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Iran has arrested 30 people it said were spying for the United States, official media reported on Saturday. “The Intelligence Ministry’s active and...

Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Saturday that al Qaeda could take over in many parts of the Arabian Peninsula country if he...

Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Malik Muhammad Iqbal on Monday tendered an unconditional apology in the Supreme Court (SC) for interfering in the...

The PML-N government in Punjab held an important cabinet meeting on Monday and announced an “anti-foreign aid” policy designed to gain economic self-reliance, restore...

The tussle between the guard and the doctors of Jinnah Hospital remains cloaked in mystery as the Young Doctors Association (YDA) claims that the...

KARACHI - A polio case has been reported in Manghopir Colony of Orangi Town, it was revealed during a meeting of the District Task Force for Polio Eradication held at the Civic Center on Wednesday. The meeting was chaired by Karachi District Coordination Officer (DCO) Muhammad Hussain Syed and attended by town administrators, Health Executive District Officer (EDO) Dr Nasir Javed, Education EDO Dr Ibrahim Kanbhar, Revenue deputy district officers, assistant education officers, a

LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board's plans of arranging a series with India suffered a blow as India's foreign secretary Nirupama Rao said Wednesday that no decision was made on "resumption" of cricket ties with Pakistan. Rao said on her Twitter account: "Hv (have) been asked abt (about) resumption of cricket ties with Pak. Want to clarify no such decision, although sporting contacts may be encouraged." Replying to a question on twitter, Rao said, "Sporting contacts btw (between)

LAHORE - University of Veterinary and Animal Science (UVAS) Chancellor and Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khosa attended the 3rd convocation of UVAS at its Ravi Campus, Pattoki on Wednesday.' Addressing the convocation, Khosa said the Higher Education Commission (HEC) would continue its operations because the 18th Amendment did not absolve the federal government from its responsibility to promote higher education. He said it was time to rectify the stigma on Punjab and its judiciary

LONDON - Several of the world's top tennis players are likely to avoid leading tournaments in Britain because of the UK government's policy of taxing their endorsement income, according to the man who runs Wimbledon. Wimbledon organisers said on Tuesday that this year's prize fund would be 14.6 million pounds ($23.81 million), an increase of 6.4 percent on 2010, while the singles champions will each pocket 1.1 million pounds -- up 10 percent. Those numbers and the kudos of the

LAHORE - The United Kingdom on Tuesday refused to hand over former president Pervez Musharraf to Pakistan.
As per details, a court had issued Musharraf's arrest warrant in the Benazir Bhutto murder case, but the British government formally informed the government in Islamabad that the former president could not be handed over to Pakistan as Pakistan and UK had no treaty regarding the exchange of accused.
The sources added that after the British response, a meeting was held

SUI - Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani announced on Monday that the Frontier Corps (FC) would replace the army in Sui, Dera Bugti district, and that a plan to build more military cantonments in Balochistan had been cancelled. General Kayani made the announcements while speaking at the inauguration of the newly-built Military College in Sui, a ceremony attended by local notables and students. Kayani said that the government was responsible for maintaining law and order

ISLAMABAD - Warning that the gas crisis could "sink the country" if it continued, the newly-appointed Adviser to the Prime Minister on Petroleum Dr Asim Hussain said on Monday that immediate remedial measures were required to end the crisis and the decision to dismiss the heads of state-owned oil and gas entities was made because of their failure to deliver and perform as a team. Hussain told a press conference quite candidly that the gas crisis could not be overcome in the short

WASHINGTON - Islamabad on Monday called for a sustained Pak-US strategic partnership, with Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh arguing that the past periods of estrangement due to non-economic considerations signified that a relationship based on strong mutual economic interests would help build long-term ties.
At an interaction with American intellectuals at Woodrow Wilson Center, Shaikh said the economic relations between the two nations had survived vicissitudes of the world and

KARACHI - A large city like Karachi needs more public toilets and the city government should make bylaws for this purpose and implement them immediately, Karachi District Coordination Officer (DCO) Muhammad Hussain Syed said on Monday. He was speaking at a meeting held in the committee room of Civic Centre.
"Public toilets need to be built in different areas of city, especially at public gathering points," he said. The meeting was attended by EDO Revenue Roshan Ali Shaikh, Parks

ISLAMABAD - The Higher Education Commission, which is going to be dissolved in the name of the implementation of the 18th Amendment apparently for its bold stance on the verification of parliamentarians' degrees, has once again sought help from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to get educational documents of 254 parliamentarians for verification.
HEC Accreditation and Attestation Director General Rahim Bux Channa told Pakistan Today that degrees of 254 lawmakers had not

NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would consider his job "well done" if relations with Pakistan were normalised, Indian media quoted him as saying on Sunday. The South Asian neighbours are working to revive diplomatic ties that were broken off after the Mumbai attacks in 2008.
"If I can succeed in normalising relations between India and Pakistan as they should prevail between two normal states, I will consider my job well done," Singh told reporters on board his

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict led Roman Catholics into Holy Week celebrations, telling a Palm Sunday crowd that man will pay the price for his pride if he believes technology can give him the powers of God. Under a splendid Roman sun, the German pope presided at a colourful celebration where tens of thousands of people waved palm and olive branches to commemorate Jesus' entry into Jerusalem the week before he was crucified.
The pope, who turned 84 on Saturday, wove his sermon