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WASA gears up for the monsoons
The Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) on Friday launched “Monsoon Action Plan 2011” to cope up with the hardships of the traditional rainy spell....
The figures just don’t add up
Government at both the centre and provincial levels is apparently making a last ditch attempt to contain the energy crisis, but the situation continues...
UCP gears up for business conference
The inaugural ceremony of the International Conference on Contemporary Issues in Business Management-2011 will be held at 10:00 am on June 13, 2011 in...
TCP lines up mass urea import
Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) is arranging an import of 100,000 tonnes of urea fertiliser to give a blow to the hoarders and to...
Mobilink and Shell team up
Initiated throughout Pakistan by Shell Pakistan Ltd and Mobilink, the joint promotional campaign aims to provide an opportunity to win multitude of prizes on...
Storm water drains cleaned up: Karachi Water & Sewerage Board
Had the city government not started cleaning storm water drains in March this year, the city would have been facing an even bigger cyclone...
Monfils gears up for Wimbledon with impressive win at Halle
France’s Gael Monfils admitted he was delighted by his form on the grasscourts of Halle’s ATP tournament after booking his quarter-final berth with a...
Can the euro catch up with the falling dollar?
The dollar has a nice head start, having dropped 16 per cent over the past year against a basket of major US trading partners....
Lady Gaga picks up US fashion icon award
Pop star Lady Gaga was presented with the fashion icon trophy at this year's Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) award ceremony. The...
Sania climbs up in WTA ranking
Sania Mirza has moved up in the WTA Rankings in the doubles at No. 14th position, after the best performance in the French Open...
‘Smart bandage’ to speed up wound healing
Smart bandages that can change colour to reveal the progress of wound healing, besides speeding up their recovery, are in the offing.
"We hope that...
Police cleared of ‘beating up’ Muslim suspect
Four police officers accused of beating up a Muslim terrorism suspect and mocking his religion were cleared of any wrongdoing by a London court...
World’s best serve up Friday French Open special
Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray, the world’s most accomplished players, serve up a French Open semi-final special on Friday with...
Your time’s up, Nawaz tells govt
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif approved on Thursday the unanimous decision of the PML-N’s joint parliamentary party to launch a decisive movement...
FBR ramps up its revenue targets
Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has fixed a revenue collection target of Rs1.952 trillion for FY 2011-12, which shows an increase of 23 percent...
Ex-commando, 4 others picked up over PNS attack
Intelligence agencies have arrested five men, including a former Special Services Group (SSG) commando of Pakistan Navy and his younger brother, suspected of providing...
SMS traffic up 16%
Short Messaging Service (SMS) is one of the significant features of cellular mobile services and a 16 percent increase in SMS traffic was witnessed...