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LAHORE

Lahore - Parents of students have expressed their reservations against the newly proposed uniform syllabus of medical entry test for both Fsc and A-levels students by the University of Health Sciences (UHS), Pakistan Today has learnt.<br />The medical entry test conducted by the UHS has been marred in controversies for a past few years, as A-level students claimed they were at a losing end in a test which they claimed favoured Fsc students. Several protests have been held in previous

NATIONAL

LAHORE - A controversy arose at Punjab Governor Salman Taseer's funeral prayer when reportedly the khateebs of Badshahi Mosque and Data Darbar Mosque, and the Imam of the Governor's House mosque refused to lead the prayer on Wednesday.<br />The funeral prayer at the Governor's House was scheduled for 1 pm but was delayed by almost an hour owing to the khateebs' refusal to lead the last rituals.<br />As per the plan, the Badshahi Mosque khateeb had to lead the funeral prayer but at the

NATIONAL

KARACHI - Over 2,000 security personnel deployed with VVIPs of Sindh have been sent back to their head offices, while the personal details of more than 1,000 personnel of law enforcement agencies will

LAHORE

LAHORE - The 26th Governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer, who belonged to a respectable and intellectual family, started his political career from platform of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). He was the close aide of former PM Benazir Bhutto and close relative of renowned revolutionary poet and journalist Faiz Ahmed Faiz and politician Mian Yousaf Salahuddin. He was the son of Muhammad Din Taseer, popularly known as MD Taseer, who is the first PhD degree holder in the Indian

Arts / Entertainment

LAHORE - Pakistani actress Meera is not happy with the way her fellow actress Veena Malik conducted herself on Colors' reality show 'Bigg Boss 4' and accuses her of portraying Pakistani women in poor

NATIONAL

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Attorney General Anwarul Haq to present the draft and other relevant record of the National Accountability (Amendment) Ordinance 2010. A three-member

NATIONAL

ISLAMABAD - "I killed the governor because he was supporting a blasphemer and demanding the repeal of blasphemy laws," said Mumtaz Qadri, the man who killed Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer on TuesdayHi

Arts / Entertainment

DELHI - For Pakistani singer-composer Adnan Sami and his estranged wife, UAE citizen Sabah Galadari, the New Year has begun with yet another altercation. The question now is, which of the two orders w

Sports

ROME - Italy Prime Minister and AC Milan president Silvio Berlusconi claimed on Tuesday that his club has the backing of the country's government.Berlusconi visited the team at a preparation camp in R

Foreign

MADRID - A Spanish judge will probe a raid by Iraqi police and soldiers on a camp for Iranian refugees in July 2009 that killed 11 people, a lawyer for the plaintiffs said Tuesday.A Spanish National C

LAHORE

Lahore - Students seeking professional education have started preferring Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) system and have started opting for Matriculation and Intermediate instead of General Certificate of Education (GCE), O and A-levels, has learnt.<br />Various families, especially of doctors and engineers, are forcing their children to follow the Pakistani educational system as they consider that the course taught in engineering and medical colleges are based on

Business

KARACHI - JS Global Capital Limited (JS Global) has appointed Muhammad Kamran Nasir as its chief executive officer, the company informed the Karachi Stock Exchange. It said the new chief executive had