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The State Bank of Pakistan annual report for the last fiscal year (2009-2010) highlights the inflation at 14.5 percent against the target of 9.5 percent set by the government. The report has blamed th

NATIONAL

ISLAMABADSome elements in the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid are opposed to joining the Pakistan People's Party-led coalition, Pakistan Today learnt on Tuesday. According to a source close to Chaudhrys,

LAHORE

LAHOREThe menace of terrorism has to be crushed with an iron fist, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Tuesday.The CM made the comments while presiding over a high-level meeting at the Chief

In a surprising development, the local Taliban council has said that militants will move into Afghanistan if the army launches an operation in North Waziristan. A pamphlet purportedly distributed by t

NATIONAL

KALAYA/PESHAWARPakistan will consider mounting an anti-Taliban offensive in North Waziristan Agency only when other Tribal Areas are stabilised, a senior military officer said on Tuesday, a position l

We are a nation of divided segments. We are producing children in schools with as various syllabi as are there football teams in the world. This is going to cause, and is already causing, severe probl

This is in response to the news reports that the US has agreed to increase military aid to Pakistan by an amount of US$ 2 bln per year. This increase in aid is apart from the Kerry-Lugar aid the count

NATIONAL

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

LAHORE

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

NATIONAL

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

NATIONAL

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

LAHORE

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