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8 million diabetes cases in PakistanLAHORE

8 million diabetes cases in Pakistan

LAHORE: There has been a drastic increase in the number of diabetics over the past decade and there are nearly eight million diabetics across Pakistan, Akhuwat Health Services Project Director Dr Izha

Nov 14, 2010
Meera down with dengueNATIONAL

Meera down with dengue

LAHORE: Famous lollywood actress Meera again made the headlines on Saturday after being reportedly diagnosed with dengue fever and receiving treatment at the National Defence Hospital, Pakistan Today

Nov 14, 2010
Dried fruit prices spike across LahoreBusiness

Dried fruit prices spike across Lahore

LAHORE: Dried fruit prices are three times higher than last year. It is now a commodity beyond the reach of the common man. Shopkeepers engaged in the business of dried fruit are worried over the alarming rise in prices; their profits have shrunk as the number of customers has dwindled.<br />A survey conducted by Pakistan Today revealed that all main dried fruit markets in Lahore are witnessing an unprecedented ramping up in prices as winter fast approaches in the provincial capital

Nov 13, 2010
Editor's Mail

Reform yourself, not GST!

It is the government that needs to be reformed first. It ought to decimate corruption, mis-governance, incompetence, grandiosity, grandeur, billion of dollars leakages within its ranks from top slot t

Nov 13, 2010
Editor's Mail

Pakistan under siege

The terrorist attack on Karachi is condemnable and we must protest against it vehemently. Our nation was very slow to wake up to the realisation that the tribal areas are not that far from what we con

Nov 13, 2010
Editor's Mail

The sacrifice of sanitation

Eid-ul-Azha is coming and this means that every city in the country is going to turn into a slaughterhouse with animal parts gracing every corner of every street and the faithful literally painting th

Nov 13, 2010
Editor's Mail

What a disgrace

There is a long list of corruption and myriad scams related to the Indian Army. Even the former Army Chiefs right-hand man was involved in land grabbing scandal. The recent Adarsh Cooperation Housing

Nov 12, 2010
Sindh CM’s House and other buildings damagedKARACHI

Sindh CM’s House and other buildings damaged

KARACHI: A powerful blast at the CID Civil Lines building on Thursday damaged the Sindh Chief Minister's House and other buildings including the city's major hotels situated in the area.According to t

Nov 12, 2010
SC rejects report on Adiala inmatesNATIONAL

SC rejects report on Adiala inmates

ISLAMABAD: A three-member Supreme Court bench on Wednesday rejected a report by the attorney general, stating that the 11 missing prisoners of the Adiala Jail of Rawalpindi were not handed over to the

Nov 11, 2010