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ISLAMABAD - Despite an alarming energy deficit, the production of Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) grew by 1.03 percent during the first seven months of the current year compared to the same period last year.
The overall Quantum Index Numbers (QIN) of LSM stood at 200.63 points during July-January (2010-11) as compared to 198.59 points in July-January (2010-11) last year, according to data of Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS).
The QIN shows industrial productivity of 100

KARACHI - Total 7,435 people lost their lives because of terrorism in 2010, a recent report issued by Individualland has revealed. The report stated that 1,796 civilians, 469 security personnel and 5,170 terrorists were killed in terror incidents last year.
According to the report compiled by Individualland Executive Director Gulmina Bilal Ahmed, 2,324 civilians, 991 security personnel and 8,389 terrorists were killed in terror incidents in 2009. A comparative review of these

ISLAMABAD - Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General Lt Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha has secured a year's extension in his service, as President Asif Ali Zardari signed Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's proposal on the matter on Thursday. Sources said the president had signed Gilani's summary wherein he recommended a year's extension in Pasha's service. Chief of Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani had extended Pasha's service for a year until March 18, 2011.
Under the

ISLAMABAD - Around 2.1 million children are born with mental disorders each year because of iodine deficiency in pregnant women in Pakistan. According to health experts, iodine deficiency in the mother leads to stillbirth, miscarriage and birth of children with mental disorders, lack of cognitive abilities and congenital abnormalities like deafness, dumbness and stunted growth. Urinary iodine test results revealed that around 36 percent of mothers and 23 percent of pre-school children

Lahore - The Punjab Health Department and UNICEF signed a two-year work plan 2011-12 worth $17.72 million on Saturday. The work plan is based on the agreement between the federal government and UNICEF while its main focus is to address the key issues related to timely achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) particularly those related to child and maternal health and nutrition.
Punjab Health Secretary Fawad Hassan Fawad said that the main objectives of the work plan

KARACHI - Power plants of 3,000MW are running on furnace oil in Pakistan, and if measures are taken to convert them to coal, the country would be in a position to save approximately $1 billion a year, said Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) Strategic Planning and Business Development Manager Muhammad Ammar Ali Talaat on Saturday. He was speaking at an Energy Awareness Conference, with the KESC as the lead sponsor, at the NED University.
The conference was aimed at creating

KARACHI - President Asif Ali Zardari said on Monday that the conceptual master planning of the Zulfikarabad along with the identification of the new mega city's first phase should be completed within this year so that year 2011 could rightly be termed as the 'Year of Zulfikarabad'. The president also instructed that a meeting of the Pak-China Joint Energy Working Group should be held soon so the proposal for the financing of another mega project in the province - the Thar Coal Project

ISLAMABAD - The US embassy in Islamabad has in the recent past settled two cases under the Qisas and Diyat laws by paying compensation to the families after embassy drivers killed two citizens in Islamabad in two separate road accidents. In both the cases, Americans driving rashly crushed two Pakistani citizens to death, however, the aggrieved families were provided compensation by the US embassy to settle the issue.
Police sources said the families had been paid $10,000 each by

KARACHI - Some professors in Pakistan are seemingly as crooked as parliamentarians of the country: there are massive inconsistencies in the academic qualifications of an associate professor associated with the University of Karachi (KU) since the past 16 years - the least of which is the issuance of his matriculation and masters degrees in the same year, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Dr Naseer Akhtar, currently employed as an associate professor in KU's Department of Islamic

LAHORE - The Government College University (GCU) Lahore Urdu Department is celebrating 2011 as the year of Faiz Ahmed Faiz like other renowned universities in Lahore and has announced a series of lectures, seminars, mushairas, competitions and publishing of papers and books to highlight the life and work of the renowned poet.
GCU Vice Chancellor (VC) Khalid Aftab while addressing "Faiz Ahmed Faiz Seminar" in connection with his 100th birth anniversary said that the university is

KARACHI - Despite the fact that the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has restricted power distributing companies from carrying out more than 80 hours of load shedding in a year, the residents of Karachi have to contend with 1,080 hours of power outages.
In violation of the 'Guaranteed Standard (GS) of Planned Long Duration Power Supply Interruption' of NEPRA, the KESC suspends power supply to its over two million consumers for over 1,080 hours a year with its

KARACHI - Pakisan has revised its export target for financial year 2010-11 and setting the bar at $22billion from an earlier target of $20 billion. This decision has been prompted in view of the record breaking exports exhibited the last three months, culminating in an the garnering of $2.329 billion in January 2011, which is 38.2 percent higher than the level of $1.685 billion seen in the corresponding period last year.
This was stated by Federal Minister for Commerce Mukhdoom

KARACHI - National Investment Trust Limited has announced the results of all funds under its management for the half year ended on December 31, 2010. This was stated by the Chairman and MD Wazir Ali Khoja in an issued press release.
During 1HFY11, NI(U)T has registered a phenomenal growth of 143 percent in net profit (excluding unrealised figures), which increased to Rs 2,762 million (earning per unit of Rs 2.35) from Rs 1,135 million in 1HFY10 (earning per unit of Rs 1.09).

LAHORE - Punjab Governor Latif Khosa's dream of flying kites with PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and people's hopes to celebrate basant were razed to the ground on Sunday when the Punjab government announced to uphold the ban on basant this year as well. Per reports, the Punjab government decided to keep intact Punjab Prohibition of Kite Flying Ordinance, 2001, later amended in 2007 and 2009, in line with the Supreme Court order for the safety and security of life and property of the

BEIJING - Major road accidents have claimed as many as 44 lives in China since February 2, the eve of the Lunar New Year, figures released by the Chinese Ministry of Public Security said on Tuesday.
Six road accidents, each killing at least five people, were reported nationwide between February 2 to 7.Most cases involved small vehicles in head-on collisions, and majority of the victims were families and friends, said the statement.
The ministry urged police across the

ABU DHABI - Spain had double reason to celebrate at the prestigious Laureus awards here on Monday as world tennis number one Rafael Nadal was voted sportsman of the year and the Spanish football team's World Cup win netted them the team of the year.
American ski superstar Lindsey Vonn got a gentle boost ahead of this week's world alpine skiing championmships by winning the sportswoman of the year title. German golfer Martin Kaymer's fabulous year, which included his first major -

ISLAMABAD - The Senate on Friday passed a bill to amend the West Pakistan Regulation and Control of Loudspeakers and Sound Amplifiers Ordinance, 1965, in its application to the Islamabad Capital Territory which provides a mechanism to control misuse of amplifiers and loudspeakers.
The new bill, The West Pakistan Regulation and Control of Loudspeakers and Sound Amplifiers (Amendment) Bill, 2010, would serve as a major deterrent to the growing sectarianism. Religious leaders