Minister for Water and Power Syed Naveed Qamar on Friday directed the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) to expedite work on the 1,350MW Tarbela 4th Extension Hydropower Project (T4HP) to e
NATIONALThe National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) and Telecom on Thursday directed the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) chairman to seize accounts of all defaulted
As religio-political elements and right-wing political parties in the country condemned the first ever Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Celebration by the US embassy in Islamabad, t
NATIONALAt least five people were killed across Lahore in various crime incidents on Thursday. A 30-year-old man was killed by a stray bullet while he was sleeping on the roof of his house in Shahdra police p
Expressing displeasure over the extension in contract of Saeed-ur-Rehman, member finance CDA, despite his involvement in National Logistic Cell scam, the monitoring and implementation committee of the
ForeignArmed officers arrested a suspected Basque separatist in Britain on Thursday in connection with an attempt to assassinate Spain's King Juan Carlos in 1997, police said. Eneko Gogeaskoetxea Arronategui
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Thursday that formulating a comprehensive and enduring national policy and strategy on the war against terrorism in accordance with the geo-strategic environm
LAHOREThe Lahore Zoo, a leading recreational venue in the metropolitan, has topped in attracting a massive rush of people during the last two weeks. On June 26, first time ever in its 139-year history, the
An escalating border war in the badlands between Afghanistan and Pakistan is fanning tensions at a key juncture as Afghans and Americans reach out to the Taliban for peace talks.For weeks, security
NATIONALThe PPP parliamentary party in the Punjab Assembly has formally demanded the party leadership to suspend the membership of former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi for violating party discipline.
ECC attempts to control sugar prices:Despite plentiful stock of sugar in the country, its price remains high due to negligence of the government and blackmailing tactics of sugar mill owners. After
Libyan rebels appear to have taken the initiative in the western Libya but Moamer Gaddafi forces are regrouping and rearming, NATO said Thursday, on day two of an opposition offensive. Rebel and regim
