BusinessLG opens mobile care service center
LAHORE - LG Electronics, (LG), a global leader and technology innovator in mobile communications recently organised an entertaining and interactive activity for its trade partners and official GSM dealers at its LG Mobile Care and Delight service center in Karachi. <br />The core objective of this activity was to improve dealer's confidence on LG GSM products and most importantly receive feedback from dealers for rapid resolution. The activity was aimed to boost up secondary sales
Jan 11, 2011
NATIONALPakistan, China will observe 2011 as friendship year
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan and China have agreed on a joint action plan to observe 2011 as Pakistan-China friendship year and will focus on a wider people-to-people interaction in addition to bilateral cont
Jan 11, 2011
NATIONALPunjab govt seeks judicial probe into governor’s killing
LAHORE - Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Sunday said his government had written a letter to the federal government seeking a judicial inquiry into the Governor Salmaan Taseer's assassination.
Jan 10, 2011
Arts / EntertainmentBeckhams expecting fourth child
The Beckhams are set to be parents again - former Spice Girls star Victoria is pregnant with her fourth child. The superstar couple has three boys, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz, and Victoria recently open
Jan 10, 2011
NATIONALHeart and liver transplant – Dr Ziauddin Hospital, Indian hospital team up
KARACHI - Dr Ziauddin Hospital of Karachi and the Global Hospitals of India have agreed to join hands for heart and liver transplants and other services and they would sign a memorandum of understandi
Jan 10, 2011
ForeignSaudi lists 47 wanted Al Qaeda suspects abroad
RIYADH - Saudi authorities announced Sunday a list of 47 people wanted for suspected links to Al-Qaeda who are all abroad, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA."A
Jan 10, 2011
Arts / EntertainmentRihanna equals Elvis record
LONDON - R&B singer Rihanna took the pop music charts by storm this week with a No. 1 single, album and two other songs in the charts. The Official Charts Company said on Sunday the Barbadian singer h
Jan 10, 2011
NATIONALFIA quizzes friend of PM’s son over Haj scam
ISLAMABAD - The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team investigating the Haj scam on Sunday called Zain Iftikhar Sukhera, a close friend of Abdul Qadir Gilani, son of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilan
Jan 10, 2011
NATIONALMQM condemns attack on Shia party activists
KARACHI - The MQM on Sunday condemned attempts to ignite sectarian violence in the city by killing its party activists belonging to the Shia community. "There is a conspiracy being hatched to cr
Jan 10, 2011
NATIONALSamaa, Waqt TV fined for airing Qadri’s interview
ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has fined Samaa and Waqt TV channels Rs 1 million each for airing an interview of Mumtaz Qadri, the killer of former Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer.<br />A source told Pakistan Today that several TV channels had recorded the interview of Qadri, but only the said TV channels aired it, while others exhibited "responsibility". Meanwhile PEMRA has proposed a bill to ban discussions in TV talk shows on sub-judice
Jan 10, 2011
SportsMisbah likely to be named ODI captain
LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board is likely to appoint Misbahul Haq as the one-day captain after his impressive show in Test format of the game. Sources in the PCB claimed that many top PCB official
Jan 10, 2011
ForeignIsrael destroying chance for peace: Palestinians
RAMALLAH - Israel is destroying any chance of a return to peace talks by carrying out demolitions in annexed east Jerusalem, a spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Sunday.<br />"By doing this, Israel has destroyed all the US efforts and ended any possibility of a return to negotiations," Nabil Abu Rudeina said in a statement after Israeli forces demolished part of a former hotel in east Jerusalem. The Hotel Shepherd is being partially demolished to make way for 20 new
Jan 10, 2011
