News Desk

Compulsory Chinese language courses from class 6 would be introduced in all educational institutions of the province from the year 2013 as per the Sindh government’s decision. A meeting presided ove

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani directed the Sheikh Zayed Hospital administration to name the liver transplant institute after late Muhammad Arsalan, who donated his liver for the first-ever liver t

Foreign

Hosni Mubarak’s trial resumes Monday with witnesses giving testimony to try to determine who gave the orders for killing of hundreds of protesters in the revolt that ousted Egypt’s veteran president. The<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/05/mubarak-trial-to-hear-witnesses-off-camera/" title="Read more" >...</a>

In an interview with a leading cricket website, former England captain Nasser Hussain termed South Africa as the biggest challenge to England’s number one position. He, however, fancied had Pakistan

LAHORE

Sunday bazaars were not set up in the city due to Eid holidays and citizens faced great problems in buying vegetables and fruits.Vendors in various markets of the city charged higher prices from cus

Since the last easing of the policy rate by 50bps to 13.5 per cent, the bond market has witnessed a bullish trend and the most interesting aspect noted is that the whole<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/05/yield-curve-trading-below-policy-rate/" title="Read more" >...</a>

LAHORE

An eight-year-old girl died due to lack of treatment facilities in a government hospital here on Sunday. Heirs of the deceased and dwellers of the area held protest demonstration and blocked the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/04/8-year-old-girl-dies-due-to-lack-of-facilities-at-lahore-hospital/" title="Read more" >...</a>

The Election Commission of Pakistan is yet to receive consolidated statement of accounts from 123 political parties, the deadline for which was August 29. Of 168 only 45 parties including Pakistan Teh

The 132 Pakistani Umrah pilgrims who had been stranded at Jeddah airport for the past week reached Lahore on Saturday. As per details, PIA’s first flight, PK-760 carrying 450 passengers, including the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/04/132-pakistanis-stranded-in-jeddah-reach-lahore/" title="Read more" >...</a>

ISLAMABAD

The Islamabad Police seem to be helpless in the wake of recent surge in crime rate. The capital is witnessing a sudden rise in crimes including murder, armed robbery, kidnapping for ransom<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/04/capital-witnesses-rise-in-violent-crimes/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Punjab is in the grip of a dengue epidemic with dozens of cases being reported daily at various hospitals across the province, said officials and hospital sources. A report issued by the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/09/04/dengue-fever-hits-punjab/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Business

A darkening US economic outlook is forcing Federal Reserve officials to dig ever deeper into an already depleted policy toolkit and consider measures until recently deemed too radical. A new US downtu