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ISLAMABAD - Forecasting a regional gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 7.8 percent in 2011, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has warned that Pakistan's anticipated low GDP growth rate of 2.5 percent in the current fiscal year could significantly increase the number of poor in the country.
Addressing a briefing at the launch of ADB's flagship annual economic publication, the Asian Development Outlook 2011 on Wednesday, ADB Country Director Rune Stroem said Pakistan needed at

HONG KONG - The world's highest hotel opened its doors in Hong Kong on Tuesday, housed in the city's tallest skyscraper and offering unrivalled panoramic views of the world famous Victoria Harbour.
Towering some 490 metres (1,600 feet) above the bustling, chaotic streets of the Southern Chinese city, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel is making a grand comeback after temporarily closing in 2008.
Visitors peered out of the floor-to-ceiling windows of the 118th floor of the International

LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has taken note of the fact that a number of retired officers are using official vehicles without authorisation while a large number of employees i.e. gardeners, drivers and police constables are also serving them. Similarly, the serving officers are using vehicles and services of such employees beyond their entitlement.
Punjab CM has directed that all administrative secretaries, heads of attached departments; autonomous,

ISLAMABAD - Despite having national plans for HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) control the number of patients are increasing manifold as 30 new cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and 4,366 confirmed cases of TB were reported from all over the Pakistan during December last year. These figures have been revealed by FAFEN an NGO in its monthly Health Scan, a report based on the compilation of data of the cases of a selection of diseases collected by the Offices of Executive

COLOMBO - The use of technology to enable teams to challenge decisions by umpires at the World Cup is proving controversial, but Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi wants reviews to be doubled. The Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) is being used for the first time at a World Cup, with some backing its use and others raising serious doubts. But one player who does not need to be convinced is Afridi. "I think UDRS is good," said Afridi after Pakistan's win over Canada on Thursday, when

KARACHI - The centralised '15' police helpline service at the Central Police Office (CPO) is yet to start functioning properly to respond to distress calls and fight crime, sources told Pakistan Today.
The police helpline has been out of order for quite a while, and whenever someone tries to call 15, a recorded message plays to inform the caller that the number is unlisted and that 1217 (the Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited helpline) should be called for further

TOKYO - Japan's economy shrank slightly in the final quarter of 2010 but analysts expect a recovery this year as stronger exports to China and other parts of fast-growing Asia offset persistently weak domestic demand. The latest GDP figures confirmed analysts' estimates that China pulled ahead of Japan in 2010 as the world's second-biggest economy behind the US on a seasonally unadjusted, nominal dollar basis, at $5.8786 trillion against $5.4742 trillion.
The data confirmed Japan

MELBOURNE - Justine Henin applied some subtle pressure to Denmark's top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki by saying she would be much happier winning a Grand Slam than by being world number one.
A growing number of questions have been aimed at Wozniacki in the build-up to the Australian Open after the 20-year-old Dane became the latest woman to top the rankings without a major title. While Wozniacki has played down her lack of success at the big four,seven-time major winner Henin, who

AL KHOBAR: World number one Ramy Ashour gave up on his bid to win back the World Open title after only six minutes of the second round when a hamstring injury forced him to call a halt on Sunday. The 23-year-old from Cairo left the court in agony after losing one game which was so painful it suggested he might have been better never to have taken the court. It was won 11-2 by Aamir Atlas Khan, the Pakistan number one, and Ashour's retirement cost the tournament someone who was

HONG KONG: Korean teen star Noh Seung-Yul is to be crowned the youngest ever winner of the Asian Tour's Order of Merit after rival Marcus Fraser failed to narrow the gap at the UBS Hong Kong Open on Sunday.
Australia's Fraser battled to a 10th place finish at the 2.5 million US dollar event, with a cheque of 50,000 dollars raising his season's tally to 608,766 dollars against Noh's 822,361 dollars.
Fraser has committed only to the season-ending Black Mountain Masters in

LAHORE
Computerized number plates were introduced in Punjab in 2006. 9,00,000 blank number plates were purchased from a German company. The plate for four-wheeler costs Rs 500 and a two-wheeler's, Rs 350. Each plate has a five-year warranty."
"Forty five plates have been issued to NESPAK, 31 to WASA, 17 to SNGPL, 12 to PHA, 6 to UET, 48 to LESCO, 11 to WAPDA, 9 to National Bank, 6 to Irrigation Project Management Unit and 5 to PEPCO, Masood ul Haq, director Motor