BusinessKARACHI - The Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA) South Zone has voiced strong opposition to two days off in the week for energy conservation. In a statement, PTA chairman Aziz Ahmed said Pakistan's ec
KARACHIKARACHI - Pakistan, with no less than 2,000 deaths and 3,650 injured during series of bomb blasts, since 2000 to early 2011, needs an "integrated medical management system" to reduce the intensity of
LAHORELAHORE - A Hameed lies on a bed, breathing raspily into an oxygen mask. His son stands outside, looking at his father grow fainter and fainter, his own heart sinking with heaviness as he tries to remember him in better times. "My father has been suffering from chest problems for some years now," says Masood Hameed. "He even contracted pneumonia which has been recurring in the form of attacks. In fact, during the past three months, he has been admitted four times in the hospital."<br
SportsMUMBAI - Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara has warned that his team need to overcome their showpiece stagefright if they are ever to win another World Cup after a third shattering loss in a major fin
LAHORELAHORE - The first-ever Lahore Shopping Festival 2011 was opened here at Lahore Polo Club in the presence of hundreds of participants who had flocked to be part of this event. It was expected that Pun
LAHORELAHORE - After not getting an encouraging response from its members, the All Pakistan CNG Association (APCNGA) decided to postpone the violation of the two-day weekly closure of CNG stations, Pakistan
NATIONALLAHORE - Britain's Labour government regarded Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani as a major "obstacle" to a Pakistan-India deal on Kashmir, India's The Hindu newspaper quoted a ca
SportsNEW DELHI - Muttiah Muralitharan, who bowed out of international cricket after Saturday's World Cup final, left behind a career marked by record-breaking performances and bitter controversy over his a
NATIONALLAHORE - A petition was filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday seeking to restrain National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Punjab DG Rana Zahid Mahmood from working, as a petition against his a
Arts / EntertainmentMoviegoers finally embraced the world's most under-appreciated superhero, the Easter Bunny, as Hop surpassed industry expectations and grossed $11.4 million on Friday, according to early estimates. Un
NATIONALISLAMABAD - Barrister Ahmad Raza Kasuri Saturday said that no Constitutional provision allows review of any case decided by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Reacting to PPP's move to reopen the Zulfiqar
NATIONALISLAMABAD - The Senate on Friday unanimously passed two bills including 'The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2010' and the Arbitration (International Investment Disputes) Act, 2010 Bill. The criminal procedure bill is aimed at providing relief to the accused languishing in jails for indefinite period due to delay in commencement of their trials due to various causes including the backlog of cases in the courts. Under the Bill titled "Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment)
