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NATIONAL

Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani has directed the ranks and cadres of military to give befitting response to any foreign aggression and take a decision in this regard on the spot as the “co

NATIONAL

Seven Pakistani workers have been kidnapped in an area troubled by the Taliban near the Afghan capital Kabul, police said Thursday. The Pakistanis — engineers and workers assigned to a hospital construction<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/12/01/seven-pakistanis-kidnapped-in-afghanistan/" title="Read more" >...</a>

LAHORE

According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) estimates, there are over 34 million people suffering from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), including 2.5 million children. During 2010 some 2.7 million<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/12/01/taking-aids-to-zero/" title="Read more" >...</a>

A second wave of Afghanistan’s transition from NATO to local control officially started Thursday as international forces handed over most of a peaceful province. All but two districts of Parwan prov

The two days gas loadshedding to CNG stations in Karachi ended after successful talks between Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) and All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA). But after restoration of gas supply<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/12/01/cng-stations-open-after-talks-between-ssgc-apcnga/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Foreign

Former prime minister Almazbek Atambayev on Thursday was inaugurated as president of Kyrgyzstan, the first peaceful transfer of presidential power in the unrest-scarred nation’s post-Soviet history. Atambayev vowed to open a “new<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/12/01/volatile-kyrgyzstan-inaugurates-new-president/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Business

Food security situation in Pakistan has exacerbated after the devastating climatic changes and natural disasters. Pakistan is ranked at the 11th spot in the list of food insecure countries among 148 nations.<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/11/30/gm-food-inevitable-to-overcome-hunger/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Large scale sowing of jute in Pakistan can save $100 million annually on import of this fibre crop from Bangladesh. Pakistan Jute Mills Association (PJMA) has launched an initiative to convince farmers<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/11/30/pak-can-save-100m-annually-on-jute-import/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Declaring the government’s proposed decision of winding up the Basic Education Community Schools (BECS) project unlawful and in violation of various constitutional provisions, the Supreme Court on M

Sports

Manchester City stayed five points clear in the English Premier League title race while Real Madrid opened-up a six-point lead over Barcelona in Spain. However, European action was overshadowed by the

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Tuesday that Afghan President Hamid Karzai had urged him in a telephone call to reconsider a boycott of the Bonn conference over a deadly NATO strike."The Afgh

ISLAMABAD

“This exhibition is actually a humble effort to project and cherish different colours of Pakistan and to give a glimpse of its rich culture and art through the medium of oil painting,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/11/29/numl-students-express-their-love-for-art/" title="Read more" >...</a>