NATIONALLAHOREShalimar 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
NATIONALLAHORE 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
BusinessKARACHIA 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
NATIONALKARACHIThe 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
KARACHIKARACHI: The Sindh government announced on Tuesday the feasibility study for Thar coal had been completed and some two billion tons of coal reserves were in block-II that would generate 5,000MW electr
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
NATIONALISLAMABAD: 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
NATIONALISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that all judicial and executive authorities were bound to obey its orders under Articles 189 and 190 of the constitution.Article 189 reads, "Any decision o
LAHORE: A lawyer has sent a reference to the president and the Supreme Judicial Council against a judge of the Lahore High Court for influencing a police case in favour of a naib qasid of his court.Sa
LAHORE: The Technical & Vocational Training Authority (TEVTA) and the UK's City & Guilds have signed an agreement to introduce International Vocational Qualifications (IVQs) in TEVTA's constituent polytechnics.<br />The agreement was signed between the two parties at the Chief Minister's Secretariat. City & Guilds International Head of International Operations John Dunken McGee signed the agreement on the organisation's behalf.<br />TEVTA had accepted the City & Guilds initiative for
Anti-corruption department finds sufficient evidence against PHA officialsAudit report discovers financial irregularities amounting to Rs 52 millionLAHOREThe countdown starts as the anti-corruption de
LAHORE:<br />The Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif on Wednesday dismissed as withdrawn a writ petition of PMLQ supporters seeking a ban on the access of "Google Blogger" as it contained an allegedly defamatory material against their leader Moonis Elahi.<br />Dismissing the petition the chief justice observed that the petitioners being activists of PNl-Q had no locus standi to agitate against the matter before the court because they were not a directly aggrieved
