News Desk

Pakistan is already a victim of floods, earthquakes, terrorism and global warming but the issue that should be in spotlight is health. We can solve all the problems if we first solve the health issue.<br />In spite of the steady improvement in the health sector over the years, the position is not satisfactory yet. This has cast a negative impact on the services and facilities for the people. In fact, the floods this year have added a large number of patients to the already

NATIONAL

WAZIRABAD - In the court of Section 30 Magistrate Ijaz Ahmad Gondal, an accused, Sabir Bashir Proya of Kot Proya Wazirabad, was killed in the custody of policemen. The accused was brought from Gujranw

Sports

LAHORE - The Pakistan Hockey Federation has succeeded in its efforts to convince Michel Van Den Heuvel to continue as head coach of the national team, with added remuneration and authority of selectio

Sports

DOHA - Bruno Metsu has been sacked as Qatar's football coach less than a week after the end of the Asian Cup where the hosts failed to get past the quarter-final stage, it was announced on Thursday. M

NATIONAL

LAHORE - Punjab chief minister said that the nation will have to stand on its own feet if it wanted to live with dignity in the international community, as no nation could prosper on aid and alms. He was addressing the inaugural ceremony of Danish School in Hasilpur on Thursday.<br />Ambassadors of different countries, Senator Pervaiz Rashid, Senior Advisor Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa, Education Minister of Sindh Pir Mazhar-ul-Haq, provincial ministers, members of assemblies,

Sports

LAHORE - The Punjab National Junior Squash Championship 2011 rolled into action here at the PSA Complex on Wednesday. On the opening day, qualification round matches were played after Tariq Rana, Hono

Business

KARACHI - Forecasting Pakistan's real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth at two to three percent, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has said that the country's external accounts would deteriorate duri

Foreign

BERLIN - Revolt in Egypt and the implications for the stalled Middle East peace process are set to be key talking points for top defence officials at the Munich Security Conference in Germany from Fri

NATIONAL

KARACHI - Ram Singh Sodho, a Hindu Sindh Assembly member who recently resigned and shifted to India, might have decided to move to the neighbouring country to join his family members who were already there. His family members had actually started shifting to India around years ago, people of his home district Tharparkar told Pakistan Today.<br />They say that one of his sons, Dileep Singh had left the country to settle in the Indian state Gujrat some 10 years ago. Dileep later died in

NATIONAL

ISLAMABAD - Urging the government to convey to the United States that the issue of Raymond Davis would be decided in accordance with the law of the state, senators on Tuesday said Pakistan could not a

LAHORE

LAHORE - A full bench of the Lahore High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing on petitions challenging President Asif Ali Zardari for holding dual offices. Now the bench headed by Chief Justice Ijaz

NATIONAL

ISLAMABAD - While hearing the Reko Diq lease case on Tuesday, Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday observed that the deal was signed under a caretaker government and appeared to have been finalised in a day