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The first phase of Gujranwala Institute of Nuclear Medicines (GINUM) has been completed with a cost of Rs 360 million and has started diagnosis...

The University of Health Sciences (UHS) Lahore has established an Institute of Learning Emergency Medicine (ILEM) to train medical students, health professionals and emergency...

YouTube on Thursday began publishing a chart that tracks top music videos at the popular Google-owned website. A YouTube 100 chart online at youtube.com/music...

LAHORE - A six-day book fair started at the Aiwan-e-Iqbal, as part of the week-long events in the memory of Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal on Saturday. Aiwan-e-Iqbal Chairman and Pakistan Today Editor Arif Nizami and Markazia Majlis-e-Iqbal Chairman Mian Afzal Hayyat inaugurated the book fair.
Former federal minister Humayun Akhter, renowned journalists Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami, Sikander Hameed Lodhi, Rehmat Ali Razi, Beedar Bakht Butt, Farrukh Sohail, Irshad Ahmad Arif and Masood Ashar

ISLAMABAD - The collection of the Hajj applications have been started from Friday on a first come, first serve basis.
According to a private news channel, political workers, journalists and even government officials would have to pay the Hajj fee in advance.
Machine readable passports and national identity cards will be compulsory for eligibility.
This year, there has been an increase in the quota of pilgrims by 20,000 and no one will be performing Hajj, free of

LAHORE - Frontier College, who earned a surprise quarter-final spot in last year's National Women's Championship, will face Striker Club on Friday, April 15 when the fourth edition of the National Women's Football Club C'ship 2011 commences at Peshawar. The event will be played at five zones. PFF has announced the draws, with matches in Islamabad set to start from April 19, while the matches in Karachi, Quetta and Lahore will be played from April 21.
Group A: (At Aga Khan

LAHORE - The two-day training camp of the West Indies-bound Pakistan cricket team started here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday. The players had training in two sessions on the opening day, opting for physical fitness session in the morning session, from 9 am to12 pm. Along with physical training, the players practiced in the nets under the supervision of coach Waqar Younis in the second session between 3 and 6 pm. The green shirts will leave for the series in West Indies on April

LAHORE - The 1st PHF U18 Girls' Hockey Championship started here at the National Hockey Stadium. On Tuesday, three matches were played in which Punjab Whites, Punjab Colours and Railways triumphed.

LAHORE - Trampling Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif's top manifesto to ensure transparency in all development works, the Lahore Development Authority (LDA) high-ups have started development works at cricket grounds without opening tenders costing Rs 2.8 million. The LDA defied the rules despite the fact that the CM's inspection team is at the final stage of preparing a fact-finding report to nip the mafia involved in violation of tenders. "The show of disobedience indicates that

PARIS - France's ban on full face veils, a first in Europe, went into force on Monday, making anyone wearing burqa in public liable to a fine of 150 euros ($216) or lessons in French citizenship. The centre-right government, which pushed the law through parliament in October, rolled out a public relations campaign with posters, pamphlets and an official web site to explain the ban and how it will be enforced. Guidelines in the pamphlet forbid police from asking women to remove their

KARACHI - Around 60 delegates from 17 countries will participate in the 4th General Assembly of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) to be organised in Karachi from April 27 to 30. The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) will host the event that is being held in Pakistan for the first time. PFF's Sami Memon said that Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah has agreed presiding over the inaugural ceremony on April 27.
"We have planned various colourful activities on the occasion

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has completed construction of Chashma nuclear power plant II with the cooperation of China and the plant has started to produce 300 megawatts of electricity on trial basis.
The project has been completed prior to its scheduled time in a record five year period. The power plant has also been connected to the national grid, a private TV channel reported.
The channel quoting Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission sources said that construction of two other

KOCHI - AB de Villiers smashed a quickfire 54 as the Royal Challengers Bangalore spoilt the Indian Premier League debut of Kochi Tuskers Kerala with a six-wicket win on Saturday.
Chasing a stiff 162, Bangalore overhauled the target with eight balls to spare in the high-scoring thriller at the Nehru Stadium, with de Villiers' 40-ball unbeaten half-century the pick of the batting.
Bangalore looked in trouble at 137-4 in the 18th over but de Villiers held his nerve and Asad

ISLAMABAD - The Ministry of Religious Affairs on Saturday announced April 15 as the new date for submitting Haj applications in the designated branches of banks under the government scheme across the country. Earlier, the ministry had planned to start the process from April 10, said a press release.

LAHORE - National Project Management Conference (NPMC) will kick off today in Lahore to tackle the development in Pakistan. More than 150 professionals will attend the conference including most renowned speakers including the Expert Systems CEO Khalid Ahad Khan, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) Prof Rizwan Amin Sheikh, LUMS Associate Prof Dr Faheem-ul-Islam and others.
As a part of PMI's focus on education and advocacy for the project management profession and its

LAHORE - An unusual rush was seen at Sunday Bazaars due to first week of the month while prices of vegetables and fruits showed a mix trend. The number of customers doubled and sales also increased at almost every bazaar. The prices of onion, potatoes, lemon, chicken and spinach increased while prices of cucumber, garlic, tomatoes, peas, apples, bananas, strawberry and guava decreased.
Vendors said that the number of customers increased compared to ordinary days, as it was the

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned the Senate to meet at the Parliament House on March 28 (Monday). The session starting at 4pm would be the Upper House of the Parliament's first in the new parliamentary calendar year and 69th in the total. An official in the Senate Secretariat said the Senate would discuss the presidential address to the joint sitting of the Parliament in detail.
Earlier, Senate was supposed to remain in session for 90 days in a calendar year