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Setting aside the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) verdict against the Haj Policy 2011, the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the government to complete haj...

The Local Taxes Department of the City District Government Karachi (CDGK)’s Revenue Group of Offices has achieved a new record of recovery during the...

Stile, the brand name of ‘Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited’ (STCL) is well known for manufacturing quality tiles in Pakistan. It is producing ceramic...

Chinese badminton superstar Lin Dan came through in three sets over Simon Santoso of Indonesia on Friday to set up a Singapore Open semi-final...

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has introduced a quality-based ranking for higher education institutes to achieve international compatibility and directed universities across Pakistan to...

A boat built completely from plastic bottles and other recycled materials, including old advertising banners, set sail in Taiwan to raise awareness about the...

The Punjab government is set to present an over-ambitious budget for the fiscal year 2011-12 with an Annual Development Programme (ADP) outlay of over...

The recently announced federal budget remained a non event for the oil and gas sector, with status quo maintained for both the deemed duty...

A three-member bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) set aside on Monday Haj quotas for 2011 allocated to 650 select Haj group organisers,...

Britain’s Mohammed “Mo” Farah smashed the European record in winning the 10,000m at the Prefontaine Classic Diamond League meeting on Friday with a time...

Umair Ashraf, the national junior champion, has set his sights on the Mr Pakistan contest after winning the Mr Junior title. Talking to Pakistan...

LAHORE - National Industrial Policy (NIP) 2011 envisions Pakistan as a factory for the world rather than a shop. It recommends a complete revamping of the industrial setup and determines a sustained manufacturing growth target of at least eight percent per annum leading to doubling manufacturing output in the next ten years.
The official draft of the "National Industrial Policy 2011 - Implementation Framework" made available to Pakistan Today shows that the policy document has

LAHORE - The business community of Lahore has warned of concerted protest if the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) does not immediately stop harassing businessmen by issuing notices. The warning was voiced by Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) Chairman Engineer Sohail Lashari. Former LCCI Presidents Mian Anjum Nisar and Mian Shafqat Ali also addressed the large business gathering comprising of industrialists and traders.
The PIAF chairman said that the

SHANGHAI - World championship leader Sebastian Vettel set the pace in practice for the Chinese Grand Prix, topping the timesheets in both sessions in Shanghai on Friday in his speedy Red Bull. The 23-year-old German, the reigning world champion, has been the dominant force in the opening two races of the year, winning in Australia and Malaysia from pole position.
He again stayed ahead of the field at the Shanghai International Circuit, leading Australian teammate Mark Webber by

MIAMI - World tennis number one Rafael Nadal will square off against Swiss rival Roger Federer in a rare semi-final showdown Friday that will be their first match on American soil in six years.
Spain's Nadal reached the last four at the $9 million WTA and ATP Masters tournament on Thursday by beating Czech Tomas Berdych 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
Third seed Federer barely broke a sweat as his quarter-final match was called off after just 10 minutes when Frenchman Gilles Simon couldn't

KARACHI - The federal government would borrow Rs 1.19 trillion from the banking system to meet its heavy budgetary expenditures during fourth and last quarter of the current fiscal year.
Terming the government's borrowing-prone tendency as detrimental for the economy, analysts believe that economic managers of the country should recover the "stolen" money, amounting to around Rs 700 billion instead of greater loans or slapping taxpayers with new levies.
The federal

AHMEDABAD - India sparked jubilant celebrations among its billion plus fans after ending Australia's remarkable 12-year reign as World Cup champions with a thrilling five-wicket win in the quarter-finals on Thursday. Chasing 261 for victory, India fumbled and faltered but half-centuries from Sachin Tendulkar (53), Gautam Gambhir (50) and Yuvraj Singh (57 not out) eventually helped them to overwhelm the target with 14 balls to spare and set up a mouthwatering semi-final with Pakistan.