ISLAMABADPakistan’s public health crisis can be underscored with the fact that a mother dies every 20 minutes in Pakistan. While this is known to most policy makers and media, it hardly ever makes headlines.
SportsAn angry and impatient Serena Williams overcame blustery conditions at the Brisbane International on Sunday in an ominous beginning to her only tournament before her charge at a 16th major title at th
NATIONALAt least 19 Shia pilgrims were killed and over 25 others injured when a powerful bomb ripped through a bus in Mastung district on Sunday. The victims were among a group of<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/12/31/19-killed-in-mastung-bus-bombing/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALMore than 1,000 Afghan soldiers died in action this year, the highest since the Taliban insurgency began, as the army assumes more responsibility before NATO forces withdraw in 2014, officials said on<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/12/31/record-number-of-afghan-soldiers-killed-in-2012/" title="Read more" >...</a>
Sindh Minister for Excise and Taxation Mukesh Kumar Chawla on Sunday said that the historic address of Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on December 27 had proved him as the political heir of Bhutto<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/12/31/chawla-sees-no-room-for-pml-n-nationalists-in-sindh/" title="Read more" >...</a>
The United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed “deep sorrow” on the death of a Delhi female student, who was gang raped in a moving bus earlier this month in<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/12/31/un-chief-voices-deep-sorrow-over-death-of-india-rape-victim/" title="Read more" >...</a>
NATIONALThe body of a woman who died after being gang-raped and beaten on a bus in India’s capital has been cremated amid an outpouring of anger and grief by millions across the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/12/31/india-gang-rape-victims-body-cremated/" title="Read more" >...</a>
BusinessPakistan is one of those countries which is so tormented by political, religious, social, ethnic, economic and security storms that it should not function at all. But for some reason - perhaps sheer o
KARACHIRejecting a two-party consultation process for nominating and swearing in of a caretaker setup in the country, the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) on Sunday termed the PPP’s December 27 Ga
SportsDavid Warner and Ed Cowan must contemplate leading Australia after Michael Hussey’s retirement added further to the leadership conundrum created by Michael Clarke’s tender hamstring and Shane Wats
NATIONALImam Khomeini Relief Committee signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sindh’s Ministry for Relief and Natural Disasters. According to the Public Relations Department of Imam Khomeini Relief Committee, the agreement was<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/12/30/iran-pakistan-ink-deal-for-relief-aid-distribution/" title="Read more" >...</a>
ForeignRussian aircraft maker MiG has delivered four MiG-29K/KUB ship-borne fighters to the Indian Navy under a contract concluded in 2010, the company said.With the delivery, MiG "has fulfilled all its o
