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France opposes giving Britain an additional extension to its exit from the European Union unless it produces a “clear” plan with “credible political backing",...

VIENNA: Germany and some of its European Union partners voiced fears Friday that a possible land-swap between Serbia and Kosovo could open up old...

  VATICAN CITY: The Roman Catholic Church formally changed its teaching on Thursday to declare the death penalty inadmissible whatever the circumstance, a move that...

GAUHATI: Thousands of people are holding a street protest against a decision by the Indian government to grant citizenship mainly to Hindus who have...

China on Wednesday defended the Arab League’s widely criticised observer mission to Syria as Russia warned against imposing sanctions on the regime of President...

Pakistan cricketers and officials have reservations about using lie detector tests to curb corruption in the game. Banned former captain Salman Butt even called...

Pakistanis largely disapproved of the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden, with a majority believing the al Qaida chief’s death was a bad...

Inclusion of the department of electronics in faculty of information technology (IT) at the University of Lahore (UoL) has sparked anger among students of...

Russia and China oppose outside interference in the unrest in the Arab world, the two presidents said Thursday in a declaration, as the West...

LAHORE - The medical community has termed the recent government plan to start evening classes in the federal government 'myopic', which will only benefit owners of private medical colleges, Pakistan Today has learnt.
The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) floated the idea in its recent meeting of the general council and the government decided to launch a pilot project to address the shortage of doctors in the country. However, the medical community, including different

LAHORE - Students, faculty members and educationists condemned the proposed devolution of Higher Education Commission (HEC) and said that a mafia at public sector universities damaged the quality of HEC and forced the government to think about its devolution.
Students said that public sector universities had become a hub of academic corruption and HEC did not bother to stop professors who were looting the government's money. Students also said that government should not devolve

KARACHI - The Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA) South Zone has voiced strong opposition to two days off in the week for energy conservation. In a statement, PTA chairman Aziz Ahmed said Pakistan's economy which is already at its lowest ebb and many sectors are mired in crisis.
The decision to observe two days off in a week may result in total collapse of industrial sector especially the export sector which will suffer heavily, he lamented.Ahmed stated the decision last year

LONDON - Britain's Asian community has opposed the BBC move to shut down its Asian Network Radio Station. BBC Asian Network , a national radio station which broadcasts news, discussion and music programs 24 hours a day in various languages of Indian-subcontinent.
Similarly it covers news, music and event from south Asian countries. With more than six million listeners across the UK, Asian Network is one of the most popular radio stations in the country. BBC Director General Mark

ISLAMABAD - Legislators in the Upper House of parliament on Friday demanded authorities take notice of the Lahore incident involving the death of three young men by US citizens, without showing any leniency.
"The law should take its own course and the culprit be punished under the law of the land," the senators demanded. They were of the view that a thorough probe should be conducted into the incident to ascertain whether the accused was associated with any spy agency.