KARACHIAnswer to food insecurity lies with biotechnology: experts
is among the countries faced with highest food insecurity, complete breakdown of supply chain and negative flour consumption, and a national dialogue on food security is direly needed. With the food management<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/23/answer-to-food-insecurity-lies-with-biotechnology-experts/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 23, 2011
SportsFIFA to rule on Indonesian elections on 31st
FIFA will decide on any necessary action against the strife-torn Indonesian football association (PSSI) during their congress on May 31 after chaotic scenes brought a halt to the PSSI leadership elections. The<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/23/fifa-to-rule-on-indonesian-elections-on-31st/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 23, 2011
BusinessWeekly inflation falls by 0.32pc
The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI), for the lowest income group, has dwindled by a weekly 0.32 percent in the week ended on May 19. Provisional figures from the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) rev
May 23, 2011
BusinessGovt looks to empower OGRA and NEPRA
The government is looking to empower and, thereby, strengthen energy regulators, the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) and National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA). This would help bring domestic energy sector’s<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/23/govt-looks-to-empower-ogra-and-nepra/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 23, 2011
Arts / Entertainment‘Tree of Life’ scoops Cannes top prize
Reclusive US director Terrence Malick clinched the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival for ‘The Tree of Life,’ a fantastical family drama uniting Brad Pitt and Sean Penn on screen. Malick<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/23/tree-of-life-scoops-cannes-top-prize/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 23, 2011
NATIONALFour to six attackers behind assault on Pakistan base: Rehman Malik
Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Monday that up to six “terrorists” attacked a naval air base in the country’s biggest city of Karachi and at least four were killed during the<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/23/four-to-six-attackers-behind-assault-on-pakistan-base-rehman-malik/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 23, 2011
NATIONALReligious leader shot dead in Quetta
Unidentified armed man gunned down a prayers leader on Monday morning at Toghi Road area of metropolis. According to the police, the victim identified as Qari Abdul Jalil was on his way<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/23/religious-leader-shot-dead-in-quetta/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 23, 2011
NATIONAL1 dead, 2 injured in bomb explosion in Swat
A child died and his two sisters got injured as hidden explosives in a near by field exploded in Khawaza Khela on Monday. According to police report, Haider Ali son of Mehboob<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/23/1-dead-2-injured-in-bomb-explosion-in-swat/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 23, 2011
NATIONALIllegal contract made by ECP led to 37m bogus votes
After the shocking revelation that around 37 million voters registered in the electoral rolls compiled in 2007 were dubious, the federal audit authorities have now revealed that the firm that developed those<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/23/illegal-contract-made-by-ecp-led-to-37m-bogus-votes/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 23, 2011
NATIONALJudges should exercise judicial powers responsibly, says Rabbani
Judges need to be responsible in using judicial powers assigned to them and the posts of additional district and session judge was integral in the hierarchy of district judiciary, Judge Supreme Court
May 23, 2011
BusinessUniform energy tariffs urgently needed
titans and economic managers in the country agree that the country should have uniform energy tariffs. Subsidies on electricity, gas and petroleum products should immediately be removed for all sectors, expect lifeline<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/23/uniform-energy-tariffs-urgently-needed/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 23, 2011
NATIONALTop Qaeda leader killed in drone attack
Al Qaeda has lost its high-profile religious figure Salim al Laibi in a recent US drone attack near the town of Mirali in North Waziristan, sources told Pakistan Today on Sunday. “Salam<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2011/05/23/top-qaeda-leader-killed-in-drone-attack/" title="Read more" >...</a>
May 23, 2011