NATIONALISLAMABAD - As many as eighteen tainted officers of Grade 16 and above are working at Model Customs Collectorate Office in Karachi, the Senate was told on Tuesday. The startling revelation was made by
KARACHIKARACHI - The Pakistan Customs' Drug Enforcement Cell-Karachi Airport Unit has recovered four kilogrammes of synthetic psychotropic drugs worth millions of rupees from the suitcase of a Malaysian yout
The Afghan Taliban chief, Mullah Omar, has once again declared that those blowing up madrassas, schools and hospitals are not at all the Taliban but agents of the enemy and they are not even Muslim. He said in an e-mail message to news agencies and media houses on March 27 that "the Taliban do not believe in terrorism, nor are involved in acts of terror, extremism or militancy." He challenged the Afghan government and asked to provide any kind of proof, if any, against the Taliban.
NATIONALISLAMABAD - Amidst turmoil and mayhem back home, Bahrain's Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa arrives here today (Monday) on a two-day visit to discuss his country's curr
KARACHIKARACHI - The idea of 'one nation' cannot take root unless people belonging to all nationalities, ethnicities and cultures are treated equally, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain said
BusinessISLAMABAD - The government has drafted a new industrial policy, focusing on the revival of about 1909 sick industrial units across the country, in consultation with all relevant stakeholders.<br />Official sources told APP that, in the light of the information provided by industries departments of all provincial governments, 1909 industrial units had gone sick due to a variety of reasons. They attributed closure of these industrial units to financial crunch, outstanding liabilities of
KARACHIKARACHI - Even though the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) is a coalition partner of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), the PPP-led Sindh government neither takes the PML-F into confidence on
NATIONALISLAMABAD - Gilgit-Urumqi Business Forum President Nazir Ahmad on Sunday urged the Pakistani business community to adopt the "Look China Policy" with a futuristic approach rather than focusing on Duba
KARACHIKARACHI - The number of female smokers in the colleges and universities of the country has jumped from six percent to 16 percent in a matter of a few years, disclosed healthcare experts during 12th Bi
BusinessKARACHI - JS Air, a couple of days earlier, submitted its licence for withdrawal with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), sources informed Pakistan Today. This withdrawal is strange as the airline could have utilised its worth of Rs 100 million by passing it on to any other company.<br />However, they would only fetch half a million rupees by withdrawing their licence, sources questioned. Earlier, it was reported that JS Air had halted its operations due to the marginal decline in
KARACHIKARACHI - The draft of the law to ban sale of uniodised salt and for making salt iodisation compulsory has been finalised and is set to be presented before the Sindh Assembly, Special Health Secretary Dr Suresh Kumar said on Monday. Addressing a public awareness seminar, which was organised by the provincial chapter of the MicroNutrient Initiative (MI) in collaboration with the United Nations Children's Fund, Kumar said that compulsory salt iodisation is one of the prerequisites to
NATIONALISLAMABAD - Former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Sunday that Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani had made a good decision by accepting the invitation of his Indian counterpart Manmohan S
