LAHORETaseer: business tycoon, politician and writer
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
Jan 5, 2011
SportsPark continues training with Australian coach
SEOUL - South Korean Olympic swimming champion Park Tae-Hwan has signed up with his Australian coach Michael Bohl until the 2012 London Olympics, Park's agency said Tuesday. The 2008 Olympic 400 metre
Jan 5, 2011
BusinessNasir takes helm of JS Global
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
Jan 5, 2011
ForeignWife of jailed Indian doctor considers seeking asylum
RAIPUR - The wife of a medical doctor sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of helping India's Maoist insurgents said Tuesday she would like to seek asylum in a "liberal democratic country.""I am
Jan 5, 2011
LAHORE‘Rescue 1122 to make 2011 safe’
LAHORE - The year 2011 will be made safe by preventing untoward accidents, Punjab Emergency Service Rescue 1122 Director General Dr Rizwan Naseer said while talking to reporters on Monday. The communi
Jan 4, 2011
NATIONALGovernor’s assassination – Govt announces three-day national mourning
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani strongly condemned the assassination of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer and directed Interior Affairs Minister Rehma
Jan 4, 2011
SportsPonting to have surgery on broken finger
SYDNEY - Australia captain Ricky Ponting is to undergo surgery on Tuesday on the fractured finger which forced him to miss his first test match in six years this week. The 36-year-old fractured a bone
Jan 4, 2011
LAHOREGujrat FIA arrests two wanted human traffickers
LAHORE - The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Gujrat on Monday arrested two most wanted human traffickers whose names were included in the FIA Red Book. According to FIA sources, Muhammad Ehsan and
Jan 4, 2011
SportsPakistan cricket needs volunteers
LAHORE - Pakistan's veteran cricket star Abdul Razzaq believes that committed organisers at grassroot level are required to save Pakistan sports from disaster. Speaking as chief guest at the final of
Jan 4, 2011
LAHORE‘Child and women’s rights are being transgressed in prisons’
LAHORE - Provided with nominal facilities, most of the prisons in Pakistan are overcrowded and the prisoners, including women and children, are at the mercy of the state for the provision of basic nec
Jan 4, 2011
NATIONALStatements being drafted to weaken charges against Zardari
ISLAMABAD - In a bid to weaken cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, top legal wizards associated with the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and holding top government positions have undertaken an exe
Jan 3, 2011
NATIONALRapeseed-mustard – the second important crop
KHAHI, Khipro - A rapeseed-mustard flower in the vast scattered rapeseed-mustard crop near Khahi town in Sanghar district.<br />Winter is the rapeseed-mustard crop season and after cotton which is major crop of Sanghar district and the cotton crop at national level contributes more than 60 percent of the domestic production of oilseed production and after cotton the rapeseed-mustard is the second important crop contributing more than 17 percent to domestic oilseed production.
Jan 2, 2011
