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Answer 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
Sports

FIFA 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
Weekly inflation falls by 0.32pcBusiness

Weekly 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
Business

Govt 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
‘Tree of Life’ scoops Cannes top prizeArts / 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
Four to six attackers behind assault on Pakistan base: Rehman MalikNATIONAL

Four 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
NATIONAL

Religious 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
NATIONAL

1 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
NATIONAL

Illegal 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
Business

Uniform 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
NATIONAL

Top 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