BusinessKARACHI: Pakistan is likely to miss its target of disbursing Rs 270 billion in agriculture credit through commercial and specialised banks during the current financial year, 2010-11.State Bank of Paki
NATIONALLAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry on Wednesday asked the Punjab Bar Council (PbBC) to cancel the practicing licence of Ajmal Mahmood advocate for misbehaving with the chief j
ForeignTEHRAN: A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shia religious procession in the Iranian city of Chabahar on Wednesday killing at least 39 people in the latest violence to rock the southeastern border r
NATIONALISLAMABAD: All judges are equal and one judge cannot serve a contempt notice to another, SM Zafar, lawyer for Justice Sayed Zahid Hussain, argued before a four-member bench hearing contempt charges ag
NATIONALKARACHI: Child marriages in Pakistan are a common occurrence with almost 58 percent prevalence in rural and 27 percent in urban areas, Society for the Protection of the Rights of the Child (SPARC) has
SportsLAHORE: Pakistan coach Waqar Younis on Tuesday said he wanted to earn respect and admiration of his fellows like he did as a player.A day before the close of the camp training of the team, Waqar said:
NATIONALISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed time until the second week of January to the government to engage a lawyer to defend the appointment of Justice (r) Syed Deedar Hussain Shah as the Natio
NATIONALISLAMABAD: The meeting of the Standing Committee of Senate on Communications on Monday witnessed great commotion when members of the parliamentary body termed the National Highway Authority (NHA) a de
NATIONALISLAMABAD: Science and Technology Minister Mohammad Azam Khan Swati on Monday submitted a written statement to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in reference to the Haj corruption case, in which
NATIONALISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday directed all parties to submit in court by the second week of January the relevant record of illegal sale of 26.5 kanals of land in the Diplomatic Enclave to Ham
ForeignLONDON: British police were searching a house in southern England as part of an investigation into bombings in a busy shopping district of the Swedish capital on Saturday. Police said on Monday they h
SportsSYDNEY: Australian spin bowler Shane Warne Monday confirmed he had split from his ex-wife, amid reports of an alleged "affair" with British actress Liz Hurley.Warne and his former wife Simone Callahan
