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Foreign

Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to sign a Gulf plan that will finally end his 33-year rule, a UN official said, even as thousands rallied in Sanaa against the deal. Y

Sabir Ali of WAPDA created new national record in the 59th National Cycling Championship being held here at the Cycling Velodrome. The event that rolled into action on Monday is being organised<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/11/23/sabir-sets-new-record-in-national-cycling/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and government announced through notification that goods on which sales tax shall — subject to conditions stated in this notification – be charged at the rate of zer

Foreign

Yemen's veteran President Ali Abdullah Saleh is to sign in Riyadh on Wednesday a Gulf plan under which he will finally cede power, the UN envoy to the restive country said."The signing ceremony will

Pakistan’s leading logistics and supply chain management experts have observed that government’s lack of support to this important sector has been causing a loss of two per cent of Gross Domestic Product<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/11/23/logistics-experts-apprehensive-about-lack-of-government-support/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Sports

Injured middle-order batsman Mahela Jayawardene has been ruled out of Sri Lanka’s last two matches against Pakistan and returned home, team manager Anura Tennekoon said on Tuesday. The 34-year-old batsman hit a<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/11/22/jayawardene-to-miss-fifth-odi/" title="Read more" >...</a>

LAHORE

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said that police had been purged of political interference and all postings were being made on merit and performance only. Presiding over a meeting held at<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/11/22/police-postings-are-merit-based-shahbaz/" title="Read more" >...</a>

While commenting on the dialogue with his Pakistani counterpart, India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said he regarded Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani as “a man of peace”. The tribute bestowed on Gilani<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/11/22/road-to-peace-with-india/" title="Read more" >...</a>

NATIONAL

On the call of Health Employees Council on Monday, employees of all categories at Lady Reading Hospital staged a protest on Monday to press for the fulfillment of their demands. The protest,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/11/22/special-heath-secy-assures-protesting-lrh-employees/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Foreign

Tunisia entered a new era of democracy Tuesday with the inaugural session of its democratically elected constituent assembly, 10 months after a popular uprising ended years of dictatorship. The 217-me

KARACHI

Sindh Home Department has extended the special powers of the Rangers for a period of three months. According to the notification issued by Sindh Home Department here on Tuesday, the special powers<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/11/22/rangers-special-powers-extended/" title="Read more" >...</a>

ISLAMABAD

The examinations of PTC, CT and B Ed programmes of the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) for the Semester Spring 2011 has ended, while the papers are being checked to ensure announcement<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/11/22/aiou-brings-changes-in-student-related-depts/" title="Read more" >...</a>