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LESCO playing cat and mouse with defaulting govt departments
The Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) is playing a game of cutting and restoring electricity of government departments nowadays. On Saturday, the game continued,...
Iran FM threatened with impeachment
A number of Iranian MPs threatened on Sunday to impeach Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi for appointing a man close to the president’s underfire...
Bartoli Wimbledon boost with first grasscourt title
Marion Bartoli of France won the first grasscourt title of her career Saturday, defeating Czech Petra Kvitova 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 in the Eastbourne final,...
Tajikistan charges BBC reporter with extremism
Tajikistan on Saturday charged a BBC reporter with membership of a banned Islamist group, after his arrest sparked global concern that he was being...
Get Your Color with the Samsung Corby II
Samsung Electronics, a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, semiconductors and telecommunications, recently introduced the Corby II handset with bold color choices,...
EU Parliament links India FTA with Kashmir dispute
In a significant development, the European Parliament (EP) has linked signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India to the Kashmir dispute. A...
Venus returns with victory over Petkovic
American Venus Williams marked her return from an abdominal injury with an impressive 7-5 5-7 6-3 victory over Germany's Andrea Petkovic at the Eastbourne...
‘Safer blood products with the arrival of nucleic-acid testing’
With the introduction of a new test called nucleic-acid amplification test (NAT) at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), donated blood can now be...
Opp rejects Punjab budget as joke with masses
Rejecting the Punjab budget 2011-12 as a joke with the masses, Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Raja Riaz said the budget would only benefit...
Country faced with grave internal, external security threats: Altaf
The country is faced with grave internal and external security threats, the economy in shambles, and institutions responsible for the national security are being...
With one blood bank to serve 10m people, private sector steps...
“Including a huge city like Karachi, there are only 37 government blood banks in 23 districts of Sindh. However, to cope with the demands...
‘All is not well’ with HEC
A special audit report on the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has revealed that the affairs of the commission are not being run as transparently...
Budget met with mixed reaction in parliament
Legislators from both Houses of parliament expressed mixed reactions towards the federal budget for fiscal year 2011-12 on Thursday, with most of them pitching...
Hillary discusses bilateral relations with Gilani
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton telephoned Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani late on Thursday and held extensive discussions on the Pakistan-US relations. She...
US to blame for Pakistan’s trust deficit with India, says Musharraf
Blaming "a strategic shift of the US policy towards India" for an "acute deficit of trust" between them, former president Pervez Musharraf has suggested...
Heat spell continues with slight fluctuations
Citizens of Lahore took a sigh of relief as the mercury dropped a bit in the provincial metropolis on Thursday. Maximum temperature recorded in...
Panetta says working with Pakistan key in al Qaeda fight
Cooperating with Pakistan in the fight against terrorism is essential to maintain pressure on al Qaeda after Osama bin Laden's death, CIA chief Leon...