NATIONALANP won’t replace Asfandyar as party head
ISLAMABAD The Awami National Party (ANP) has shelved a proposal to elevate party President Asfandyar Wali Khan to the post of Rahbar and appoint a new leader in his place - just to keep the party inta
Oct 26, 2010
NATIONALAKU puts its laboratories online
KARACHI<br />The Clinical Laboratories of Aga Khan University Hospital on Monday launched an e-reporting service. The patients will get their reports online, if they wish, instead of collecting them from the laboratory collection centres.<br />AKUH Clinical Laboratories Administrator Sohail Baloch said that the facility would provide greater convenience to the patients and save their time and money adding that it would also enable faster report turnaround as the patients would not be
Oct 26, 2010
LAHOREPPP leader, governor’s PS make statements
LAHOREPakistan People's Party Punjab Information Secretary Dr Fakharuddin Chaudhry and Punjab Governor's Principal Secretary Ahmed Nawaz Sukhaira appeared at the FIA office on Monday to record their s
Oct 26, 2010
NATIONALSenators spin money out of flood relief
KARACHIIndifferent to the suffering of flood-hit people across the country, some ruling parties' senators have been busy smuggling luxurious items into the country under the guise of relief goods for
Oct 25, 2010
LAHOREPetition to dismantle Governor’s House filed
LAHORELahore High Court (LHC) Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Friday heard the petition seeking the conversion of the Governor House into a housing colony of 786 plots of equal measure to generate reven
Oct 23, 2010
BusinessForex reserves jack up KSE
KARACHIA record increase in the foreign exchange reserves and birth of a soft corner over law and order situation jacked up the Karachi Stock Exchange 100-Index by 93.74 points on Friday as it closed
Oct 23, 2010
NATIONALMan arrested for selling 15-day old son
LAHOREShalimar Police on Friday arrested a man who sold his 15-day-old son for Rs 31,000 "owing to financial problems", Pakistan Today has learnt. Jameel, the father-in-law of the accused Shabbir, sai
Oct 23, 2010
LAHORESaad Rafique claims assets won from ‘prize bonds’
LAHORE<br />Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday issued notice to PML-N MNA Khawaja Saad Rafique on a petition seeking the verification of prize bonds submitted in court by the legislator.<br />The petition was filed by PML-Q candidate Humayun Akhter, who had lost the NA-125 election against Saad. The petition alleges that Saad had concealed his assets when he filed his nomination papers.<br />The petition claims Saad declared his assets post-elections, claiming he had won assets worth
Oct 23, 2010
NATIONALPA discusses irrigation in minister’s absence
LAHORE With no apparent end to the drama, the Punjab Assembly (PA) proceedings on Friday perhaps set a new precedent by holding the general discussion on irrigation in the absence of the minister conc
Oct 23, 2010
NATIONALPPP takes MQM, ANP on board for peace in Karachi
KARACHIThe Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Thursday decided that no military operation would be carried out in the Karachi city to control the recent spate of v
Oct 22, 2010
BusinessPakistan’s current account deficit dwindles to $545m
KARACHI: Pakistan's current account deficit for July-September diminished to a provisional $545 million, in comparison to $587 million in the same period last year, the Central Bank disclosed on Tuesd
Oct 20, 2010
NATIONALStill no contempt notice to Musharraf, 4 governors
ISLAMABAD: Irrespective of the fact that almost all the Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) judges have resigned, no contempt notice has yet been issued against General (r) Pervez Musharraf and the
Oct 20, 2010