophony of these no-less-disturbing incidents. The Sorange mines, which are located 16 kilometres east of Quetta and contain 12.95 million tonnes of coal, are where 43 poor miners lost their lives apparently owing to poor ventilation. Last year alone these poor departed souls had mined 60,404

KARACHI - Provincial Senior Education and Literacy Minister Pir Mazharul Haq has asked the teachers' community in general, and the Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association (SPLA) office-bearers in particular, to compare what the previous regime did for them and what they have achieved during the tenure of the present government.
According to a statement, the minister, while commenting on the SPLA declaration that it would protest against the Education Department, said," The

LAHORE - The Punjab Higher Education Department (HED) will need years to replace the mechanism developed by the Higher Education Commission, Pakistan Today has learnt. According to HED officials, the provincial body lacks the capacity to handle higher education like HEC.
The head of the 18th Amendment implementation committee, Raza Rabbani, has already said that HEC would be devolved along with the Education Ministry, whereas HEC chairman is of the view that the commission falls

TUNIS - Actress and goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie appealed on Tuesday for international support for people fleeing the conflict in Libya and for increased aid for those inside the country. Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the UN refugee agency UNHCR who visited the Libyan-Tunisian border, said recent arrivals from Libya had told her about heavy fighting and assaults.
More than 400,000 people have fled Libya to Tunisia, Egypt, Niger, Algeria, Chad and Sudan since February

TUNIS - Actress and goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie appealed on Tuesday for international support for people fleeing the conflict in Libya and for increased aid for those inside the country.
Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations' refugee agency UNHCR who visited the Libyan-Tunisian border, said recent arrivals from Libya had told her about heavy fighting, harassment and assaults.
More than 400,000 people have fled Libya to Tunisia, Egypt, Niger, Algeria,

ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani Monday said the government to government and the people to people level ties between Pakistan and Japan would greatly help building a partnership between two countries in various areas. He said this while talking to the outgoing Japanese Ambassador Chihiro Atsumi.
Gilani said that high level visits and exchange of parliamentary delegations may help in strengthening the people to people relationship. Referring to the potential of trade

It is quite obvious for some time now that batting is India's strong point. The stats of the league phase matches show that while there are two Indians in top ten, Virendra Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar, there is no Pakistani batsman in that group. To exploit our advantage we must prepare a 'pataa' (flat) wicket, on the lines of wickets in Nagpur and Bangalore. I am sure that this is not rocket science and must have been thought out and would be implemented. No team can cry foul on this

THE REALITY CHECK - It's hard to predict what England will do in this World Cup. While Sri Lanka sailed to the second round with only one loss to Pakistan, England struggled to advance after defeats to Ireland and Bangladesh. However, England have come good when it mattered the most.
Today in Colombo, the odds will be heavily stacked against England, with Sri Lanka playing in front of a home crowd at the Premadasa - a place where they can become quite intimidating for visiting

ROME - More than 6 million people in North Korea urgently need food aid because of substantial falls in domestic production, food imports and international aid, the United Nations said on Friday.
In a report released after a joint mission to the reclusive communist state, where a famine in the 1990s killed an estimated 1 million people, three UN agencies said North Korea's public distribution system would run out of food at the beginning of the lean season that runs between May

LAHORE - The US has been very clear on the need to support Pakistan's energy development at the Nuclear Suppliers Group forum, Robert O Blake, Jr, the assistant US secretary on Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, said late on Friday. He was speaking at a press conference in Beijing after the conclusion of discussions with counterparts from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Asked about US concerns over the China-Pakistan nuclear agreement, Blake said the US expected

KARACHI - Pakistan is in dire need of an education revolution so that failures, shortcomings and sense of deprivation among people can be rooted out, said Sindh Industries and Commerce Minister Rauf Siddiqui on Friday while speaking as chief guest at the awards distribution ceremony of the University of Karachi (KU) Department of Mathematics' Information Technology Programme. "The education system of the country has been plagued by various shortcomings since the past 63 years, and

TOKYO - Japanese engineers conceded on Friday that burying a crippled nuclear plant in sand and concrete may be a last resort to prevent a catastrophic radiation release, the method used to seal huge leakages from Chernobyl in 1986. But they still hoped to solve the crisis by fixing a power cable to two reactors by Saturday to restart water pumps needed to cool overheating nuclear fuel rods. Workers also sprayed water on the No.3 reactor, the most critical of the plant's six.
It

KARACHI - The destruction caused by the tsunami in Japan's northern coastal regions conveys a clear message to the relevant authorities in Pakistan that have failed to ensure the protection of mangroves forests along the 1050-km coastline country - considered a natural shield against disasters.
A statement issued by Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) on Saturday stated that serious efforts for the conservation of mangroves are needed from the government, which should learn a lesson